You'll see in this segment that one of the people standing in line at a Sedaris book signing expressed our sentiments exactly-she wished that "he was her best friend". Ditto!
Showing posts with label David Sedaris. Show all posts
Showing posts with label David Sedaris. Show all posts
Sunday, January 09, 2011
Speaking Of David Sedaris...
One of our favorite shows, CBS Sunday Morning, did a profile piece of the wonderful David Sedaris, (author of Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk) just this morning, and we thought we'd pass it on to you.
You'll see in this segment that one of the people standing in line at a Sedaris book signing expressed our sentiments exactly-she wished that "he was her best friend". Ditto!
You'll see in this segment that one of the people standing in line at a Sedaris book signing expressed our sentiments exactly-she wished that "he was her best friend". Ditto!
Thursday, January 06, 2011
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
Remember back a few months ago when I shared an audio clip with you from David Sedaris' new book, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk? If not, feel free to refresh your memory right here: boccibeefs.blogspot.com/2010/09/squirrels-real-thing-and-david-sedaris.html
David Sedaris is one of Parental Unit's favorite writers, and shortly after that post, she stumbled across a contest on a wonderful blog called: Bookhounds: Books, Garden And Dogs, written by Mary Jacobs, to possibly win..., you guessed it, the audio book Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk. And guess who won? Yep, we just received our audio book a few days ago! Thank you, Mary!
It comes with two CD's of stories read by Sedaris, Elaine Stritch (of Broadway and "30 Rock" Fame), Dylan Barker, and Sian Phillips, and a bonus disc of pdf illustrations from the book by Ian Falconer.
Here I am checking it all out.
Parental Unit has already listened to the first CD of stories and proclaimed them "hilarious, poignant, dark, dead-on...and whatever other laudable things one could say, but, hey, it's David Sedaris after all. Each of the readers are fabulous, but Elaine Stritch is is just remarkable-what a voice!
We're going to sum it up by saying: don't miss this book in whatever form you prefer!
When you have a spare moment, head on over to Mary's blog at: www.maryinhb.blogspot.com to enjoy excellent book reviews and musings on her garden and dogs. We're long-time followers. And don't forget to enter her give-a-ways!
We'll leave you with another Sedaris audio clip, this time from one of his first stories, "Santaland Diaries" about his job stint as an elf in Macy's New York department store. Enjoy!
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5066175&sc=emaf
David Sedaris is one of Parental Unit's favorite writers, and shortly after that post, she stumbled across a contest on a wonderful blog called: Bookhounds: Books, Garden And Dogs, written by Mary Jacobs, to possibly win..., you guessed it, the audio book Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk. And guess who won? Yep, we just received our audio book a few days ago! Thank you, Mary!
It comes with two CD's of stories read by Sedaris, Elaine Stritch (of Broadway and "30 Rock" Fame), Dylan Barker, and Sian Phillips, and a bonus disc of pdf illustrations from the book by Ian Falconer.
Here I am checking it all out.
Parental Unit has already listened to the first CD of stories and proclaimed them "hilarious, poignant, dark, dead-on...and whatever other laudable things one could say, but, hey, it's David Sedaris after all. Each of the readers are fabulous, but Elaine Stritch is is just remarkable-what a voice!
We're going to sum it up by saying: don't miss this book in whatever form you prefer!
When you have a spare moment, head on over to Mary's blog at: www.maryinhb.blogspot.com to enjoy excellent book reviews and musings on her garden and dogs. We're long-time followers. And don't forget to enter her give-a-ways!
We'll leave you with another Sedaris audio clip, this time from one of his first stories, "Santaland Diaries" about his job stint as an elf in Macy's New York department store. Enjoy!
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5066175&sc=emaf
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Squirrels: The Real Thing... And David Sedaris' New Book
As we all know, with fall comes a proliferation of those glorified rats (what humans call squirrels). They're forever scurrying around my yard and everyone else's with nuts clutched in their paws, and tails all swishy-like they're really doing something important. Let it be known: collecting nuts for the winter is not only NOT an intellectual pursuit, it's certainly not important, O.K.?
Well, now that we've got that out of the way, let me mention a new book by that unbelievably witty writer, David Sedaris. It's called, "Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk" and it's described as a "collection of animal-themed tales", punctuated with Sedaris' usual blend of sometimes acerbic, but always slide-splitting wit and heart. "Though the characters may not be human, the situations in these stories bear an uncanny resemblance to the insanity of everyday life."
Listen and enjoy an audio clip from the book right here: www.bordersmedia.com/features/audio/squirrelseekschipmunk.asp?cmpid=SL_20100928
P.S. The excerpt from the second story in the clip, titled, "Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk" gives a hilarious take on dogs from the squirrels viewpoint. See, I've maintained my sense of humor about those vermin...
Enjoy! More on my team's round-up of a "squirrel elimination posse" coming soon...
Well, now that we've got that out of the way, let me mention a new book by that unbelievably witty writer, David Sedaris. It's called, "Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk" and it's described as a "collection of animal-themed tales", punctuated with Sedaris' usual blend of sometimes acerbic, but always slide-splitting wit and heart. "Though the characters may not be human, the situations in these stories bear an uncanny resemblance to the insanity of everyday life."
Listen and enjoy an audio clip from the book right here: www.bordersmedia.com/features/audio/squirrelseekschipmunk.asp?cmpid=SL_20100928
P.S. The excerpt from the second story in the clip, titled, "Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk" gives a hilarious take on dogs from the squirrels viewpoint. See, I've maintained my sense of humor about those vermin...
Enjoy! More on my team's round-up of a "squirrel elimination posse" coming soon...
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