feedEnviably Odd Book Title | Foreskin's Lament
I don't think I can properly comment on why this book title is "enviable."
Let's just say that's a fantastic title, shall we? And move on from there? And also... well,.. how many book titles actually use the word "foreskin"? I mean, come on... that takes guts (if not an actual foreskin).
Move along now. Nothing to see here.
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Enviably Odd Book Title ‡ Last Night at the Lobster
I heard a delicious review of Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan today on NPR, and I'm ready to put it in my cart.
But first I'm gonna add it to my wish list, because Christmas is coming, they say, and sometimes people buy gifts for other people and stuff like that, so one never knows. A guy could get lucky.
Have you read the Lobster? Did you love it? Hate it. Feel oddly ticklish when holding it in your hands with your eyes closed while wearing a plaid beret?
Do tell.
Axis of Lobster
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Enviably Odd Book Title: The End of California
Okay. It could just be that I have a thing about California, but it could also be that this is just a completely odd and beautiful title.
Also? Piggly Wiggly on the cover of your book? That is totally awesome (though the paperback doesn't have the same cover, regrettably).
Axis of California
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Enviably Odd Book Title | Cold Noses at the Pearly Gates
Okay. I admit it. I can't really decide on this one. It's either a brilliant title, or completely ridiculous.
Cold Noses at the Pearly Gates? Do I want a book with that title, or do I just want to giggle and move on? Will it get me to pull it off the shelf and look to see what's inside?
Okay. Yes. It will. I'll look to see what's inside. But if what's inside doesn't satisfy, I might just move on. Quickly. To something else odd and intriguing.
Maybe this is why it's so difficult for me to find a book to buy.
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Enviably Odd Book Title | The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible: Books | A. J. Jacobs
I love the title, and almost love the idea. If I didn't think the idea was so ridiculous. Which I do.
Unfortunately I think even a humorous book in this mode will further the idea that the Bible is a recipe book upon which one is intended to lead their life. And you know what? I'm out of baking powder.
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All I Need to Know about Filmmaking I Learned from the Toxic Avenger
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Enviably Odd Book Title | Cooking With Dogs by Karen Dowell
I wish I could cook with dogs. They are simply too present, and want too much of what is being cooked. How can they ever be satisfied?
The answer, of course, is that they can't be satisfied. Not by us. But they will try. And we will try to satisfy them. And we will come as close as we can. And it will be enough.
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Speaking of Eating Spiders in Your Sleep | Enviably Odd Book Title | Spider Eaters
Speaking of eating spiders in your sleep...
I once typeset a book (back in the days when I was doing that sort of thing for a living... and we called it "book composition" rather than "typesetting"), called Spider Eaters from the University of California Press. I never managed to read much of the book itself, but I always admired the title. Thus, today, I grant it official "Enviably Odd Book Title" status.
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Mostly Bob | Enviably Odd Book Title
And, quite frankly, an enviably odd book.
Perhaps it is that envy that makes me not exactly love this book so much, or perhaps it is that I was able to sit and read it all in one sitting at Barnes & Noble, because it's just a few lines of text on every page, describing a dog, as sent in a letter, mostly Bob, and I'm a guy who wants a great deal more in a book. Even though, well, there was obviously a lot of self put into the book. Self is good. I just... I just wish... well, heck, I probably wish I had a book like that.
And that's exactly the reason I started these "Enviably Odd Book Title" things, because sometimes all you can turn is green, and you know why you are green and there's nothing you can do about it but share it. So I share it with you. Enjoy.
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Enviably Odd Book Title / The Human Body, Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
The Human Body, Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
Of course it's not the "The Human Body" portion of this title that I find odd, but the "Fearfully and Wonderfully Made" portion... and I'm tempted to want to take a looksee at this book to see what's up, knowing full well that my answer will be less than interesting (probabaly), but still wanting to know, and thus worth saving for future mashing and composting.
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Enviably Odd Book Title / Pirhana to Scurfy and Other Stories
Ruth Rendell today, with an enviably odd book title.
I've also changed up my book linking and illustration thingie over there on the right (assuming you see a book linking and illustration thingie over there on the right) to make it a little more user friendly. Hopefully it is actually a little more user friendly. One never knows until users start being friendly back.
Blessings.
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This Book Will Save Your Life / Enviably Odd Book Title
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Enviably Odd Book Title: The Nimrod Flipout
For some reason, I have a love/hate relationship with the word/name "Nimrod." Therefore when I see the word, I'm immediately attracted to it, like flies to the spot just behind your ear, just out of reach but close enough so it seems you can feel the beat of the fly's wings as it buzzes closer then away, closer then away...
From Publishers Weekly
Keret, an Israeli writer who also writes children's books and collaborates with illustrators on graphic stories and novels, specializes in brainteasing short short stories reminiscent of the "Shouts and Murmurs" section of the New Yorker—30 are packed in this thin volume. A typical Keret situation is enacted in "Your Man": the narrator finds that his girlfriends inexplicably break up with him in the back of taxicabs while the radio always announces a caller from a certain address. He goes to the address, finds photos of his exes tacked to the wall and erupts in violence, with repercussions that give new meaning to masochism. Dogs play a role in Keret's stories similar to the sly role they assume in Thurber cartoons, hovering between the fantastic and the everyday, and sex is an obsession
Blessings and good wishes.
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Enviably Odd Book Title: Undead and Uneasy
Um...
Weddings are never easy. But when you're Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor, they can become downright deadly...In the days leading up to The Big Day, Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor seems to have a full house and the wedding guests have yet to arrive. Along with her human buddies, there's a ghost, a werewolf, and a Fiend crashing at her place. And though her fiancŽ, Vampire King Eric Sinclair, conveniently disappears when the conversation turns to seating charts and flower arrangements, he does manage to make his oh-so-sexy presence known at other moments.Cold feet are no surprise, especially with an undead groom. But when Sinclair truly goes missing-and not just to avoid wedding preparations-along with most of her friends and loved ones, Betsy is frantic. Alone and afraid for the fate of everyone she loves, Betsy can't trust anyone as she tries to find them and whoever is behind all the disappearances. And what happens next will shake the foundation of the vampire world forever.Okay. Maybe not as odd as Undead and Unpopular, but odd nontheless, and wonderfully so.
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