'Moby Duck' didn't float this reader's boat

Ouch!  A Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library Winter Reading Club member recently posted a scathing review of Donovan Hohn's Moby Duck: the true story of 28,800 bath toys lost at sea and of the beachcombers, oceanographers, environmentalists, and fools, including the author, who went in search of them.  The post is republished below:

"THIS BOOK IS TERRIBLE! Caution: if you dont want to fall asleep after reading two pages then I suggest that you do not read this book. Hohn is WAY too descriptive in the way that he takes two pages to describe what a piece of seaweed looks like. I found his book incredibly hard to read because of the marine biology terms and I would not recommend this to anyone I know. Do not waste your time reading this because there is no reason for Hohn to have written it in the first place, I am just warning you that you will regret it!" 

Not yet a Winter Reading Club member?  Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library cardholders can sign up here - it's free & for every book review you contribute to the site, you'll be entered to win the raffle prize of the week!

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