Things I Learned About My Dad: Humorous And Heartfelt Essays, Edited By The Creator Of Www.dooce.com (2000) - Plot & Excerpts
Got the book "fresh from the oven". It was sent by my friend in London as soon as it appear on Amazon. I think I'm one of the first Indonesian who read it. Dooce is always my number one writer. Love her blog, love her book too. This book contains pieces of story from several coolest blog in the world. Dooce's story is unquestionably rock, but other manuscripts she chooses is also superb. She pick fatherhood as a theme, but it's actually only the wrap. In the inside we would find lots of entertaining, brilliant and heart-touched stories-- about little things happen in parents-children's "love and hate" relationship.Very highly recommended for those who expect to read a entertaining, useful yet brilliant piece of work. I proclaimed this book as one of my "bible" in writing style. I really enjoyed this. It has been awhile since I have read a collection of essays (the last was Sedaris which I did not like. I'm sorry! I know I'm supposed to like it! But I didn't!) Sadly, with two older boys and a new baby, sitting down for a ten or fifteen minute read is the perfect amount for me, and it was nice to start each reading session with someone new. I read several of the blogs by the writers, and this made some of the essays feel like they were written by old friends, which is a bit creepy for them probably. A few times I laughed out loud (that kid with the firecracker!) and others were sad. I could relate to some of the stories as my father's daughter, and other times as my husband's wife, and others as a mother. I feel like this a very general review but I don't want to talk too much about the specific essays. I would def. reccomend this book.
What do You think about Things I Learned About My Dad: Humorous And Heartfelt Essays, Edited By The Creator Of Www.dooce.com (2000)?
Some very good essays and some not so good essays. And that's pretty much it.
—needs
A few stories were funny, but mostly this was ok.
—jbmmtf
Wish Heather had written the whole thing...
—bobbyjoe
