Review of Where To Unpack The Crazy
Posted: 10 Apr 2025, 19:51
[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Where To Unpack The Crazy" by Angela V. Woodhull, Ph.D. (Angelina, the Polka Queen).]
Have you ever spent time in Gainesville, Florida, to work, attend a university, or take a vacation? Did you know that Gainesville has a great music scene? Are you interested in learning about famous people who have lived or are living there? Would you like to discover interesting places to visit in Gainesville? If these questions piqued your curiosity, let Angelina, the Polka Queen, tell you all about Gainesville in her book Where to Unpack the Crazy.
The author moved from Youngstown, Ohio, to Gainesville, Florida, in the 1980s. She was a student at the University of Florida and worked as an entertainer when she wasn’t studying. Her stage name was Angelina, the Polka Queen. She played the accordion and sang. She felt like she had landed on another planet when she arrived in Gainesville. Everything was different. She decided to write a book about her experience of living in Gainesville, a place she had grown to love. She shared information about famous people from Gainesville and others who visited Gainesville as entertainers or lecturers. She wrote about her memories of notable local people in Gainesville. They included a person seen running every day, a university bus driver who greeted every passenger and knew them by name, and a street vendor with cerebral palsy, to name a few.
The author gave vivid descriptions of popular places where people would go to eat, get entertained, and sightsee. She also recounted stories about friends she had made in Gainesville, some of whom were transplants from other parts of the USA.
The author told great stories. This book was full of short, interesting anecdotes about her experiences, the climate, places to visit, and the people with whom she shared the town of Gainesville. I learned about historical places, local foods, and traditions in the arts. There were tales about delightful people and notorious people. Some of the stories made me laugh and smile. Others were intriguing and horrifying.
This book was professionally edited and easy to read. Many of the tales were amusing. While I was reading, I felt like I was visiting Gainesville; the author’s descriptions were so vivid. I learned that Tom Petty, one of my favorite rock stars, was from Gainesville. Can you guess where Gatorade was invented? Because of this book, I am thinking about visiting Gainesville. I did not find anything to dislike in this work of literature. Therefore, I gave it 5 out of 5 stars.
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Where To Unpack The Crazy
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Have you ever spent time in Gainesville, Florida, to work, attend a university, or take a vacation? Did you know that Gainesville has a great music scene? Are you interested in learning about famous people who have lived or are living there? Would you like to discover interesting places to visit in Gainesville? If these questions piqued your curiosity, let Angelina, the Polka Queen, tell you all about Gainesville in her book Where to Unpack the Crazy.
The author moved from Youngstown, Ohio, to Gainesville, Florida, in the 1980s. She was a student at the University of Florida and worked as an entertainer when she wasn’t studying. Her stage name was Angelina, the Polka Queen. She played the accordion and sang. She felt like she had landed on another planet when she arrived in Gainesville. Everything was different. She decided to write a book about her experience of living in Gainesville, a place she had grown to love. She shared information about famous people from Gainesville and others who visited Gainesville as entertainers or lecturers. She wrote about her memories of notable local people in Gainesville. They included a person seen running every day, a university bus driver who greeted every passenger and knew them by name, and a street vendor with cerebral palsy, to name a few.
The author gave vivid descriptions of popular places where people would go to eat, get entertained, and sightsee. She also recounted stories about friends she had made in Gainesville, some of whom were transplants from other parts of the USA.
The author told great stories. This book was full of short, interesting anecdotes about her experiences, the climate, places to visit, and the people with whom she shared the town of Gainesville. I learned about historical places, local foods, and traditions in the arts. There were tales about delightful people and notorious people. Some of the stories made me laugh and smile. Others were intriguing and horrifying.
This book was professionally edited and easy to read. Many of the tales were amusing. While I was reading, I felt like I was visiting Gainesville; the author’s descriptions were so vivid. I learned that Tom Petty, one of my favorite rock stars, was from Gainesville. Can you guess where Gatorade was invented? Because of this book, I am thinking about visiting Gainesville. I did not find anything to dislike in this work of literature. Therefore, I gave it 5 out of 5 stars.
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Where To Unpack The Crazy
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
. So is the author suggesting that some people in Gainesville are crazy? I think I might have missed something.