During the mad dash of holiday shopping, one question weighed heavily on my mind: What book should I buy for each family member and friend on my list? Not all share my love of mysteries but they do enjoy reading. It was a conundrum. However, after a little online searching, I discovered there was indeed a book for everyone--animal lover, cook, crafter, doctor-to-be, single niece, scientist, traveler, student, and writer. Here are some of the more interesting titles:
Bombproof Your Horse
What’s Wrong with My Snake?
Cooking with Pooh
Cheese Problems Solved
Knitting with Dog Hair: Better a sweater
from a dog you know and love than from a sheep you’ll never meet
Crafting With Cat Hair: Cute Handicrafts
to Make with Your Cat
Down-Home Gynecology
Excrement in the Late Middle Ages:
Sacred Filth and Chaucer’s Fecopoetics
Managing a Dental Practice: The Genghis
Khan Way
Even God is Single (so stop giving me a
hard time)
Anyone Can Be Cool…But Awesome Takes
Practice
Old Tractors, and the Men Who Love Them by the same
author who wrote Outhouses and Love, Sex and Tractors.
How to Survive a Robot Uprising: Library
Edition
The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern
North America: A Guide to Field Identification
Snow Caves for Fun and Survival
How to Avoid Huge Ships
What Bird Did That? A driver’s guide to
some common birds of North America
How to Write a How to Write Book
How to Really Talk About Books You
Haven’t Read
Because
of the overwhelming selection of available books, I couldn’t decide and purchased
gift cards for everyone.
Did
you buy or receive books over the holidays?
I was wildly impressed with your ability to choose books that related to the sense of humor for each relative/friend—until I got to the penultimate paragraph, when I laughed out loud.
ReplyDeleteI both received (all on my suggested list) and gave books this year. I especially make a point of giving books to our grandchildren who love to read.
~ Jim
Some of these titles are down-right scary. Most give instruction--for whom?
ReplyDeleteI've given books as gifts before only to have that person tell me how lousy they found the book so I stopped giving books and give gift cards instead. If they buy a lousy book, they only have themselves to blame.
Kara, I just went to the dentist yesterday and was so happy NOT to see Managing a Dental Practice: The Genghis Khan Way. Very funny post!
ReplyDeleteKara, I tried to think which book I might want to read. I don't have a snake or a horse, although I do have two little ponies, but I doubt that I need to bomb proof them. I'm hopelessly not cool and don't want to be awesome. I already know a little about excrement in the Middle Ages - more I'm not interest in. Anyway, I found your list quite funny.
ReplyDeleteI received 4 gardening books for Christmas, and gave 9 books to family members - all copies of my book.
Jim, that's wonderful that your grandchildren love to read and that you give them books. Most children I know prefer computer games or texting on their cell phones instead of reading.
ReplyDeleteE.B., I wondered who reads these instructional books, too. I guess there really is a book for everyone. Although, I am curious about how to talk about a book I haven't read and why I would want to do that.
ReplyDeletePaula, I'm glad that your dentist didn't have that particular book on the shelf. It's scary just going to a dentist, even more so to one who manages like Genghis Khan.
ReplyDeleteHow nice to be able to give a copy of your book as a present, Gloria! I’m sure your family thought it was very special and that you were a cool and awesome writer.
ReplyDeleteI got two copies of "Books to Die For."
ReplyDeleteI heard about that mystery anthology, Warren. Perhaps you will write a blog reviewing your book(s)?
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