Holidays on Ice

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David Sedaris s beloved holiday collection is new again with six pieces, including a never before published story Along with such favorites as 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. Download Holidays on Ice – kino-fada.fr I feel weird reviewing this book right now because the honest truth is I really genuinely did not like it And yet I ve been called out recently by a bunch of helpful strangers on Goodreads for not liking their favorite books this asshole telling me I should avoid all literary fiction, this one here saying that my problem is with fiction in general and I fear I m going to develop a reputation for hating books, and then Otis will kick me off Goodreads and all the mean girls in the Feedback Group I feel weird reviewing this book right now because the honest truth is I really genuinely did not like it And yet I ve been called out recently by a bunch of helpful strangers on Goodreads for not liking their favorite books this asshole telling me I should avoid all literary fiction, this one here saying that my problem is with fiction in general and I fear I m going to develop a reputation for hating books, and then Otis will kick me off Goodreads and all the mean girls in the Feedback Group will cheer and the only people who will care are the one hundred sixty four people in my friends list, but then a huge chunk of those people are real life friends who have only ever logged into Goodreads once, so in the end there are about five people who will care Maybe six.And that s not to mention some of these other pressing fears a reviewer has to deal with wha...To the tune of Frosty the Snowman Da vid Se darisWas a writer oh so drollWith a quirky style and take on lifeThat will put you on the floor.Da vid Se darisWrites the weirdest stuff you ll seeAbout the Christmas whore and the Macy s elvesAnd deathly children s pageantry.There must have bee...After reading the first short story, I thought this was going to be a delightful book SantaLand Diaries, after all, had me rolling down the isle of the plane on which I was reading it Okay, I was just giggling constantly with frequent bursts of loud laugher interspersed No rolling, but still very humiliating on the whole At any rate, I came home in a dither to read the other stories as well Ugh Appalling Not a single chuckle among them Worse, they were gross, often offensive and I d After reading the first short story, I thought this was going to be a delightful book SantaLand Diaries, after a...Find all of my reviews at you follow my reading, you re probably wondering what the hell could have happened to make me rate a Sedaris selection less than every Star Well, lemma tell ya Although I was aware that this is a collection of items pulled from other Sedaris books, many may not so it will appear to be a money grabwhich it totally is I don t really care, though, since 1 I got it from the library so it cost me zero dollars and 2 David Se Find all of my reviews at you follow my reading, you re probably wondering what the hell could have happened to make me rate a Sedaris selection less than every Star Well, lemma tell ya Although I was aware that this is a collection... Holidays on Ice puts David Sedaris on ice Why Because, aside from one inclusion, this is a collection of short fiction, where as when Sedaris is riffing on real life in his autobio journal work, the man is on fire David Sedaris is best listened to rather than read, in my opinion I always go the audiobook route with him, because he narrates them himself, adding in all the oh so necessary inflection, as well as some hilarious renditions of his parents and, one of my favorites, Billie Holiday B Holidays on Ice puts David Sedaris on ice Why Because, aside from one inclusion, this is a collection of short fiction, where as when Sedaris is riffing on real life in his autobio journal work, the man is on fire David Sedaris is best listened to rather than read, in my opinion I always go the audio...2.5 to 3 stars rounded up to 3 on the official rating to give Sedaris the benefit of the doubt I did not enjoy this quite as much as previous Sedaris titles I have read While it contained the cynicism I have come to expect from him, it seemed to overpower the humor a lotthan usual So, instead of being amused, I was left feeling uncomfortable Also, since this is a much shorter compilation of holiday related stories, it did not have the full satisfaction of one of his full length books 2.5 to 3 stars rounded up to 3 on the official rating to give Sedaris the benefit of the doubt I did not enjoy this quite as much as previous Sedaris titles I have read While it contained the cynicism I have come to expect from him, it seemed to overpower the humor a lotthan usual So, instead of being amused, I was left feeling uncomfortable Also, since this is a much shorter compilation of holiday related stories, it did not have the full satisfaction of one of his full length books with all original ...Just the kind of book to get me into the spirit of Christmas no sarcasm intended.I always get David Sedaris and Dave Eggers confused for some reason Until now, I ve never read anything by either of them, but I can t remember who it is that everyone seems to hate Sedaris Eggers Both I had planned to read this a year ago, but forgot I had it I thought I d better read it now during the holidays so I wouldn t have to wait another year to get to it I can never watch Christmas movies or read holiday stories when it s not Chri...My mother was a little crazy She saw people looking through our windows, heard them whispering under our porch, spotted private family conversations in the newspaper, unexpectedly screamed profanity at people who looked suspicious sometimes while we were in a restaurant or some other very public location , and thought the writing on trucks and other vehicles that passed us on the road were coded messages just for her It was a bit creepy.My father didn t help Rather than acknowledging my mo My mother was a little crazy She saw people looking through our windows, heard them whispering under our porch, spotted private family conversations in the newspaper, unexpectedly screamed profanity at people who looked suspicious sometimes while we were in a restaurant or some other very public location , and thought the writing on trucks and other vehicles that passed us on the road were coded messages just for her It was a bit creepy.My father didn t help Rather than acknowledging my mother was crazy she had paranoid schizophrenia, which I didn t know until my late teens , he said she was nervous This verdict suggested her visions were normal, and to my young mind, validated the notion that there were indeed people peeking into the house It made me rather skittish...So it might be a little cruel of me to review a book about Christmas when Christmas is off most of our radars, but, hey, there s still snow on the ground where I live so I m allowing myself this review Like most people, I have often laughed at the strange humor David Sedaris illuminates in his past books, Naked being the funniest, IMO When I was given a copy of HOLIDAYS ON ICE I knew what I was about to get into, so it sat on my shelves for a few months On a whim, I plucked it from the mass o So it might be a little cruel of me to review a book about Christmas when Christmas is off most of our radars, but, hey, there s still snow on the ground where I live so I m allowing myself this review Like most people, I have often laughed at the strange humor David Sedaris illuminates in his past books, Naked being the funniest, IMO When I was given a copy of HOLIDAYS ON ICE I knew what I was about to get into, so it sat on my shelves for a few months On a whim, I plucked it from the mass of unread books of mine and flipped to the front page There was an inscription For Lindsay in Japan, Christmas 2000 Love, Mom and Dad For some reason I found this hilarious I guess I never saw HOLIDAYS ON ICE as a book to give someone for Christmas it is the type of book that is better gotten at a used bookstore or through...

Holidays on Ice
  • English
  • 11 January 2017
  • Paperback
  • 176 pages
  • 0316191299
  • David Sedaris
  • Holidays on Ice