Naked
12 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 2 by pjlareau at Another BXer in Hopkinsville, Kentucky -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, October 4, 2005
Released 18 yrs ago (10/4/2005 UTC) at Another BXer in Hopkinsville, Kentucky -- Controlled Releases
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This arrived today from pjlareau.
Thank you for the trade!
Thank you for the trade!
David Sedaris just cracks me up! It's usually not the story that gets me but one line or paragraph. This time it was "Buenos Dios, Miguel." It helped that when I read this paragraph to my husband he was still under the influence of pain pills from surgery. He laughed until he cried. "Stop it! It hurts!" just doesn't hold much weight when the person can't stop laughing. :-) Anyway...we've gone around the house randomly saying, loudly, "Buenos Dios!"; and then laughing like we're both on drugs.
Thanks again pjlareau for the good laughs!
Thanks again pjlareau for the good laughs!
I've decided to offer this for a bookray. Contact me if you'd like to join. The shipping order may change as I hear from people.
Beginning International Bookray:
titihood (Quebec-Canada or US only)
Breeze144 (Ontario-Canada or US pref/Int'l ok)
Luintaurien (Nebraska-US only)
tnkbl (Walnut Creek, California-US only)
Karenlea (California-US pref/Int'l ok)
sarahbear (Australia only)
astro2480 (Australia only)
outofreach (Australia-Int'l)
cats-eye (UK-Int'l)
RonOren (England-Eur pref/Int'l ok)<---- It's here!
Beginning International Bookray:
titihood (Quebec-Canada or US only)
Breeze144 (Ontario-Canada or US pref/Int'l ok)
Luintaurien (Nebraska-US only)
tnkbl (Walnut Creek, California-US only)
Karenlea (California-US pref/Int'l ok)
sarahbear (Australia only)
astro2480 (Australia only)
outofreach (Australia-Int'l)
cats-eye (UK-Int'l)
RonOren (England-Eur pref/Int'l ok)<---- It's here!
Sending this off to titihood to get the bookray started.
I hope you enjoy it!
I hope you enjoy it!
Received this today after coming home from my first day at work in my new job -- was a nice thing to find in the post box!
Thanks bethieb, have a few more rings to read before this one but shouldn't take me long - working seems to make me want to spend more time reading!! :)
3rd Jan 2006: Despite wanting to read until my eyeballs dry up it seems this isn't possible... I enjoyed this book but it wasn't all ultra-amusing, although there were some stories that got me snickering out loud, which is always quite an achievement with me. One of which was Naked, a great little tale. This is ready to be sent to Breeze144 once I have her address.
Thanks bethieb, have a few more rings to read before this one but shouldn't take me long - working seems to make me want to spend more time reading!! :)
3rd Jan 2006: Despite wanting to read until my eyeballs dry up it seems this isn't possible... I enjoyed this book but it wasn't all ultra-amusing, although there were some stories that got me snickering out loud, which is always quite an achievement with me. One of which was Naked, a great little tale. This is ready to be sent to Breeze144 once I have her address.
Journal Entry 8 by titihood at ☑ Controlled release / Libération contrôlée in - By post or by hand/ in person -, Québec Canada on Saturday, January 7, 2006
Released 18 yrs ago (1/7/2006 UTC) at ☑ Controlled release / Libération contrôlée in - By post or by hand/ in person -, Québec Canada
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Sent to next BCer, should be there beginning of the week :)
Sent to next BCer, should be there beginning of the week :)
Arrived here today!
Finish this last night! I laughed my way through this entire book, even when I was reading in public and it was totally inappropriate to laugh out loud!
I am a big Sedaris fan and I love his witty dry humour. This book really got me wondering about his fanily though. He talks about them in every book I've read, but this one seems to go into a lot of personal detail. I'd kill my brother if he wrote a book and said things like this about me!
This great book will be on its way eary next week!
I am a big Sedaris fan and I love his witty dry humour. This book really got me wondering about his fanily though. He talks about them in every book I've read, but this one seems to go into a lot of personal detail. I'd kill my brother if he wrote a book and said things like this about me!
This great book will be on its way eary next week!
Journal Entry 11 by Breeze144 at BookRay in Controlled Release, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Released 18 yrs ago (2/1/2006 UTC) at BookRay in Controlled Release, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases
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Sent off today!
Sent off today!
Got it today. Will read and pass on ASAP. Thanks
Interesting book. Thanks.
Journal Entry 14 by Luintaurien at -- By Hand Or Post, Ray/Ring, RABCK in York, Nebraska USA on Wednesday, September 6, 2006
Released 17 yrs ago (9/6/2006 UTC) at -- By Hand Or Post, Ray/Ring, RABCK in York, Nebraska USA
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Yay! It's here! Got it yesterday, and already a quarter of the way through.
This was a really fun read. I always enjoy David Sedaris.
It's off to Karenlea today!
It's off to Karenlea today!
Caught!!! I have two books ahead of it, but I should be able to start it soon. Thank you for sharing!!!
I love David Sedaris. I found this book to be both hysterically funny and very poignant. I laughed out loud in several sections.
I will be mailing this off to the next reader on Tuesday. Thank you to bethieb for sharing this wonderful book.
I will be mailing this off to the next reader on Tuesday. Thank you to bethieb for sharing this wonderful book.
WOW.....I just looked to see when this book was posted. You will be pleased to know it has arrived here with me in Australia safely and soundly today. Thank you for sharing.
A very funny book. I just cant imagine myself in any of those situations...thankfully.
Thank you veru much for sharing.
Posting to astro2480 on Monday.
Thank you veru much for sharing.
Posting to astro2480 on Monday.
Arrived today ... thank you.
Maybe I just wasn't in a very humourous mood ... although I got a chuckle occasionally I wasn't that wrapped in the style.
Still, it was worth the try!!
Off to the next person as soon as I have the address.
Still, it was worth the try!!
Off to the next person as soon as I have the address.
On it's way to outofreach tomorrow.
the book must have arrived at my house ages ago.. i was travelling and just saw it sitting on my bed yesterday. when i finally made it to the internet place i found an e-mail from the previous reader in my e-mail account but as unorganised as i am i didn't bring the bcid with me so i couldn't journal it yesterday.
thank you for sending the book on to me. i hope i won't take to long...
thank you for sending the book on to me. i hope i won't take to long...
unfortunately uni is way more stressful as i thought it would be. bloody post-grad work...
so i'll have to pass this book on unread. thank you for sharing anyway...
so i'll have to pass this book on unread. thank you for sharing anyway...
Just arrived! I'm looking forward to reading this (but need to get through at least one of the two books I'm reading at the time first). I'll try and get to it within a week or so.
I have to say, this was not quite what I expected. Mostly, it was a lot less funny than I thought it would be. I agree with previous journalers that Sedaris has a good way with words and that some of his expressions crack you up. But I can't call the book as a whole "hilarious": there's too little witticisms and too much story.
In a way it reminded me of Running with scissors (which is the really horrible story of a young boy growing up in a completely disfunctional family). Sedaris' family is not that disfunctional (or at least, not that obviously so), but you couldn't quite call them normal either.
The real weird thing for me is the implicit racism and discrimation of gays in the book. I'm not quite sure when it's (mostly) set, but I'll happily accept that it's a few decades ago and that things have changed (in some places anyway). But still, it's strange to read about such open making fun of gay people etc.; it's just something that's completely impossible now!
Even if it wasn't as laugh-out-loud funny as I expected it to be (and certainly less so than the one recording of Sedaris I heard; maybe it helps when you hear his voice...), I did enjoy the book. While I won't go out of my way to look for them, I wouldn't mind reading any of his other books.
Thanks for sharing this with me, bethieb! I'll try and find a nice spot to leave this sometime (if only there was a nudists' colony anywhere near...)
In a way it reminded me of Running with scissors (which is the really horrible story of a young boy growing up in a completely disfunctional family). Sedaris' family is not that disfunctional (or at least, not that obviously so), but you couldn't quite call them normal either.
The real weird thing for me is the implicit racism and discrimation of gays in the book. I'm not quite sure when it's (mostly) set, but I'll happily accept that it's a few decades ago and that things have changed (in some places anyway). But still, it's strange to read about such open making fun of gay people etc.; it's just something that's completely impossible now!
Even if it wasn't as laugh-out-loud funny as I expected it to be (and certainly less so than the one recording of Sedaris I heard; maybe it helps when you hear his voice...), I did enjoy the book. While I won't go out of my way to look for them, I wouldn't mind reading any of his other books.
Thanks for sharing this with me, bethieb! I'll try and find a nice spot to leave this sometime (if only there was a nudists' colony anywhere near...)
Journal Entry 28 by RonOren at Nanoscience Center in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Thursday, February 7, 2008
Released 16 yrs ago (2/7/2008 UTC) at Nanoscience Center in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom
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Left in the lobby, at the table with the journals and newspapers
Left in the lobby, at the table with the journals and newspapers
Found it in the Nanoscience Center Loby, will read it and leave it in the Clare College MCR
CAUGHT IN CAMBRIDGE CAMBRIDGESHIRE UNITED KINGDOM
CAUGHT IN CAMBRIDGE CAMBRIDGESHIRE UNITED KINGDOM
