The Reading Life: The Literary Blog Hop March 3 to March 6-

Thursday, March 3, 2011

The Literary Blog Hop March 3 to March 6-

"Maybe you will see me,3/14 to 3/20"

To me the Literary Book Blog Hop is a great international community building event. This week I want to be sure that all participants in The Literary Book Blog Hop know about an event I am hosting on my blog. I know not everyone likes short stories. (The rules are ultra-simple-just read and post on an Irish Short Story and leave me a comment. Just Google "Irish Short Story" if you need any reading ideas).

Please consider participating in Irish Short Stories Week-3/13 to 3/20

"Hi, I will be a co-host for the week-I was
born in an Irish Story but I am alive now!"-Carmilla

This week's question for on the literary book blog hop is:

Can literature be funny? What is your favorite humorous literary book?

My answering is a resounding yes for sure of course it can be!- There are so many possible answers I find it hard to single out one book. In recent readings I would say the short stories of Saki, Elizabeth Bowen's Eva Trout, and "Why I live at the P. O." by Eudora Welty.

If you have any questions comments or interest in Irish Short Stories Week, please leave me a comment.

Thanks

Mel u

14 comments:

Song said...: I'm with you on Saki! I've yet to try Bowen...; March 3, 2011 at 4:55 PM
Anonymous said...: You're making those Irish short stories look intriguing to me. I will definitely entertain the idea of reading one.

I'm not sure I would be the voracious reader that I am, if literature, at least some of it, were not funny.; March 3, 2011 at 7:05 PM
gautami tripathy said...: I love SAKI and EUDORA WELTY!

Will join you for that Irish Short Stories week. But can't say how much I will be able to read...

Here is my Literary Blog Hop post!; March 3, 2011 at 11:40 PM
Robyn Ryle said...: Why I live at the P.O. is a nice example.; March 4, 2011 at 12:14 AM
Sayeth said...: I'm planning on participating in Irish short story week with The Dead by James Joyce and "The Happy Prince" by Oscar Wilde.; March 4, 2011 at 1:12 AM
Anonymous said...: I'm definitely joining in on Irish Short Story Week ... so many good ones to choose form. I haven't read Bowen or Welty, but I intend on fixing that (especially with Bowen).; March 4, 2011 at 5:09 AM
Anonymous said...: What would you recommend as a good Irish short story for a first timer? :)

I'm ashamed to say I haven't read anything by Saki. Looking at that name I always thought he was Japanese!

Here's mine: http://mywordlyobsessions.wordress.com; March 4, 2011 at 5:30 AM
Elizabeth said...: ..Stopping by from the Literary Blog Hop.

Great answer...stop by my blog for my answer and also a book giveaway.

Stop by my blog for a book giveaway:

LITTLE PRINCES BY CONOR GRENNAN
http://silversolara.blogspot.com/

Chelsey Emmelhainz of HARPER COLLINS is graciously providing FIVE copies for five lucky winners.; March 4, 2011 at 6:43 AM
As the Crowe Flies and Reads said...: I also listed that story by Welty--SOOO funny.

I really like your idea of the Irish Short Story week. I've not read a ton of Irish writers, and I think the only collection I've read the qualifies is James Joyce's Dubliners.; March 4, 2011 at 8:01 AM
Mel u said...: Risa-Saki is a good escape read and his prose style kind of grows on me-

Bookbelle-I hope you can participate-Joyce and Wilde, for example, can easily be read online along with Bram Stoker-

Gautami Tripathy-I hope you will join us also-I have read maybe 12 Saki stories in the last few months-he always makes me laugh-I need to read more Welty

Robyn-yes that is a really good Welty story-

Listener-your two choices are great ones

dragonflyy419-thanks so very much; March 4, 2011 at 8:18 AM
Mel u said...: As the Crowe Flies and Reads-lots of stories online you can read or anything from The Dubliners would be great-I am going to post on "Two Sisters"

myworldlyobsessions-for online readers-any of Wilde's short stories and any of Joyce-some Frank O'Conner can be found online-huge number of options-I hope you will join in; March 4, 2011 at 8:21 AM
LBC said...: I just reread "Why I Live at the P.O." What an odd little story. Family drama before family drama was cool.

Check out my hop here: http://hawthornescarlet.blogspot.com/2011/03/literary-blog-hop-ha-ha-funny.html; March 4, 2011 at 12:31 PM
@parridhlantern said...: am in agreement with you,Cervantes, Rabalais, Calvino etc. Love the Irish short story idea.; March 5, 2011 at 5:57 AM
Deb Nance at Readerbuzz said...: Sadly, I must disagree with you. I have sought out expert opinion and my literary intellectual concurs: There is no such thing as funny literature.

Sorry.

Take a look at my post: www.readerbuzz.blogspot.com; March 5, 2011 at 11:15 AM