Iām sure many of you internet and Tumblr savvy people have come across a tumblr called Better Book Titles but I, until very recently, had not. So when I happened across it the other day I just assumed I had ādiscovered” it–much like Christopher Columbus “discovered” the Americas and OprahĀ “discovered” The Secret. Anywho, it is exactly what it sounds likeāa collection of ābetter” titles for famous books.
Here are some of my favs:
Virginia Woolf: Mrs. Dalloway
Alice Sebold: The Lovely Bones
Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letter
Judy Blume:Ā Are You There God? Itās Me, Margaret
This is new to me. Loves it.
This is one of the best Tumblrs. My favorite is still the renaming of Margaret Atwood’s “Handmaid’s Tale” as “Sarah Palin’s America.” I was just glad I wasn’t the only one who thought that when reading that book.
LOL!!! fucking brilliant
“heaven is not as fun as ghost sex” so true. so good.
this is hysterical. one of my favorites: “one long sentence about handjobs” for james joyce’s ulysses.
“Athiests can’t grow boobs”? My DDs beg to differ. And now to follow this tumblr and feel witty.
maybe we should conduct research on this? I could be a scientist…
LOL. this is awesome
I love that site! I even submitted one, but I don’t think it ever went up because the guy hadn’t read the book. It was Death in Venice by Thomas Mann and I re-titled it “Why Don’t You Have A Seat Over There” and photo-shopped Chris Hansen on to the cover.
HA! That’s too bad it never went up, because that’s hilarious.
Here it is if you’d like to see it: http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/tt78/erda1990/deathinvenice-2.png
Oh man, if only this had been around back in my LGBT lit class! Most of us were not terribly fond of Thomas Mann, to put it mildly. You would have been very popular!
Aw, I rather like Thomas Mann otherwise! Death in Venice is a little creepy, but I really enjoyed Doctor Faustus. Then again, I am a composer and also a German history buff so I am pretty much the perfect person to like that novel.
Also, where do you go to school where they offer LGBT lit classes? I want to take one!
This is awesome! It kind of reminds me of that blog That Is Priceless which gives funny new titles to classic works of art.
Ginny Weasley Playing Strip Quidditch, 1896
Luis Ricardo Falero, Spanish
Oil on canvas
Oh my goodness, amazing site!
(http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/2010/04/masterpiece-194.html)