"We all know the basics of punctuation. Or do we? A look at most neighborhood signage tells a different story. Through sloppy usage and low standards on the internet, in email, and now text messages, we have made proper punctuation an endangered species. In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, former editor Lynne Truss dares to say, in her delightfully urbane, witty, and very English way, that it is time to look at our commas and semicolons and see them as the wonderful and necessary things they are. This is a book for people who love punctuation and get upset when it is mishandled. From the invention of the question mark in the time of Charlemagne to George Orwell shunning the semicolon, this lively history makes a powerful case for the preservation of a system of printing conventions that is much too subtle to be mucked about with."

Found this hardcover copy at Goodwill today. What a bargain!

I read this in a bookring a while back & loved it. If you're a stickler about grammar & punctuation & enjoy a little humor thrown in, you'll like this one! Here's my earlier review: My review

Starting a bookray of my own with this one. Please see order below. General courtesy applies. Please journal when you receive the book, and again with your review and when you ship it on to the next person in line. It's a fairly short book, so please try to keep it no longer than around one month. If something comes up, please PM me to let me know. I'm also including a bookstring with this one -- please keep that with the book as well (hopefully it will hold up that long!). Lastly, enjoy the book!

Book order:

UnwrittenLibra (Maryland, USA)
oldreader (California, USA)
lahley (Arkansas, USA)
ariesgirl29 (Tennessee, USA)
brewster13 (CANADA)
darkpunkangel (CANADA)
boirina (PORTUGAL)
mikime (ITALY) (asked to be skipped)
DA-Cameron (GERMANY)
stellamaris23 (SPAIN) (no response to PM's)
spoiledrotten (New Jersey, USA)

Off today to UnwrittenLibra! Happy travels, little book!

This book came in the mail while I was in Massachusetts...I just got back tonight and I can't wait to read it! Thanks, Coleen!

Great weather allowed me to read this book under my favorite tree in Summit Park, right near my house.

I was surprised at how short a book it is. My mom had read a book by Lynne Truss awhile back and said that she didn't like it. I could see her point. I rated this book a steady 5 due to the fact that although the subject matter was interesting, it seemed like one long rant from a pretentious British woman with a huge chip, or comma, on her shoulder. She was very adamant in her views and unwilling to accept anyone else as correct. Note to Ms. Truss: Let it go, dear. The fact that in her bio pic on the back flap she's putting an apostrophe on the Two Weeks(') Notice poster is evident of her phobia.

Nevertheless, I enjoyed some of her analogies and examples and the fact that she stayed on topic, keeping an example going through a chapter at a time. I sure hope that poor Kerry-Anne of Michigan doesn't get her hands on a copy )you'll see why once your read it)

Anyways...I finished the book almost a week ago; it didn't take me long at all to read it. I just haven't had time to get to the post office recently. It will go out today to Sue (oldreader) of Citrus Heights, California. Happy travels!

arrived today,thanks.have 2 ahead but will read fast.

The best part of this as far as I was concerned was the title.On to the next person,

RELEASE NOTES:

Mailed to lahley today.

I got this in the mail today! Thanks so much for including me! I have two above this but will get this moving quickly!

On its way to darkpunkangel - enjoy!

Thanks, got this today...I think I'll be able to start this today.

RELEASE NOTES:

I didn't really enjoy this book as I thought I would, so I sent this to the next participant today. But thanks, indygo88 for letting me join ;)!

The book got here safely today.

Thanks!

I truly enjoyed this book. I'm one of those language freaks. :)
Now the book is on its way to DA-Cameron, as mikime asked to be skipped.
I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did!
Thanks!

2008-06-04:
The book arrived yesterday. Thanks for sending it!

2008-07-03:
Maybe I'm not as freaky about language as the author, but I truly enjoyed the book.

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

The book is on its way to spoiledrotten. (I couldn't reach stellamaris23...)

Recieved this in the mail along with the Book String!!!! Have 2 books in front of this, but will read a quickly as possible and mail on. Thanks for including me and for sending.

Well, I did enjoy some parts of the book, book overall I did find it a bit too wordy! I would like to thank indygo88 for including me and since she dosen't want the book back I also get to keep the book string!!! Yeah!!! This book is now up for grabs or wild release.

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

Sent this as a RABCK to ButtrcupHarmony. Enjoy!

Received as a RABCK, and just realized that I never journaled it.

Received this today from Buttercup Harmony by way of Bookmooch.com. I've already begun reading it and am enjoying it, as I am a punctuation geek. It looks like a quick read. Thanks for sending it to me.

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

The book is on its way to Derek in Maine. It seems to like to travel the eastern seaboard, as I got from someone in New Hampshire and now is headed north to Maine. Enjoyed the book but it was very wordy. I skimmed the last third of it.


Marked received by Derek in Maine on December 20, 2008 at BookMooch.com