I found this good-condition hardcover on the charity-sale shelves at a local Hannaford's, and was glad to have another release copy.

I first read this book because so many BookCrossers had been raving about it - and by the first paragraph, I was hooked. I love Truss' writing style (the comma as "friendly little tadpoley number-nine dot-with-a-tail that today we know and love") and ticked-off-but-amused tone, and found the historical background very interesting. And while this isn't the first punctuation book that had significant humor - Karen Elizabeth Gordon's "The Well-Tempered Sentence" came first - this one has more laugh-out-loud moments in it.

I was relieved to find that, for the most part, I seem to punctuate correctly - but I have been paying much closer attention to my punctuation than I did before I read this book!

[There's a short TV Tropes page on the book with some amusing tidbits.]

I plan to leave this book, bagged against the elements, on a bench or in the gazebo in the Burlington town common at around 3 or so; hope the finder enjoys it!