Sentences with phrase «book poke fun at»

I'm surprised she concludes this way, because the early chapters of her book poke fun at her family and church's frequent involvement in protests against abortion and homosexuality.

This irreverent adult coloring book pokes fun at the not - so - helpful advice to simply «calm down.»

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As for poking fun at my book... don't you think your cheap shots might be a little narrow, seeing you've NEVER even read it.

This charming book from Lemony Snicket does an awesome job poking fun (pun intended) at bad moods, while acknowledging that these sour emotions will come and go.

Another fun book is A Moose Boosh: A Few Choice Words About Food, a whimsical poetry collection that pokes fun at foodies while giving an insider look at our global food system.

To prepare for baby girl's arrival, Kardashian will be reading this book, which pokes fun at the joys of parenthood.

Rather than putting style over substance, its style was the substance, director Matthew Vaughn pulling out every trick in the book to poke fun at the stuffy clichés of Bond - era spy films while leaning hard into its R rating to sometimes grotesque results.

The presumptuously titled Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, based on Dav Pilkey's first four children's books in the Captain Underpants series (all of which have amusingly lengthy titles themselves), pokes a lot of fun at the concept of superheroes, the concept of action movies and the very cinematic medium in which it's found itself.

It just wants to razzle - dazzle up a comic book story, poking fun at teens, media, and most of all, other comics in a way that delivers good - natured ribbing for the medium that stands more as an homage without ridicule.

On the lighter side, Stuff Parisians Like (Berkley) by native Parisian and wine bar owner Olivier Magny riffs on the popular blog - turned - book Stuff White People Like to poke good - natured fun at Parisians.

From poking fun at single life to celebrating neuroses, these illustrated books make excellent gifts for readers who appreciate the unexpected.

Whether a genuine display of anger over the band Paul & Storm's parody song «Write Like the Wind,» which pokes fun at the long wait between books in Martin's Game of Thrones series, or just a fun contribution to the event staged to amuse the crowd, there's an underlying message that demonstrates the way readers are changing.

Wendell's newest book is called Everything I Know About Love I Learned from Romance Novels, and it is part - love letter to the genre, part - friendly self - help guide and part - joyful poking fun at the tropes of romance.

Whether a genuine display of anger over the band Paul & Storm's parody song «Write Like the Wind,» which pokes fun at the long wait between books in Martin's Game of... [Read more...]

There is a LOT of great book geek humor out there that pokes fun at readers in a smart and entertaining way and challenges them to think, instead of using one - note stereotypes over and over and over and over.

While critics may poke fun at the sexual nature of the book while likening the content to nothing more than pornography, the simple truth is readers can, for the most part, openly and unashamedly purchase and read it.

Artist Ed Ruscha serially and humorously examines language and architecture through photographs, drawings, paintings, and artist books as a way to examine, critique, and poke fun at American culture.

The Buffoonish Bourgeois offers a selection of journal and book illustrations that poke fun at the middle - class and their mores.

His paintings of people immersed in books caricature the loneliness of the reader, the author and the painter but they also poke fun at our absorption into our mobile devices.

The book pokes a lot of fun at misconceptions from the buyer's viewpoint, from the seller's viewpoint and of course from that of the Realtor.