I'm sure people read for different reasons. For many years, most of my reading of books was to learn something, but now most of my reading of books is for entertainment. And most of that is by Patrick F. McManus. I have 12 of his books; just recently bought The Grasshopper Trap and Kerplunk!. I'm in the middle of The Grasshopper Trap and haven't started Kerplunk!. The other 10 I've read; some more than once. For those of us who grew up in the country, hunting, fishing, and camping, McManus books are hilarious because we can identify with his stories. The first of his books I ever read, A Fine and Pleasant Misery, was in the early '80s when we still had a couple of teenago daughters at home. My wife and daughters thought I'd lost my mind (maybe I had) because I'd be reading and laughing so hard tears would run down my cheeks. However, perhaps his best known book is They Shoot Canoes, Don't They?