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What. A. Slog. I got through a third of the book, but let's be honest -- this is more a reference for writers to properly attribute their words than an actual book to be read and enjoyed. Also, you can't give yourself a nickname, refer to yourself in the third person through a 300+ page book and expect me to take you seriously.

This guy not only refers to himself in third person, he gave himself a cutesy nickname. 🙄

Great concept, but I just couldn't wade through this one. This was a Kindle First freebie a while back, and the issue I had with this book was that the author spent too much time parsing through minor variations of attributed quotes in order to prove whether or not Hemingway or Picasso or Eleanor Roosevelt or whoever said whatever whenever.

Holy unnecessary synonyms, Batman. I'm no Hemingway fan, but even I'm getting sick of this guy's gratuitous use of adjectives. Where's the editor?!?

I found this book tedious. I thought I was interested in the origins of quotations, but discovered soon after starting this book that I am not. All the references and variations of a quote quickly bored me.

My Kindle First pick for this month: another nonfiction book. This one is about famous quotes that have been falsely attributed to people.