Life With Jeeves

Life With Jeeves is actually a volume of three separate books from P.G. Wodehouse's collection of stories concerning his famous characters, Bertram (Bertie) Wooster and Jeeves.  Isaac and I always enjoyed checking out both the audio books (for traveling) and the DVDs (starring my two favorite British comedians Hugh Laurie as the blundering Wooster and Stephen Fry as the impeccable Jeeves) from our most excellent public library in Columbia.  But alas!  The Louisville Free Public Library has no such things, so I will simply have to content myself with reading the tales directly.

You'll remember a few weeks ago, I mentioned my belief that I should have been born in Britain, in part due to my love of British humor. When I read the Jeeves books, I realize how wonderful it would be to say, "Yes, yes you know that Wodehouse bloke? Well, he and I both hail from Surrey. Wonderful, yes? Cheerio!" I like Wodehouse's work because it is so light, enjoyable, and just down-right funny. I literally laugh out loud when reading just about any story centering around Bertie and Jeeves, and I often find particular scenes so amusing that I must read them aloud to whomever is sitting in the same room as me (consider this fair warning if you are ever in the same room as me while I'm enjoying a Wodehouse book).  The great thing about these stories is that if I'm not having too happy of a day, I opt for these light-hearted stories and find myself chirping up quite a bit.  They provide a great pick-me-up for the bad days and enhance the good days.  So if you're in the mood for some quality reading, but don't necessarily feel as if you could handle anything too heavy at the moment, run to your local library and pick up any Jeeves book- you don't have to read them in order- and then sit back, relax, and allow yourself to be entertained by the characters created by the masterful P.G. Wodehouse.  I guarantee you'll be returning to the library for more of Bertie and Jeeves!