What’s That You’re Reading?

I confess, I picked this lead up from Duane Swierczynski at the Secret Dead Blog. It seems the brilliant and brash contributors to a Web site called Pointless Waste of Time have concocted a variety of manly looking book jackets for those folks who want to read the new Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, but don’t want to be seen doing so in public. Some of the specimens offered are pretty outrageous, and a few will absolutely make you persona non grata at your local Starbucks. But, the site reassures visitors, “Print these out and you can safely read your Potter in front of all those ex-Navy SEALS at the local strip club.” And isn’t that what’s really important?


The main assortment of Harry Potter cover-ups is available here, while some equally fine rejects (one of which I have borrowed above) can be found here.