
Marjorie, a girl in our Blogger Bookclub, has become known as the Devid Sedaris girl. She's an intelligent, stylish girl, so I thought I'd give him a try.
He is totally my kind of author. Not only that, I want to write like him. Funny, self-depreciating, honest and perceptive, I enjoyed (almost) this entire book.
He can be crass. There is an entire chapter I skipped because almost every other word on the page was horribly vulgar, but he was writing about his horribly vulgar brother and using a lot of quotation marks. I skipped it, and all the other chapters were delightful.
I was able to do that because this is not a novel or a biography. It's mostly essays written autobiographically. The kind of book where each chapter can have its own discussion.
Some were better than others. They can't all be home runs. But, as a whole, the book shines due to the writing. It's a pleasure to read.
Thanks Marjorie!
Monday, December 31, 2007
Book Review #43 - Me Talk Pretty One Day
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I thought this was quite a good book and the chapter on big boy was hilarious.
I haven't read this one yet. He is growing on me more and more- thanks for Marj!
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