Judging A Book By Its Cover
By Jenine Lillian, MLIS Day
Spring is in the air and it’s time to pursue all of those extracurricular
activities! Whether you’re a budding film maker, a mathematician,
a geneticist or a top-notch chef, this book list will help you get started.
If you’re looking for leisure reading, I hope you find inspiration
from these REAL books. (Trust me, I couldn’t make this stuff up.)
Non-Fiction
All I Need To Know About FILMMAKING I Learned From The Toxic Avenger:
The Shocking True Story of Troma Studios--Chopper Chicks! Surf Nazis!
Tromeo and Juliet! Toxic Violence! Guerilla Filmmaking! Poor Hygiene!
A Good Hard KICK In the Ass: Basic Training for Entrepreneurs
What It Means to Be 98% Chimpanzee: Apes, People and Their Genes
Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements
Kill Duck Before Serving: Red Faces At The New York Times: A collection
of the newspaper's most interesting, embarrassing and off-beat corrections
Fiction
Honorary title (for subject matter):
In the Stacks: Short Stories About Libraries and Librarians
The 500 Best Urban Legends Ever!
Dreams of Dead Women's Handbags (collected stories)
The Hipster Handbook
Thoughts For A Bad Hair Day
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Jenine Lillian's monthly column Judging A Book By
Its Cover includes weird and wacky titles of real books found on
library shelves. If you find weird books in your travels, send them
to je9@u.washington.edu and
they just might make it on the top 10.
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