Friday, November 26, 2010

ARE YOU LISTENING? DAY: SQUIRREL SEEKS CHIPMUNK AUDIO BOOK- REVIEW AND GIVEAWAY

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"ARE YOU LISTENING? DAY"
I AM EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THIS FRIDAY'S
"ARE YOU LISTENING? DAY"
AUDIO BOOK CHOICE IS.....
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SQUIRREL SEEKS CHIPMUNK
BY DAVID SEDARIS
READ BY DAVID SEDARIS & SIAN PHILLIPS

ABOUT THE AUDIO BOOK:
Featuring David Sedaris's unique blend of hilarity and heart, this new collection of keen-eyed animal-themed tales is an utter delight. Though the characters may not be human, the situations in these stories bear an uncanny resemblance to the insanity of everyday life.

In "The Toad, the Turtle, and the Duck," three strangers commiserate about animal bureaucracy while waiting in a complaint line. In "Hello Kitty," a cynical feline struggles to sit through his prison-mandated AA meetings. In "The Squirrel and the Chipmunk," a pair of star-crossed lovers is separated by prejudiced family members.

With original illustrations by Ian Falconer, author of the bestselling Olivia series of children's books, these stories are David Sedaris at his most observant, poignant, and surprising, and he and Phillips make it that much more enjoyable to listen to.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
David Sedaris is a playwright and a regular commentator for National Public Radio. He is also the author of the bestselling Barrel Fever, Naked, Holidays on Ice, Dress Your Family in Corduroy, Denim, When You Are Engulfed in Flames and Me Talk Pretty One Day. He travels extensively though Europe and the United States on lecture tours and lives in France. 

MY REVIEW:
SQUIRREL SEEKS CHIPMUNK is a different David Sedaris from the one who readers know for his entertaining and amusing stories from his past and own life experiences. In this new book, the stories are really what we might want to call fables but these are not Aesop at all. Yes, they do feature animals telling the stories and there is a lesson or moral but again, not quite one we may want to share or follow necessarily. However, they will make you laugh for the most part. The humor does get a bit dark and so I caution you to not mistake this for a child’s animal story book! This is not Bambi and Winnie the Pooh, and in fact these animals often do some pretty awful things. However, Sedaris uses his animal characters to get his sarcastic and often irreverent points across.

The book is made up of 16 of these fables and they include stories like one of my favorites “The Judicious Brown Chicken” where one chicken tells her sister that when she is with a rooster she sometimes wishes she was with another chicken instead. The lesson at the end is, according to the sister, that she dies and it is because she thought “unnatural thoughts” and you can almost see Sedaris’s face with a “See what I mean about some people?“ look on his face. Added to all this are the wonderfully talented illustrations by Ian Falconer in the book.  With the audio book, Sedaris nicely includes in the third CD a PDF file with illustrations from the book. I usually laugh out loud at Sedaris’s stories and there were a lot I laughed at in this one but there were also some that were a little too “out there” for me…perhaps a little too dark. But overall, he is a very talented and funny story teller and I do think best heard even more so than read.
 

GIVEAWAY

THANKS TO ANNA AND THE GOOD FOLKS
AT THE HACHETTE BOOK GROUP,
I HAVE 3 COPIES OF THIS HILARIOUS
  AUDIO BOOK TO GIVE AWAY!

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130 comments:

debbie said...

I love the story about the cat and mandated AA meetings, the stories sound really funny. I admit, I saw him on the daily show a couple of weeks ago, and he was quite funny.
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Lisa Richards/alterlisa said...

"However, they will make you laugh for the most part. The humor does get a bit dark "

definitely my type of book


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Anonymous said...

I like how the author writes fables about everyday life using animals as his characters. Don't see many books written like this.
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Lisa Richards/alterlisa said...

I've not read any of David Sedaris's books but "Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim" sounded like I'd enjoy too.
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Anonymous said...

I went to the author web site and looked at his tour schedule. He is in Canada right now. It looks like he travels a lot! He just goes all over the U.S. and Canada. He has been traveling for months. Amazing.
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bevsclark said...

Loved "When You Are Engulfed in Flames" and can't wait to read a book from the animals point of view.

rhapsodyinbooks said...

I'm interested to hear that this one has "dark" parts!

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Anonymous said...

I think it would be interesting to have animal story that is not all sweetness and light--and little dark humor would be fun.

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M. said...

I've been meaning to read Sedaris for a long time now, and what better time to start than a giveaway?

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I learned that the author is terrifically well travelled. No doubt that gives him more material for this books.

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Catherine said...

I love David Sedaris' writing, and the idea of him writing modern-day twisted fables sounds really interesting and like it would be a hilarious book.

Catherine said...

I visited his site and realized I've only read two of his other books (Me Talk Pretty One Day and Naked). I'd better get crackin!

Steve Capell said...

I've not read any of David Sedaris's books, but I must say they do sound like entertaining books to read. I must say that the illustration on this one is amazing. Nice Review.

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agordon10 said...

I like dark humor.

Ruthie said...

Love David Sedaris...so funny!

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I have read & loved Me Talk Pretty

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moonsword said...

I'm glad you made the point that it's not a child’s animal story book. I love his sense of humor and would love to win!

moonsword said...

I'd like to read Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

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I've also commented on BRUNCH WITH BINGO

Daniel M said...

dark is good, i'm tired of they lived happily ever after, hellooo reality - regnod(at)yahoo(d0t)com

Mippy said...

Hi!
I'd like to win this to give as a gift. I think a friend of mine or my brother would enjoy this the most!
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Mippy said...

Hi!
On his website thebook Holidays On Ice looks like it has quite a few humorous stories in it. I have not read any of his book so it would be nice to read one. *writes down on reading list*
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erma said...

I love the story about the cat and mandated AA meetings, really funny.
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ky2here said...

I've already read this so I have a leg up. The title story is an excellent allegory on prejudice and racism and classism. Brilliant. I didn't think this was too dark, I would have gone a bit darker.

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His husband's name is Hugh.

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Will tweet for sedaris: http://twitter.com/#!/ky2here1/status/16547538635067393

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Anonymous said...

Ian "Olivia" Falconer is the illustrator is what I learned; I enjoy the work of David Sedaris!

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Tina said...

I'm glad I read your review, I probably would have mistaken it for a childrens book. Dark is not something I want my child to hear.

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Tina said...

I'd like to read any one of his books, but Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim sounds good.

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Anonymous said...

I thought it was a childrens book, I was confused after reading about the book, it didn't really sounds like a kids book but your review told me it wa not for children, so I'd like to give it a listen. TY

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susansmoaks said...

my mother and i commute an hour to and from work each day, i would love to listen to this on the drive. sounds like an awesome book!

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I learned that David Sedaris had not lost his off-beat edge. He can always make me laugh which is something I could really use on the way to and from work.

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Anonymous said...

I found it interesting that though the characters may nit be human, the situations in these stories bear an uncanny resemblance to the insanity of everyday like. I would like to win this audio book because it sounds hilarious. garrettsambo@aol.com

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I love David Sedaris and would enjoy hearing this!
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Sand said...

I like that it's made up of different stories.

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I like this humor so I think I'd like this

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interesting concept making a book around fables-
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