Sorry we've been so quiet, loyal readers! I've been getting lots of complaint email regarding our internet silence, so I'll try to be good this month. Let's consider this a new start.
First, I just want to report that I'm listening to WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES, the new David Sedaris collection, and that, like his previous audiobooks, it is incredibly funny but also at times makes me a little melancholy (the story "Adult Figures Charging Toward a Concrete Toadstool" makes me miss home!) . But mostly, I just laugh, even out loud on the subway every morning. It's actually taking quite an edge off my commuter rage. David Sedaris: a boon to humanity.
I also had occasion to reflect on David's skeleton's message YOU ARE GOING TO DIE this weekend, as I spent Sunday morning recovering from an amazing 30th birthday bash.
Anyway, I wanted to link to this cool audio review with excerpts: http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/audiopolis/2008/06/when-you-are-engulfed-in-flames-by.html, and I'm sure I'll have more reviews to post very soon.
I'm interested to hear what everyone's favorite essay from this collection is. I'm not sure of mine yet, but I'll weigh in in the comments section soon (I read a galley months ago, but definitely feel I'm missing something when I don't get to actually hear Sedaris himself, so I'm holding judgement until I'm completely through the audiobook!)
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I can't actually remember what it was called (on disc 5, I think) but I loved the story about the well dressed elderly couple on the plane that cursed liked sailors.
Also, the conclusion of that story (at his sister Amy's apartment)had me laughing out loud as I listened to it on the street!
I believe that one is called Town and Country. It's one of the best, but I don't think it's my favorite. I'm still considering my options.
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