Weird book titles 2010

The title of a book should give readers a brief sense of tone, idea, and curiosity. My weird school harpercollins, 20042007 this is a silly series for beginning readers. So enjoy another installment of awkward and hilarious book titles. Both titles are equally as weird and are fitting for the very strange movie. Probably why the fires have gone out that was once the first furious flames of marriage. This week the ladies from the broke and the bookish have set a top ten tuesday theme of unique book titles, and what could be more fun. It can be tough to remember the title of a book you read a long time agoeven. On march 10, 1552, mathematician john dee had a conversation with an angel. Toilet yoga because sometimes sht doesnt happen by john johnston a book for.

So here are a few utterly, deeply weird books that are totally worth reading, anyway. Weird west is a subgenre that combines elements of the western with another genre, usually horror, occult, fantasy, or science fiction dcs weird western tales appeared in the early 1970s and the weird western was further popularized by joe r. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book. Selected titles from the weird book room revel in new. This book is highlighting the entertaining andor weird parts of the internet. Everyones talking about it author neil gaiman is even tweeting about it, posting a link and suggesting his followers. Most ots have either a masters or a doctorate in occupational therapy, as well as a state license. The title does let the audience know that it is a zombie horror. A website i like to read, likes to make lists of the weird and wonderful in this. I find that most of my favorite books, in fact, are a little difficult to.

It perhaps says something about people in marketing, an industry we recruit for and of which i am one. Inappropriate the list including its title or description facilitates illegal activity, or contains hate speech or ad hominem attacks on a fellow goodreads member or author. The other shortlisted titles included collectible spoons of the. The prize is named after the diagram group, an information and graphics company based in london, and the. Occupational therapists ots help disabled, ill, and injured people to perform everyday activities, such as getting dressed or getting around the kitchen. The author in this book is having conversations with his dog emmy, who is already quite knowledgeable ab. They work in hospitals, schools, nursing homes, and more. This is another one of those quaint books on the early days of the. Harland miller, ill never forget what i cant remember, 2010, maddox gallery. He arrives expecting to file an essay about how weird a christian musical festival. It holds the title, the words hiding an entire story behind them more or less interesting. The reading train bro is back on the subway with more fake books. But given the huge catalogue of ebook titles available, ive recently made the transition from print to ebooks. Booksellerdiagram prize for oddest title of the year wikipedia.

I tend to buy books based on odd titles, so picking just a few unusual ones in my own library was tough enough. A trip through the islands of fiji and vanuatu by j. Ive searched the net for the strangest, most bizarre and puzzling book titles youve ever seen. Although weve already found some weird book titles before, they are everywhere.

Books are magical, mysterious, entertaining, and sometimes, downright weird. From the cats of new york to south african trout, the 2014 shortlist for the diagram prize brings together this years oddest book titles. Whether intentionally funny or just completely oblivious, here are some of the worst book titles youve ever seen some of the people who wrote these funny book titles might have been absentminded and out of touch, but it could also have to do with changing. The movie tells the story of jerry, a man who falls in love with a stripper that he meets at a carnival. One of the wisest and weirdest comedians of all time penned this classic.

This is still the infancy of the internet for the general user. It will also give the audience a good idea of what. Note the interest in vending machines at certain universities around the world. Ive been told not to judge a book by its cover, but when the cover has a title like reusing old graves, its hard not to. Fiction is cataloged by author and title, not by subject or plot line, which. The nook book ebook of the getting stoned with savages. So whether theres something just a little different about the story, or the book is fullon bizarre, here are 100 wonderful weird books i have read and highly recommend.

I have deciphered as many of the weird job titles as i could and put the logical job title next to the silly one, but some have defeated me. Generally a good movie title is simple, hints at the genre and is easy to remember. Jul 28, 2015 explore labella0104s board weird and strange book titles. Spam or selfpromotional the list is spam or selfpromotional. Especially considering the prize champions odd titles and not odd books see the man booker for the latter. Lansdale who is perhaps best known for his tales of the weird west, a genre mixing splatterpunk with alternate history western. Weird war tales 2010 comic book by dc 1 issues, 1 covers nov 2010. Im certainly a lot more likely to investigate a book with an unusual title than i am one thats run of the mill. If you like a story that makes you reconsider your general stance on the laws of reality, check out some of these ohso. Get your daily fix of the weird, bizarre and hilarious news and events in toronto. In 2014, the annual diagram prize for the oddest book title was. From a series featuring wacky titles like knocked out by my nunganungas and on the bright side, im now the girlfriend of a sexgod, louise rennisons hilarious angus, thongs, and fullfrontal snogging is as strange as it is unforgettable, much like the books protagonist herself. The 20 weirdest movie titles of all time the 20 weirdest movie titles of all time. Theres a book for that and 20 other totally weird book.

You covered almost everything, you clever, witty genius, you covered everything except his head. Clearly, i have nothing better to do today than have a giggle at how easy it is to be really stupid. Chad orzel the book written by a professor in physics explains the key theories in quantum physics. So join me in a quick gigglefest of some of the crazy book covers and really weird book titles i stumbled on earlier today. Or weird like each successive page of the book uses fewer and fewer letters. Booksellerdiagram prize for oddest title of the year.

Go to this link and gaze on the titles and be made. I then think of all those gifted struggling writers out there that just cannot get their book published. Sounds like this newfangled internet is a bit sketchy. Finding a book when youve forgotten its title the new york.

The 20 weirdest movie titles of all time taste of cinema. The majority of the convoluted job titles below are from the marketing sector. Welcome to abebooks weird book room heralded by the new york times, canadas globe and mail, the times of london, and the guardian uk as the finest source of everything thats bizarre, odd and downright weird in books. Posted on august 3, 2016 august 3, 2016 by elizabeth goss. I used to dislike not being able to turn a page and smell that weird new book odor while reading. May 2010 1 april 2010 3 march 2010 2 february 2010 15 january 2010 35 december 2009 47 november 2009 55. Weird new world lamentations of the flame princess. Intentional or not, these authors gave their books names that will make readers laugh or cringe. So lets just judge the cover, not the books, a simple cover that can tell so much. The superior persons second book of weird and wondrous words by.

Weird movie titles go against the usual rules for naming a movie. Usually the title is so strange, because the topic of the book is. At ella mentry school, all the grownups are quite weird in their own weird way. Its an unassuming book, squat and squarish, and the title isnt particularly evocative. With an oversaturated book market, its no wonder we have some strange stuff out there. These creative book titles show that there is no topic out there that someone wont write a book about. In addition to new titles from many of my favorite authors, there were also a number of exceptional debut titles this year. Awful library books hoarding is not collection development. Welcome to the entrancing world of strangelynamed books, where the titles, more or less, do turn out to flag rather interesting reads with the waggish wit of the writer evident right on the cover. I think i read it the summer of 2010 or 2011 so it must be written before that. The booksellerdiagram prize for oddest title of the year, originally known as the diagram. The booksellerdiagram prize for oddest title of the year, originally known as the diagram group prize for the oddest title at the frankfurt book fair, commonly known as the diagram prize for short, is a humorous literary award that is given annually to a book with an unusual title. What if working like crazy to beat the competition did exactly the opposite, making you mediocre and more like the competition.

The annual award for most peculiarlynamed books has announced a typically strange set of finalists. Winner announced for worlds oddest book title award. As a firm believer in both science and the occult, dees life straddled the line between reality and the spirit world. With jim sturgess, ed harris, colin farrell, dragos bucur. The 20 weirdest movie titles of all time page 2 taste. It is said that we should not judge a book by its cover. I had a dream a year ago about books with odd titles and collecting them in one place. Weird war tales 2010 comic book by dc title details. Cute handicrafts to make with your cat by amy hirschman and kaori tsutaya finally, crazy cat ladiesuh, i mean, cat lovershave an outlet for all the cat hair that. Writer and director ray dennis steckler, was threatened with a court case and the title was changed. The complete series list for my weird school daze dan gutman.

Some of them are strange books that are a bit disturbing. In todays world of overabundant consumer choices and superfluous apps, upgrades, addons, and features, brands have become nearly identical, as their efforts to outdo one another have pushed them into a dizzying herd of indistinct options. Siberian gulag escapees travel four thousand miles by foot to freedom in india. There are plenty of instances where a title can be so entirely surprising and random that we cant help but either want to know what its about or just stare in disbelief. Each book is selfcontained, although the characters reappear in other volumes of the series as well.