Boys Rule Boys Read!: Rowdy Roddy Writes!

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Rowdy Roddy Writes!

Our friend Rowdy Roddy at the SMS Guys Read blog has just written to us about Dave Barry's Science Fair. Let's hear him:

Hey Guys,

Boy it has been a long time since I last posted on your blog. I do come by and check in almost everyday, but have only lurked for awhile. This post made me just have to hit that comment button.

I just finished Science Fair and I have to admit it was one of the best books I've read in a long time. I highly recommend it to anyone.I have to say I fall into the Star Wars fan club. I don't have any priceless props, but I do have a Jedi Luke action figure in his black outfit that was handed out at the premires of the special editions back in the 90s. That has to be worth a few bucks. So if you enjoy a zany, madcap laugh out loud book do yourself a favor and read Science Fair.

A nuclear mentos has to peak your intrest a little?

Rowdy Roddy

Thanks, Rowdy! (or is it Roddy?) Dave Barry writes very funny stuff. Have any of you other guys read this book? RR also answers a question from the original post--do any of you have collections of Star Wars stuff in your basements or bedrooms like the father did in Science Fair?Hmmmm--I wonder if Darth Bill or Master Jedi Zack do? Good question!!

Carl

PS--I never got into colllecting Star Wars stuff, but in 1977 I had a set of cards that, if you put the backs all together, would form a poster scene from the New Hope movie. Wish I still had it now!

1 comment:

Ms. Yingling said...: Science Fair was really good, but as only an honorary guy, there were some things that I found... puerile. Luckily, there wasn't any language or potty humor. Just yesterday I had the speech therapist bring a boy in to tell me that Chris Lynch's Extreme Elvin had the sh** word in it. Sigh. Only so much we can do.; February 20, 2009 at 6:34 AM

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