Comments on: Assassination Vacation — My Kind of Book

By: Roseboro Martin

Roseboro Martin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:39:24 +0000

Sara Vowell’s America is No America. Like J.W. Booth himself, if she had access to Air Force One or Superman’s power, she’d have us all in skins, shouting, “Point of order!” at one another.

Fortunately, God created her as a complete neurotic, and I for one am glad.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:35:16 +0000

Dear lord. You can not imagine the expression of glee on my face when Assassination Vacation showed up in google reader. Pure joy. Best thing that’s happened to me since Tuesday (I’m a bit behind on my blogs- sorry). And I can’t BELIEVE I left out the obvious relevance of house museums when recommending this book. So glad your powers of observation are greater than mine.

By: Tim Hulsey

Tim Hulsey — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:37:21 +0000

I doubt those new mothers were “asked.”

By: John

John — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:37:00 +0000

I might just give this one a try, based solely on your recommendation. With all due respect, however, it will be difficult for this work to compete with the level of my most recent literary pursuits: “Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb” and “Hop on Pop”

By: Jamie Gumbrecht

Jamie Gumbrecht — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:46:01 +0000

I love Sarah Vowell. Love! I highly recommend “The Partly Cloudy Patriot.”

By: Deb A

Deb A — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:25:03 +0000

I read “Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer” a Christmas or two ago and also really liked it. I should check out “Assassination Vacation”, since I do love history so much. When I went on a business trip over ten year ago I made my boss stop at the 6th Floor muesuem when we drove through Dallas! Plus the author was a voice in one of the best Pixar movies (The Incredibles), so she’s got that going for her, which is nice.