Review: Uncommon Type

Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This isn't the best book I've ever read and it isn't my favorite book. Having said that, the stories grow on you. I would recommend getting the audiobook version, so it feels more like Tom Hanks is telling you stories. 

I enjoyed how in depth some of them went in exploring other worlds, like space travel (which has probably been an itch of his since Apollo 13), surfing, New York in 1939, and typewriters, typewriters, typewriters. He really has an obsession for typewriters, so I guess that (sort of) explains the book's title. 

Regardless, not bad. My favorite is probably "The Past is Important to Us"

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