Reads: Two Sedaris' and a Meyer

Rating: 2.998 out of 5
I read Naked prior to reading Barrel Fever, and was definitely confused for a moment when I realized that the stories were not all true little ditties from David's life. I found the back portion of essays to be much more enjoyable, as they were both true and not as wacky (I mean, still wacky, but a better kind of wacky).

Rating: 4.002 out of 5
As the vast majority of these stories from the lovely David Sedaris came from a time when hitchhiking was not an uncommon occurrence, it spoke straight to my love of the '70s. I only wish I had been one of his sisters so I could have turned out even half as kooky as Amy. (On a side note, to anyone who wants to research the book Naked online, be sure to add "Sedaris" after the word "Naked" before you click to search on Google Images. I could have linked you to a lovely array of porn, but I was trying to keep this post somewhat kosher.)

Rating: 4.79 out of 5
I definitely preferred this one to the first in the series- sure, it had the same number of horrible cheesy adjectives, but there was a hell of a lot more Jacob Black goodness. And the way the heartbreak was described was amazingly accurate. My problem now is getting a hold of the third and fourth books as the reserve lists at the library are incredibly long and I refuse to buy two in hard cover when I already own two in paperback.