Jane Rollins

I think this would be perfect for my Auntie Austen... if she were little (thus making me nonexistent for then, but we're speaking theoretically, yes?)

Parody: The Hunger Pains

I have a confession.  I'm currently reading The Hunger Pains by the Harvard Lampoon (they also wrote Nightlight and Bored of the Rings) and I can't stop laughing.  This wasn't really on my top list of books to read, but it's small so I decided to read it on my way into work and...

BAD IDEA.

I was laughing so much and so loudly that I had to put it away.  I really don't like any form of attention on the subway (like most NYers) but I was sad to put it down.

So what's it about?  It's a parody of the Hunger Games (if you hadn't figured that out) featuring Kantkiss Neverclean, Prin (for Princsess), Buterball (the cat/dog), Pita Malarkey and Carol Handsomestein.  I was going to copy some of my favorite parts so far, but I started laughing too much.. so read them for yourself!

If the news is depressing you and you need a good laugh.  I actually recommended this one.  

Want to read a few pages?  Click here!  And enjoy the trailer:

Review

"The Hunger Pains really struck a chord with me." —Kantkiss, protagonist of The Hunger Pains

"Instead of the Bible, rooms should come with a copy of The Hunger Pains."  —Sheraton Hotel Memo

"This book makes me wish I'd never been shot."  —Abraham Lincoln

"The book always falls through my hands, but in an undeniably funny way." —A Ghost