30 Days of Books! Day Eighteen.
Day 18 - A book that disappointed you.
Quite a years ago, I was given a copy of Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris. It was the first biography-esque book I read for fun. And it was just that - fun. Sedaris has a way of writing about his life that makes everything amusing. I went on with things and forgot about the book until a couple of years ago when I first joined GoodReads. Sedaris had written more books! And it was the Christmas season and he had a holiday themed book: Holidays on Ice. And... it wasn't as good :(
Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris is not his best work. The SantaLand Diaries is uproarious (and I wanted to see the play so badly last year, unfortunately it was only a West Coast show, bummer) but the rest of his biographical essays fall flat and are kind of nasty. It's also not for the easily offended. This volume is very unfortunate given that Sedaris has been named "the funniest writer of all time."
From GoodReads: David Sedaris's beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Along with such favoritesas the diaries of a Macy's elf and the annals of two very competitive families, are Sedaris's tales of tardy trick-or-treaters ("Us and Them"); the difficulties of explaining the Easter Bunny to the French ("Jesus Shaves"); what to do when you've been locked out in a snowstorm ("Let It Snow"); the puzzling Christmas traditions of other nations ("Six to Eight Black Men"); what Halloween at the medical examiner's looks like ("The Monster Mash"); and a barnyard secret Santa scheme gone awry ("Cow and Turkey").
Quite a years ago, I was given a copy of Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris. It was the first biography-esque book I read for fun. And it was just that - fun. Sedaris has a way of writing about his life that makes everything amusing. I went on with things and forgot about the book until a couple of years ago when I first joined GoodReads. Sedaris had written more books! And it was the Christmas season and he had a holiday themed book: Holidays on Ice. And... it wasn't as good :(
Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris is not his best work. The SantaLand Diaries is uproarious (and I wanted to see the play so badly last year, unfortunately it was only a West Coast show, bummer) but the rest of his biographical essays fall flat and are kind of nasty. It's also not for the easily offended. This volume is very unfortunate given that Sedaris has been named "the funniest writer of all time."
From GoodReads: David Sedaris's beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Along with such favoritesas the diaries of a Macy's elf and the annals of two very competitive families, are Sedaris's tales of tardy trick-or-treaters ("Us and Them"); the difficulties of explaining the Easter Bunny to the French ("Jesus Shaves"); what to do when you've been locked out in a snowstorm ("Let It Snow"); the puzzling Christmas traditions of other nations ("Six to Eight Black Men"); what Halloween at the medical examiner's looks like ("The Monster Mash"); and a barnyard secret Santa scheme gone awry ("Cow and Turkey").