I have always really enjoyed Mike Birbiglia's humor. He has this ability to make situations (that have happened to most people) and make them his own- making the reader/listener feel bad for him. While I was reading this book, I could hear Mike's voice in my ear. This absolutely added to the books humor factor.
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Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King
By A.S. KingHave you ever read a book and been completely amazing but also completely unable to describe it? I have a feeling that this is not going to be the best review I have ever written because I loved Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King, but I don't even know where to begin telling you about it. In a nut shell the story is about love, in all its messed up forms. As it is almost impossible to describe I will tell you the facts:
In her memoir of early life with photography icon Robert Mapplethorpe, Godmother of Punk Patti Smith has crafted an evocative tale of how two kids from New Jersey and Long Island, once factory workers and hustlers, rose to the upper echelons of the art world.
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