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Fast, fun read that made me want to dust off my walkman and rock out to my best mixtapes while playing Atari. Like, oh my god!
Lee Fiora needs a good talking to, and perhaps therapy, although neither would save this downer of a book.
A book about cubicle life isn't so fun when you spend your work hours in a cubicle. It was like coming home and reliving my day in print.
Now I know how to survive the Robot apocalypse. Story bogged down in places with less than stellar writing, but all in all a good beach read.
Good, then slow, then ultimately ok. Unfortunately it ends on one of those annoying “to be continued” ending that so many authors like these days. Write a complete book, please. Or at least add “Part one” to the title so I know to skip it until you've written all of them. (That came out more bitter than I intended, probably).
This is three books in one, unfortunately none of them are very good. I think I'll stick to the acting Mr. Pegg.
“Wouldn't it be a hoot to open a Deli so I'll have a premise for a novel, which I'm going to call a memoir even though I've invented situations, characters and conversations.”
We get it. You are independent and don't need anyone's help, especially not from your superhero parents. But do you have to tell us in every chapter?
A fictionalized “Nickle and Dimed”, if you will, seen through the eyes of a CT Red Lobster manager on the day the restaurant closed.
...and then I needed to know what happened next. I should've stopped at the first book.
The super hero version of magical realism. What would happen if super heroes and villians were really wandering around? This book lets you find out.
The movie was so bad it made me read the book. How very different plot-wise. A decent coming of age story.
Another view into Sedaris' crazy world. After listening to him read his Santaland Diaries, I can't not hear his voice in my head while I read. And if you've heard his Billie Holiday impression, you know how weird a sensation that can be.
If you're the type of person to read the plaques littered about historic trails, statues and buildings, Sarah Vowell is the perfect guide. As I am only 42% that person, I was hoping for a higher amusement to informative ratio. However, Assassination Vaction is a well researched, fascinating read. You could do much worse in a tour guide than Ms. Vowell.
Spoiler alert for almost every Seinfeld episode. I knew he mined his act for plot ideas, but I'm glad I didn't read this during the series run. However I love how this is a snapshot of what comedy was in late 80's - early 90's. And you can see what an influence he was on other comedians of the time.
If you're a fan of manufactured conversations to fit the theme of the chapters, this book is for you. If you're looking for stories about actually working in a restaurant rather than how to write a book, or draw ham-handed parallels of how restaurant life is a microcosm of human existence, this book is not. I have a tip for you: Waiter should stick to waiting.
A great way to spend 5 hours in a car driving down to New Jersey over 4th of July weekend. Some of the stories are reprinted from the New Yorker, but it's interesting to hear them read aloud with the emphasis on all the right things.
Fantastic account of the five movies nominated for Best Picture in 1968. How does The Graduate, Bonnie and Clyde, In the Heat of the Night and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner all get nominated in the same year as Doctor Dolittle?
