Joseba Alexander Alexander itibaren Texas
3 words: mailed it in 2 more words: unbelievably pithy
139/280 Wow, this was so painful to read, that at times I even preferred writing my thesis than reading it. It is easy to read, but just not interesting. All you ever wanted to know about the history of the oyster industry in New York and loads more. The highlights are an oyster recipe written in Middle English, and describing eating New York oysters so large that it was like eating babies. Some interesting knick-knack information interspersed, but too few and far in between with oyster factoids that are just not that interesting. I guess I am biased because I really dislike oysters as well. I had hoped that there would be some interesting issues on the state of the water as it correlates to human health as a consequence of consuming oysters since they are filter-feeders, but nope, just the industry and how they were over-harvested. Maybe there is something about that in the second half of the book, but I can't do it.