Alphabet Juice by Roy Blount Jr.
First of all, you need to know that this not any ordinary book. Nor is it a turbo book with movies built into it, just by the way, if you were wondering. It is more of a dictionary thingamajig. Hey, the computer recognizes thingamajig, but not thingamajigy. Weird. The book is composed of seemingly random words and phrases, in alphabetical order, of course. For example, the H section begins with has been, hater, headlinese, heebie-jeebies, etc. Each word has a description of where it came from, how sonicky it is, weird things about it, and some other random stuff. One of my favorite entries goes as follows:
Well, never mind. I cant find the quote. I looked through most of the book and it wasn't there. :( But it went something about a book, which was in quotes, and the book quoted a person quoting a newspaper, quoting a phrase, quoting somebody. Much quoting. Tell me if you find said words.
Overall, this is lots of fun and laughs for an older audience.
First of all, you need to know that this not any ordinary book. Nor is it a turbo book with movies built into it, just by the way, if you were wondering. It is more of a dictionary thingamajig. Hey, the computer recognizes thingamajig, but not thingamajigy. Weird. The book is composed of seemingly random words and phrases, in alphabetical order, of course. For example, the H section begins with has been, hater, headlinese, heebie-jeebies, etc. Each word has a description of where it came from, how sonicky it is, weird things about it, and some other random stuff. One of my favorite entries goes as follows:
Well, never mind. I cant find the quote. I looked through most of the book and it wasn't there. :( But it went something about a book, which was in quotes, and the book quoted a person quoting a newspaper, quoting a phrase, quoting somebody. Much quoting. Tell me if you find said words.
Overall, this is lots of fun and laughs for an older audience.
No comments:
Post a Comment