Official Review: Wordstruck! by Susanna Janssen

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Re: Official Review: Wordstruck! by Susanna Janssen

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Cecilia_L wrote: 12 Aug 2018, 14:28 This sounds like such a fun read, and I enjoyed your excellent review.
Thanks for the praise, Cecilia_L! I am blushing. Do give the book a try.
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Miriam Molina wrote: 10 Aug 2018, 13:25 The reader will have all the above and more! While feeding your brain with her collection of enchanting trivia about words - which she touts as the greatest human creation, Susanna will also effortlessly tickle your funny bone. The lady is a natural comic. There is also the bonus lesson that she drills into the reader: learning a second language will keep the demon called Alzheimer’s Disease at bay; this is no idle claim as scientific evidence abounds to support it.
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You have written a beautiful review. I have a good sense of this book and cannot start reading it soon enough. I love words and their significance in our world, and I know I would love this book. I love an author with a sense of humor as well. You captured that well in your review. Thanks so much.
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Thanks for the beautiful comment, Eva Darrington! You will find Susanna a lot of fun, I bet!
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Kat Berg wrote: 12 Aug 2018, 15:03 This sounds like a fun book. For me, the perfect "bathroom" book, as I am unlikely to read it through like a typical book, but it would be fun to have it sitting around to pick up and peruse when the mood strikes.
Yes, the book would be good in the bathroom, LOL! In fact, there's a topic about that sacred location.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Kat Berg!
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Wow, you’ve totally sold that book to me! It reminds me of a story I was told about a man teaching a computer language to Arabs and finding that there was no translation for ’extended’. So he described it as a camel in a long tent with its head sticking out of one end and its tail sticking out of the other.
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That's a pretty complicated way of saying extended, whew! I wonder how they call "extension cords."
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Okay, wait. Shakespeare originated the 'knock-knock' jokes? You gotta be kidding! I'm definitely interested in this book. Wow. Thank you for your review Miriam :)
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Fuzaila wrote: 20 Aug 2018, 02:34 Okay, wait. Shakespeare originated the 'knock-knock' jokes? You gotta be kidding! I'm definitely interested in this book. Wow. Thank you for your review Miriam :)
Curious now, eh? See Macbeth! :lol:

Thanks for knocking, Fuzaila!
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Miriam Molina wrote: 10 Aug 2018, 13:25

In Wordstruck!, Susanna Janssen passionately shares her unique romance with the most faithful of lovers: words!



Susanna shares that the secret to succeeding in anything (including learning a second language) is to keep at it.
I fell in love with your review! Seems like this book will be a roller-coaster ride for her readers as it not only plays with words but also provides simple, yet, profound life lessons. Thanks for the review!
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Debjani Ghosh wrote: 14 Sep 2018, 23:07
Miriam Molina wrote: 10 Aug 2018, 13:25

In Wordstruck!, Susanna Janssen passionately shares her unique romance with the most faithful of lovers: words!



Susanna shares that the secret to succeeding in anything (including learning a second language) is to keep at it.
I fell in love with your review! Seems like this book will be a roller-coaster ride for her readers as it not only plays with words but also provides simple, yet, profound life lessons. Thanks for the review!
I did too with the book, head over heels! I hope you can read it as well. It would be great bathroom reading because each topic is standalone. Enjoy!
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Where has this book been all my life? I enjoyed reading your review and know I would love this unique book as well. I played the dictionary game in college. I won't say when that was... but It was good fun. I can see a wordie inventing that game. Clearly, it is time to pull out the Italian language audio.

When I am wanting inspiration for my writing, I read a couple of your reviews. Works wonders. Thanks for your creative and entertaining review.
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Eva Darrington wrote: 27 Sep 2018, 21:06 Where has this book been all my life? I enjoyed reading your review and know I would love this unique book as well. I played the dictionary game in college. I won't say when that was... but It was good fun. I can see a wordie inventing that game. Clearly, it is time to pull out the Italian language audio.

When I am wanting inspiration for my writing, I read a couple of your reviews. Works wonders. Thanks for your creative and entertaining review.
Oh my, Eva! You made my day. Thanks so much for the vote of confidence. :tiphat:

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Miriam Molina wrote: 20 Aug 2018, 02:47
Fuzaila wrote: 20 Aug 2018, 02:34 Okay, wait. Shakespeare originated the 'knock-knock' jokes? You gotta be kidding! I'm definitely interested in this book. Wow. Thank you for your review Miriam :)
Curious now, eh? See Macbeth! :lol:

Thanks for knocking, Fuzaila!
I'm amazed by this little-known fact too!By the way, knock-knock-
Who's there?
Orange!
Orange who?
Orange you glad Shakespeare invented Knock-knock jokes?!!!
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BookReader+6 wrote: 28 Sep 2018, 07:51
Miriam Molina wrote: 20 Aug 2018, 02:47
Fuzaila wrote: 20 Aug 2018, 02:34 Okay, wait. Shakespeare originated the 'knock-knock' jokes? You gotta be kidding! I'm definitely interested in this book. Wow. Thank you for your review Miriam :)
Curious now, eh? See Macbeth! :lol:

Thanks for knocking, Fuzaila!
I'm amazed by this little-known fact too!By the way, knock-knock-
Who's there?
Orange!
Orange who?
Orange you glad Shakespeare invented Knock-knock jokes?!!!
Thanks for joking!

See you in the forums, great word-guesser!
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Bravo, amiga!

The procrastination ("I'm busy!"), the excuses ("I'm old!"), Spanish tucked in the closet (although I haven't got much to store), amazement with the power of language to create and to do just about anything, more self-deprecation, and all else, I could definitely relate with. I bagged a Languages Award once from my bachelor's degree years, but that was so many decades ago that I barely could remember why.

It could already be time to go back to long-forgotten things, once and for all. So I'm placing this piece in my Want to Read list so quickly before my memory catches the better part of me.

I wonder if "fake news" became word or words of the year, though. That's just being a hopeless smart-alec so I'm erasing the thought.

Your review is thoughtful, witty, convincing, and so well-written. Muchos gracias.
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