The book I’m talking about is the first book from Lore Sjöberg of The Brunching Shuttlecocks. It’s been out for a while, but I just picked it up last night.
Price
Only $12. More expensive than free, but about average for a trade paperback. Whatever the case, the real point is to indirectly support the website, without dealing with that creepy Amazon donation system. B-
Format
It’s nice to be able to read it in bed without having my laptop computer burning a hole through the covers. But it loses something without the context of the rest of the site. They include some of the best quizzes, which is good, but they’re not as much fun webless. B
Content
It has all my favorites, so that’s good. And some new entries, too, so it’s not all just recycled content. As I mentioned, including the quizzes was a nice touch. There’s only one cereal entry, which is kind of weird considering how that’s one of the running themes of the ratings. But at least it includes the entry for Bizarro, which is one of the greatest things ever written in the English language. A
Illustrations
Feh. Half the fun of any brunching article is the photoshopped logo gag. Maybe there were picture rights issues? Whatever. The illustrations in the book are just generic and humorless, making you wonder why they bothered. D-
So buy the book! If you’ve already read the archives, then there’s a little bit of new content in there, and you’re helping support the website.