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A review by samnopal
What to Talk about: On a Plane, at a Cocktail Party, in a Tiny Elevator with Your Boss's Boss by Christopher Colin, Rob Baedeker
3.0
In 2008, during the beginning of a friendship, I found myself combing the lower levels of Strand Bookstore in New York City. My friend and I found a self-help book that was filled with hilariously earnest advice. The only thing I recall is that central to the piece on flirting and crushes was a point to make intimate physical contact with their ear. Just a light touch.
We didn't buy the book. Foolishly.
I've been searching since then to recapture the magic that was that book. Of which I remember nothing but that intimate scene. For a second, upon starting this one, I hoped it was mine. My lost friend. This book is not it. This book is a slight humor piece that doesn't even go in for the earnest.
It was funny, but say not more funny than [b:Is Sex Necessary? or Why You Feel the Way You Do|161054|Is Sex Necessary? or Why You Feel the Way You Do|James Thurber|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1347888463s/161054.jpg|30266] and you can never go wrong with EB White and James Thurber.
We didn't buy the book. Foolishly.
I've been searching since then to recapture the magic that was that book. Of which I remember nothing but that intimate scene. For a second, upon starting this one, I hoped it was mine. My lost friend. This book is not it. This book is a slight humor piece that doesn't even go in for the earnest.
It was funny, but say not more funny than [b:Is Sex Necessary? or Why You Feel the Way You Do|161054|Is Sex Necessary? or Why You Feel the Way You Do|James Thurber|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1347888463s/161054.jpg|30266] and you can never go wrong with EB White and James Thurber.