Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark by Cecelia Watson

Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark

Cecelia Watson with Pam Ward (Narrator)

3 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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A page-turning, existential romp through the life and times of the world’s most polarizing punctuation markThe semicolon. Stephen King, Hemingway, Vonnegut, and Orwell detest it. Herman Melville, Henry James, and Rebecca Solnit love it. But why? W...

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Moods

informative 94%
funny 38%
lighthearted 38%
reflective 35%
inspiring 10%
challenging 8%
relaxing 8%
hopeful 4%
adventurous 1%

Pace

medium 47%
fast 27%
slow 25%

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3.74

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