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Pity David Sedaris. He has gained a huge and devoted following based on very funny youthful escapades and observations. (My personal favorite is “Me Talk Pretty One Day.”) He had such a keen eye for the ridiculous, such a lack of reverence, such a...
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This is one of his best in a while. The personal essays seem to carry more truth, more honesty about his life and gives us something more to connect with. And of course, he's still very funny. I didn't care much for the fictional portraits of people....more |
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| Very quick read. I appreciate the nod to Catcher in the Rye, A Separate Peace, and even Hamlet, but the language and quick plot (covering all the major teenage issues) left me wanting a little more. Charlie is supposed to be a really intelligent 15 y...more | |
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A nice YA read about Charlie, a socially awkward, but brilliant 15 year old coming of age. Some of it is a little manufactured, but I couldn't stop flipping the pages.
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I wanted a novel I could disappear into and read quickly, but also offers some insight beyond entertainment. This is Where I Leave You accomplished all. Dark humor and a clever plot drive this novel with a subtle page-turning impulse. I can see it ea...more |
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| I found this book in my mother's library. She's never read it, but picked up a copy some years ago. I'd just left a relationship with an alcoholic - a short relationship, but long enough to see the effect and feel the heartbreak of watching someone d...more | |
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Skirt Steak: Women Chefs on Standing the Heat and Staying in the Kitchen
by Charlotte Druckman
read in February, 2013
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