A review by ashleylm
Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, & Other Typographical Marks by Keith Houston

4.0

Well-researched, well-written account of (for the most part) how some obscure punctuation marks developed in form over time (rather than slanted toward usage, say, although any history is necessarily going to touch on that). I'm not sure how much of the information will stay with me, but it was entertaining to read about at the time.

(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s). I feel a lot of readers automatically render any book they enjoy 5, but I grade on a curve!