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Prom Night and Other Man-made Disasters

par Mark Coggins

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If Mark Coggins's life were a supermarket, the stories from Prom Night and other Man-made Disasters would be the aisle markers. Meander through the nostalgic, riotous, and sometimes cringe-inducing wares Coggins offers up in his version of Whole Fool. Whether he's staking out the house of his two-timing, belly-dancing girlfriend, deep sea diving with equipment fashioned from tire chains, a trash can and a garden hose, or donning an oversize waterfowl outfit to win the heart of the one who got away, Coggins writes with honesty, self-effacing humor and warmth.… (plus d'informations)
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Cette critique a été rédigée pour LibraryThing Member Giveaways.
I won this thru Library Things member giveaways. I really liked this book and loved the author’s sense of humor. I would recommend this to anybody who needs a good laugh. I am so fortunate to win one of these books. ( )
  lg4154 | Mar 3, 2013 |
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This was a highly entertaining collection of memoir short stories from throughout the author's life. With self-deprecating humor and occurrences that I thought could only ever happen to me, this book was definitely a breath of fresh air. It's so nice to know that I'm not the only crazy, hapless person on this planet. Although I'm not sure that I would dress up like a chicken when greeting my significant other at the train station...yes, the author did that, and even included a photograph as proof!! On the other hand, the story he told about working at his grandfather's "ranch" was totally a situation that I would find myself in. Just like the author, if I'm told to fix something or if I manage to break something (in his case it was a giant tractor), then I do everything in my power to get it done any way that I can...even if with hindsight, the methods used were completely ridiculous and possibly even death-defying... I'm definitely not one to be told that I'm not capable of doing something. Basically, he used tools that were never meant to be used on a machine of that size and had to use quite a bit of elbow grease to make it all work - of course it did in the end. Never doubt the power of belief that you can accomplish a crazy feat with only a few flimsy materials to work with...lol. Oh yeah, and accidentally setting an entire open weed and thorn infested field on fire...very akin to a certain thing that happened a few years ago to me...and...my brother...that...well...I just don't talk about it... Anyway, Mark's stories range from tales of love gone terribly wrong (can definitely relate there), stupid ill-thought out ideas (once again, sounds familiar), and, as I just mentioned, death-defying determination to pull off crazy stunts. There's something for everybody in this collection and I highly recommend it!
As to the author himself, I received a hardcopy in the mail that was signed by him right before he mailed it off and had a hand written note placed between the pages. He even responded very thoughtfully to a question I posed on LibraryThing's author chat. It's such a cool thing to actually interact with the authors of books you read!!

Note: I won this book as part of a Member Giveaway on LibraryThing, but all the comments above are 100% honest. ( )
1 voter ThriftyMorgana | Jun 4, 2012 |
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While I don't think that I am the intended target audience....
I enjoyed the book but I didn't love it. The writing is good, in fact so good I'll check out his fiction.

But this book didn't make me remember embarassing times of my own and laugh. It didn't make me laugh with him, or even at him. I just felt sorry for him.

Sorry Mark. Great writing... just didn't love the subject matter. ( )
  RARichard | May 29, 2012 |
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Great read! Kept my attention from cover to cover. Hilarious ( )
1 voter teressax33 | May 13, 2012 |
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Very funny. I must say that I identified with many of the stories. The Junior Scientists' Club really struck home with me and reminded me of teaching my little brothers (who were very young at the time) how to make a flame thrower with a lighter and a can of hairspray, which they later developed into a home made bomb that they set off in the back yard. Bad situation. Equipment Makes The Man reminded me of my grandfather. Or rather the author's portrayal of his shopping experience for camping equipment reminded me of shopping trips with my grandfather. This book mad me laugh all the way through, and cringe too at times. Very entertaining! ( )
1 voter sringle1202 | May 10, 2012 |
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If Mark Coggins's life were a supermarket, the stories from Prom Night and other Man-made Disasters would be the aisle markers. Meander through the nostalgic, riotous, and sometimes cringe-inducing wares Coggins offers up in his version of Whole Fool. Whether he's staking out the house of his two-timing, belly-dancing girlfriend, deep sea diving with equipment fashioned from tire chains, a trash can and a garden hose, or donning an oversize waterfowl outfit to win the heart of the one who got away, Coggins writes with honesty, self-effacing humor and warmth.

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