Running With Scissors

*Christy* ^(Premo) · 03-17-2004, 12:49 PM

Written by Augusten Burroughs. Has anyone read this yet? I'm half way through it. LOVE IT!

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...34535?v=glance

*Christy* ^(Premo) · 03-17-2004, 12:52 PM

The below review about sums it up.

"Shocking, sarcastic, humorous but never dull, the memoir has an effect similar to watching a car accident. You know you shouldn't gawk, but you simply can't turn away from the carnage.”
-Boston Herald

*Christy* ^(Premo) · 03-17-2004, 12:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by cariblue
I was looking at it. Guess I'll have to buy it now.

YOU would LOVE it! It's right up your alley.

It's just so warped. It's been a very long time since I've laughed out loud reading a book. My favorite chapter so far is "Here Kitty Kitty".

03-17-2004, 12:54 PM

I've read about 1/3 of the book and it is very good. I use to finish a book in a few nights, now it takes months to read a book.

03-17-2004, 12:55 PM

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Originally posted by Christy
YOU would LOVE it! It's right up your alley. It's just so warped. It's been a very long time since I've laughed out loud reading a book. My favorite chapter so far is "Here Kitty Kitty".

*Christy* ^(Premo) · 03-17-2004, 02:13 PM

Okay, now I'm a bit obsessed with this guy and trying to find all of the essays and interviews from/of him. This is a pretty good interview, here's a bit on what he had to say about cannibalism and Jeffrey Dahmer.

"Oh, I didn't live in Milwaukee in the 1990s, but I so would have been Jeffrey Dahmer's boyfriend if I had," he says, instantly enthralled by the thought. "I'd be like, 'Hi, what's your name? Jeffrey? Hey, I'm Augusten. I like your hair.'

"But that said, if Jeffrey Dahmer ever picked me up it would have been his head in the freezer. Guarantee you of that. That's the one thing growing up the way I did, I did not come out of it a victim. And I'm clever. I would have outsmarted him, I know I would have. It's inconceivable to me that I would have ended up roasted."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp...&notFound=true

Nickel · 12-06-2004, 05:41 PM

This book was.....interesting

*mAlice* ^(Premo) · 12-06-2004, 06:11 PM

Christy, you still got this book layin' around? I need something to read next week while I'm in FL toastin' my buns.

*RoseRed* ^(Premo) · 12-06-2004, 08:15 PM

May I borrow it after Elaine please?

*Christy* ^(Premo) · 12-06-2004, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elaine

Christy, you still got this book layin' around? I need something to read next week while I'm in FL toastin' my buns.

No,

Loaned it to a friend and it was never returned.

But you can pick it up at Target.

03-17-2004, 12:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
Christy ^(Premo) Resistance is Futile Member Since: Feb 2001 Location: The Collective Posts: 18,250	Running With Scissors Written by Augusten Burroughs. Has anyone read this yet? I'm half way through it. LOVE IT! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...34535?v=glance __________________ Darling, if you want to talk bollocks and discover the meaning of life, you're better off downing a bottle of whiskey. At least that way, you're unconscious by the time you start to take yourself seriously. ......Patsy Stone ABFAB Goddess It isn't difficult to make a mountain out of a molehill, just add a little dirt.
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03-17-2004, 12:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
Christy ^(Premo) Resistance is Futile Member Since: Feb 2001 Location: The Collective Posts: 18,250	The below review about sums it up. "Shocking, sarcastic, humorous but never dull, the memoir has an effect similar to watching a car accident. You know you shouldn't gawk, but you simply can't turn away from the carnage.” -Boston Herald __________________ Darling, if you want to talk bollocks and discover the meaning of life, you're better off downing a bottle of whiskey. At least that way, you're unconscious by the time you start to take yourself seriously. ......Patsy Stone ABFAB Goddess It isn't difficult to make a mountain out of a molehill, just add a little dirt.
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03-17-2004, 12:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
Kizzy Posts: n/a	I've read about 1/3 of the book and it is very good. I use to finish a book in a few nights, now it takes months to read a book.
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03-17-2004, 02:13 PM	#6 (permalink)
Christy ^(Premo) Resistance is Futile Member Since: Feb 2001 Location: The Collective Posts: 18,250	Okay, now I'm a bit obsessed with this guy and trying to find all of the essays and interviews from/of him. This is a pretty good interview, here's a bit on what he had to say about cannibalism and Jeffrey Dahmer. "Oh, I didn't live in Milwaukee in the 1990s, but I so would have been Jeffrey Dahmer's boyfriend if I had," he says, instantly enthralled by the thought. "I'd be like, 'Hi, what's your name? Jeffrey? Hey, I'm Augusten. I like your hair.' "But that said, if Jeffrey Dahmer ever picked me up it would have been his head in the freezer. Guarantee you of that. That's the one thing growing up the way I did, I did not come out of it a victim. And I'm clever. I would have outsmarted him, I know I would have. It's inconceivable to me that I would have ended up roasted." http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp...&notFound=true __________________ Darling, if you want to talk bollocks and discover the meaning of life, you're better off downing a bottle of whiskey. At least that way, you're unconscious by the time you start to take yourself seriously. ......Patsy Stone ABFAB Goddess It isn't difficult to make a mountain out of a molehill, just add a little dirt.
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12-06-2004, 05:41 PM	#7 (permalink)
Nickel curiouser and curiouser Member Since: Jan 2004 Location: somewhere over the rainbow Posts: 19,674	This book was.....interesting __________________ Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life. -Omar Khayyam
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12-06-2004, 06:11 PM	#8 (permalink)
mAlice ^(Premo) professional daydreamer Member Since: Mar 2001 Location: Wonderland Posts: 27,129	Christy, you still got this book layin' around? I need something to read next week while I'm in FL toastin' my buns. __________________ All gave some. Some gave all.
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12-06-2004, 08:15 PM	#9 (permalink)
RoseRed ^(Premo) American Beauty Member Since: Mar 2001 Location: My own private Idaho Posts: 51,135	May I borrow it after Elaine please? __________________ Oysters are nasty. If I want a fried loogie, I'll spit in a frying pan.
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