ashleyholstrom's Reviews (1.38k)

In this lovely little poetry collection, we get to see all the ways cats are truly introverts. All Cats are Introverts is funny and self-reflective and all too relatable if you, too, would prefer to sit silently on the couch with your back to your roommate than spend quality time together.

From The Cat's Pajamas: 9 Funny Cat Books at Book Riot.

Gotta love a book with a dramatic scene that hinges on whether or not a lactose intolerant guy farts.

My high school self would have loved this book more than anything. My current self isn't quite so enthralled by it.

You know Running with Scissors. It’s where everything starts, so it’s where you should start this pathway. Burroughs wrote a novel, Sellevision, before this, but it often gets swept aside. He is a memoirist! And this magic little book spurred a memoir explosion in the world — or at least it felt that way. Running with Scissors is the tale of his wild childhood, living in the home of his mother’s therapist, where there were no rules. Just lots of exploration (sexual, mental, physical). He befriends a pedophile. The therapist has a special room he calls his masterbatorium. They keep a Christmas tree up all year. He has to beg for Hamburger Helper as a special dinner. You read a chapter and think it can’t get any more absurd, and then it does.

From Reading Pathways: Augusten Burroughs at Book Riot.

Phew. I can’t remember any other book that had me covering pages with my hands so I didn’t spoil something a few lines down.

Hot diggity damn. Gillian Flynn, you are a queen.