Out of all the books that I have read this year, this is one of the better ones because Magary thought of everything that a reader would like answered. Ho religion changes, marriages, work, life, adventure, sports, everything. This book brought about a sense of insecurity to readers because for m...
This book starts out with a tense seen in the preemie surgery unit at the hospital, and then parades through several episodes of parenting 101, then finishes up back in the same OR - with a life hanging in the balance.I got this book from a list of titles that are supposed to be funny - and this ...
I'm a fan of Drew Magary's writing in general, including his previous book (The Postmortal) and his online work. I was really looking forward to this book, but it fell kind of flat for me. There were certainly some funny moments, but without the intensity of his usual rants. And I thought that en...
This book was chosen for my book club - and it isn't something that I would have chosen to read - so I surprisingly liked the book. When I read the book Gone Girl - I said immediately that it would make a great movie. I feel the same about this book. It is a great book club book because it opens ...
The writing was better than I would have expected for someone who's book jacket biography includes having written for Maxim and Playboy. The author brings some life experience to his writing of events such as birth of a child and death of a loved one. Yet he falls short in his ability to try diff...
The horses looked like squirrels beneath him. The ground itself felt bouncier. No wonder Fermona was always in such a cheery mood. Being a giant felt fantastic. The house never materialized again, allowing Ben to push his family out of his mind, if only for a moment. Pinin...