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St. Martin's Griffin (2016), 240 pages
Description
"Ever wonder which intricate, elaborately-named drinks might be consumed if your favorite authors and characters wandered into a Starbucks? How many pumpkin lattes J.K. Rowling would drink? Or if Cormac McCarthy needed caffeine, which latte would be laconic enough? Look no further; LITERARY STARBUCKS explores such pressing matters with humor and erudition. Set over the course of a single day, and replete with puns and satirized literary styles, the three authors go darker, stronger, and more global than the blog in book format, including illustrations by acclaimed New Yorker cover artist and cartoonist Harry Bliss,"--Amazon.com.
User reviews
LibraryThing member Kaethe
Literary Starbucks: Freshly-Brewed Bookish Humor, No-Whip, Half-Caf - Nora Anderson Katz, Wilson Isaac Josephson, Jill Madeline Poskanzer, Harry Bliss I have been a Starbucks-in-a-Barnes and Noble barista, and I remember the authors mural well. Huh, I don't know if they still use it. This book is a
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better tribute to both the coffee shops and to the authors than any I could imagine. The Tumblr was amusing, so I was predisposed to like this. But these clever people made it better: they gave it a story arc, and lots of interaction, and there are illustrations by Harry Bliss. It is still fundamentally a book of English major humor, but I've loved that sort of thing my whole life. This will go next to my copy of Texts From Jane Eyre, and I'll probably read it at least once every year from now on.Giveaway from GoodReads Show Less
LibraryThing member Kaethe
I have been a Starbucks-in-a-Barnes and Noble barista, and I remember the authors mural well. Huh, I don't know if they still use it. This book is a better tribute to both the coffee shops and to the authors than any I could imagine. The Tumblr was amusing, so I was predisposed to like this. But
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these clever people made it better: they gave it a story arc, and lots of interaction, and there are illustrations by Harry Bliss. It is still fundamentally a book of English major humor, but I've loved that sort of thing my whole life. This will go next to my copy of Texts From Jane Eyre, and I'll probably read it at least once every year from now on.Giveaway from GoodReads
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LibraryThing member MickyFine
Starting initially as a blog on tumblr, the creators of Literary Starbucks have compiled some of the posts from their blog as well as new content created specifically for the book into one epic day at a Starbucks during which fictional characters and authors come in to place orders from this
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ubiquitous American chain. Whether it's Chinua Achebe ordering a scone that crumbles and being told "things fall apart" or Harry Potter ordering a butterbeer latte because Dumbledore told him to and that guy seems trustworthy, there's plenty to delight and tickle the funny bones of lit nerds of all stripes. Show Less
LibraryThing member bell7
The creators of the Tumblr blog by the same name tweak some posts and invent new ones to create a literary day in Starbucks, chock full of literary figures (both authors and characters) and the orders they may have for the long-suffering baristas. The result is clever and funny bookish humor that
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LibraryThing member ValerieAndBooks
This was a fun read. Given to me as a gift -- it's ideal as a gift book for someone who is widely-read. While one doesn't need a PhD in literature to appreciate the humor here, being somewhat widely read does help. The few that had me scratching my head were the ones that had references to books
The spoof poem of e.e. cummings enjoying coffee was my favorite, and it happened to be the first one in this volume. Some others rely on punning -- such as Louisa May Alcott ordering a cup of Jo.
The illustrations were fun, too.
This will go on the shelf of "books about books".
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and/or authors I wasn't familiar with. The spoof poem of e.e. cummings enjoying coffee was my favorite, and it happened to be the first one in this volume. Some others rely on punning -- such as Louisa May Alcott ordering a cup of Jo.
The illustrations were fun, too.
This will go on the shelf of "books about books".
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LibraryThing member CarrieWuj
I hesitate adding this to my "read" list just because it is more of a pastime (pass time?) than a true reading endeavor, but it is fun and clever and a great way to spend that stuck-in-the car/train/bathroom/line segment of time. The authors started playing around with this online and then captured
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all their creations in a book. The premise is a spin on the "guy walks into a bar" joke and instead it is an author or literary character walking into a Starbucks. What then ensues is either a parody of the author's work, or the character being true to character by what he/she orders and how he/she behaves. There are some groaners (Louisa May Alcott walks into a Starbucks and orders a cup of jo) and some legit good efforts: 13 Ways of Looking at a Starbucks ala Wallace Stevens. The catch is that you have to be both a lit lover and a Starbucks lover. I'm more of a Dunkin' Donuts gal myself, so lost a level of appreciation there. However I was gratifyingly on target with the lit -- though had to look up quite a few -- Tolkein and authors born after 1985 it turns out. Fun gift for the bookish smartypants you know. Show Less
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
240 p.; 7.48 inches
ISBN
1250096790 / 9781250096791