Publisher's Take Note ! Here are the books we want. . .
In a previous post I shared the results of my survey of the offerings of 275 bloggers who participated in the Book Meme created by Ben Myers.
One of the questions on that Meme was, #6. "A book that you wish had been written:" The answers were almost all very interesting. They varied from the very thoughtful and academic to the intimately personal.
I contemplated the possibility of compiling the whole list, but instead opted to share below only some of those that for one reason or another caught my interest.
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In My Own Words, by Jesus of Nazareth (Christopher Langston)
Mary's autobiography (mother of Jesus) (Jennifer- Home Is Where You Start From)
3 Corinthians, in which Paul roundly condemns the baptism of infants, (Jonathan Hunt)
The Truth about the Eucharist, Paul of Tarsus (Kyle Potter)
One Hundred and One Simple Explanations of Why I Said What I Said by the Apostle Paul. (Singing Owl)
The Doctrine of the Trinity: It’s Importance and Applications, by the Apostle Paul (Even So ...)
The Life and Times of an Apostle: An Autobiography, Junia [the Apostle]. (Psalmist)
A Collection: What the Church Should Be, The Apostles (Alan Creech)
Ecclesial Structure and Practice, by the Apostles (Laura)
Theodicy: The Final Answer, by God (Father Stephanos)
A Systematic Explanation of Everything, by God (Eating Words)
How to Keep from Marrying the Woman Who Will Betray You after Twenty-One Years of Marriage and Run Off With Another Man (California Teacher Guy)
We're So Sorry About the Revivalism Thing, by Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield (Sean A. Brandt)
I Take It All Back by Rick Warren (Thirsty Theologian)
Just Kidding!, by E.Y. Mullins (The Boar's Head)
Here's To You: A Southern Baptist Guide to Enjoying Wine (Joe Thorn)
What I Really Believe, with None of That Evasive Answering a Question with Another Question B.S., by Brian McLaren (Darrell Pursiful)
Yo, 21st Century, This Isn't the Bible, The Westminster Divines (Jeremy - Allusmorgans)
Understanding the Female Worldview (UprisingYouth)
Martin Luther, Why John Calvin was right about the Lord's Supper (1529) (Guy Davies)
How Blogging Could Ruin Your Life by somebody people would listen to (Emma - Does Everyone Have An Inner Nerd?)
Personal Memories from 1969-2009, by Martin Luther King Jr (Aaron Ghiloni)
The Future of America from a Time Traveler's Perspective: How Liberty Won the Day by Del Monde (Theomony)
Karl Barth, How Richard Gillingham Changed my Mind (Richard Gillingham)
How to Keep From Strangling Your Kids When All They Do is Fight Constantly and Torment Each Other (And You) , Have the Body of an 18-Year-Old, AND Still Have a Clean House When Your Husband Gets Home (Becki - Party of Seven)
How to Drop 20 Pounds in a Day without Endangering Your Health (Sandi Glahn)
The Beer and Cheese Diet (Barb - Whilin' Away the Hours)
How to lose weight by doing nothing but eating McDonald’s and playing video games (Matthew)
Where to find your single socks/car keys/ pens etc. (Tim Narraway)
An ebook containing all the lost manuscripts from the library of Alexandria. (Byron)
How to Get Paid Tons Of Money for Playing Your Favorite Computer Games... Free Winning Lottery Ticket Included With Purchase (Thomas Hathaway)
My Life After Winning the Lottery, by Michael Barber (Michael Barber)
Something on Calvinistic (Reformed, not the Dispensational type) Baptist theology - that is of a reasonable price (why must most systematics be written by Presbyterians?) (Jen-Est)
On the False Antithesis Between Law and Gospel by Martin Luther (Son of Nun)
Commentary upon the Revelation of St. John by John Calvin. (John Dekker)
How I Made My First Million Preaching the Truth, (Phillip Way)
Every Pastoral Experience You Will Encounter and the Perfect Way to Handle It. (Sue - Inner Dorothy)
Tolkien's sequel to LotR (New Perspectives on Rob)
My Utmost for His Highest 2 by Oswald Chambers (Jessica)
Harry Potter and the Half Black Chick (Nick)Adolph Hitler's Why I Done It. (Irrelephant)
Hitler's Short Rise to Power: How the Germans Stopped a Lunatic (View from the Manse)
St. Paul, My Life and Thought (Alastair)
The Simple Version, by Jurgen Habermas (JoBloggs)
How to Find the Perfect Mate When You are a Single, Working Mom and Have No Time or Energy!, (Mrs. Q)
How to accomplish everything you want to do in life in 15 easy minutes a day. (A Day in the Life of Jim)
How to be a Successful Artistic Photographer in a Town Full of Tasteless Hicks. (Shelly)
"OK, it's a cross between The Female Eunuch and The Beauty Myth but it's written about women by a man, for men, and men actually read it and buy it for their other men friends. They all talk of nothing else for a good while, and it makes the top 5 bestsellers of all time, outselling Harry Potter. As a direct result of this book, major social structures begin to change in favour of true equality...etc etc blah blah no one actually wants to hear about this anymore...." (Cath)
Using PMS to work FOR you, not AGAINST you. (Greta - And It Must Be Said)
How to Make Your Toddler Clean His Room the First Time You Ask... And Bring You a Beer & Grilled Cheese, Too! (Kaci - Wipe the Seat)
Cold Fusion in 10 Easy Steps (DannyG)
What I Know about the Roswell Incident by Harry S. Truman (Barlow Farms)
Patience and Faith: The real way to the top! By every popular motivational psycho around (Troy Greene)
Sovereignty and Responsibility: A Reformed Girl's Guide to Finding a Man (Little Miss Reformed)
10 Steps to Help you Be Reformed and Get Along With Other Reformed People (Bodacious Black Bible Babbler)
Can't We All Just Get Along? - The Reformed Faith as the Basis For Christian Unity (Gaines)
A comprehensive handbook for using literature, television, and film in teaching philosophy. (Joel-Sacra Doctrina)
A book on the continuities and discontinuities between the theology and philosophy of Augustine, Calvin, Luther that is sensitive to the relevant historical contexts of each thinker. (Cynthia Nielson)
Look Behind You: Interpreting the Bible Like They Did Before Evolution, Feminism, and the Rest of the Twentieth-Century Stuff Brainwashed Us (Jeff Richard Young)
Fire Good: Why the Free Market is a Good Servant But a Hard Master, with 10 Steps Towards Taming Its Pernicious Influence in Our Lives by someone who knows both theology and economics (JBWatson)
Wherever Two or Three are Gathered in My Name, there Politics Will Be Also: An Analysis of Group Dynamics and Social Violence in the Church (Mark Horne)
Every Single Decision Made For You, by I. M. Trustworthy (Boggledegook)
The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Choices M. Brett Kendall Should Make in His Life (With Foolproof Diagrams of Exactly When, Where and How ... Because He Needs Them) by God (M. Brett Kendall)
The Impossible Dream: How the Cubs Won the World Series by anyone, for crying out loud (Steve McCoy)
How To Stop the Clocks So That You Can Have 28 Hours In Your Day (Rocks in My Dryer)
How to Survive on Only 2 Hours of Sleep Per Day (Multitasking Mama)
How To Be the Perfect Spirit and Peace Filled Wife and Mother, Daughter, Sister: Perfection brings Perfection-Guaranteed! (Tracy Woodland)
How to Meet Everyone's Expectations and Still Be Happy (Amy Butler)
And then there was my answer, that I repeat simply as a matter of self-indulgence: The Memoirs of Paige Patterson.
One final note: A ton of folk answered some version of "How To Make Your House Clean Itself." Every single one of them was a woman. Hmmmm...I guess we can infer from the absence of males answering in this fashion that guys like housework.
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For a complete list of the 275 Memers I surveyed CLICK HERE.
For my answers to The One Book Meme CLICK HERE.
5 Comments:
Actually, I kind of do like housework. However, I don't have a toddler to manage and teach to bring me beers, so I imagine that makes a difference...
Thanks for compiling these, it was fun to read.
A great survey. These book titles are all very creative. Thanks for taking the time to compile them.
I will have to go visit some of these creative minds now...
Jenny in Ca
And I thought I spent a lot of time on blogs. Thanks for the hard work!
Thanks for stopping by. Please come back again some time.
Some of these were absolutely hilarious. Well, maybe not in an absolute sense, but definitely relatively.
For my answer, I wrote:
“Psych! Fooled ya!” (Or, I only meant to illustrate the beauty of Heaven by talking about this place called Hell, which doesn’t really exist. You all should just lighten up.), by Jesus.
C.S. Lewis has said that if there was any one doctrine he would rewrite in Scripture, it would be the doctrine of Hell, but he cannot, because the scriptures are plain. A debate has been raging in my post on Carlton Pearson’s universalism heresy about this issue, and it seems to be as unending as the worm that dies not. Yet, I suspect no amount of arguing is ever going to change Jesus’ actual words.
Regards,
Rich.
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