I bought her book in a NY book signing. And it's worth going if she will have a signing near you. In her speech she talked about how it all started and answered the audience questions.
Now to the book itself and why I give it a Mighty 5 out of 5 stars.
The books size is about that of a Manga paperback book. Those Manga are black and white pages and cost $10.
Magazines today average about $6.99
And even a single comic book is $3.99
Getting this book for $14.99 but with online discounts like here.
Well it's more then worth it!
They use slick high gloss paper and color photos. And with the price of paper going up in recent years, I'm surprised the price was this low.
I wrote the above to give a perspective of the overall book design. But now I'll
talk about the content.
This book is about words and their origins.
Besides the beautiful photos. She shows how brainy she is.
She mentions a word and then actually tells a story about the meaning of the word. The way she writes and weaves a story, it leaves an impression and makes you remember it. I don't think anyone who reads this book won't walk away without at least remembering a few words and their origins.
Each words origin takes a page and is then followed by a related trivia question.
And best of all is that you do not have to read this book in order. You can skip around and read the words that catch your initial interest, and get back to the rest later.
Overall the presentation is excellent, with a fun atmosphere. And you really will learn something reading this book. My youtube is RobNY710
