Every day we are barraged with content, and headlines that beg us to read or watch something. Facebook’s news feed is full of these little stories, and to get our attention the headlines are becoming increasingly harder not to click. The sole purpose is to get you to click the headline and go over to the site, so they can show bigger visitor numbers to companies in order to sell more ads. (This by the way, is how the internet works, and why news sites are full of celebrity gossip).
I decided to turn this weapon against the destroyers of modern culture. I will use these powers to try to entice people to read more. Here are some of my favorite books, along with the shitty internet headline you can use to get your less-cultured friends to check them out.
A Boy Goes Down With a Ship Full of Animals. What Happens Next Will Leave You Speechless.
Hold On To Your Man With This One Weird Tip
Find Out What Caused This One Guy to Spontaneously Combust
12 Amazing Things That Prove You Need Feminism In Your Life
Find Out Which Outrageous Forgotten God Describes YOU Best
On Books and Writing 
Excellent idea. Makes me want to read/re-read these!
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We should all read The Handmaid’s Tale once a year. And watching the Life of Pi movie the other day made we want to re-read the book, to see if I missed something about the ending.
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It has been ages since I read The Handmaid’s Tale, so a re-read is probably in order.
The ending of the Life of Pi made me cry, both when I read it and watched it. What had you thought you missed?
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Well, I though the ending meant that he was the tiger, and that when he meets the man later on , on another boat and the tiger attacks him, it was in fact Pi that attacked him (and, erm, digested him).
Now I’m not sure if this is the correct assumption.
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Hmmm, that’s the assumption I had, too. After both reading and watching. Not sure why you thought that wasn’t the case…now I’ll have to re-watch the movie! :)
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