2.5 stars. Parts of the book were relatively interesting, but I think the overall narrative suffered because of the author's meandering, jumpy style (along w/ the fact that she often had pretty stringent political asides about "current" politics -- current for the time of the book's writing, i.e., t...
The Partly Cloudy Patriot is a very entertaining book that brings up some controversial topics (some political, some not). Sarah Vowell, the author, gives a great performance. What else can you expect from a regular contributor to NPR and "This American Life"? She knows how to create topics of conve...
Sarah Vowell's Assassination Vacation is an informative and amusing book about the author's pilgrimage to sites related to the assassinations of Lincoln, Garfield, and McKinley. I myself am not a history expert, but this book described the relationships between the presidents and their wives and fri...
Sarah Vowell always leaves me feeling comforted that there is someone else out there that sees the world in a different light. That there IS someone in the world that actually seems to be sane and logical and zany at the same time. Unfortunately after leaving the world of Vowell I still am faced wit...
This was a collection of short stories which Vowell wrote up to around the year 2000. Some of them were quite entertaining while others did not peak my interest. My favorite short story would have to be the one about insomnia, I could really relate. I enjoy Vowell's writing and her personality but t...
4.5 starsThis was a thoroughly entertaining book. I loved Vowell's dry wit and her true love for American presidential history is catching. I have never been very interested in American history, I suppose because it makes one look more closely at the present time--and that is just not wise (next sto...
Those who listen to PRI's This American Life and then happen to listen to the audio version of this book will immediately recognize the sound of the author's voice. This book is similar like her radio essays except longer. She tells the story of visiting the sites related to the assassinations of ...
This was my introduction to Sarah Vowell, and I now like her very much. I know, I'm a loser for not listening to NPR more frequently, but I can't pay attention to anything else when it's on (seriously - even wash dishes), so I don't.She's funny and smart and insightful and definitely a patriot in a...
"Let us thank God for having given us such Mayflower picks up at the exact moment Wordy Shipmates leaves off; Philbrick isn't as easy to read, but his history is much more clearly laid out.(It also suffers in comparison to Tony Horwitz, who - in books like A Voyage Long and Strange - combines Vowell...
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