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Dormant: Book talk : David Sedaris		10	Oddbert, December 2006

The first essay in Holidays on Ice was great, but the rest weren't worth the effort, except maybe "Dinah, the Christmas Whore." I had to sit at the dealership for two hours so I took along The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. I loved it and devoured it in just over an hour. I did feel a ...

... src="http://pics.librarything.com/picsizes/e0/09/e00975c29c4cb9559794f4f5277434d414f4541.jpg"> Holidays on Ice started out with a great essay about being an elf in Santaland at Macy's, but the rest of the essays did not measure up. Book Count: 12 First Reads: 7 ...

I will have to hunt down a copy of Free-Range Chickens, but Holidays on Ice would make the perfect stocking stuffer.

And Holidays on Ice is such an excellent holiday read. Enjoy it! (And it hardly counts, since it barely takes up any space at all.)

... a compassionate heart, making him the perfect author for the small collection of short stories and personal essays that is Holidays on Ice. The best of the six is the first essay, a description of his season as a Macy's elf in Santaland Diaries. Sedaris's best Christmas essay remains S ...

... of Honor by Vince Flynn 68. Ford County by John Grisham 69. Because They Hate by Brigitte Gabriel 70. Ice by Linda Howard 71. Say You’re One Of Them by Uwem Akpan 72. America’s Prophet Moses and the American Story by Bruce Feiler 73. Wishin’ and Hopin’ ...

>97: Then you would love Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris! :-)

... look like it would make it any time soon. I am going to have to save it for next year. While at the library I picked up Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris, and I love it so far. There is a hilarious diary of when he was an elf at Macy's.

... make this trip as a family, although unspoken, is the emotional thread that runs through the story. Recommended. (113) Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris Humor, Audiobook The audiobook is read by David Sedaris, Amy Sedaris and Ann Magnuson. I read the paper version in 2004, so this is ...

#139 - I also liked Holidays on Ice. I read it a few years ago. Not as funny as Me Talk Pretty One Day but pretty good. I just bought the audiobook so I can listen to it while I'm doing holiday baking. SantaLand Diaries is my favorite. Every time I see the movie Elf and Jovy ...

I smile just thinking about Holidays on Ice and Ant farm. Simon Rich also has another called Free Range Chickens. All silly vignettes of fun!

Ooh! Holidays on Ice! That was the first story I heard Sedaris read.

I finished Holiday On Ice and really liked it, especially "SantaLand Diaries" and "Front Row Center with Thaddeus Bristol". I also finished Crampton Hodnet by Barbara Pym, which I liked for its character studies. I liked her Excellent Women a little more though. On another note, I had a ...

I've just finished Holidays On Ice.

92. Holidays On Ice by David Sedaris. Six hilarious Christmas-themed stories, starting off with "SantaLand Diaries", about working as an elf at the Herald Square Macy's. This story and "Front Row Center with Thaddeus Bristol", about a vicious wanna-be theater critic who attends elementary ...

... checked out from the library and they are both books I haven't read and am looking forward to. Oh and the audio of Holidays On Ice is ready to be added to my itunes library. I'll get myself in the Holiday mood yet!

Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris, especially "The SantaLand Diaries". Essential!

... coming out soon to the movies starring Hugh Jackman. Next up Farmer Boy and Catching Fire. On audio I finished Holidays on Ice and will be starting The Stupidest Angel.

... is available of my blog. #89 Ice by Sarah Beth Durst Rating: 4 out of 5 stars First Thoughts: loved this retelling of a fairy tale. Cassie is an awesome character. This one has already been ...

37. Holidays on Ice, David Sedaris

... tonight!! This totally changes any upcoming reading plans I had (i.e. reading about YA zombies) On audio, I've got Holidays on Ice going. I've been ranting to my hubby about it being too early for Christmas carols, but there's a line of people waiting to hear this CD after me, so off I ...

... teen romance novel. Next up, I think I'll read about zombies with Ghostgirl and Generation Dead. On audio I've got Holidays on Ice going because David Sedaris is far more charming on audio than in print.

@spacepotatoes: I'm glad I'm sharing the Ice love! Hehehe. :) 192. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Tags: British lit, Victorian lit, Faustian bargain, vanity, homosocial encounters ...

70) Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris--Boooo. I remember thinking that Naked and Me Talk Pretty One Day were hilarious, but Holidays on Ice sucked. It was unfunny, unsubtle, and un-nice. I think it's because usually Sedaris makes fun of himself, but here he was mostly making fun of ...

That could be me that has the bookring copy of Ice by Louis Nowra. I've just started it. (How did you get the touchstone to recognise this book?) I'm only a couple of chapters in, but I'm enjoying it thus far.

... I like Sorokin's style of writing (and the swedish translation is really very good) and will be sure to check out more. His Ice is on my TBR. Oh, and as RidgewayGirl pointed out. I've managed to choose yet another title not available in English for some strange reason...Bummer.

... reading a handful of holiday stories from him. I have the feeling that this author has much more to say than what I read in Holidays on Ice. It's like listening to a Christmas album from a musician who has several other non-holiday records. From what I do know though, Sedaris has a unique ...

I know I'm going back a bit in your posts, but what did you think of David Sedaris' Holidays on Ice. I recently finished When You Are Engulfed in Flames and I loved it (for the most part) but have yet to read anything else by him. What did you think? Have you read anything else by him in the ...

Yea! My second box from the Strand arrived. Holidays on Ice-Sedaris The Interpretaion of Dreams-Freud Something To Declare:Essays on France-Julian Barnes Joan Miro-Mink Cubism-Gantefuhrer The Wreck of the Medusa-Jonathan Miles

Yippee! My last box from the Strand arrived last night. Holidays on Ice-David Sedaris The Interpretation of Dreams-Sigmund Freud Something to Declare:Essays on France-Julian Barnes Pets Who Want To Kill Themselves-Duncan Birmingham ( A gift for a neighbor) Joan Miro- ...

... Dress by Susan Jane Gilman 2. Bright Lights, Big Ass by Jen Lancaster 3. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris What? (Books with Objects in the Title) 1. The Monster in the Box by Ruth Rendell 2.

... I think got the balance pretty much just right. The City and The City by China Mieville -- hot off the presses! Ice by Vladimir Sorokin Farthing by Jo Walton Zombies of the Gene Pool by Sharyn McCrumb -- not really sf, but who am I to quibble Days of Atonement by ...

28. Holidays on Ice: Stories by David Sedaris 29. A Mad Desire to Dance by Elie Wiesel

... (NLS) 23) Uncommon Reader (NLS) 24) God Bless John Wayne (NLS) 11.4 25) The Men Who Stare at Goats (NLS) 11.23 26) Holidays on Ice (com) 27) A Rip in Heaven (NLS) 12.19 28) The Wednesday Wars (NLS)

79. Ice by Louis Nowra Malcolm McEacharn was born in Scotland. His sailor father died at sea when he was only two years old. He lived an extremely eventful life, migrating to Australia, developing an import/export business, pioneering the refrigerated shipping of meat and butter, becoming ...

I'm reading Ice by Louis Nowra 1. Where did you get this book? It's another library book 2. How much did it cost? 0.00 3. Why did you pick this book to read NOW? It is the last of the shortlisted Miles Franklins for this year, that I have read. 4. How long has it been on ...

39. Holidays on Ice: A delightful collection of Christmas short stories by the ever-hilarious David Sedaris. I'm not sure why I decided to read them in May, but they made me laugh-out-loud.

I've read three, am waiting for a copy of the fourth but have heard little about Ice. Has anyone read it?

... Tiffany (Read July) 13.The Lost Dog by Michelle de Krester (Read July) 14.Wanting by Richard Flanagan (Read Aug) 15.Ice by Louis Nowra (Read Aug) 16.Smoke and Mirrors: A Brad Chen Novel by Kel Robertson (Read Oct) 17.The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas (Read Nov) Completed 5 by May, ...

... Mortenson (Read Aug) 66.I'm not Scared by Niccolo Ammaniti (Read Aug) 67.Wanting by Richard Flanagan (Read Aug) 68.Ice by Louis Nowra (Read Aug) 69.The Wooden Sea by Johnathan Carroll (Read Sep) 70.A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammad Harif (Read Sep) 71.The Passion by Jeanet ...

... or books by other chefs. There are better books out there about restaurant life, but this was still enjoyable. 72. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris - This short book of short stories is a great way to get into the holiday mood. Sedaris is, as always, hilarious, and if you've ever heard ...

22) Holidays On Ice - David Sedaris

... to scroll horizontally to read anything and my reviews were smooshed over to the side. The culprit seems to be a review for Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris. I've sent a message asking the reviewer if it would be possible to cut down the line of hearts that seems to be causing the stretching, ...

30. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris

David Sedaris' essay Santaland Diaries in Holidays on Ice is a must at Christmas time. The first time I read this, I laughed so hard tears were streaming down my face! To my knowledge, the Folio Society has, sadly, never published Sedaris.

First, I will finish Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris. I'm off today to pick up a copy of New Moon, which is being held for me at the library. So that will be next. Then, it'll either be The Godmother by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough or The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein ...

I always read "The SantaLand Diaries" from Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris. Not the most original pick, but fun. Also good is Christmas at the New Yorker for all kinds of fun stuff- poems, essays, stories, etc.

... old daughter. That will go back on the shelf for a couple more years. Now I'm going to pick up the seasonally appropriate Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris. Can't wait!!

Cough - just nabbed Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris - on 76 wishlists! Bounce, bounce, bounce ...!

... (of which only 3 were by non-Canadians!) comics & graphic novels / memoirs: 4 children's lit: 6 Highlights included: Ice by Anna Kavan Eagles' Nest by Anna Kavan Julia & the Bazooka by Anna Kavan The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath Pricksongs & Descants by Robert Coo ...

... in fiction, there's always the possibility of reading novels with arctic themes: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and Ice by Anna Kavan ;) I know, I've already mentioned this one - but as a Kavan scholar, it's my job to get the word out...

... (perhaps my cocoa will cheer you?), What about: Writers Who Have Been Compared to Kafka? (Big Fat Nudge) And if so: Ice by Anna Kavan, Street of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz, The Woman in the Dunes by Kobo Abe, The Thin Place by Kathryn Davis, The Invention of Morel ...

... The Book Lady's Blog. I picked up Holidays on Ice at a David Sedaris event I attended on Monday, and I'm totally loving it. Work is crazy this month, so I'm not getting to read as much as I want.

I received The Organ Grinder and the Monkey today in Indiana. Yesterday I got a non-ARC of Holidays on Ice.

I'm going to list a copy of Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris that I just bought at our Friends of the Library booksale. It's a very small paperback but it's on quite a few wishlists and it's appropriate to the season. I haven't yet tried to reserve a book for someone but I can probably figure it ...

... His books include: Me Talk Pretty One Day Dress your Family in Corduroy and Denim When You Are Engulfed in Flame Holidays on Ice

... Friends by Helme Heine Lillies of the Field by William E. Barrett Animal Babies by Harry McNaught Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris

... by Peter Sis - a memoir in pictures. 133. The Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst - odd plot, but I liked it 134. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris - my first Sedaris, but I don't think my last 135. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield - a new favorite 136. Confessions of ...

... out of dope or liquor and realize that it was all you ever had in common." -David Sedaris, "Dinah the Christmas Whore," Holidays on Ice p.89

... width="100" height="160"> 3. Anna Kavan - Ice

... new books. Here's my 2008 list so far: 1. Puppy's First Steps (Dodman) 2. Running with Walker (Hughes) 3. Holidays on Ice (Sedaris) 4. Everything I needed to know about life I learned from Judy Blume (O'Connell) 5. My Lobotomy (Dully) 6. The Rapture Exposed (Rossing) ...

... book, Coraline; Bill Bryson's The life and times of the Thunderbolt Kid (stoopid touchstones), and David Sedaris' Holidays On Ice (why do short books take the longest to finish?). Now checking out another first, Christopher Moore: Practical Demonkeeping

... group has also generated some great discussion. The only one that I can really call a clunker was Vladmir Sorokin's "Ice", a Russian thriller that turned out to be too gratuitously violent for even me. It had an interesting premise about this cult of blonde, blue-eyed people going around ...

I love David Sedaris! I read Holidays on Ice for the start of Christmas season. As I am Deaf I guess that I will have to take everyone opinion on his audiobooks.

>10 yes, Holidays on Ice for sure, but get the audio version!!! Hearing David Sedaris read it adds a wonderful element to it.

If you want to laugh I would definitely suggest both Holidays on Ice and Politically Correct Holiday Stories: For an Enlightened Yuletide Season.

... contemporary Russian fiction, how about the acclaimed post-Soviet author Vladimir Sorokin and his mind-blowing novel Ice. It's actually a nice transition for the sci-fi/fantasy fan, as it has elements of both -- along with a strong dose of hard-boiled urban. CAUTION: Explicit sex and ...

59. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris

--> 75 dodger: You are SO right! D'uh. Jesus would definitely be a goalie! I clearly didn't think my Right Wing(er) response through before posting. I mean, your answer is the much more logical response to "What would Jesus do (on the ice)?" Of course "Jesus Saves!" If he were a ...

Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris is a lot of fun.

... of Silver Lake, Laura Ingalls Wilder (reread) The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Barbara Robinson (reread) Holidays on Ice, David Sedaris The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Kate DiCamillo Currently Reading: Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding (reread) ...

#68 gautherbelle: That Sedaris piece is the one I mentioned in #67 - "The SantaLand Diaries". It's included in Holidays on Ice with 5 other Christmas themed pieces including "Seasons Greetings to Our Friends and Family" which is in the form of an annual holiday letter from a mom whose family is ...

... yet got around to reading, I rarely re-read books I've read recently, but every year I return to "The SantaLand Diaries" in Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris. Warning, do not read while sipping tea or anything, you may spit it out.

... of Small Things For Whom the Bell Tolls Audio books Black Friday Mary Mary Honeymoon London Bridges Holidays on Ice Naked The Ice Queen Flyboys Light on Snow 3rd Degree The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.

... by Terry Pratchett - So far the only other Pratchett book I've read. Me Talk Pretty One Day, by David Sedaris Holidays On Ice, by David Sedaris =)

... The Salmon of Doubt (unfinished) Anything by David Sedaris: Barrel Fever Naked Me Talk Pretty One Day Holidays On Ice Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim Anything by Augusten Burroughs: Running With Scissors Dry Magical Thinking Possible Side Ef ...

Pickles on Ice Pickles of Death Pickles in Exile Pickle: The Return (this touchstones as ROTK in traditional Chinese characters, but unfortunately it's just combined with the same book in every other language. Sadness). I find the word "pickle" entirely too funny.

... Maude and a Maud, a Rainald and a Ranulf, and a hundred noblemen to keep straight it would be a little easier? Re-reading Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris to give myself a break...

... NRP and This American Life a lot. I've checked out his audio books from the library and they are so fun! I think seeing The Santaland Diaries is worth it, I just think nothing can compare to him reading his own material. I think my favorite of his is Me Talk Pretty One Day. I'm waiting ...

Last year my wife and I read Holidays on Ice (which is always on shelves this time of year) and it was a good time. He has some irreverently funny stories!