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Summary: Lovely but...
Review: I really love the entire concept of this book. It's inspiring and just plain interesting...
However, I found it disappointing that not a single page was in color. It would have been nice if even a few had been, specifically ones with photographs or drawings. Plain black and white kind of drains the life out of things...even if many of them are just simple notes.
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Summary: Foul, not funny
Review: I wanted to give laughter to my friends, family, and myself at Christmas, and after reading the good reviews on this book, ordered 3 copies: one for friends, one for my sister's family, and one for myself. With great anticipation I opened my copy this morning, only to be horrified with the first page, which repeatedly has the "F" word. I am busy writing apologies to my friends and family. It would have been helpful if the review written about the note left on the car would have included the exact wording of that note. I am sure there are some funny stories somewhere in this book, but I do not want to go through trash to find it, and am embarrased that I sent this book to friends and family!!!!
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Summary: From touching to downright hilarious!
Review: I've gotten so many laughs out of this book so far. Perhaps it is because I get a kick out of illiterate people writing notes to one another. Davy's commentary and titling of submissions adds to the humor. It's very entertaining to sit around and flip through the pages with a friend. Highly recommended.
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Summary: What have you found?
Review: It reminds me a lot of cleaning off my desk (It's been said that my desk is messy). The things I find. Some of which I had been looking for for months, some of which I don't recognize at all.This is a collection of things (mostly paper) that got found somewhere. Sometimes it's a shopping list. Sometimes it's a nasty note found on a windshield. Once it was a play, four pages long, except that they didn't find Page 3. Or a note, "After leaving the building, please lock this door. It will prevent unauthorized people from entering the building and defecating in the washing machines." From that you can make up any kind of story you want. One time I got a letter. It was well reasoned and talked about some business related subject that I've forgotten. Only thing, it was written in crayon. After the signature was written, "Please excuse the crayon, they won't let us have anything sharp."
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Summary: Carry on my wayward son, They'll be peace when you are found
Review: Quite simply, "Found, The Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten" is taking the reigns of recognition in a long overlooked and uncredited self-publishing phenomenon. Like the chapbooks of old, this collection of snapshots showing the human experience are an honest effort that deserves any readers immediate attention. Rothbart and faithful followers have formed a fellowship that cherishes many of the great and not-so-great things in this world that have fallen by the wayside. This will change your perception of the day-to-day toil.
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Summary: Carry on my wayward son, They'll be peace when you are found
Review: Quite simply, "Found, The Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten" is taking the reigns of recognition in a long overlooked and uncredited self-publishing phenomenon. Like the chapbooks of old, this collection of snapshots showing the human experience are an honest effort that deserves any readers immediate attention. Rothbart and faithful followers have formed a fellowship that cherishes many of the great and not-so-great things in this world that have fallen by the wayside. This will change your perception of the day-to-day toil.
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Summary: the perfect coffee table book
Review: Rothbart has taken a brilliant idea and executed it to a tee. I first heard of this book through www.foundmagazine.com. The randomness and unintentional comedy carries tremendous appeal.
The author, with the help of a volunteer army of trash hunters, find the treasure of others' trash. My personal favorite was a sign that said simply "Steve" with a bunch of vertical tearaway "Steve"s on the bottom. (Done in the style of a laundrymat ad.) Others have found evidence of epic battles, heartwrenching breakups and untold mysteries. The greatest outcome -- you begin to wonder who these people are, what context the note was in, and how their various conflicts have since resolved. The imagination runs wild with the possibilities. In that way, the book almost functions as one of those "Choose Your Own Adventure" books, with you the reader filling in the empty spaces.
A great "find," pun definitely intended.
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Summary: It's a Novel Really
Review: The Found book is one of the best works of literature out there. It's written by all of us and masterfully crafted by Davy into a journey that is both heartbreaking and hysterical. It mirrors the way we experience life and how our own memory is mapped. It taps into one of our deepest urges -- to connect with one another and understand through them our own desires, fears, joy, pain... If you read it you will undoubtably find your own anthem, "It stayed on the grill" or "I love you (when I'm on Zoloft)" or "It's small enough (when asked to reduce a mathmatical equation)" or "Page me Later" or "Roach Spray, Batteries, Watermelon" or "Reasons not to Love me...P.S. I want to build a life together," and the list goes on. And if you find something really great, there's a kind of celebrity that comes with it-- you'll end up with a credit in a really great magazine. The Captain
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Summary: Found hard to put down
Review: This book has it all -- from the gory details of private relationships to the forgeries of america's youth trying to escape daily obligations, this book contains a wealth of propaganda difficult to put down.
Content ranges from humorous to touching. Raw material from people's every day lives requires the reader's imagination to put it all into context. Enlightening and enjoyable to read!
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Summary: Found
Review: This book, I can barely explain how powerful it is.
These little found articles are perfect fragments of thrown-away life. It's weird and often hysterical and sometimes very, very sad.
I often wonder about the authors of some of the notes. Why they weren't saved- Did the reciever of this letter throw it out? Was it a draft thrown out by whoever wrote it? Some of the broken lives, I hope that they've been mended.
Some of the pieces are so emotional and give such an image of such a moment. They're terrific. They pull me out of my world and into the world of countless strangers.
I love it. This is a terrific collection.
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