{"id":2398,"date":"2016-06-12T20:06:44","date_gmt":"2016-06-12T20:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sometimesraw.com--precise\/?p=2398"},"modified":"2016-06-12T20:18:34","modified_gmt":"2016-06-12T20:18:34","slug":"the-audiobook-review-me-talk-pretty-one-day-by-david-sedaris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sometimesraw.com\/?p=2398","title":{"rendered":"The AudioBook Review: Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hello and Happy Sunday!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I just want to stop by here quickly after a long party-weekend at my sister\u2019s \u00a0house and therefore, lack of sleep. Are you in the mood to read something funny? I just finished the Audiobook version of\u00a0Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris.<\/em>\u00a0I read all of Sedaris\u2019 books but this one I enjoyed the most. I was able to hear and see him at a book reading in Boston a couple of years ago. It was fantastic. There I listened to men who sat behind me. They said that David Sedaris\u2019s audiobooks are way better and so funny when you listen to him read. So I purchased the book. I am not a huge fan of audiobooks, but this one, wow -let me tell you, it is good.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There are 25 stories, some shorter, some longer but easy to read. Sort of like \u201cone more quick story and then I talk to you\u201d. David Sedaris is very smart, funny and entertains the reader with awesome, hilarious stories. You will find out about the humiliation of learning French as an adult (my favorite story) when Sedaris moved from New York to Paris and needed to take French lessons. Annoying American tourists, teaching a writing course when you have no clue how to and many stories about his entertaining and funny father or learning how to play guitar from a sexist midget make Me Talk Pretty One Day one awesome read. I like how different stories and Sedaris\u2019 changing mix in tone make some stories just laughing out loud funny while others have a somewhat deeper, more serious meaning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It just does not get boring to listen to David Sedaris speak \u2013 and especially not when he reads his own material. David Sedaris\u2019s logic:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI find it ridiculous to assign a gender to an inanimate object incapable of disrobing and making an occasional fool of itself. Why refer to lady crack pipe or good sir dishrag when these things could never live up to all that their sex implied?\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI hate you\u2019 she said to me one afternoon. \u2018I really, really hate you.\u2019 Call me sensitive, but I couldn\u2019t help but take it personally.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Highly recommended in audio format.\u00a0Buy Me Talk Pretty One Day here<\/a><\/span><\/strong> and watch this awesome interview if you would like. Signing off for tonight. Have a great week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n