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This week's issue of American Libraries Direct was full of funny bits. Here's a taste -
A mom in Halsey, Oregon thinksThe Book of Bunny Suicides is so inappropriate for young teens that she won't return it to the school library. People from near and far are offering to replace the book, which features "adorable yet despondent white rabbits trying to end their lives in bizarre ways." I wonder if that mom has something to do with our copy, which has been "At Bindery" since last December...
The Judge a Book by Its Cover website is one of those delightful time killers (sorry, Mr. Garvey). After looking at the cover of a book, see if you can guess its star ranking on Amazon. My experience so far is that most people aren't very critical. Everything I look at seems to have 5 stars.
If you already have trouble figuring out which wine to have with dinner, now you also have to worry about which beverage goes with the book you are reading. Definitely white wine with Jane Austen, a snooty Pinot Noir with brainy Oprah Book Club selections. Oh - not you, kids.
Finally, Literal Video Version has released another batch of music videos in which the characters sing what they are actually doing. Here's their version of the Tears for Fears 1985 hit song "Head over Heels":
You can compare it to the original on YouTube.
A mom in Halsey, Oregon thinksThe Book of Bunny Suicides is so inappropriate for young teens that she won't return it to the school library. People from near and far are offering to replace the book, which features "adorable yet despondent white rabbits trying to end their lives in bizarre ways." I wonder if that mom has something to do with our copy, which has been "At Bindery" since last December...
The Judge a Book by Its Cover website is one of those delightful time killers (sorry, Mr. Garvey). After looking at the cover of a book, see if you can guess its star ranking on Amazon. My experience so far is that most people aren't very critical. Everything I look at seems to have 5 stars.
If you already have trouble figuring out which wine to have with dinner, now you also have to worry about which beverage goes with the book you are reading. Definitely white wine with Jane Austen, a snooty Pinot Noir with brainy Oprah Book Club selections. Oh - not you, kids.
Finally, Literal Video Version has released another batch of music videos in which the characters sing what they are actually doing. Here's their version of the Tears for Fears 1985 hit song "Head over Heels":
You can compare it to the original on YouTube.
posted by franceylibrarian at 1:19 PM
4 Comments:
Yeah, and I agree that all the ratings people put up were wrong (since my first score was 1 out of 10). I was _really_ taken with the Literal Video, though - the one with A-Ha's Take on Me was even better (but of course, it wasn't set in a library).
Both Literal Vids were very funny. :D
With the ratings, I put 5 stars every time, and got the first 20 or so right. >.<
Even though it's almost true to say the Bunny Suicides are morbidly funny, I still feel greatly disturbed and probably would feel sick after reading it. However, the mom is taking things way too seriously. I am sure there are people who don't get a savage pleasure out of looking at bunnies kill themselves by sticking an electric egg beater down their throats. Does she think teenagers will emulate the bunnies?
That's a chimpanzee, not a monkey. Poetic license I suppose - easier to sing "monkey."
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