I'm editing my review to add another star. This was the best book I read in 2008. I'm giving it 5, baby!

This was an impulse grab from the library. Those don't always pan out, but I was lucky on this one. I rarely laugh out loud at books, but I did a few times at some of these stories. They aren't all funny (they aren't all trying to be), and they aren't all four-star stories. I still don't hesitate to rate it this highly, if only for the framing device that connects them.