Journal Entry 1 by Breeze144 from Ajax, Ontario Canada on Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Sedaris is hilarious; his wittiness keeps you turning the pages. I really enjoyed this book, even though it was a break from my usual reading patterns!


Bookring order:
polliwog (USA)
Athomegoddess (USA)
fizzfred (USA)
Firegirl (USA)
efs300 (USA)
olered (USA)
celticstar (UK)
Iwishiwas (UK)
Xana (Belgium)
dotdot (Finland)
vibrant-art (Canada

This book made it home! Hooray! 

Journal Entry 2 by Breeze144 at on Thursday, October 06, 2005

Released 6 yrs ago (10/6/2005 UTC) at

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Sent off to start the bookray! Please keep this book traveling - it wants to see the world! 

Journal Entry 3 by polliwog from Lopez Island, Washington USA on Wednesday, October 19, 2005

I received the book today (October 19, 2005) and have begun reading it. I can tell I will enjoy it very much as I have already laughed out loud during the first few chapters.


Thank you dear breeze144 for this opportunity and also for the beautiful postcard that fell out and the lovely tea! I plan on brewing the tea tonight after the kids are in bed and will sip it whilst reading the book.

polli 

Journal Entry 4 by polliwog from Lopez Island, Washington USA on Friday, October 28, 2005

Journal Entry 5 by AtHomeGoddess from Fresno, California USA on Monday, November 07, 2005

Woohoo! Received this in the mail today. I'll be starting it by the end of the week. 

Journal Entry 6 by AtHomeGoddess from Fresno, California USA on Monday, November 21, 2005

Another great read from David Sedaris. I was caught laughing out loud several times! His stories of his family are just SO out there...they have to be real. You can't make that stuff up.

Will be sending this on to the next BCer on the list- Fizzfred! 

Journal Entry 7 by fizzfred from Sacramento, California USA on Monday, December 05, 2005

I got the book today. I have to finish a book I am reading for my book club and then this will be next. I'll journal again within a month. 

Journal Entry 8 by fizzfred from Sacramento, California USA on Wednesday, December 21, 2005

I finished this last weekend and sent it to Firegirl on Monday, Dec. 19 but haven't had a chance to journal until now. :) Of course I loved this. Sedaris IS hilarious. I think polliwog said it best... "The author is very clever and has a great sense of how to tell a story so that it is funny even if it really isn't all that funny!" I would love to go to one of his readings. Thanks so much, Breeze144 for letting me read such a clever book. 

Journal Entry 9 by Firegirl from Annandale, Virginia USA on Wednesday, December 28, 2005

This arrived today in the post. Since I got a copy of it from my BC Secret Santa, I will contact the next in line and move this copy along straight away. Thanks for including me though, Breeze144 -- always glad to see something that has passed through your hands! 

Journal Entry 10 by Firegirl from Annandale, Virginia USA on Thursday, December 29, 2005

Journal Entry 11 by efs300 from Bedford, New Hampshire USA on Wednesday, January 04, 2006

"Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim" arrived here in New Hampshire yesterday. I am in the middle of reading 2 other bookring books so it might take a little while for me to get to it. 

Journal Entry 12 by efs300 from Bedford, New Hampshire USA on Friday, January 20, 2006

I have listened to one other David Sedaris book, "Barrel Fever" and really enjoyed it, this book was just occassionally funny and it just did not 'click' with me. It was a nice change to read something funny and get the occassional laugh. It has been mailed this afternoon to olered via Media Mail. Thanks again to Breeze144 for sharing this book. 

Journal Entry 13 by olered from Salem, Oregon USA on Saturday, January 28, 2006

"Dress your Family in Corduroy and Denim" made a very timely appearance in the mail to Oregon today....I only had about five pages left in the book I was reading. Am excited to get started. This will be the third author in a row that is new to me! What an education. 

Journal Entry 14 by olered from Salem, Oregon USA on Friday, February 10, 2006

This was a quick and enjoyable read. It was often surprising and quite funny, not at all what I had expected. Thanks for the opportunity to read it. I mailed on February 8 to celticstar (Hellie asked to be skipped)but am so sorry that I shipped it surface mail. I just read somewhere....surface on other things but air on bookrings. That would have been nicer. 

Journal Entry 15 by celticstar from Telford, Shropshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Received today :-)
I was actually sent a copy of this last week as a RABCK
So I'll keep this one moving.

I'll pop back and edit this message with my thoughts on the book when I've read the other copy. 

Journal Entry 16 by IWISHIWAS from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham United Kingdom on Thursday, April 20, 2006

Received today, hope to make a start over the weekend, more later! A quick easy read, light and enjoyable with a certain amount of cringe factor!! Thanks to breeze144 for the bookray. Piggeldy asked to be missed so mailed to Xana on May 3rd. 

Journal Entry 17 by Xana from Bruxelles / Brussel, Bruxelles / Brussel Belgium on Friday, May 05, 2006

That was fast! Will start it in a couple of days.

To whom does the amazing Oregon postcard belongs to?

Cheers,
X. 

Journal Entry 18 by dotdot from Helsinki, Uusimaa Finland on Friday, May 26, 2006

Book arrived today. Thanks,Breeze144, Xana and everyone for passing it on. 

Journal Entry 19 by dotdot from Helsinki, Uusimaa Finland on Friday, June 30, 2006

This was the third book by Sedaris I've read and it's my favourite so far. Many of these stories had more serious undertone than his other books. Family is a serious business. And weird and very funny at the same time. Thanks for letting me join the ring, Breeze144.

I'm sending the book to vibrant-art today. 

Journal Entry 20 by vibrant-art on Tuesday, July 11, 2006

This arrived several days ago....thanks for including me in this ring! I will read it in the next few weeks....then it looks like it is on its way home after its travels.... 

Journal Entry 21 by vibrant-art on Tuesday, August 08, 2006

A very fun read--thanks for sharing this as a bookring!
Mailed a few days ago...& on its way home again after its travels.
Thanks! 

Journal Entry 22 by Breeze144 from Ajax, Ontario Canada on Wednesday, August 09, 2006

This book is home! How cool is a completed bookring?!?!?

Thank you to everyone for being such great BCers!!!! 

Journal Entry 23 by Breeze144 at bookrelay.com in to fellow bookcrosser, post office -- Controlled Releases on Sunday, October 01, 2006

Released 5 yrs ago (10/1/2006 UTC) at bookrelay.com in to fellow bookcrosser, post office -- Controlled Releases

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Sent off today from Buffalo, NY! 

Journal Entry 24 by alsgal from Lewes, Delaware USA on Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Received in the mail today. Adding to Mt. TBR.

And, Yes Bree, I loved the recycled packaging! 

Journal Entry 25 by alsgal from Lewes, Delaware USA on Thursday, March 13, 2008

In my effort to read the older books on my shelf, I finally picked up this book.

I'm not a big Sedaris fan. I find some of his stuff funny and others just pointless. Thanks for sharing though. This turned out to be the perfect read when I had my eye surgery because it was easy to pick up and read for really short periods of time. 

Journal Entry 26 by alsgal at Panera Bread, 401 Vista Village Dr. (OBCZ) in Vista, California USA on Sunday, March 16, 2008

Released 4 yrs ago (3/16/2008 UTC) at Panera Bread, 401 Vista Village Dr. (OBCZ) in Vista, California USA

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Releasing at today's meetup. Enjoy! 

Journal Entry 27 by trojanpotato from Oceanside, California USA on Saturday, March 22, 2008

picked up yesterday at the Panera OBCZ. 

Journal Entry 28 by trojanpotato from Oceanside, California USA on Monday, December 08, 2008

Would you look at that; read within a year! Overall, a fun and funny read; looked at as individual essays, sometimes VERY funny. 

Journal Entry 29 by trojanpotato at Ground Zero Performance Cafe in Los Angeles, California USA on Sunday, January 18, 2009

Released 3 yrs ago (1/20/2009 UTC) at Ground Zero Performance Cafe in Los Angeles, California USA

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I'll leave it on the shelf when I go to watch the inauguration.