Magical Thinking: True Stories by Augusten Burroughs



"A contagiously funny, heartwarming, shocking, twisted, and absolutely magical collection. True stories that give voice to the thoughts we all have but dare not mention. It begins with a Tang Instant Breakfast Drink television commercial when Augusten was seven. Then there is the contest of wills with the deranged cleaning lady. The execution of a rodent carried out with military precision and utter horror. Telemarketing revenge. Dating an undertaker and much more. A collection of true stories that are universal in their appeal yet unabashedly intimate and very funny."
This is my fourth Augusten Burroughs memoir, and it's pretty alright. Before this one I picked up Dry, which had me in tears multiple times, both from sadness and painful feels, and also from laughing. He's an obvious egomaniac, and I often feel in a way as if his books are a personal account of gossip from him to the reader, which is hilarious but can become tiring at times. Either way, I love Augusten more with each memoir of his I read, and his realistic fiction Sellevision is one of my favorite books ever.

My sister has told me that I need to get through the rest of his memoirs and land on This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike. because he says it has become his personal revelation as a writer that this is the book he was born to write, and it's supposed to be incredibly ground-breaking and insightful. I can't wait to get there, so I'm trying to swallow through these last few memoirs of his to reach it!

The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee by Sarah Silverman



"From the outrageously filthy and oddly innocent comedienne Sarah Silverman comes a memoir—her first book—that is at once shockingly personal, surprisingly poignant, and still pee-in-your-pants funny."
I've only just started reading it and haven't really gotten a feel for the book. I really like Sarah Silverman's standup because I think she is just smurfing hilarious. She's so dry and so deadpan and matter-of-fact and I love it. I wasn't really a big fan of her show, though, because I guess in a way I felt it was sortof exploitative of her humor in order to garnish more laughs and it just didn't work for me. I hope her book works out, though.

I'm also reading American Gods but I've lost interest for now. I'll pick it up after I'm done with these two.