2008 Dewey Decimal Project: 421 G

I mentioned before that I was feeling guilty about not reading a book someone else loaned me. The book is The Well-Tempered Sentence by Karen Elizabeth Gordon.

The book is a guide to proper use of punctuation, with some other good grammar advice, but what makes it good is that her examples rock:

The little orchestra, before treating us to an evening of scabrous melodies, stuffed themselves with snails.

Samantha had had her fill of his blustering histrionics; thus, she spun around on her heel and retreated to the coolness of her dimly lit boudoir.

To get the rest of it off your chest, you would have to remove your shirt.