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Frederick Van drckvanzyl8f7f — I laugh aloud every time I read this book. I never grow tired of Sedaris' wit and honesty when recounting his life. One of the few books I've read in my lifetime that never gets old. I also enjoy the looks I receive from people while reading in a public place and suddenly burst with laughter. I've laughed harder at Sedaris and his fortunes/misfortunes than most of the shlock Hollywood is trying to pass off as "must-see-comedy-movie of the year." Kudos Mr. Sedaris! You are the Zeus of my literary realm!

Jp Cozby jpcozby — Dock Ellis was a pitcher for the Pirates in the 70's. Best known for pitching a no-hitter while he was tripping on acid, he also made a big impact on race relations in the game. Hall, best known for his poetry, collaborated with Ellis on the book and he pulls you into his story--Ellis's rise, his heyday, and his eventual decline. One of my favorite baseball books.

Tanne Eline tanne_schua14c — For anyone who is thinking about reading this book, I highly recommend it. However, I also recommend reading it as a series of fascinating, well-told stories. It is really nothing more and nothing less. One of the criticisms I heard about this book before I read it is that Gladwell lays out his theory in the first chapter, and the rest of the book is just example after example supporting his theory. I agree, however it would be a serious mistake to only read the first chapter. The pleasure of reading this book is in those stories- he talks about interesting psychological experiments and unbelievable examples of where snap judgement trumped long and careful research and analysis, and where snap judgement failed because of unconscious prejudices. The problem with this book is that his argument is not cohesive. I kept reading on and on expecting his argument to become clear, but that never happens. Instead, one story after another contradicts his original theory, and he keeps changing his mind about what that theory is. For example, a point he makes is that someone's intuition can lead to the right conclusion, while deliberate analysis by experts considering all information available can be completely off. However, in all his stories where someone made a good snap judgement, that person was an expert and was able to use his judgement under a high-stress situation precisely because of his long career of careful study or of many experiences in that situation. Another problem is that he seems to think that one can know ahead of time when to use their snap judgement or when to carefully research something and consider all information available. The problem with that part of his argument is that, in all the examples where the person's snap judgement failed, that person was not aware of his subconscious prejudices because they were, obviously, subconscious. In the afterward he wrote after the book was published, he tried to reconcile these contraditions, but it was still not convincing. Regardless, his examples really are fascinating, and he really is a great story-teller. I think if you read this book without the expections that I had, and without trying to mentally place each example in a larger framework of what you think his argument is, you would very much enjoy it.

Juan Estey juangabriel — I remember feeling very strange and almost shameful that I was so fascinated by the death part of this book. I think I read it over and over and over again, probably because I didn't understand it, probably because I didn't yet know about terrible secrets I just wanted to be included in them.