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readteachcreate's Reviews (1.42k)
I am not ashamed to admit that nonfiction is not a genre I normally gravitate to, but after connecting with the author, Rachel Thompson, through Twitter and learning so much from her about using Social Media as a new indie author, so I decided to check out her book - and I am so glad that I did!!
A Walk in the Snark had me smiling and nodding my head with almost every story. It was fun, it was real. And what really brought this book home for me was not just the "snark" parts, it was the real-life, from the heart stories where Rachel discussed her experiences with a past love - a part of her life from when she was younger, still finding and defining herself, that in different ways, contributed to the woman she is now. She hasn't let her past love experience control her life, but her writing about it in such an open forum, takes amazing courage and heart.
More often than not, as I was reading, I found myself nodding and even laughing with a lot of what Rachel was talking about as I have experienced and wondered and questioned myself on numerous occasions! Some of my favorite chapters/topics included: M.A.N. Disease (Male Avoidance Neuroses) especially as it pertains to the whole toilet paper/paper towel issue; Better In Than Out - that is my life! This quote here had me nodding my head enthusiastically: "Personally, I find it most interesting that people (and by people I mean my husband) don't sneeze in their sleep, but can still let one rip without waking up."; and my all-time favorite: Kitchenitis - "When I'm sick, I'm still expected to clean the house." I get that all the time!!!
So, before I continue with what could be a never-ending rant of how much I loved this book, I am going to wrap up by saying that if you haven't taken a chance and grabbed up a copy of your own - do it!!! You won't be sorry!!
A Walk in the Snark had me smiling and nodding my head with almost every story. It was fun, it was real. And what really brought this book home for me was not just the "snark" parts, it was the real-life, from the heart stories where Rachel discussed her experiences with a past love - a part of her life from when she was younger, still finding and defining herself, that in different ways, contributed to the woman she is now. She hasn't let her past love experience control her life, but her writing about it in such an open forum, takes amazing courage and heart.
More often than not, as I was reading, I found myself nodding and even laughing with a lot of what Rachel was talking about as I have experienced and wondered and questioned myself on numerous occasions! Some of my favorite chapters/topics included: M.A.N. Disease (Male Avoidance Neuroses) especially as it pertains to the whole toilet paper/paper towel issue; Better In Than Out - that is my life! This quote here had me nodding my head enthusiastically: "Personally, I find it most interesting that people (and by people I mean my husband) don't sneeze in their sleep, but can still let one rip without waking up."; and my all-time favorite: Kitchenitis - "When I'm sick, I'm still expected to clean the house." I get that all the time!!!
So, before I continue with what could be a never-ending rant of how much I loved this book, I am going to wrap up by saying that if you haven't taken a chance and grabbed up a copy of your own - do it!!! You won't be sorry!!
After only a day of reading I had to put it down. It started off promising but quickly went downhill from there. What distracted me the most was the inane conversations between many of the characters not to mention the over description down to the minute detail. So glad I only borrowed it as opposed to spending any amount of money on it. With some fine tuning & deleting of large portions of conversation where the same thing was said over & over again using different words would go a long way in making me care about reading any further.
