I normally wait a while between series (although not too long) because I have too many books on my TBR list but I enjoyed Jeeves and the Yuletide Spirit so much that I borrowed The Code of the Wooster straight away. 

In The Code of the Woosters, Bertie reluctantly goes into the lion’s den to help an old friend named Gussie to marry the love of his life. Of course, Bertie has his own motives for doing so – he was once accidentally engaged to Gussie’s fiance and he would very much like to avoid getting into such a situation again. But making complicated matters worse is Aunt Dahlia, who is demanding that Bertie steal a cow creamer (which is not Modern Dutch) from his host for his uncles. Can Jeeves get him out of this?

This was an incredibly fun read for me. One thing about humorous stories is that they are quite hard to sustain – Terry Pratchett is one of the rare few who can make me laugh through a novel. Now, we can add P.G. Wodehouse to the list. He mocks the upper-class English with gentle affection and makes it easy for the reader to smile at their ridiculous antics and way of life.

By the way, reading this has helped me realise that the romances in Agatha Christie’s may not be that unusual. I’ve never really understood or was persuaded by them, but it seems like they are fairly typical. Or perhaps Agatha Christie took a leaf from her friend’s book and was poking fun at the romances she wrote. I really need to read more from this era to be sure.

I am definitely a Wodehouse fan now. It’s been two brilliantly funny books in a row and I very much look forward to reading more from him. It’s a pity I missed the Four Weeks of Wodehouse thing on Instagram – that would have been a great excuse to binge on his books. If you know of any reading challenges involving his books on Instagram or in the blogging community, let me know!

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