This is the fourth in a string of funny books I've picked up quite inadvertantly, however joyously. Sandwich by Catherine Newman is a bitesize treat of a reading experience. Rocky is at a Cape Cod beach house for the week with her family. Her grown kids have joined her and her husband Nick, and her elderly parents will come halfway through the week as well. The title refers to Rocky's age, sandwiched right between her children and her parents. The protagonist

Emma Rosenblum seems to have her finger on the pulse of the affluent in New York City, as demonstated in her enjoyable novel Mean Moms . Centering around a group of parents who have their children enrolled in the exclusive private school Atherton Academy, Mean Moms amuses with its hilarious and scathing portrait of the uber wealthy. Belle, Morgan, and Frost are the "it" moms at Atherton, revelling in their top positions as the popular parents. New mom Sofia appears on

Liann Zhang's Julie Chan Is Dead is an imaginative tale of a fictional (I hope!) dark underbelly of social media. This novel was wickedly fun and a quick read. Julie and Chloe Chan are twins that were separated at age four when their parents died. Chloe was adopted by an affluent white family and Julie was taken in by their evil, vindictive aunt. Twenty-something Julie now has a dead-end job at a supermarket while Chloe is a highly paid, massively influencial social

Young Fools by Liza Palmer entertainingly explores the literary world over a span of thirty years. Funny and astute, this novel lays out an erudite hierarchy that only one on the inside could know about. Thank you, Liza Palmer! Two young women meet at a writing conference. Prickly Helen Hicks has never had a friend before. Cherry Stewart is there on a scholarship, being the only attendee who has no college or advanced degree. Easy and open, Cherry befriends Helen