I have never laughed so hard in my life than when I listened to this. Seriously, whenever I’m having a bad day or I know something stressful is coming up, I listen to these essays. Sedaris takes weird stuff that happens in life and turns them into hilarious and insightful pieces that entertain and ...
I’ll be honest here: it was the title and the cover that drew me to this book. “When You Are Engulfed in Flames” just has a nice ring to it for me, and the title got stuck in my head. It’s been sitting on my bookshelf, mocking me for the past few weeks, and I finally decided to pick it up.I normally...
This is a book filled with essays or short stories that involve Sedaris life that I checked out because it was recommended by Yan. I thought the first essay was funny, but the rest of the stories just sound like Sedaris being mean and not that funny. Sure it got a giggle or two out of me when he rea...
I have a soft spot for this particular collection because it contains the essay that convinced me to love David Sedaris: "All The Beauty You Will Ever Need." That and "Keeping Up" are my favorite Sedaris pieces ever; he may write that well again, but I can't imagine he (or anyone else) could get bet...
Goodreads tells me I already read this sometime in 2010 but I didn't write a review and I couldn't for the life of me remember anything about it, so I figured I'd read this again (or perhaps for the first time - who knows). David Sedaris came to the Little Rock Barnes & Noble in May and was the firs...
Yeah, it's me. I just didn't get his sense of humor. I think that in my own head, when I want to laugh about something, it isn't about the things in life that I would otherwise not find funny ie. parasites, uncomfortable sexual propositions, dead bodies and a militant older woman slipping into deme...
I've yet to listen to a David Sedaris audio book that I didn't like. I'm not sure reading them would have the same effect; reading of Sedaris' travails in a speech therapy class would not be the same as listening to him read them with the ghost of the lisp that landed him there lurking constantly at...
I had no idea what to expect when I cracked the cover of this book, but I'm so glad I did. I laughed, I cringed, it was beautiful. If you're looking for a light hearted, quirky read, check this book out.
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