I love silly books. I usually find them in the most random places (which only adds to their appeal) and they're always an impulse purchase, which is always fun.

I keep my silly books in the living room, where they make great conversation starters -- or I put them on the guest bed when we have overnight visitors. It sure beats the copy of Us Weekly we've all read in doctor's waiting rooms.

Here are my current favorites. Let me know if you have a silly book you love, so I can buy it!

<strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/158234504X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mothisblisort-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=158234504X">The Clumsiest People in Europe: Or, Mrs. Mortimer's Bad-Tempered Guide to the Victorian World</a><img style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=mothisblisort-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=158234504X&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" /></strong>

This book is full of (literally) good old-fashioned "<a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4698196">cultural slurs</a>" (that's NPR's description, and I swear, the best way to explain this book). It was written by a crotchety Victorian children's book author who only left England twice in her life, and it makes me laugh every time. She insults everyone and, as crazy as it sounds, it's a great way to get everyone laughing and talking.

<strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0811847837/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mothisblisort-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=0811847837">Fortune-Telling Birthday Book</a><img style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=mothisblisort-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0811847837&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" /></strong>

A fun little book that also doubles as a perpetual birthday record -- there's a space under each "fortune" where you can write down people's birthday. So much fun at a birthday party and great way to collect everyone's birthday. Sure beats relying on Facebook!

My fortune:

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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684854120/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mothisblisort-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=0684854120">Official Spanglish Dictionary</a><img style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=mothisblisort-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0684854120&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" />

Ha ha ha (or rather, ja ja ja) this one always makes me laugh. If you've ever lived in Miami, it will make you laugh too. A classic.

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