Read Online Theft by Finding Diaries 19772002 Audible Audio Edition David Sedaris Hachette Audio Books

Product details Audible Audiobook Listening Length 13 hours and 52 minutes Program Type Audiobook Version Unabridged Publisher Hachette Audio Audible.com Release Date May 30, 2017 Language English, English ASIN B01MSBNRYA

Theft by Finding Diaries 19772002 Audible Audio Edition David Sedaris Hachette Audio Books Reviews

• David has become the PG Woodhouse of his era. Unfortunately, this includes publishing SOME reruns. Great writing​ as always and some tales are new. But you will be frustrated when you recognize you read that story before. I LOVE David but he needs to get out more.
• I'm normally a huge Sedaris fan but I had a tough time getting through this one. It's a collection of diary entries, the majority of them being very short, about three or four sentences, often covering the same topics again and again. As such, the first 2/3 of the book drags and I kept putting it down and coming back to it days later. It closes strong, with the entries becoming longer and the writing becoming engaging and humorous towards the end. I don't regret reading it but I do wish I'd just waited and checked it out of the library instead of forking over the cash.
• If you've read all of David Sedaris' books, attended one or more of of his performances, followed him on NPR or have read his magazine articles, you'll enjoy this book. I loved looking back on his younger years and early observations--and especially loved seeing his list of dreams and goals, and how many of them came to fruition. He also gave us a deeper view into his mom's alcohol addiction and his sister Tiffany's mental illness. I'd recommend this specifically to his fans and followers and look forward to reading his next 15+ years of diaries. I rated it 5 stars because I couldn't put it down and laughed a lot in the middle of the night. He just never disappoints.
• I had trouble putting the Diaries down once I started reading. And what made that feel odd was that there was no plot or story line. I just couldn't wait to see what might happen next, where the author might go, and who he might meet up with along the way. Then, upon reaching the end, I wanted more. Thank you Mr. Sedaris for sharing your wit, humor and keen observations.
• Not only funny, but insightful, because I really find David's history and life and how he became who he is today to be fascinating. To say that I'm a fan of David Sedaris is to understate my devotion, because I literally cannot get enough of his work. I first saw David in person in a small bookstore, in Berkeley, before he made it big, and have delighted in seeing his success since. Whether reading or listening, I do it over and over. So true to form, I first bought this book, then downloaded it as an audio. I listened to it while driving 800 miles recently on a grim journey, and it was just the thing to lighten a tough time. David's voice is half the fun, but it's just as fun to read it in written form. I can't wait for the next issue, 2003-2017.
• Here’s the thing. This is not a book you sit down and start with of his work. In fact, he even states in his intro that he doesn’t expect people to pick this up and read it cover to cover. I chose to because I am seeing him on his tour and wanted to be prepared and have ready most of his books and love him. All of his previous work is funny and entertaining but this does take a darker dive into his life. You see a rawer side him but I do feel his wit shines through.
  
  If you are an avid David fan, read this after reading some of his other books. I was able to tie some of his diary entries his short stories! Like the time his brother almost drowned and he talked about in the story about his brothers weddinh in When You are Engulfed in Flames. It was pretty cool to see the diary entry where he talked about he and his brother swimming and almost drowning.
  
  But like I said - go into this later. Don’t let this be your first book of his.
  
  I found it cool to see the start of his stories. That he wrote in his diaries and then expanded in his essays in his books.
• Can't emphasize enough how happy I am to have this as an audio book read by the author! A must for fans of David Sedaris. Contains all the quirky, human and spot-on observations we've come to expect from this writer, with liberal doses of his bravery in sharing his most intimate, personal thoughts and experiences, without a trace of spin. Always strikes me as totally honest--an admirable quality in everyone, but especially a writer! The decades-long span of the entries allow readers to witness close up his journey as a writer. Thanks, David!
• As far as I’m concerned, the release of any new book by David Sedaris is always cause for celebration. I don’t care if it’s another collection memoirs, fiction, or just one long account of him catching flies to feed to his house spiders in Normandy (yes, please). I don’t need to know anything about it ahead of time, my pre-order is placed at the first mention. In this case it’s 25 years of Sedaris’ diary entries. If you’ve read his books of autobiographical essays, this tome provides fascinating glimpses of periods and events you’ve read about before, from various forms of drug abuse, odd jobs, and faithful nightly visits to IHOP to interactions with his parents and siblings, life in France with his partner, sobriety, and life on seemingly endless book tours. Only this time it’s more personal, because – at least originally – these diary entries were simply written for Sedaris himself. It’s a pretty amazing thing to read what a person chose to record for and about themselves from age 21 to 46. I also thoroughly enjoyed all the mentions of David’s sister, Amy Sedaris. It’s clear she’s always been the glorious and talented weirdo she is today. I hope Sedaris intends to publish more of his diaries someday. I’ll be ready.