Super Pop! Pop Culture Lists to Help You Win at Trivia,
Survive in the Wild, and Make It Through the Holidays
by Daniel Harmon
published by Zest Books
publication date June 4, 2013
288 pages
As David Letterman demonstrates on the Late Show, top ten lists are really funny. And we know lists are a great way to get organized, get things done, and streamline life’s many tasks. But now, pop culture expert Daniel Harmon takes a totally new approach to list making in his new book Super Pop! and organizes 500 movies, songs, video games, and books into top ten lists that not only have the power to entertain, but also to help create a new and better you!
Super Pop! offers a maximum-pleasure, minimum-effort way to become smarter, happier, and a little bit more likely to survive a shark attack. This wide-ranging collection organizes pop culture’s greatest hits—including blockbusting movies, bestselling books, platinum albums, and more—into hilarious, provocative, and weirdly edifying top ten lists, and provides quick-hitting commentary in the nearly 500 entries.
Praise for Super Pop!
“A weird, witty, endlessly entertaining compendium for the budding pop-culture aficionado.” - Kirkus Reviews
“This is a go-to resource for [those] looking to bone up on pop culture, sound interesting at a party, or craft the perfect playlist for a workout.” - Booklist
"This book is terrific fun just for browsing purposes. But as a source of potential teaching / discussion / writing ideas, it’s downright invaluable." - School Library Journal
My Thoughts
I love books like Super Pop that are full of trivia, fun facts, lists, and pop culture references. I always prided myself on having a vast knowledge of pop-trivia, but after reading Super Pop I discovered that I don't have it going on. At all. But this is a good thing because I've learned so many fun facts reading Super Pop and keeps me turning the pages to learn something new.
The lists are organized by five topics: "Be More Interesting", "Get Smart(er)", "Stop Doing It Wrong", "Find Happiness", and "Survive the Holidays" and the lists compiled are comprised of a books, movies, comics, music, tv shows, and podcasts. The variety of mediums within each list made them more interesting than lists that are usually comprised of the same medium which can become boring.
Super Pop is extremely entertaining and, for me, educational. I am the target audience because I want to "win at trivia, survive in the wild, and make it through the holidays". I've compiled a list of my favorite top tens that appear mostly in no particular order except for number one because THANKSGIVING: Ad Hoc Families That Will Do In a Pinch is my favorite list of the book.
My Top 7 Super Pop Top Tens
(because like ten, 7 is an arbitrary number)
1.
THANKSGIVING
Ad Hoc Families That Will Do In a Pinch
2.
GAIN SOME PERSPECTIVE
Read a Book and Try on Another Human Being
3.
GO WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS YOUR NAME
The Best Places to Hang Out for an Hour
The Best Places to Hang Out for an Hour
4.
HAPPINESS. AS DEFINED BY TEN RANDOM CELEBRITIES
5.
CHEAT ON YOUR HOMEWORK
Essential Literary Adaptions - For Both Information and Inspiration
6.
DROP THE FACADE
Songs Guaranteed To Melt Your Frozen Heart
7.
DRINK THE KOOL-AID
Touchstones for Quirky, Like-Minded People
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I want Super Pop bc I am a book hoarder and I like to know all the things about pop culture <3
ReplyDeleteI love to hear about pop culture so I assume I would love to read it too :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway