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Best. State. Ever.: A Florida Man Defends His Homeland
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Before joining Good Reads, I had read a few Dave Barry books – most of them had me laughing out loud, almost to the point of crying. When we were at Miami International Airport recently, my daughter and I headed to the bookstore as soon as we could. We were waiting to board our flight back to the small island where we live, an island where there are no proper bookstores. Whenever we get to travel, we shop as much as we can and crave bookstores like you wouldn’t believe. Anyway, I digress. I saw this book and knowing that it’s about Florida and that Dave Barry lives there, well, I just had to get it. I love associating books with specific bookshops and traveling. I started reading it while on the plane back home.
It was a quick and fun read. It was funniest at the beginning of the book, yet I found it enjoyable throughout. I don’t think that this book was intended to be a humor book, probably more of a travel guide. As for Florida, I have only visited Orlando and Miami, but reading this makes me want to visit the state further, even though there are certainly some odd tourist attractions!
My favorite description:
“Cassadaga’s nickname is The Psychic Capital of the World. As you drive into town on Cassadaga Road, you pass house after house with signs that say PSYCHIC.
This is a place where you might have trouble getting a plumber on the weekend, but if you need an emergency tarot card reading, help is only seconds away.”
Two other interesting tourist attractions:
Weeki Wachee is a state park with underwater mermaid shows.
Skunk Ape Research Headquarters (Florida’s version of Bigfoot)
It was a quick and fun read. It was funniest at the beginning of the book, yet I found it enjoyable throughout. I don’t think that this book was intended to be a humor book, probably more of a travel guide. As for Florida, I have only visited Orlando and Miami, but reading this makes me want to visit the state further, even though there are certainly some odd tourist attractions!
My favorite description:
“Cassadaga’s nickname is The Psychic Capital of the World. As you drive into town on Cassadaga Road, you pass house after house with signs that say PSYCHIC.
This is a place where you might have trouble getting a plumber on the weekend, but if you need an emergency tarot card reading, help is only seconds away.”
Two other interesting tourist attractions:
Weeki Wachee is a state park with underwater mermaid shows.
Skunk Ape Research Headquarters (Florida’s version of Bigfoot)
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Jun 30, 2019 05:43AM
Sounds like title should be: Florida man confirms Florida myths. Dave Barry is fun too.
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Daniel wrote: "Sounds like title should be: Florida man confirms Florida myths. Dave Barry is fun too."That does sound like a good title! Catchy too. Yes, I need to read more Dave Barry books.
I love Dave Barry too, great review :D
``Laurie wrote: "I love Dave Barry too, great review :D"Thank you, Laurie. I've added some more of his books to my wish list. We all need some Dave Barry from time to time!
You went to Books and Books I think. It's ok, they have a few branches, all ok, but the original shop in Coral Gables, Miami, is AMAZING, one of the very best bookshops I have ever been in. So if you have a stopover again, get an Uber there, it is so worth it.
Petal X wrote: "You went to Books and Books I think. It's ok, they have a few branches, all ok, but the original shop in Coral Gables, Miami, is AMAZING, one of the very best bookshops I have ever been in. So if y..."That's the one we go to! The airport one is secondary. We love "Books and Books" in Coral Gables and visit it every single time that we're in Miami. We spend hours in there. I daydream about that place regularly.
I actually got this book at another bookstore in the airport. I can't remember the name, but it was fairly close to "Books and Books". My daughter and I liked "Books and Books" at the airport, but the other one is the bookstore that we prefer, when it comes to airport bookstores.
Talking about bookstores, if you're ever in NYC, "Three Lives and Company" is an absolute delight. It's tiny and gorgeous. It's been around since 1968 or so. My daughter and I were just there for a few days and we loved this place.
