danaspice1's reviews
841 reviews

I heart David Sedaris ... I have everyone of his books and they all make me smile! :)

Hemingway is my favorite author. I read this after being determined to read whatever I could find by Hemingway. It may help that I'm originally from Florida and I like to drink ...

I felt so strongly that everyone should read this book that I let a friend -- ex-work husband Tim -- borrow this book. Yeah, he never returned it. It's a quick read.

I got this book for Christmas from my husband and it's a good book ... if you're a "newsy" person who is interested in journalism and obits --- it's not as morbid as it sounds. But, as a reporter and editor (my husband is, too), we were naturally drawn to this book and enjoyed it. It may not be for everyone, though ...

Although I love Bill Maher's HBO show, I just couldn't get into this book. It probably didn't help that I read it two years after it was published, so all the dates were pretty dated.

This book took me WEEKS to read because I HATED the typset; it was just too difficult to read. It was an eye-opening book, but I was disappointed with the movie.

This guy is friggin' crazy! He has 11 different personalities in the "castle" within his head ... if he weren't such an educated scholar, I would think he was a complete lunatic. I probably should mention that I read mostly memoirs and nonfiction.

I have bought three copies of this book because everyone I've loaned it to never returned it. Now, I don't loan books I would like to keep.

I'm a huge Sedaris fan from NPR and his magazine pieces. I get so excited whenever he's featured in GQ or Esquire!

Thanks, Dani, for letting me keep this book! I'm fascinated with autism -- my sister is a life skills teacher and I don't understand a lot of her students -- and this book was written from the mindset of an autistic boy.

I love discussing this book with other readers. I've found it's 50-50 love it vs. hate it! I really liked this book; I found the simple writing carried me through the end-of-the-world tale of a boy and his father. The simple details made me want for more ... and there are so many ways to interpret the ending. I'm interested to see how the movie version will turn out though; I just can't see this book translating to film.