{"product_id":"judging-a-book-by-its-lover-a-field-guide-to-the-hearts-and-minds-of-readers-everywhere-paperback","title":"Judging a Book by Its Lover: A Field Guide to the Hearts and Minds of Readers Everywhere - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLauren Leto\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Leto is as funny as she is well-read; a delight for bibliophiles and wannabes alike.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Wylie Overstreet, author of \u003cem\u003eThe History of the World According to Facebook\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLauren Leto, humor blogger and co-author of \u003cem\u003eTexts from Last Night\u003c\/em\u003e, now offers a fascinating field guide to the hearts and minds of readers everywhere. \u003cem\u003eJudging a Book by Its Lover\u003c\/em\u003e is like a literary \u003cem\u003eSh*t My Dad Says\u003c\/em\u003e--an unrelentingly witty and delightfully irreverent guide to the intricate world of passionate literary debate, at once skewering and celebrating great writers, from Dostoevsky to Ayn Rand to Jonathan Franzen, and all the people who read them. This provocative, smart, and addictively funny tome arose out of Leto's popular \"book porn\" blog posts, and it will delight and outrage literature fans, readers of \u003cem\u003eStuff White People Like\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eI Judge You When You Use Poor Grammar\u003c\/em\u003e--people obsessed with literary culture and people fed up with literary culture--in equal measure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWant to impress the hot stranger at the bar who asks for your take on \u003cem\u003eInfinite Jest\u003c\/em\u003e? Dying to shut up the blowhard in front of you who's pontificating on Cormac McCarthy's \"recurring road narratives\"? Having difficulty keeping Francine Prose and Annie Proulx straight? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor all those overwhelmed readers who need to get a firm grip on the relentless onslaught of must-read books to stay on top of the inevitable conversations that swirl around them, Lauren Leto's \u003cem\u003eJudging a Book by Its Lover\u003c\/em\u003e is manna from literary heaven! A hilarious send-up of--and inspired homage to--the passionate and peculiar world of book culture, this guide to literary debate leaves no reader or author unscathed, at once adoring and skewering everyone from Jonathan Franzen to Ayn Rand to Dostoyevsky and the people who read them.\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cb\u003eChristian Lander, author of \u003ci\u003eStuff White People Like\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWant to impress the hot stranger at the bar who asks for your take on \u003cem\u003eInfinite Jest\u003c\/em\u003e? Dying to shut up the blowhard in front of you who's pontificating on Cormac McCarthy's \"recurring road narratives\"? Having difficulty keeping Francine Prose and Annie Proulx straight? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor all those overwhelmed readers who need to get a firm grip on the relentless onslaught of must-read books to stay on top of the inevitable conversations that swirl around them, Lauren Leto's \u003cem\u003eJudging a Book by Its Lover\u003c\/em\u003e is manna from literary heaven! A hilarious send-up of--and inspired homage to--the passionate and peculiar world of book culture, this guide to literary debate leaves no reader or author unscathed, at once adoring and skewering everyone from Jonathan Franzen to Ayn Rand to Dostoyevsky and the people who read them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 02, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45151157125222,"sku":"9780062070142","price":22.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/cGx3U1YyUmVzdEd6YkRiVG1QRlk4QT09.webp?v=1773395432","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/judging-a-book-by-its-lover-a-field-guide-to-the-hearts-and-minds-of-readers-everywhere-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}