Book Review: "never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you" by Dr. Mardy Grothe

After reading “I never metaphor I didn’t like” - see my review here - I picked up three other books by the author.

"Never let a fool kiss you..." features ‘chiasmus’, which, according to Dr. Grothe, are ‘a literary devise in which word order is reversed’.

My very favorite quote, “Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought” fits in this category.

Title: "never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you"
Author: Dr. Mardy Grothe
Genre(s): Reference, Communication, Creativity
Summary: to quote the books subtitle: "word play for word lovers"

Favorite Quote: Here are three:

1. “Art produces ugly things which frequently become beautiful with time. Fashion produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time." – Jean Cocteau
2. "This isn’t a bar for writers with a drinking problem; it’s for drinkers with a writing problem." – Judy Joice
3. "I’ve been too fucking busy, and vice versa” – Dorothy Parker

Strengths: It's funny, inspiring, and educational.
Weaknesses: Okay, this one is too short. While ‘metaphor’ was 324 pages, ‘never let a fool kiss you’ is only 119.

Conclusion: I’ll summarize with my own chiasmus - This book is too much fun to be this smart; and too smart to be this much fun.

Post-it Flags: 28 flags
* Each time I find an interesting quote, model, image, or idea in a book, I mark it with a Post-it flag. The more flags, the more value I found in the book.

Book Review: "i never metaphor i didn't like" by Dr. Mardy Grothe

I found this book in a Borders in NJ last week and picked it up. While I was getting my hair cut, my dad was gigling in the background at some of the lines.

Title: "i never metaphor i didn't like"
Author: Dr. Mardy Grothe
Genre(s): Reference, Communication, Creativity
Summary: I can't do any better than to quote the books subtitle: "a comprehensive compilation of history's greatest analogies, metaphors, and similes"

Favorite Quote: I'll give you three:

1. "Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while, then a layer of scum floats to the top" - Edward Abbey
2. "No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible." - Stanislaw Lec
3. "Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds a man down or polishes him up depends on what he is made of." - Josh Billings

Strengths: It's funny. It's smart. It teaches. What else do you need?
Weaknesses: None.

Conclusion: I immediately ordered three other books by Dr. Grothe (Oxymoronica, Viva la Repartee, and Never Let a Fool Kiss you or a Kiss Fool You.... 'nuff said?

Post-it Flags: 62 flags - I had a man stop me in Denver airport and say, "That' s the most tabbed book I've ever seen."
* Each time I find an interesting quote, model, image, or idea in a book, I mark it with a Post-it flag. The more flags, the more value I found in the book.