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 enlarge | Author: Charlie Connelly
Creator: Alex Jennings
Publisher: Time Warner AudioBooks
Category: Book
List Price: £14.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 17329
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Abridged edition
Number Of Items: 3
Pages: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 4.7 x 0.9
ISBN: 1405501103
Dewey Decimal Number: 910
EAN: 9781405501101
ASIN: 1405501103
Publication Date: May 19, 2005
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Condition: still factory sealed, but case front cracked, will replace , but have to open seal to do it
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 Goes down a storm April 16, 2006
29 out of 30 found this review helpful
This was one of my surprisingly good reads of 2006. Having never heard the shipping news (well, consciously at any rate), this would never have been a first choice and I must admit to being a little dubious about receiving it as a gift.
The basic premise seems designed for retired sailors safely tucked under their lap blankets in an out of the way coastal town. The author, oddly intrigued by the shipping forecast since his youth, would spend a year travelling through each of the areas named in the forecast and give us a potted history of each. Not generally my cup of tea, particularly when some of these places have so little to offer your regular tourist that even the locals are surprised to see him.
However, Connelly's writing style clearly carries this concept. He is a brilliant observer of both people and places and kept me giggling away at even the most banal travelling mishaps. The book is packed with cringeworthy character studies, laugh out loud anecdotes and interesting local histories - all of which come together in an exceptionally good read.
While I have no inclination to visit many of the places on Connelly's travels, I am at least now better informed as to why that might be and definitely have admiration for an author who can find so much of interest in even the most banal of places. Definitely worth a read.
 Shipping Forecast - becoming good, book - occasionally poor March 31, 2006
13 out of 26 found this review helpful
I'd agree with "A reader" below that while the premise of the book is clever and the subject matter pretty interesting, the constant need the author felt to shoehorn witty asides into the text was irritating. This would not have been so bad if more of them had been genuinely funny. On reading the book, I was forever coming across examples of wit which would simply trip me up or stop me in my tracks.It is ironic that while the author praises the terseness and economy of the Shipping Forecast itself, the book is brimming with many pointless asides which could have been edited out to good effect. To put this review into perspective, I don't like Bryson et al either. Once I had read a few of this genre of travel books, I was left with a suspicion that some of the wacky events which happen are engineered or enhanced to add humour.
 An enjoyable travel read, closer to home. October 20, 2005
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Whether you are a shipping news enthusiast or not I recommend this book. A tale of mishaps and adventure encountered during the author's journey around the geographical areas which make up the shipping news. The book is full of historical information and stories of some of the UK's more colourful characters and eccentics connected with its maritime past. Entertaining, original and above all very funny.
I've never heard the shipping forecast.... October 8, 2005
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
....I've heard of it but never actually listened to it. Luckily that didn't stop me picking up this book, it's been an absolute joy to be guided round the shipping areas and some of the quirkier places related to it. Charlie entertains and educates and I certainly feel wiser for reading this. I'll definitely be reading it again but this time it will be with a decent map beside me (only grumble was the maps illustrations are very basic) and the shipping forecast playing in the background....
 Great idea - shame about the execution. September 13, 2005
9 out of 17 found this review helpful
The premise of this book is excellent and it contains some gems of interesting information. Unfortunately, however, Charlie Connelly felt the need to inflict hundreds of obvious and, frankly, unfunny 'jokes' upon his readers. My recommendation would be to skim read this book, focusing upon such fascinating sections as the history of the Principality of Sealand and the work of Henry Blogg of Cromer, whilst trying your hardest to ignore the irritating banalities of the author.
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