I'm somewhat of a "stickler" as Lynne Truss (the author) might call me. It might be petty but it's true: I nurture my own secret pot of seething rage when I see phrases like "Its great!" or "I don't like it's color." I have higher tolerances for e-mails, blogs, and other casual forms of communication. Anybody can make a mistake every once in a while and when typing in a stream-of-consciousness style, "its" can become "it's" accidentally. But when official proclamations (advertisements, bulletin boards, official documents, etc.) make mistakes, it is hard for me to accept. It's "worst of all" not "worse of all", it's "their apple pies" not "they're apple pies" (unless, of course, you are indeed talking about people who are actually apple pies), and it's "apples" not "apple's." Like, OHHHmyGOD!

Eats, Shoots and Leaves is a book that caters to petty people like me who can't understand why others can't take a short moment to learn to use their (not they're) native language properly. It is a book about the correct use and horrible abuses of punctuation. The dry humor is perfectly appropriate and the advice is sound (though for British conventions and not so much American conventions). Of course, it might be less amusing to be on the receiving end of her rants and it doesn't even being to touch grammar (there could be a veritable tome written on common grammatical errors). Still, I heartily give it a 10/10 (thanks for the recommendation Shryh).