Journal Entry 1 by indygo88 from Lafayette, Indiana USA on Friday, March 04, 2011

"You’ve eaten too much candy at Christmas…but have you ever eaten the face off a six-footstuffed Santa? You’ve seen gingerbread houses…but have you ever made your own gingerbread tenement? You’ve woken up with a hangover…but have you ever woken up next to Kris Kringle himself? Augusten Burroughs has, and in this caustically funny, nostalgic, poignant, and moving collection he recounts Christmases past and present—as only he could. With gimleteyed wit and illuminated prose, Augusten shows how the holidays bring out the worst in us and sometimes, just sometimes, the very, very best."

Acquired through PaperBackSwap.com (Unabridged on 5 CD's; read by the author)
 

Journal Entry 2 by indygo88 at Lafayette, Indiana USA on Friday, December 09, 2011

Augusten Burroughs sucked me in with Running With Scissors, and his follow-up, Dry. He can be very blunt & possibly disturbing for many readers. And while I've enjoyed the other works of his that I've read, none of them seem to impress me quite as much as the two listed above. You Better Not Cry is no exception. This one is a collection of stories from both childhood & adulthood, ranging from the ridiculous to the sentimental. It's an interesting mix, and thus, I tend to find certain stories quite enjoyable, while others maybe not quite so much. I think Burroughs shines most in the stories from his younger years, and I guess I tend to enjoy those most. Either way, the man has led a quite interesting life, which makes for, subsequently, quite interesting reading. 

Journal Entry 3 by indygo88 at Lafayette, Indiana USA on Friday, December 09, 2011

Released 5 mos ago (12/9/2011 UTC) at Lafayette, Indiana USA

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Sending off to PBS member. Enjoy! :')

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