Me Talk Pretty One Day
by David Sedaris
So, Ms. Cassell let me borrow this non-fiction book and I remembered reading a short story by the same author in our Bedford Readers, so I was pretty excited to read this.
The title did help with my excitement...i don't know why, but it's just a kind of unusual title...because it sounds kind of dumb and all...:D
Since I had read something by Sedaris before and it was really funny, I was hoping Me Talk Pretty One Day would be an amusing read too. I was not disappointed. David Sedaris is possibly the funniest author I have every read any books by. He is an incredibly interesting person and is also a really great writer!
This book is a collection of short stories of just moments in his life that he feels are important in some way. He writes about having a speech teacher at a young age, the many pets his family has gone through, learning to play the guitar (or not so much), his siblings and parents, and also the times when he was on drugs and attempting to do art as a living. All of his stories are very entertaining and I really can't wait to read another book by him (another book of short stories by him is amusingly called "Naked", so I'm hoping to come across it in our public/school library...I've gotta read a fiction book first because I want to keep my pattern up, but then (hopefully) I'll go back to reading about Sedaris ^_^
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From my perspective, you can read as much nonfiction as you want--but as far as habits of reading go, alternating is a good idea.
I'm so glad that you enjoyed the book. My favorite essay was the one about his being in Paris and the American tourists thinking he was a Parisian who didn't understand English--I had to quit reading because I was laughing so hard that I couldn't see.
You're a reader after my own heart--nothing like a little Nathaniel Hawthorne to shape your perspective on the world. Did I already recommend Twice Told Tales--short stories that are very typically Hawthorne in their mood and design. You'll feel like you know the characters.
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