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6. Will in the World I love the Elizabethan period.
7. Marie Antoinette My first Fraser and it's about time.
8. Running With Scissors
9. As We Were
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i've been out of loops for a while..but: Running - Echenoz was terrific - goes on the list of books to get for some of my fellow members of the "dead runners society" - an online running club since~ 1990; 2. McPhee on Bradley is excellent, though i've lost my ancient copy. I don't think it had ...
... slow as I! However Barefoot Gen arrived today, along w/ several other books i'm eager to read - starting w/ Jean Echenoz' Running .
... through to the end. In the realm of the uber-silly with Pride and prejudice and Zombies.
Thanks to Kizdoc's review of Running , went looking for Echenoz - Running was cheaper, new @ Amazon than used @ Abe, so ordered it new (along with vol. 1 of barefoot gen,thanks Dan! to get their ...
... for $13.00, all in pristine condition.
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman
Astrid and Veronika by Linda Olsson
... her of our hometown. Not sure if the only reason I didn’t like it was because I didn’t get that same feeling.
12. Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs Yuck.
13. Before You Know Kindness by Chris Bohjalian Thought-provoking but too long. Really worth sticking ...
... spate of LibraryThing reading and reviewing FORCING me to order on a whim... Now all I need is for that blasted DVD of Running with Scissors to arrive, and I'm all set for a great day off this week!
... so my top THREE are:
1) Biblioholism: The Literary Addiction by Tom Raabe - something every LT-er can relate to!
2) Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs - mad, utterly brilliant memoir of being taken in by his insane mother's equally insane psychiatrist
3) The World According to ...
THE 'B' READ Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
W-o-w. I must say, I am ashamed of myself for letting this one slide down TBR Mountain for so long. I'm not sure quite how to review it, except to say that this is one of those books, those turbulent memoirs, that has to ...
38) Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
W-o-w. I must say, I am ashamed of myself for letting this one slide down TBR Mountain for so long. I'm not sure quite how to review it, except to say that this is one of those books, those turbulent memoirs, that has to be read to be believed. ...
Thanks Hunterin - I hadn't read anything else of his but I'll look out for Dry having enjoyed Running with Scissors so much!
Just finished Running with Scissors - wow, that book is a mixed bag of bizarre emotions and situations - and am skipping merrily on to The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier. Plus I still have Mme Ramotswe ticking alongside in the The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency - maybe I'll devote an hour to ...
... on Just a Pound a Day by Kath Kelly
37) Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
THE YEAR FROM HERE... Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (post 3)
39) The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier (post 21)
40) The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (post ...
Quick catchup to get everything off to a racing start: I'm currently reading Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs, and have my shortlist for 'C' ready and waiting:
The Family Tree - Cadwalladr
The Plague - Camus
Marked - Cast
The Virgin Blue - Chevalier
The Real Toy Story - ...
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A - Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim (post 2)
B - Augusten Burroughs - Running with Scissors (post 8)
C - Tracy Chevalier - The Virgin Blue (post 10)
D - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The Hound of the Baskervilles (post 20)
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Still reading the fascinating Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs, which is turning out to be simultaneously funny, tragic, revolting, inspiring, quirky, and a whole lot of other conflicting things. Plus The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency, which has kinda been pushed onto the back ...
... to read a second book alongside each one for lighter/heavier reading, but so far have enjoyed Lucky Jim (Amis) and Running with Scissors (Burroughs) this way. I'm lightening the pressure a bit by shortlisting five books for my next read and going with whichever takes me when the time ...
... stepdad has a copy... I'll have to scour the bookshelves in the main house sometime this week! The good news is I'm LOVING Running with Scissors - I think this alphabet reading thing is going to be good! - though I had to put it down for a bit in the shop. It got to a kinda graphic gay sex ...
I'm still working through my other two current reads (Running with Scissors and The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency), but this morning I came across Of Mice and Men while I was sorting through some books and decided on a whim to reread it this morning. I finished it a couple of hours later, ...
... the eccentric and totally mad Bernard Black - look a clip or two up on YouTube!), then ended up reading a few chapters of Running with Scissors and dropping off at about 1am. Naturally, since it's my day off, I woke up well before 8 anyway, but it's such a beautiful day that it doesn't matter ...
... to keep it or get it on the shop shelves to sell on. I started The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency to read alongside Running with Scissors . I was going to read this evening but there's an incredible documentary tribute on about September 11th, made up entirely of news footage, personal ...
Ellie- I hope you enjoy Running with Scissors . It's an excellent memoir. Funny, quirky and very disturbing. His follow-up Dry is equally as good.
... eat!
I finished Lucky Jim yesterday - it seems to have been a slow couple of weeks for reading - and last night started Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs. I think I'll fly through this one, and I can't for the life of me understand why it didn't reach the top of Mount TBR earlier! ...
OK, my B read will be Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs.
The 'C' Shortlist
... on my lazy day off. Now I'm onto author 'B' of my alphabetical reading thing, and after a bit of indecision I'm going for Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs.
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>94 sydamy I have just read that one book of his, I will be reading more. Have you read any of Augusten Burroughs's books? Running with Sissors wa really good.
>93 spacepotatoes, Yes both her books take place there I think that her new book also. You should look them up, who knows what you ...
#37 Dress your Family in Corduroy and Denimby David Sedaris. I enjoyed reading Running with Sissors and other Augusten Burroughs books and Davis Sedaris is like him.
>Louanne, you are welcome to your comments here. Everyone may have reason for reading or not reading a book at some time. Everyon ...
... wickedly pointed and poignant.)
Being There
The Rainbow Stories
Pretty much anything by Philip K. Dick.
Running With Scissors
Me Talk Pretty One Day
The Long Goodbye A very dry sort of humor.
How to Talk Dirty and Influence People
... Ballantyne
Cuban Heels by Emily Barr
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
...
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana: Interview With A Vampire by Anne Rice
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts: Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs, Asa, As I Knew Him by Susanna Kaysen
Michigan: The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Minnesota
Mississipp ...
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Iron Council by China Mieville
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
Cloak and Dagger by Christie Golden
33. running with scissors , augusten burroughs
Despite my unhappy experience with his Possible Side Effects, I decided to give Burroughs a second chance and read the book that gave him fame in the first place. MUCH better, although still hardly a masterpiece. Burroughs has no real talent for ...
avatiakh, you are correct that Robison is Burroughs's brother, but having not read Running with Scissors , I can't attest to their similarity. Robison made a couple remarks about how different he and his brother were, and from what I could tell, they had completely different life/family ...
#109 I'm fairly sure that John Elder Robison is the brother of Running with Scissors writer Augustin Burroughs whose work I'm not fond of. I haven't read this book though I've had it out from the library before, I think I'll put it back on my reading list.
... week.
Need by Carrie Jones
Schuyler's Monster by Robert Hummel-Hudon - found this linked off of Neil Gaiman's blog
Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice
The Vampire Lestat by ...
43. Running with Scissors , Augusten Burroughs
I don't know how I didn't read this years ago. Love his quirky, tactile writing style. 5/5 stars
44. s/he, Minnie Bruce Pratt
This book was great the first time I read it, but now, 5+ years into my being out as femme and loving butches, it ...
... funny, some are sad (grandmother, and puppy), some left me confused as to who this guy really is.
I have yet to read Running with Scissors , and this is my first Augusten Burroughs book, although I did read his brother's book Look Me in the Eye earlier this year. I think that this book ...
This is way late, but I was just reading your earlier thread about Running with Scissors - I totally agree with your excellent review which touches on the essential problem with this book - it is massively dysfunctional and frankly GROSS. I cannot believe anyone would admire the author or the ...
... then I'd expected .He's a real Huckleberry Finn.He went His Own way.I went out and got his brother's book to read next,Running with Scissors ,of course they're probably usually read in the opposite order.It's funny-spit out your tea funny-he did what???
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Group Movie Watch History
6 June 2009 -- Running with Scissors , hosted by QueenAlyss
14 June 2009 -- The Phantom of the Opera, hosted by foggidawn
20 June 2009 -- Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, hosted by Biblioholic29
27 June 2009 -- Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, hosted ...
... the library, which I should use more.
I just finished Augusten Burroughs Possible Side Effects. I'd only ever read Running with Scissors of his books. I liked that one o.k., but I didn't remember him being so funny! Some of his stories had me laughing out loud. I'll definitely be ...
... Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father by Augusten Burroughs
Her Last Death: A Memoir by Susanna Sonnenberg
Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
Driving with Dead People: A Memoir by Monica Holloway
Books to Read:
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods ...
May 2009
31. The Mummy by Anne Rice 416 pgs
32. Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt 368 pgs
33. Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs 352 pgs
34. Bone Vault by Linda Fairstein 528 pgs
35. Thr Scarletti Curse by Christine Feehan 400 pgs
36. Natural Selection ...
From your other thread--I had the same reaction to Running with Scissors . It was entertaining in parts, but really too gross and weird to be believed.
... the under $3 price.....
Fishboy by Mark Richard
Hangman's Curse by Frank Peretti
Outriders by Kathryn Mackel
Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Blue light by Walter Mosley
Atomic Bodyslams to Whiskey Zippers by Adam Rocke
... laspell
(33) The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
(34) World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War - Max Brooks
(35) Running with Scissors - Augusten Burroughs
What I Found Unfinish-able So Far in 2009
Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale – Holly Black
Fair Play: The Moral Di ...
(35) Running with Scissors - Augusten Burroughs
... up its "popularity." And boy, I hate doing that too. So I started this list. And now I don't have to add something like Running with Scissors , an execrable effort, to my list just as I would never display it on my own bookshelves for all who visit to see. I look back to the books I read ...
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1. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh (1/7) 4.5 stars
2. City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau (1/10) 4.5 stars
3. Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (1/29) 3.5 stars
4. Eragon by Christopher Paolini (4/25) 3 stars
5. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink (5/14) 4.5 stars
6. Th ...
... to finish
First Quarter: 20 books
Jan: (Started Dec 28, 2008)
1. The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket
2. Running with Scissors by Augeusten Burroughs
3. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
4. The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
5. Deeds of the Disturber by Elizabeth Pe ...
How about Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs? I haven't gotten to read it yet, but it's also a memoir about a rough childhood. This one is supposed to be really funn, so it should be great fun to listen to as an audiobook!
... Martin
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
Creepers by David Morrell
Go with Me by Castle Freeman, Jr.
and
Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
I just finished Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs. Whew! What a life!
... (usually illegally) abandoned buildings, structures, military bases, underground subways . . . )
I'm currently reading Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs and really enjoying it, so far. If I finish it by Tuesday, it will be on this list as well.
... Haunted Ground by Erin Hart which was fine but it didn't inspire me to pick up another of her books.
I have started Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs because a co-worker told me the author's mother tries to be like Anne Sexton. I thought that would be interesting. I am fully ...
>27 I listened to Running with Scissors after I listened to Dry. SUCH a crazy life! Wolf at the Door mostly comes before Running with Scissors in the chronology of Burroughs' life, although it extends through and past the times covered in the other books. The focus is all about his father. A ...
... thread
First Quarter 20 books
Jan: (Started Dec 28, 2008)
1. The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket
2. Running with Scissors by Augeusten Burroughs
3. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
4. The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
5. Deeds of the Disturber by Elizabeth Pe ...
#12 Dry:A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs was a great read. I really enjoyed this book. I found it not a busy as Running with Scissors I read this book very quickly, I didn't want to put it down. The way that Burroughs writes about the humour and sadness in his life makes it a great read.
>26 Doe ...
... first book by Augusten Burroughs I listened to. No doubt it will be an even better read for you since you've already read Running with Scissors . Then a few months ago I listened to Wolf at the Table, his latest book. Mr. Burroughs reads the books himself. His brutal honesty is difficult to ...
next is #12 Dry:A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs, I read Running with Sissors awhile ago.
I'm reading Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs. It's sick, twisted, shocking... I love it!
Next up (unless I change my mind AGAIN) is Duma Key by Stephen King.
40. Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
All I can say on this one is WEIRD! Really really WEIRD... and in a not good way!!!!
41. Paradise by Toni Morrison
Again, I had difficulty following the plot. It could be just me though..... maybe I've got too much on my mind or ...
... rancisco
English Passengers - Matthew Kneale
Lord Jim- Joseph Conrad
Marie Antoinette- Antonia Fraser
Running With Scissors - Augusten Burroughs
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes- Vincent Starrett
Everything That Rises Must Converge- Flannery O' Connor
J ...
Catapult: Harry and I Build a Siege Weapon
Running with Scissors
Arrowsmith
Season of the Machete
Dirk Gently
I Wish I Had A Red Dress by Pearl Cleage
Ties That Bind by Phillip Margolin
The Hatwearer's Lesson by Yolanda Joe
Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughts
Cotton Song by Tom Bailey
Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod by Gary Paulsen
Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Scissor Skill Patterns by Linda Milliken
Patterns in the Dust by Lesley Grant-Adamson
Death to Dust: What Happens to Dead Bodies? by Kenneth Iserson
A new thread had been created for this topic!
For the current group movie watch schedule, see the Group Movie Watch IV thread .
Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
Waking: A Memoir of Trauma and Transcendence by Matthew Sanford
Healing Trauma: Attachment, Mind, Body, and Brain by Marion F. Solomon
Research Ate My Brain: The Panic-Proof Guide to Surviving Homework by Martha Newbiggi ...
... I WISH I could erase from my brain - and I'm an adult . Examples:
Choke by Chuck Palahniuk (mentioned above)
Running with Scissors byAugusten Burroughs
Justine by Marquis de Sade
Running With SCISSORS Augusten Burroughs
May Contain NUTS John O'Farrell
The CHISELLERS Brendan O'Carroll
The Moment I SAW You Lisa Samson
The Subtle KNIFE Philip Pullman
... human was beyond unbelievable. An embellished memoir? Fact-based fiction, more like.
Now that I know Bourroughs wrote Running with Scissors , I'm up to speed.
BTW, didn't I read something James Frey (Oprah's favorite memoir writer) said something like lies + non-fiction equals really ...
... books:
14. LITTLE WHITE LIES by Gemma Townley
Cute. I like the main character and her story is believable!
15. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS by Augusten Burroughs
*Started reading this, but wasn't ready for it. I'll pick it up again later.
... my favorite memiors:
Wasted: A memoir of anorexia and bulimia
A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive
Running with Scissors
Look me in the Eye
Me Talk Pretty One Day
Prozac Nation
Well, here goes...
1.We The Living -Ayn Rand (1/9/08)
2.Either/Or- Soren Kierkegaard (2/16/08)
3.Running With Scissors - Augusten Burroughs(3/1/08)
4.Dry- Augusten Burroughs(3/4/08)
5.So Far...-Kelsey Grammer(3/5/08)
6.I Am America (And So Can You)- Stephen Colbert(3/5/08)
7.Mag ...
... Given Day and it's Amazing!
and I know these aren't wishlisted, but maybe someone might still want them:
The Ruins
Running with Scissors
Let me know if anyone wants them and I'll angel list them.
I picked up some others, that I need to decide if I'm going to read them or not, ...
... nuanced literature ?
I had another thought re Seize - the 'Doctor' in it (Tamkin) reminds me of the one in Running with Scissors - Dr Finch.
Run by Ann Patchett
Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Swimming by Joanna Hershon
The Long Walk by Stephen King
Nancy Drew 29: Mystery at the Ski Jump by Carolyn Keene
... side. Thus, they aren't being un-suggested because everyone hates them.
Ironically, one of the un-suggestions is Running with Scissors , which I shouldn't read because I play D&D. However, it is also suggested for me to read because I enjoy David Sedaris. Go figure.
33, VenusofUrbin ...
23. Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
This story is disturbing, yet I couldn’t stop reading it. Burroughs is so frank and matter-of-fact with his storytelling that none of his experiences seem out of place. It was a fresh story and very interesting, but very gritty.
#21 Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
... interesting you should say that, maggie1944, because that was exactly the feeling I had when I watched the movie version of Running with Scissors (I haven't read the book). My feeling was that Burrough's hadn't made it fully through yet; he wasn't yet at peace with his story, or something. And ...
15) Dry by Augusten Burroughs
I've been putting off reading this one because I wasn't sure how I would like it after Running With Scissors . There were times that I was annoyed with him, but overall I thought it was a good, well written memoir.
... list:
Copy cats- six novels by ad execs who moved on
1. Oscar and Lucinda, Peter Carey
2. Running with Scissors , Augusten Burroughs
8. Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Wow! Look at that! Another book in less than half a month. This one was an very quick and easy read. Since it read like a train wreck that I couldn't pull my eyes away from, it went by quickly! At first I wasn't sure if I would like this book, ...
... a book in the trash. I could not bring myself to pass it on for one thing and I honestly had to make it just go away.
Running With Scissors: a memoir by Augusten Burroughs.... was sent me by a friend.
Dreadful read, horrible story.. promptly gave it away after warning the friend ...
... on
2.) One Writer's Beginnings by Eudora Welty
3.) Lucky by Alice Sebold
4.) Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
5.) Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
6.) Night by Elie Wiesel
7.) I Am America (and so can you!) by Stephen Colbert
8.) The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold
9.) ...
I hated Running With Scissors and I might be adding my current book club read to it if it doesn't get better, Snow by Orhan Pamuk.
firefly, thanks for the recomendations. i've been curious about angela's ashes and running with scissors for a while. hope to check them out soon.
grammath, you are right about the mumbling. i forgot about that. couldn't finish the audiobook myself. i do want to give the book a shot, ...
... he did a great job with Stardust and Coraline, and pretty good with Fragile Things.
Augusten Burroughs reading Running with Scissors was unremarkable but fine. Lemony Snicket was fine on the few books of A Series of Unfortunate Events, but he can't stack up to Tim Curry, who ...
... books of the first quarter of 2008:
Look Me in the Eye by John Elder Robison
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Night by Elie Wiesel
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
William Martin writes historical fiction novels set in Massachusetts: Cape Cod, Back Bay, Harvard Yard etc.
Also Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs.
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The Giver by Lois Lowry
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
Perfume by Patrick Suskind
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Blindness by Jose Saramago
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
1984 by George Orwell
a ...
Started my TENTH book, Running with Scissors this morning, yey!
304 pages, but the type looks like it's double-spaced so hopefully it should be pretty quick to read.
Was really disappointed overall by Endless Night. Right up to the very end the characters kept on giving each other ...
... Unfortunatley I have not found this quite so gripping, but I'm still going to polish it off.
Next up then would be Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs.
#33 - That's fine. (I agree about Running with Scissors by the way.)
I still say people have a right to be miffed if they pay for a book expecting to read about someone's life and instead are giving a dose of imaginary musings. It's like ordering a real ale and being given some light non-alcoho ...
... to read. I'm a huge fan of blackjack, but I think anyone will enjoy reading about how these kids took down Vegas.
Also, Running with Scissors is a good read, as are the Burroughs memoirs. I also want to check out his brother's book, especially because Augusten talks a lot about his older ...
... by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Cunt by Inga Muscio and Betty Dodson
Bitch by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
The Safety of Objects by A.M. Homes
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
... and uncomfortable for those seated near me. Such is the life of such persons, I guess.
5) Augusten Burroughs - Running With Scissors (336 pages)
I don't know why I read this. I found it mildly enjoyable despite hating it. Not much else to say.
6) Jonathan Ames - Wake Up, Sir ...
> # 297 My vote is Running With Scissors and The Road.
I enjoyed running with scissors, but then as someone coming from a pretty dysfunctional background I like burroughs' rather dry take on his insane family.
just finished the thirteenth tale by diane setterfield, which was pretty ...
... pick up this new book when it is out on April 29 - to see yet another part of his life. I still need to read Dry and Running with Scissors , but want to let this one linger for a while. (I have read his essays).
This book is different from what I have read from him before - not so ...
... I am going to need to let it linger with me for a while. While I have read Augusten's essays, I have not read Dry or Running with Scissors , so I am not sure how this compares with his other memoirs, but I thought it is very good. Well written and thought provoking. It seems like Augusten ...
Welcomer Tarser. I hope you enjoy Library Thing as much as we all do.
My vote is Running With Scissors and The Road.
... by nothing but a hook or two and an ice axe. I like to think of myself as "not suicidal."
Edit: I'm glad you enjoyed Running with Scissors --I've heard so many good things about it that I thought I'd give it a try. To be honest, I want to read Burrough's brother John Elder Robison's ...
... of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
Edit: #8 was previously Banker to the Poor.
#5 was previously Running with Scissors
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7. Snakes and Earrings by Hitomi Kahehara
8. Endless Night by Agatha Christie
9. Sleepyhead, by Mark Billingham
10. Running with Scissors , by Augusten Burroughs
11. Answered Prayers, by Truman Capote
12. Oscar and Lucinda, Peter Carey
13. Death at La Fenice, by Donna Leon
14. D ...
Thrift store finds:
The Templars by Piers Paul Read
Running with scissors : a memoir by Augusten Burroughs
A season for the dead by David Hewson
Nine parts of desire : the hidden world of Islamic women by Geraldine Brooks
Hannibal rising : a novel by Thomas Harris
Gnomes ...
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I loved On Chesil Beach. Spare yet deep. I can see your take on it as perfect.
>154 momom248 >157cabegley
As for Running with Scissors , I felt it was permeated with some perverted sense of glee. Readable but certainly not up to the hype and a definite deterrent to Burroughs other ...
Running with Scissors was my least-favorite book of last year. At least it was short. I really liked On Chesil Beach, though--not McEwan's best, but still pretty good.
Gilead--I didn't like it either but it wasn't my worst read this year. That had to be Running With Scissors or On Chesil Beach. I know many others loved On Chesil Beach. But I just thought it was slow and boring.
... of the Things Politicians Wish They Hadn't Said by Matthew Parris
Red Dust : a Path Through China by Ma Jian
Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
Time and Again by Jack Finney
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho ...
... could get through it. Also the The Thirteenth Tale was definitely too long,but I did listen to that one also. I have read Running With Scissors but not Magical Thinking yet. I can see how he could become redundant
>47 and 62
I hated Running with Scissors too. I'm always disappointed when I hear great things about a book and it doesn't live up to the hype.
#47 Streamsong--you just reminded me that I too read Running With Scissors and really hated it too--I guess I hated it so much I blocked it out of my reading list. It was truly a really twisted life that Augusten Burroughs lived.
No doubt in my mind. I absolutely hated Running With Scissors --one of the few reviews I've written.
Also dreck-- The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing which I thought had an interesting title and the cover showed a little girl dressed in red plaid outside clothes. I imagined it was going ...
Although the subject matter of Running with Scissors is tragic (unfortunately all to common for some portions of our society) I found the use of humor to be refreshing. Humor can be a great coping mechanism.
... even if I didn't understand what was going on at points. Highly reccommend if you can tolerate postmodernism at all.
3. Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
I find this memoir of one very screwed-up childhood to be completely laugh out loud funny. After reading the book I'm not at ...
Thatbooksmell I agree w/ you on Running With Scissors . While at times I was laughing and thinking this must be fiction, other times I was sickened by what went on in this boys life--it was just twisted and perverted.
Another book, although fiction, that disturbed me was Nineteen Minutes ...
... By Truddi Chase. Another horrible story of child abuse. :o( In second place in a similar vein (terrible childhoods) is Running with Scissors --although in this memoir I was most disturbed by the utter lack of guidance and protection offered to a child's life run amuck as he's left to his own ...
Recent visit to Value Village netted:
Vida by Madge Piercy
Night of Rain and Stars by Maeve Binchy
Missing Joseph by Elizabeth George
The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
and The Untouchable by John Banville
Also from the library God is Not Great by Christophe ...
... and fork
French lessons: Adventures with Knife, fork and corkscrew
A Season of Knives
The Sharpshooter Blues
Running with Scissors
... a bit of googling about the fundalmentalist school in the Dominican Republic. For those fans of Glass Castle, Dry, or Running with Scissors . Since it is the start of football season...started last night It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium.
... of deciding, I've piled up possible titles. I've got the following in mind, most are from the library. Any suggestions?
Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
The Shadow Man by Mary Gordon
Angle of Repose by Wallace Stengner
Four Souls by Louise Erdrich
Snow ...
Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
The Great Psychedelic Armadillo Picnic: A "Walk" in Austin by Kinky Friedman
Best Foot Forward by Joan Bauer
Six Moon Dance by Sheri S. Tepper
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Like A Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan At The Crossroads - Greil Marcus
Running With Scissors - Augusten Burroughs
On The Road With Francis Assisi - Linda Bird Francke
Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days In L.A. - Luis Rodriguez
Crawling: A Father's First Year - Elisha Cooper
... Reichs)
8. The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
9. Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
10. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
11. Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
12. Mrs. Mike by Freedman
13. True Light by Terri Blackstock
14. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Ma ...
... state. This might be good, but they also leave the package out in the open so if I'm not home, my books get wet. I had Running with Scissors drenched that way. =(
# 54 I agree entirely with The Lovely Bones.
Catch-22 and Running With Scissors are both fantastic; if you Running With Scissors , I highly suggest Dry which is, in my opinion, the best thing he's ever done.
I'm reading:
I Like You: Hospitality Under The Influence by my bestest ...
# 54 I agree entirely with The Lovely Bones.
Catch-22 and Running With Scissors are both fantastic; if you Running With Scissors , I highly suggest Dry which is, in my opinion, the best thing he's ever done.
... Gaiman. I'm finding it very slow-moving. I can only hope it gets better.
After that, I'm moving on to Catch-22 and Running With Scissors .
YES, Augusten Burroughs is hilarious....I read Running With Scissors , it was a scream.
Also, Ladder of Years by Anne Tyler cracked me up.
I found the first in the series of Harlan Coben's Myron Bolitar series to be deliciously sarcastic......very, very funny.
... Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe -- well, Tom Wolfe for one
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris and Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs -- two coming-of-age memoirs that are so very wrong, in so many ways
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by Dav ...
> #5 - I really, really hated Running With Scissors ... it started off okay, but as I continued to read, I became disgusted with how the book was written. I find it very difficult to believe that Burroughs wrote an honest memoir ... I wouldn't be surprised if he exaggerated things (more than a ...
... of the Things Politicians Wish They Hadn't Said by Matthew Parris
Red Dust : a Path Through China by Ma Jian
Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
Time and Again by Jack Finney
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho ...
... The Mislaid Magician by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer, and Peeps by Scott Westerfeld. I also listened to Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs and The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud.
I'm currently listening to Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman, which so far is ...
This weekend I finished Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs and just loved it. There is an understandable debate on whether or not this autobiography is true or maybe exaggerated. I'm curious to see how this plays out. Yesterday I also read an article in Vanity Fair about the family ...
... Bangkok, Thailand!
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt - you probably all already know plenty about this book.
Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs - read this one for my bookclub.
False start on House of Spirits by Isabel Allende, simply because I have to read B ...
... finished Bangkok 8 and enjoyed it a great deal.
I also finished Freakonomics and am very happy I did.
I finished Running with Scissors for my bookclub, and, while we all thought it was a grim book to read, we found some redeeming qualities -- mostly talking points -- that made it ...
... compulsively finishing some awful stuff since I heard it codified.
>1 GreyHead, belatedly chiming in with agreement on Running With Scissors . Not a very good book, I'm sad to say.
... five is much tougher than my top five--I didn't read a lot that I didn't like this year. I have two complete dislikes: Running with Scissors , by Augusten Burroughs, and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, by Lisa See (an audiobook I abandoned).
My other three are just books that ...
Well, I have to read Running with Scissors for my bookclub by January 9.
I'm currently reading Bangkok 8 by John Burdett (which is a great police story that takes places in Bangkok, Thailand -- I highly recommend it!)
I got Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea Trilogy for Christmas, as ...
... but it does mean that I may be off-line for a while while I try to pin down the fault.
Reading this week was mostly Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs. I finished it but with more of a sense of achievement than of enjoyment. I guess if I knew more about him then this memoir ...
... from PaperbackSwap and BookMooch that I just left unopened until Xmas. They were: Mindless Eating, Barrel Fever, and Running with Scissors . And a friend bought The Theory of Poker off my Amazon wishlist. So it was a great literary Xmas for me.
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A few days ago, I started reading a book, and as of 0000H GMT of Dec. 23, 2006, I have so far completed 9% of the book Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs .
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1. Straight Man (my favorite for the year by far)
2. Complete Hitchhiker's Guide
3. Kitchen
4. Running with scissors
5. The world according to garp
... in France from his deceased uncle. I will watch later today the movie version by Ridley Scott.
Next I will read Running with Scissors .
... , 2006, I have so far completed 59% of A Good Year by Peter Mayle.
After this book, I will either read the book Running with Scissors or The Good German.
... Zone by Stephen King (like anyone doesn't know that) and I'll probably finish in a couple of days. I'm split between Running with Scissors and Angels and Demons for my next book.
I have read Running with Scissors as well as seen the movie. I had read other books by him before reading this one, and this is by far my least favorite book of his. We saw the movie because it was basically a "we want to see a movie" kind of day and that was the only thing remotely interesting ...
I enjoyed Running With Scissors , though in some parts it became a little unbelievable and even grotesque. For the most part, it was entertaining, and I think that was the intention. As for other memoirs, the most disjointed, inspired tragicomedy I've read lately is Dave Eggers' A Heartbreakin ...
Also finished Running With Scissors pretty quickly. Horrifying, to be honest.
Now reading Buddha Da by Anne Donovan, which is a story about a working-class family man from Glasgow who becomes a Buddhist, and how his family cope with this. It's another one of those books that everyone ...
The first book I ever read by Burroughs was Sellevision, which I loved. Next up was Running with Scissors , which I finished, but didn't really care for. I agree with the person who felt like so much of it was just for shock value. I forced myself to read others by him Dry and Magical Thinking ...
I enjoyed Running with Scissors a lot more than One Thousand White Women. It could just be me, but I'll take real life over not-too-well faked history just about any day. I hope you enjoy it, though.
Of course, it may not be fair to compare these, as I listened to Scissors on CD, read by ...
My group just met to discuss Running with Scissors , and everyone but me saw the movie that night before the discussion. Everyone was pretty much revolted by the book, but we all finished it. It seemed to go on and on just for shock value.
Our next book is One Thousand White Women, so I ...
... 19, I also can't understand the comparisons between Sedaris and Burroughs (although Barrel Fever was much more like Running with Scissors than a lot of Sedaris's later work). My expression while reading Running with Scissors never approached a smile or a laugh once - instead it ...
I just finished Running with Scissors . At least it was short. Every third review quote on my copy compares him to David Sedaris. Which, I assume, is because they both write about family and growing up, and they're both gay. Other than that, I have to say that Burroughs can't hold a candle ...
> 2 & 10 - My book group picked Running with Scissors and I really disliked it. I only finished it because it was a group pick.
Finished Love in the Asylum and The Stupidest Angel last week. I'm now halfway through Lisey's Story by Stephen King.
... in many ways I felt like it had been written just after the start of the second.
baa, deergreenpalace--I also started Running with Scissors this morning. It has been on my list to read in March 2007, but I bumped it up to now--might as well read it while the movie is out. (It went on my ...
... Gaiman experience. It still felt like a book for young adults, in spite of his insistence that it wasn't.
Now reading Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs because I'm a sheep :) and a few people said they enjoyed it.
I went to Borders today and picked up
Wild Fire by: Nelson Demille
The Tenth Circle by:Jodi Picoult
Running With Scissors by: Augusten Burroughs
mamachunk
Just finished The Sword of Shannara Trilogy and am debating on whether to start Running with Scissors or Wicked
Finished Running with Scissors and will start Water for Elephants later today. I hope it's as good as I've heard.
Today started Running With Scissors - it is completly loopy and very readable. Somehow, I am dubious of the details though. But, it's a memoir so it's bound to be colored somewhat...we all have our own perceptions of reality.
Came home from Sam's Club with a trade paperback version of Running With Scissors . $8.
I just finished reading August Burrough's Running with Scissors . (and his follow up book, Dry) I laughed and laughed at his humor. He made me feel as if my own childhood was almost normal.
Now I'm dying to watch the movie, but since I live in a rural area, I'd have to drive over an ...
Oh! Heh heh. It's Running with Scissors. It has me both laughing hysterically and totally scandalized! It makes for an interesting combo.
I recently read Running with Scissors for my book group and didn't care for it at all.
This week I finished American Prometheus about J. Robert Oppenheimer and really enjoyed it.
One of my all-time favorites is Uncle Tungsten:Memories of a Chemical Boyhood by Oliver Sacks.
... , 2006
Little Children - Tom Perrotta - Oct 6, 2006
The Painted Veil - W Sommerset Maugham - Oct 10, 2006
Running with Scissors - Augusten Burroughs - Oct 20, 2006
The Black Dahlia - James Ellroy - now Showing
All the King's men - Robert Penn Warren - now ...
I too was shaken by Running with Scissors . I am curious to see how they deal with the sexual abuse in the movie. I have yet to see any reference to it in the previews.
... who then lent it to a friend, and I have yet to see it again. I wish I had it back to reread.
I too was shaken by Running with Scissors . I am curious to see how they deal with the sexual abuse in the movie. I have yet to see any reference to it in the previews.
I just finished reading Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs in one sitting. I am looking forward to the movie and wanted to read the book before I saw it. It was a quick and fun read but it left me full of sadness and amazement about how a young boy with parents still alive could be ...
I just finished Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs -- a book group pick, but I wasn't crazy about it. I just started to re-read All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren and also have The Great Bridge by David McCullough ready to go. I'm listening to Great Expectations ...
My group just finished The Star of the Sea.
Next up is Running with Scissors .
Everyone seems to be posting really heavy stuff so I'll start to lighten up by claiming Running with Scissors , Devil in the Details, Me Talk Pretty One Day although it's a series of essays rather than a memoir per se but still true life stuff. I have to stand by James Frey and Million Lit ...
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I must confess I read this book now simply because I thought I might not like it and I wanted to be able to donate it. I am out of space in my house. ...
