false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165436315m/4439.jpg 79790 19 3034 2004 Magical Thinking: True Stories total:9131|5:2464|4:3662|3:2418|2:486|1:101| 9131 35295 11588 834 79790 0312315953 9780312315955 8545 781 3.87 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170971510m/79790.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79790.Magical_Thinking_True_Stories 2 4 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 09 21:12:19 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 29 12:59:34 -0800 2008 Running with Scissors and found it over-the-top but tolerable. Then I read the sequel (Dry) and thought it was okay. Last year, I read Sellevision and detested it, swearing off Burroughs forever. But then I realized something: Burroughs is not a fiction writer – he’s a mem...more...]]> 4437 0739451588 9780739451588 249 11 3.87 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4437.Magical_Thinking 4 4 false Tue Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 13:45:18 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 12:52:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 79790 0312315953 9780312315955 8545 781 3.87 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170971510m/79790.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79790.Magical_Thinking_True_Stories 4 1 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 05:58:54 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 06:07:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 79790 0312315953 9780312315955 8545 781 3.87 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170971510m/79790.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79790.Magical_Thinking_True_Stories 5 1 false Thu May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 14:05:57 -0700 2008 Thu May 22 11:28:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 79790 0312315953 9780312315955 8545 781 3.87 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170971510m/79790.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79790.Magical_Thinking_True_Stories 4 1 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Jul 18 09:45:24 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 01:02:43 -0800 2009
It's a collection of his essays, much like the style of David Sedaris. And just like David Sedaris, only a couple of these essays are "laugh out loud" funny.

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In this book we learn of Augusten's life through brief glimpes. A memoir in short stories. As his third such book, it does not...more...]]> 79790 0312315953 9780312315955 8545 781 3.87 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170971510m/79790.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79790.Magical_Thinking_True_Stories 3 1 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 06:54:07 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 07:50:53 -0800 2008 more...]]> 79790 0312315953 9780312315955 8545 781 3.87 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170971510m/79790.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79790.Magical_Thinking_True_Stories 5 0 false Thu Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 18:21:49 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 18:22:57 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 79790 0312315953 9780312315955 8545 781 3.87 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170971510m/79790.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79790.Magical_Thinking_True_Stories 3 0 false Tue May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 00:38:17 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 00:56:52 -0700 2009 1
Now what sense does that make? Who takes a bath and THEN gives the bathtub a deep scrubbing?

... I've done lots of things in odd orders. I think...more...]]> 79790 0312315953 9780312315955 8545 781 3.87 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170971510m/79790.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79790.Magical_Thinking_True_Stories 5 0 false Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 17:09:20 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 21:26:14 -0800 2008 more...]]> 79790 0312315953 9780312315955 8545 781 3.87 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170971510m/79790.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79790.Magical_Thinking_True_Stories 3 0 false Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 05 18:30:45 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 10 07:34:51 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 79790 0312315953 9780312315955 8545 781 3.87 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170971510m/79790.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79790.Magical_Thinking_True_Stories 1 0 false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Aug 05 21:00:02 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 09:08:55 -0700 2009 Running with Scissors and Dry are both on my Best Books Ever shelf (5 stars), I naturally assumed this would be well-written, insightful, and funny. How wrong I was.

He comes across here as SO unlikable, I could hardly bear to read what he has to say. He is an animal-hating, child-...more...]]> 79790 0312315953 9780312315955 8545 781 3.87 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170971510m/79790.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79790.Magical_Thinking_True_Stories 1 0 false Sat Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Tue Dec 02 07:59:48 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 03:50:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 79790 0312315953 9780312315955 8545 781 3.87 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170971510m/79790.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79790.Magical_Thinking_True_Stories 4 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 15:57:46 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 16:50:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 836268 0312315945 9780312315948 107 15 3.87 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178774217m/836268.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/836268.Magical_Thinking_True_Stories 0 0 false Thu Feb 05 09:28:31 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:28:31 -0800 2009 A small breath of ennui chills the generally good reviews for Burroughs's latest memoir. His bestselling debut Running with Scissors and his follow-up, Dry, were met with excitement. But the strain of keeping the shtick alive is showing. Instead of the coherent narrative of his first books, Burrough...

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