33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Body Language: An Entertaining and Sensitive View of Relationships, June 22, 2008
This review is from: Legs Talk: A Modern Girl's Dating Tale ( IPPY Bronze Award Winner - Best Gift Book ) (Paperback)
While some my dismiss this small sized book that weds (oops!) photography and psychology as just a funny diversion, author D.E. Boone and photographer Marc Burgess (with the assistance of the gorgeous gams of model Natsuko Koizumi) have taken a serious look at why our field of dating is so bumpy so often. Using a forum of balancing excellent black and white photographs of just legs (mostly female as this is a female point of view) opposite fragments of thought that tell the story of a failed relationship, Boone informs us of at least one vantage of evaluating why both the dating game and the need for connecting is often thwarted. The fact that such minimal visual and written information can pack such a wallop is refreshing. This is a very entertaining little reflection that is both very funny and very wise.
To say much more about the content of the 'story' would remove the punch from the book for new readers. Suffice it to say that this well designed, well considered tidbit of philosophy/psychology is a novel and clever art book that is guaranteed to provide chuckles as well as support for people awash in the contemporary field of dating - and a fine gift for friends who may be there, too! Grady Harp, June 08
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
"You Break It, You buy It!", May 25, 2008
This review is from: Legs Talk: A Modern Girl's Dating Tale ( IPPY Bronze Award Winner - Best Gift Book ) (Paperback)
"You break it you buy it!"
How many times has the man you thought of as "the one" ended up just being a number in your little black book? From page one this book had me on my toes! It's like a girl's night in all packed in one adorable book! D.E. Boone is original and refreshing and tells it like it is! This book is something we all could use at some point in our life, and that is a fact.
Heart-broken? We've all been and well all know the story and how we got there. It's timeless and I'd go as far to say a "classic" in it's own right. But you know what? I want to tell it again...as single women, when we look for a man, we dress-up, use our sensuality and "walk" with it so to say. There she is minding her own business, having a little "retail therapy" (which we all need by the way) and here he comes,could it be..Mr. Right? or should we say Mr. Right Now? I love a good story especially one I've lived through and can relate to one hundred percent! But when it's told a way so ingenious, edgy, and different that I've never seen it before, I am blown away! "Legs Talk: Let your Legs Do the Talking", is THAT book. We may know the story, but we certainly have never seen it narrated like this.
A tale of girl meets guy, falls for guy, finds out he's not what he said he was, disappoints, disappears, reappears, girl gives him another chance only to be hurt again ...then what? We all swear the next one will be normal! Except for one thing, as normal as this story sounds, it's anything but! This beautiful black and white picture book is told from the waist down. That's right, this book is narrated by a par of sexy, gorgeous and sensuous legs.
Have you ever been looking for that perfect gift book for a girl friend who just got dumped by the man of her dreams? Or maybe things just didn't work out between the two of them. And all you want is a little something to stop her from moping around and eating your entire pint of Ben and Jerry's? So what do you do? You rush out to the local bookstore and all you find sitting on the shelves are the "I'm so very sorry" books. Now to me ladies, in most cases, and even if you don't find out until later on, it's a blessing in disguise! So, why not celebrate? This book is how we as women can hold all the cards! We are sexy beings with intelligence, thoughts and feelings and isn't it about time we started to get treated like it?
So go put on your high heels and "walk that walk" because you're a woman and thanks to this book, you'll celebrate it! Nancy Sinatra didn't hit Number One in 1966 with "These Boots Were Made for Walkin'" for nothing! Right?
Thank you Mr. Boone, I totally got a kick out of this book and believe me, you will too!
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
She's got legs, June 26, 2008
This review is from: Legs Talk: A Modern Girl's Dating Tale ( IPPY Bronze Award Winner - Best Gift Book ) (Paperback)
"She's a very special girl
The kind of girl you want to know
From her head down to her toenails
Down to her feet, yeah"
(Rick James - Super Freak)
From the first pick up line
She could see he was a leg man.
First the flirting
Then the sweet nothings,
Until at last ....
An opening ...
...and
Whatever!
A little photo book,
with legs that not only
walk the walk ,
but talk the talk.
Provocative ...
Funny ...
...and
Twisted
Black & white images,
taken from the waist down.
Gorgeous legs
And high heeled shoes
Tell the story...
...of the boyfriend
That was.
A great gift for a girlfriend
Who has a broken heart.
A very small book
But here size doesn't matter
Put your feet up...
...kick back
And smile
"She's got legs, she knows how to use them"
(ZZ Top)
Amanda Richards, June 26, 2008
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