Reviewers talk about “Watching Grandma Circle the Drain”
Smith has a very satiric wit, catching the reader by surprise and causing him/her many fits of laughter. This is a great book for those who are looking for a quick laugh, especially as it’s designed to be a book you can peruse at your leisure since each vignette is a standalone piece. I highly recommend this book! Five stars.
– A Book Vacation
Watching Grandma Circle the Drain” is a marvelous and outright funny look at various attributes of modern life from Allen’s dry and parodying style. Each of the chapters is really only a few pages long, so this is a book to keep around your living room table or give to a friend for a Holiday present when you need to inject some dry wit perspective into your daily life, and who couldn’t use a few more laugh in their day?
– April Braswell
Aside from the title, Watching Grandma Circle the Drain by Allen Smith being funny it makes one think about the things that run through another’s mind and the randomness of those thoughts. I always wondered about online dating sites and if there is a real chance of finding real love through them. Well, after reading “Expelled from Match.com!” and “The Real Secret to Using On-line Dating” I do not believe I can ever take these sites seriously. Thank goodness I do not need to.
– Jennifer Hollingsworth
If you’re a fan of humor and you’re looking for something that is light and comedic, you’d definitely enjoy this one. I found it to be a good relaxing read, it just helps you to unwind after a long and tiring week. Definitely check out Watching Grandma Circle the Drain.
– PandemoniumPizza
About his book, Watching Grandma Circle the Drain, Allen Smith states, “It’s a little cynical but never intended to offend anyone.” I would say, “Good luck with that one Allen!” The book pokes fun at everyone and everything and then some, but on the plus side Allen gives himself the biggest beating of all. Every now and then the book takes off on a tangent going to the fantasy side of things, but, you never know, it may spark your imagination and creativity as well. There’s nothing wrong with that, that’s comedy.
– Mike
I loved this book and laughed myself stupid. Not often does a book offer you genuine belly laughs and escape from life’s drudgery, but this one does. I plan to read it again and again.
– ProPurr1
This book should come with a warning – don’t read in public, don’t read with company and don’t drink whilst reading!!
– Orchard Book Club
Watching Grandma Circle the Drain takes an irreverent look at life. It’s clever. It’s witty. And it’s downright funny. There’s something in there for everyone – golfers, hunters, hairstylists – you name it.
– Sherry Ellis
Watching Grandma Circle the Drain is an entertaining book about everyday thoughts and life told in the point of view of a comedian. It is funny, full of energy, and will have readers laughing to the point of tears. I recommend it to others.
– Teresa Beasley
You are a talent!
Me No Speak Good Mexican
– Gary Davis
Great work, I needed to read something funny today.
Me No Speak Good Mexican
– Randy Inman
I seriously have not laughed this loud since I don’t remember when! LOVED IT!
Divorced! – First “Same-person Marriage” Ends in Bitter Divorce
– summerpiaza
Wow, talent, style and wit. Glad to have gotten a heads up about your work!
Speed Dating Cougars, MILFs and Chihuahuas
– jcorn
l am just reading this now and I can’t stop laughing! I think I just pulled my back out from laughing too hard LMAO!
Hot Careers for 2007!
– Samantha H. Weiner
You’re consistently hilarious
New Frontiers in Home Schooling
– jpsixbear
Wonderful!!!!! I love it. Oh, how I wish I had the talent you do.
New Frontiers in Home Schooling
– coffee with mrs dani
Wicked funny.
Expelled from Match.com!
– Hartley Engel
I would have commented a half hour ago, but I had to force myself to stop laughing first…This is just hilarious!
Expelled from Match.com!
– David McGoy
Best laugh I have had in weeks!
Expelled from Match.com!
– Randy Inman
Hilarious. Better than hilarious.
Expelled from Match.com!
– Hollee
That made my day. Your as good as Dave Berry!
Expelled from Match.com!
– Catherine Neal
You are absolutely tooooo much! I love reading your articles. No one can be in a down mode after reading them. LOL Great humorist!
Expelled from Match.com!
– Kathleen Shaeffer
This had me laughing so hard my roommate was ready to call 911 – fearing hysteria. I just had an online dating review article approved and this makes mine look depressing. LOL This is the first article I mass e-mailed, I enjoyed it so much … signed Athletic and Toned 😉 Now where are my smokes?
Expelled from Match.com!
– Donna Porter
Reviewers talk about “Monkey in a Pink Canoe”
Wouldn’t want to go out on a limb for posterity but after reading MONKEY IN A PINK CANOE it seems Allen Smith is the funniest most insightful man around. This hilariously entertaining (and at times far too relevant to be embarrassing) book is a collection of author/humorist Allen Smith’s columns and blogs that hit on about every topic we thought we either knew or had explored completely or ignored for lack of interest and what he does with these everyday experiences is stew them into a soup that bubbles all the way down (or is that up? or out?).
– Grady Harp
Allen Smith has been taking the back roads to story-telling for a lot of years. His latest book is no different. What do you do risk in reading “Monkey in a Pink Canoe” is discovering an author that writes like you think and, that of course, would mean there are two of you out there!!
– Timothy J. Hunter
To many, there are subjects where they would think, yes I get it…been there! It certainty holds no punches but seeps under the skin of reality – with a laugh. Something to make you smile and think.
– Always Reading