{"id":99,"date":"2008-10-22T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-22T08:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbicmsblog.reedbusiness.com\/elogic_660000266\/2008\/10\/22\/books-that-fit-in-your-pants\/"},"modified":"2008-10-22T08:10:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-22T08:10:00","slug":"books-that-fit-in-your-pants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/?p=99","title":{"rendered":"Books That Fit "In Your Pants""},"content":{"rendered":"

If you enjoy a good juvenile joke every now and again, today’s your lucky day! Back in January 2007 when John Green and his brother Hank had newly launched their "Brotherhood 2.0<\/a>" video log project, John coined a new game of sorts, which involves adding the words "in my pants" to the end of book titles, just for a laugh. I recently discovered an online list of these "in your pants" jokes<\/a>, which includes such gems as:<\/p>\n

 A Series of Unfortunate Events In My Pants<\/em> by Lemony Snicket
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets In My Pants<\/em> by J.K. Rowling
The Very Hungry Caterpillar In My Pants<\/em> by Eric Carl [sic]
Guess How Much I Love You In My Pants<\/em> by Sam McBratney
Breakfast of Champions In My Pants<\/em> by Kurt Vonnegut<\/p>\n

The list is supposedly "All the in your pants jokes that John Green will ever need," but frankly I’m just not sure that list is half as long as it should be, nor is it half as exact in places. For example, the only book included by the lovely Kate Klise, who did an event with us at the start of this week, is Regarding the Bees in My Pants<\/em>, which is rather funny, but not half so entertaining as Regarding the Fountain in My Pants.<\/em> And the list doesn’t include the following titles which appear in my home library and which I think lend themselves well to this pointless but entertaining gag:<\/p>\n

Peace Like a River in My Pants<\/em> by Leif Enger
The Good, Good Pig in My Pants<\/em> by Sy Montgomery
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing-in-My-Pants<\/em> by M.T. Anderson (yes, I added hyphens, but I think that’s allowed)<\/p>\n

What titles (for any age!) in your bookstore or library are improved or "enhanced" by this exercise? (Yes, this post is starting to sound like SPAM.) Please list your best "in your pants" jokes here, so that we can all appreciate them and add a wealth of new suggestions to John’s list, which can only benefit from um… growth.<\/p>\n

While you’re thinking about which titles to post in the comments field, you can watch John’s original video post on the "in your pants" subject here:<\/p>\n

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