Author: Holly
-
Hunger Games
Hunger: Understanding the Crisis Through Games, Dramas, and Songs Sprinkle 1971 Submitter: This is a book of literal Hunger Games by an author whose last name is Sprinkle. You just can’t make this up. The idea of the book is to help church-goers and likeminded folks better understand the experience…
-
Fun and Games
Early Pleasures and Pastimes Kalman 1947 Submitter: We found this gem in our Children’s department of our public library, on a recent much needed weed. The children on the cover seem to enjoy waterboarding Grandpa. The actual photos inside are very disturbing. They dare you to wrestle a bear, and…
-
Smuggling Made Easy
Sneak it Through : Smuggling Made Easier Michael Connor 1984 Paladin Press Submitter: This book was found on shelf by one of our library clerks and brought to my attention. A surprising purchase, and my only guess is a collection development librarian had watched too many episodes of Magnum, P.I.,…
-
Christmas Tree Crap, I mean Crafts
Christmas Tree Crafts Tichenor 1975 I was a year old when this book was published. That makes it 47 years old this year. I’m all for holiday craft books for kids, but this one is old and tired. There are giant chunks of pages falling out. Some kid, probably 47…
-
Mormon Meat
Favorite Mormon Recipes Meats Edition Including Seafoods and Poultry 2000 Favorite Recipes Montgomery Second Branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1966 Submitter: While weeding the cookbook section, I spied this sad spiral bound book being held together with a prayer. There is one thing I hate…
-
Robert Palmer Girls
Be Your Own Makeup Artist: Jerome Alexander’s Complete Makeup Workbook Alexander 1983 Submitter: Not sure why this cover is giving me such Robert Palmer vibes… This was found languishing on the shelf and no wonder – time to replace this with some from this century. Holly: They do look like Robert Palmer girls!!
Awful Library Books 