The bald-headed hermit and the artichoke reviewed by TLCrawford

This book calls itself an erotic thesaurus and, as I like to post my reviews on Facebook, I want to know if I made the review sufficiently bland to not upset the general public. (meaning my extended family and their friends)

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When I first heard the title of this book, The bald-headed hermit and the artichoke, before I ever knew what it was, it brought a smile to my face. When I saw the full title, The bald-headed hermit and the artichoke : an erotic thesaurus, I realized that it was not just my dirty mind, the title did have hidden meaning. Not well hidden but hidden. I was curious but not willing to spend money to satisfy my curiosity I had to wait several years to find the book on a book trading site. Honestly it was worth the wait.

Naughty language is, lets say colorful. Any heterosexual male knows how to draw attention to a thing of beauty, “Look at that (fill in singular noun) or look at those (anything that comes in pairs (except pants))” But there are entire vocabularies of naughtiness outside the realm on hetero males. They are in here.

The book and some reviews of it make claims of scholarship but the inclusion of a scattering of small poorly reproduced photos exposes that as a lie. The book is no more scholarly, or less entertaining than Charles Funk’s collection of old sayings, “A Hog on Ice and Other Curious Expressions”.

Of course if you are easily offended you should not bother with this book, it is also definitely not suitable for the workplace. However, if you need just the right word to express your disgust with a scatological turn of phrase or want to exactly express your admiration for an anatomical specimen then this is the book for you.

It sounds like the most appealing feature of the book is its unusual title. Are you being ironic in saying "honestly it was worth the wait"? If you had waited longer, would you have minded? I think that your review is readable and bland but your review gives the impression that the book did not come up to expectation.

Thank you. I had played with that and not I will go back and play some more. Bland? It hurts to hear but that might have been what I was aiming for in wanting to make it suitable for posting.

Thanks

that was quickly read! I am happy to exchange views on reviews written. I find that the Go Review that book thread seems to have a fairly slow participation rate and also few members give critical feedback. I find I enjoy reviewing books because it forces one to think about the book and my approach is to put a book into at least, a little context. good luck.