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5.0 out of 5 starshow cool is it that an author wants to engage with ...
Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2016
Ok, how cool is it that an author wants to engage with her readers. Amy Krouse Rosenthal does just that with her newest book TEXTBOOK: Not Exactly a Memoir. Throughout this witty banter of a book, Rosenthal shares moments where the reader can literally text her. She provides a subject so that you know there is going to be a reply and assuming some form of further conversation about what she has written. My favorite one is she hopes to have readers join together and who knows, maybe form a group of sorts. Like one big book club made up of digi-pals who might aspire to form a deep friendship, or take a trip together – the world will be your oyster thanks to Krouse Rosenthal. It’s like Textbook.com. Love it.
Her ideas are brilliant – she gives you little exercises of pure delight. So simple yet so powerful. I found myself highlighting everything, taking furious notes. The ‘experiments’ are not just sweet but fun. And funny.
Rosenthal delivers amusing wisdom of the everyday, and pinpoints things that we all think about but probably don’t write down unless we keep a journal and take the time to re-read it or talk out loud and laugh at ourselves. Yes, there is texting and yes, we post on Instagram and laugh at our witty selves. But somehow sharing all those sweet, tender and hilarious moments with others in a way that is meaningful. And, not just relegated to your kid’s first day of school adorableness (although I know he/she is so cute!), your dog’s latest trick or that incredible cocktail that you must post, but real life goodness – things that you wish for, things that you can try to achieve, observations in the small things that really matter, something that you find so funny or so coincidental or so truly astounding you need anyone who will listen to know about this because it is that amazing that it might start a movement.
Krouse Rosenthal is the friend you want to have and the writer you want to keep writing. Jump on the TEXTBOOK bandwagon.
