Whiter Shades Of Pale: The Stuff White People Like, Coast To Coast, From Seattle's Sweaters To Maine's Microbrews (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
This book is funny and similar to the website, but there is not enough new information to justify more than picking it up from the library for a skim. It talks about all of the White People Places and intersperses them with reruns from the website. It does not hide that it is doing this and most of the old material directly relates to the place (i.e. a place where fixed gear bikes are a must includes the fixed gear bike post from the website). White people places include everywhere in the US you would expect -- NYC, DC, Boulder, San Fran, Seattle, Portland, Asheville, and the generic "college town" along with foreign white people places like Toronto, Vancouver, the UK, etc. Those familiar with the first book might think that Christian Lander simply hammered out some new entries, updated a few old ones, and added some illustrations to his blog-turned-book "Stuff White People Like," so he could get a second payday. Well...you'd be right. But the good news is, the material is just as biting and hilarious. Anyone reading this book is likely to cringe and identify with one or 57 entries. The true question is whether we "white people," i.e., yuppies are able to laugh at ourselves. If not, there will be plenty of people, white and otherwise, lining up to laugh at us. There's more than enough new content here to keep you entertained, be it on the plane, the pot, or wherever. So congrats, Mr. Lander, you deserve that (second) fat check.
What do You think about Whiter Shades Of Pale: The Stuff White People Like, Coast To Coast, From Seattle's Sweaters To Maine's Microbrews (2010)?
Downright hilarious, just as good as the blog, in fact, this is probably the blog in book form.
—shorts
Very funny, not quite as funny as the 1st one, but still quite good.
—nehj
A laughable book developed from a blog. Good stuff.
—dodo
