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OK Mark this one definitely goes on the TBR pile. I loved her Partly Cloudy Patriot as I think I may have already said. >231 Uh Bonnie, I suppose you love This American Life because ..well ...I do.

I read The Partly Cloudy Patriot but you really need to listen to her rather than read her because her unusal voice adds so much to her books. I love listening to her.

I second Tads recommendation of Take the Cannoli and The Partly Cloudy Patriot. They're my favorite Vowell books. I can't wait to read what you thought of The Summer Sherman Loved Me.

>217: You might also try Vowell's Take the Cannoli and The Partly Cloudy Patriot. I also read The Wordy Shipmates but didn't think it was quite as good as the other three...a bit drier.

... overs for some of the characters. I have Wordy Shipmates (non-audio) on my TBR shelf, looking forward to it. Also loved The Partly Cloudy Patriot.

... the Musical Rent 6.20 9 Eat, Pray, Love:One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia 8.10 10 The Partly Cloudy Patriot 9.28 11 Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World 10.5 12 The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University

55. The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell. I think I got the idea to read something by Vowell from Tad. Good idea. This was great political humor. I listened to the audiobook read by the author, and although it took me a little while to get used to her voice, once I did, it went ...

Okay, I don't want to review Sarah Vowell's The Partly Cloudy Patriot, but there were so many great quotes, I just wanted to share a few of my favorites: "What we need is a president who is at least twelve kinds of nerd, a nerd messiah to come along every four years, acquire the Secret Serv ...

... (30) The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2008 (31) Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII - David Starkey (32) The Partly Cloudy Patriot - Sarah Vowell A Jury of Her Peers - Susan Glaspell (33) The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins (34) World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie ...

(32) The Partly Cloudy Patriot - Sarah Vowell Some funny quotes that I might or might not come back and jot down. A lot of people really like Sarah Vowell and while I get the appeal, none of these ...

... you haven't heard her). I'm definitely in the "love them" category. I read most of her books in print, but I listened to The Partly Cloudy Patriot, which has Sarah and Conan O'Brien and Stephen Colbert reading and really enjoyed it.

... this year, and although I enjoyed it, it was a bit more of the dense history and not as much of the funny. I might read The Partly Cloudy Patriot or Take the Cannoli first. Both are terrific.

>59: I enjoyed The Wordy Shipmates but my favorites by Vowell are Take the Cannoli and The Partly Cloudy Patriot.

... that I already own... oops. I hate when that happens: Predator by Patricia Cornwell Body Farm by Patricia Cornwell The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross The Book of Air and Shadows by Michael Gruber Queen of Broken Hearts by Cassandra King ...

Sarah Vowell is terrific! The Partly Cloudy Patriot and Assassination Vacation were also really good. I have her latest (The Wordy Shipmates) on order, but there is quite a queue at the library. Her books make nice "palate cleansers" - they're refreshing to read between more heavier stuff. ...

... I heard that she cites the television show Sports Night on people inappropriately comparing themselves to Rosa Parks in The Partly Cloudy Patriot. But I read Assassination Vacation first because presidential assassination is a favorite topic of mine, which would be far creepier a thing to ...

I got The Partly Cloudy Patriot too! And Assassination Vacation. I haven't read anything by Sarah Vowell before, but she does get great word of mouth. I'm excited to get reading.

Glory Road The Partly Cloudy Patriot Take the Cannoli Off the Main Sequence Mysteries of Pittsburgh The Day After Tomorrow The City on the Edge of Forever Also a gift card for Half Price Books which I used to purchase Victory of Eagles, and a B&N gift card which I haven't ...

... by Elizabeth Strout Come to Me by Amy Bloom Best nonfiction by an author I wish was my history teacher: The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell

... Bloom) Nonfiction: In Defense of Food - Michael Pollan Amish Grace Three Cups of Tea The Partly Cloudy Patriot - Sarah Vowell

Just finished: 49. The partly cloudy patriot by Sarah Vowell A short, light collection of mostly history-themed essays. Quick and quirky. Just when you thought you were one of the biggest nerds around... In progress: A people's history of American empire by Howard Zinn ...

... series. Another delightful read. I look forward to working my way through the rest of the series. In progress: The partly cloudy patriot by Sarah Vowell (in honor of Election Day)

... sure does know his foreign relations. This was a good quick fluff read. I'd read more in the Mitch Rapp series. 15. The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell - More of Vowell and another book of essays. I enjoyed this collection and again wished I could write like Vowell. Or at least ...

... thrift store was having a 2 for 1 sale and I couldn't resist. I'm listing about a dozen new books which include: The Partly Cloudy Patriot Playing for Pizza My Sister's Keeper The Memory Keeper's Daughter The Tipping Point and one of my favorite books of all time and ...

... quarter wrapup: 1. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire 2. Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively 3. The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell *(NF) 4. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 5. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson 6. Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier ...

... of Unfortunate Events, but he can't stack up to Tim Curry, who read the rest. Sarah Vowell reading her own work (like Partly Cloudy Patriot is fun, if you don't mind her voice - I don't, but I know some people do. I liked Gregory Maguire reading Leaping Beauty, but not so much ...

... a tribesman's memoir of Darfur by Daoud Hari In Defense of Food : an eater's manifesto by Michael Pollan The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell All in all, a great quarter! Why do I even bother with author touchstones???

>111 and 113: Sarah Vowell is remarkable. I read Partly Cloudy Patriot recently and LOVED it, and listened to her read Assassination Vacation a year or so ago, hearing it read with her quirky voice was a treat. Enjoy!!!

In addition to Geraldine Brook's People of the Book, I just started Sarah Vowell's The Partly Cloudy Patriot. A great thing to read during a very busy week. My bookshop hosted Michael Pollan last night for his book In Defense of Food. He is my new hero. Not only is he smart ...

... src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0743223527.01._SX140_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"> 3. The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell. I love Vowell's writing. This is a book of smart, funny, poignant essays, about politics, family, history, New York, Monta ...

... read. I'll start Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively today if my Early Review book hasn't arrived. Also reading The Partly Cloudy Patriot, wonderful Sarah Vowell essays. I love her stuff!!!

... while I'm waiting. Also considering Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, a Gregory Maguire book. Oh, I also started The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell last night, but that's for dipping in and out of.

... the Rivers Run Dry by Fred Pearce And from a yard sale for 5 bucks total: Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway The Catcher in the Rye ...

... Loud and Incredibly Close Bookclub read. Engaging and moving. Definitely glad that I read it and would recommend it. 26. The Partly Cloudy Patriot Made it to my goal plus one! Go me! :)

I finished Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close which was extremely engaging and incredibly moving. I also whipped through The Partly Cloudy Patriot yesterday. Now I'm on to Remnant Population, and trying to get back into Misfortune which I only made it about halfway through before losing ...

... October. And I did buy it...but also picked up a couple of other items that were NOT on the approved list ;) that would be The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell whom I really admire, and Black Marks by Kirsten Hoyte who is a recently acquired friend of mine. After I paid for ...

... American history. I love that the author referenced Sports Night re: people comparing themselves to Rosa Parks too much in The Partly Cloudy Patriot, which I need to read in its entirity one of these days.

I'm very fond of Sarah Vowell's work, in particular Partly Cloudy Patriot. Her books are especially good in audio format because you get her unique voice narrating, as well as guest voices like Conan O'Brien, Jon Stewart, and music by They Might Be Giants. As for fiction, Straight Man ...

... Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe; The Collector by John Fowles; In Memory of Junior by Clyde Edgerton, The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell. There were more... #93 writestuff: I just recommended The God of Small Things to my boss's wife (See message #24 ...

OK, I really must get my hands on a copy of The Partly Cloudy Patriot. A non-LT-participating friend recommended it some time ago, and I put it on my list. But I take this second appearance of the title as a direct order from the book gods. (I say this as I sit surounded by the piles of ...

8) The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell - Collection of witty essays by NPRite Sarah Vowell. It's good to know there are cool history geeks out there wandering the world.

... work (you know, instead of working): 1. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (perennial favorite). 2. The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell 3. Anything by S.J. Perelman. He rocks my world. 4. Getting Even by Woody Allen. Also, if any of you have not read To ...