Strange Planet by: Nathan W. Pyle
Fiction: Pop Culture, Comics, Humor, 144 pages
If B or L is reading this, No, I didn't read all the books I got you before giving them to you, the other book was too long to read that quickly. ;)
If you know the comic strip/web comic you know what this book is, a collection of short stories (many 4 panel) about "aliens" seeing everyday life with unusual, but reasonable word choices. The book is divided up by themes.
mental floss presents Condensed Knowledge: A Deliciously Irreverent Guide to Feeling Smart Again
by Will Pearson, Elizabeth Hunt, Mangesh Hattikudur
Non-Fiction: Science, Art, Food, History, Religion, 352 pages
This book is set up in a bathroom reader like format. It is divided up by subject and includes lists as well as short little blurbs. Most of it is OK, but not anything great. The religion section was so bad, I wanted to correct their statements about other religions, because it was soo bad, that anyone with a basic knowledge on the subject could see the issues. Like: suggesting that the founder of Islam had only 1 wife, noting that different Christians have some differences in what books make up the Bible (while stating the opposite of what happened was what happened) and then talking about books not in the Bible (while half of the books are in 2 out of the 3 branches of Christianity's Bibles), and getting so many dates wrong (both in historic evidence, and in how the religion sees itself- like I'd be cool with either this is what X group believes or this is what the archeology shows. But they get both wrong at times.)
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by: Caitlin Doughty, Ill. by: Dianné Ruz
Non-Fiction: Science, Pop Culture, Children's, YA, 222 pages
This book answers a series of questions that children have asked about death, funerals, and ways to deal with dead bodies. Most questions deal with human death, as the author is a funeral director, but it does have questions about animal deaths as well. Also, while I logically knew that a "Viking funeral" shouldn't work given the temps and length of time it takes to cremate a person, having someone point out that you would end up with a slightly charred body floating around in the water and a sunk boat, is depressing.
To Hell I Must Go: The True Story of Michigan's Lizzie Borden by: Rod Sadler
Non-fiction: History, 176 pages
This is a novelized version of the story of a murder that took place in a small Michigan town in 1897. It was written by a retired police officer who was looking into the life of their great, great grandfather who was the sheriff when it happened. While the murder did take place using an ax, and the murderer was a female, that is the only connections with Lizzie Borden that the event has.
The Zen of Zombie: (Even) Better Living through the Undead by: Scott Kenemore
Non-fiction: self help, pop culture, 280 pages
This is a self help books based on being like a zombie. Because nothing stops a zombie from getting what they want (brains.) It has 2 parts: the 24 habits of highly effective zombies and a 90 day guide to zombification.
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