Dear Committee Members, Julie Schumacher

 

Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher is a book recommended in The Week.  I need to have some more books with a little bit of humor in them to read just before I go to sleep in an effort to fight the negative thoughts that go with jury duty.

Started: 8/5/2021
Completed: 8/7/2021
Recommendation: Recommended
Recommended By: The Week

Words for which I sought Help:

aphasia -- inability (or impaired ability) to understand or produce speech, as a result of brain damage

auto-da-fé -- the burning of a heretic by the Spanish Inquisition

divagate -- stray or digress

dybbuk -- a malevolent wandering spirit that enters and possesses the body of a living person until exorcised

fanfaronade -- arrogant or boastful talk

mephitic -- foul-smelling; noxious

panegyric -- a public speech or published text in praise of someone or something

yclept -- by the name of

Review:

Basically a fun, easy read.  This series of letters from an English professor of dubious character who seems to genuinely believe in his field of study and good students is an entertaining walk through the agony of letters of referral.  A few moments of laughing out loud punctuated by a smile.