So according to the fine folks at Barnes & Noble, people who bought my book also bought:
Shit My Dad Says
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
Assholes Finish First
The Zombie Survival Guide
and...
The Year of Living Biblically
I totally get the first three, and hey, who doesn't want to survive the coming Zombpocalypse? But that last one? God works in mysterious ways.
Must have been the guy from Israel? ;)
ReplyDeletePossibly they felt the need to atone after reading your book.
ReplyDelete"The Year of Living Biblically" is actually supposed to be a comedy. The author is a guy who has written other books about his personal experience trying weird projects. It's basically about how the Old Testament is not appropriate for application in modern society and the weird situations that result when you really do take the Bible literally.
ReplyDeleteAnd the author is Canadian (also an atheist, I believe).
Nessa, that's entirely possible.
ReplyDeleteKatie, I looked at it before I posted. Sometimes I pretend to not know stuff because it's funnier. :)
I read that book..its actually pretty interesting. I think the guy got more out of the endeavor than he expected to. Its a pretty thoughtful treatment of orthodoxy without being either mocking OR sanctimonious.
ReplyDeleteI have to stop reading when I'm tired. For some reason, I was seeing "Living Biblically With Zombies."
ReplyDeleteAnd I just can't handle that.
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I think once all the beer is gone, cause you’ve drank all hell had to offer, your ready to get up to heaven and start living it up biblical style.
ReplyDeleteI won’t even go into why anyone would have to be drunk on hell beer to want to get to heaven (jk) because I’m a good Christian girl… you might want to take a big step away as I am going to get hit by a lightning bolt momentarily.
As a Christian preacher, I'm just LOVIN' these comments. But, not as much as a love your blog. Keep it up!
ReplyDeleteWell, they had a lot of kids in Biblical times (all those "begats"), and surely some of them got into as much trouble as you and your brothers?
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ReplyDeleteI loved that book. It's hilarious. It's about a guy who does this crazy experiment to take the Bible literally for a year and see what happens. He's not even religious when he does it. You'd enjoy it, I swear and he's an excellent writer.
ReplyDeleteI think the person who sent you the Israeli coins and Isreali glass is the one who bought "The Year of Living Biblically" -- I'm guessing it was an attempt at brain-bleach or penance ;-)
ReplyDeleteJust shows your readers have varied tastes.
ReplyDeleteAll those "begats" hahaha! I'm gonna start calling my kids that!
ReplyDeletethere is a TED talk about it, if you can get through all the ums and past the sweaty pits (a bit distracting) it is pretty good! http://www.ted.com/talks/a_j_jacobs_year_of_living_biblically.html
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ReplyDeleteTED talk on the year of living biblically . . .
Yeah. That was me. I bought "Biblically" in an airport, because I needed something to read, and because I'd read AJ Jacobs book "The Know It All" and enjoyed it. "Biblically" tends toward navel gazing, though, and I don't recommend it.
ReplyDelete"The Year of Living Biblically" is actually hilarious, so that makes sense. :)
ReplyDeleteJust wandering by, saw a link to you from Travis over at I Like To Fish.
I have to say, I am soo sad right now. I took my b-day money (yes, even at 40 my Nana still sends me a $20 for my b-day, god bless her) and drove right down to my local B & N to buy the much coveted book by you...and they don't carry it in actual book that you can hold form! Only as an e-book! *snif snif*
ReplyDeleteThese are dark days indeed.
ItBit, you can order it by ISBN and they'll get it in for you...I haven't yet submitted the paperwork to actually get it stocked in the store. Sorry! But thanks for trying. :) If more people actually ordered it by ISBN, maybe we can twist their arms. I wonder what would happen if everyone who reads this went to their local B&N and ordered it, and then when the store called they said, "Oh I don't want it anymore" or "I got it somewhere else." I wonder if they'd put it on the shelf, or if they'd return it....hmmm, this might be part of an evil plan.
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