Booklolz: HarperCollins Harlem Shake, Obama DFTBA’s John Green, The Bell Jar Parody Covers, Bookish Fashion & more!
To begin this week’s booklolz, we bring you the Epic Reads team’s Harlem Shake video, proving that YA publishing peeople have serious moves.
John Green participated in a Google chat with President Obama, and when John brought his wife Sarah out to ask the President for some baby naming advice, Obama declined to choose between Eleanor or Alice, and then THIS HAPPENED:
And worldwide, that was the sound of Nerdfighters’ heads exploding. Yup, Obama gave John Green’s unborn child a DFTBA.
You can watch the full chat here.
Jason Boog of GalleyCat rounded up some hilarious parody covers of The Bell Jar, inspired by the catastrophically bad recovering (which we lamented in our Cover Crush). Click through to see the full collection of parody covers:
Quiz Time! Find out who your 90′s boyfriend is over at Buzzfeed. How could we resist a quiz that works in a Babysitter’s Club question?
And for a more high brow quiz, check out the PBS “Which Downton Abbey Couple Are You” quiz.
Hello Giggles and Gallery 1988 teamed up to bring the “Young Adult” show to life. It consists of artwork that pays tribute to the classic YA book series of the 80′s and 90′s, including Sweet Valley High, Goosebumps and Nancy Drew, to name a few. To see some of the artwork, click below:
Lastly, we bring you one of our favorite new tumblrs, Fiction to Fashion, where you can find Polyvore worthy outfits for all your favorite books. Click through the gorgeous ensembles below to see more!
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The Twittersphere exploded when the Prez DFTBAed John Green! Of course, John Green’s kid is going to be awesome no matter what but that just makes it all the more cool. And I really want that blue polka dot dress…so cute.
LOVE that outfits.
I saw that quiz a few days ago and LOVED it.
I LOVE all the outfits.
Indeed, Nerfighteria EXPLODED. History was made that fateful day.
Thank you so much for the linking the President chat with John Green. I seriously thought someone had photoshopped it! Wow, what an incredibly awesome moment.
p.s. LOVE the outfits!