morgan_haybook's review against another edition
4.0
What I learned from this book... er, well if he was "not making this up" when he said he was than I would say I learned alot. The audiobook made my rides home fly by and I am sure my abnoxious laughter annoyed others at traffic lights. I don't know why I resisted reading his books before but now I know where to find my next funny audiobook.
rachel_abby_reads's review against another edition
4.0
Even 30?! years later, some of these articles still tickle my funny bone.
ashwinn's review against another edition
5.0
(Crossposted from my blog: https://daariga.wordpress.com/2015/12/07/dave-barry-talks-back/)
One of the gems that I discovered when I first started surfing the Internet was Dave Barry. Countless hours of my life have been spent reading the archives of his hilarious Florida articles written for the Miami Herald. Considering the amount of pure happiness (and tummy ache) his writing has given me, those were probably the most well-spent hours of my life. When I recently discovered that he has many books to his credit I had to get started on it!
Dave Barry Talks Back is a collection of 63 old articles, from before 1992. I was pleased to discover that I had not previously read any of these. They sample all the zaniness on this planet, ranging from relationships to family to pets to government to politics. Since these were written for a newspaper with a strict word limit, each of them is just 3 pages long. You can get shots of the funnies all through the day by picking up this book!
Dave Barry is the real deal because the observations he makes about us are genuine. Something else clearly stood out: the world of 1980s was just as insane as our world today. The same ineptness and bungling by government departments, the same weaselly politicians and most importantly, the same crazy real-life events involving the common man that keep happening around the world!
Except for a couple of dull pieces at the beginning and at the end, it is hard to find fault in this collection. As an icing, each article has a pertinent cartoon, drawn by Jeff MacNelly, another of my favorites. Much like Calvin and Hobbes or Seinfeld, to me Dave Barry’s writings are epic. Beware of where you read this book cause you will not be able to control your snickering and giggling. This is a fantastic mood lifter from probably the funniest writer in USA.
One of the gems that I discovered when I first started surfing the Internet was Dave Barry. Countless hours of my life have been spent reading the archives of his hilarious Florida articles written for the Miami Herald. Considering the amount of pure happiness (and tummy ache) his writing has given me, those were probably the most well-spent hours of my life. When I recently discovered that he has many books to his credit I had to get started on it!
Dave Barry Talks Back is a collection of 63 old articles, from before 1992. I was pleased to discover that I had not previously read any of these. They sample all the zaniness on this planet, ranging from relationships to family to pets to government to politics. Since these were written for a newspaper with a strict word limit, each of them is just 3 pages long. You can get shots of the funnies all through the day by picking up this book!
Dave Barry is the real deal because the observations he makes about us are genuine. Something else clearly stood out: the world of 1980s was just as insane as our world today. The same ineptness and bungling by government departments, the same weaselly politicians and most importantly, the same crazy real-life events involving the common man that keep happening around the world!
Except for a couple of dull pieces at the beginning and at the end, it is hard to find fault in this collection. As an icing, each article has a pertinent cartoon, drawn by Jeff MacNelly, another of my favorites. Much like Calvin and Hobbes or Seinfeld, to me Dave Barry’s writings are epic. Beware of where you read this book cause you will not be able to control your snickering and giggling. This is a fantastic mood lifter from probably the funniest writer in USA.
lostinmylibrary's review against another edition
4.0
Some columns were obviously better than others, but this made me laugh so much. I love Dave Barry. It was also pretty hilarious how all of the Donald Trump jokes were just as (and possibly more) applicable more than 20 years later.
amythebookbat's review
5.0
I have always enjoyed Dave Barry's sense of humor and this book didn't let me down. This book is basically a bunch of his columns collected and reprinted in book form. This is great for me since we don't get his column in our local paper. Of course, we no longer get the local paper anymore. But anyway, I enjoyed the opportunity to read columns I had missed previously. I especially liked the one about Mr. language person and all the crazy things done to the English language. If you enjoy Dave Barry, you will likely enjoy this collection.
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