My point-- and I do have one

Ellen DeGeneres turns her comic eye on the small oddities of everyday life in this collection of humorous observations. She looks at how people behave in elevators, airplanes and restrooms, and asks why grown adults are so afraid of the boogeyman.

The topics run wide. Fashion trends and celebrity get their share of attention, and so does food: the book includes her own recipe for Ellen's Real Frenchy French Toast. Other subjects range from baking a pie and dancing to curing the common cold and running the Iditarod.

This is humor writing in the first person, a comic memoir-style essay collection rather than a story with a plot. DeGeneres says she worried at first that she had nothing important to say. Her answer is that she knows a little about a whole bunch of things, and that she notices details other people miss, or do not notice they are missing.

The tone is light, chatty and self-deprecating, and the pieces are short enough to dip into. It suits readers who want a comedian's view of ordinary habits and a look at how her mind works.