For me, there's a weird, unfathomable gulf — I almost wrote gulp — between the completion of a novel and its publication. Some days this duration feels interminable, as though the book has...
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This book was a delightful surprise. For one thing, the story takes place on the coast of Oregon. For another, the writing is honest and beautiful. Although I've read it four times, I'd take it on a plane to enjoy it again.
Don't be put off by the NYT's sourpuss comment about Ms. Roach's chatty footnotes. Will Cuppy, the funniest historian ever to write books, also used the footnote technique for risible effect. (I'll bet everything down to my last loincloth that the NYT reviewer has never read one damn word of Cuppy's. Or would be able to identify Cuppy or name one book he wrote.)
This book is about a fascinating, universal, but subject, and Ms. Roach's tone is perfect. One to read a dozen times and share with friends.
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This is one of the best gift books imaginable. But buy a copy for yourself, too, because you'll read it many times. I didn't find the typeface objectionable, and I appreciated the fact that I learned something new on nearly every page.
Best of all, it's written by an Oregon author.
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Jeff Taylor, January 18, 2009
This book was a delightful surprise. For one thing, the story takes place on the coast of Oregon. For another, the writing is honest and beautiful. Although I've read it four times, I'd take it on a plane to enjoy it again.Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach
Jeff Taylor, May 26, 2008
Don't be put off by the NYT's sourpuss comment about Ms. Roach's chatty footnotes. Will Cuppy, the funniest historian ever to write books, also used the footnote technique for risible effect. (I'll bet everything down to my last loincloth that the NYT reviewer has never read one damn word of Cuppy's. Or would be able to identify Cuppy or name one book he wrote.)This book is about a fascinating, universal, but subject, and Ms. Roach's tone is perfect. One to read a dozen times and share with friends.
(6 of 8 readers found this comment helpful)
Reel Women: The World of Women Who Fish by Lyla Foggia
Jeff Taylor, May 26, 2008
This is one of the best gift books imaginable. But buy a copy for yourself, too, because you'll read it many times. I didn't find the typeface objectionable, and I appreciated the fact that I learned something new on nearly every page.Best of all, it's written by an Oregon author.
(1 of 1 readers found this comment helpful)