Funny Thing Is…By Ellen DeGeneres
The “Funny Thing Is…” , is an ingenious effort, a book of comical essays on daily musings and ramblings. Comical books are mostly at a danger of sounding grotesque and outlandish, but this definitely didn’t go bizarre. It wasn’t an indispensable but definitely a one-time-read! Ellen DeGeneres, has written about stances to be adopted in real life instances. The subtle-nuances in the book, went a tad imperceptible for me, though they are woven with sarcasm, but the chucklings acquired in the first-half of the book, succumbed to ennui, by the second half. Light-hearted folks would love it was a one-time read, but wallflowers and serious-minded, might grapple to enjoy. There are witty insights and light-hearted ribbings, but second half onwards the efforts sounded impetuous, hurried to finish the book! Millennials, born in the generation of ipads, may find it a tad outdated. For instance, they may find citing of tangled and wired phones as obsolete and unrelatable. But 80s populace w...