Thought that most of the stories had funny or at least amusing parts. Some had both funny and poignant parts. A couple of stories kind of weirded me out, and I skipped them. But most of them were well worth it.

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Honestly, this isn’t one of Sedaris’s better books. The essays seem too short, they’re hard to get into, and once you do get into them, the endings don’t exactly deliver the way they usually do. It’s still Sedaris, so it’s still a great read. There are some really great stories in here, but there are also some really mediocre stories. Overall, it’s just not his best.

(This book includes: Us and Them, Let it Snow, The Ship Shape, Full House, Consider the Stars, Monie Changes Everything, The Change in Me, Hejira, Slumus Lordicus, The Girl Next Door, Blood Work, The End of the Affair, Repeat After Me, Six to Eight Black Men, Rooster at the Hitchin’ Post, Possession, Put a Lid on It, A Can of Worms, Chicken in the Henhouse, Who’s the Chef?, Baby Einstein, and Nuit of the Living Dead.)