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Between You & Me

Confessions of a Comma Queen
Jan 08, 2017bwinlr rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Just finished this excellent 2015 book, and would recommend it to all former English majors like me. If you love words and appreciate correct grammar, add this book to your list. It fits in nicely with "Eats, Shoots & Leaves," by Lynne Truss (2003) and "Woe Is I," by Patricia T. O'Conner (1996). The only problem with Mary Norris's book is that she spends a later chapter extolling the virtues of Palomino Blackwing 602 pencils and KUM long-point manual sharpeners. She uses soft pencils in her work as a copy editor, and I became so enamored with her description of the Blackwings that I bought a dozen—for $22! Plus a KUM sharpener for $7.50! $32.28 later, I managed to extricate myself from pencils.com, and I don't even use pencils! Such was the power of her writing. It's a good book.