The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Doug Adams
Who didn’t read The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy in high school? I can remember, after being turned on to the first one, how eagerly I awaited new installments. A big bag of sour apple-flavored Jelly Belly’s and a book so funny that if my stomach didn’t hurt from too much candy, it hurt from laughing so hard. That was my “happy place.”
But apparently my boyfriend missed the memo. He was browsing my books the other day, looking for something “not depressing,” and picked up this one. I warned him it wasn’t his sense of humor, but I was wrong. We were able to share a few favorite quotes. When he returned it to me, I couldn’t help reading it again. I’ve probably read this book more often than any other in the world and it can still make me laugh out loud. Now if I could just remember not to panic.