Running with Scissors

I haven't felt torturous separation anxiety by having to put down a book that I was really into in quite some time. That is, until I read Running with Scissors! I guess I am behind the times on this one because all of my favorite reader friends responded with a big "duh" when I told them how enamored I was with this book. But, I am still going to give it a glowing post.

If you want to wipe away tears of laughter and step into the inane life of Augusten Burroughs, then pick up this off-the-wall memoir. Burroughs, who feels like your best friend by the end of the book with his frank honesty and endearing fallibilities, takes you through the chronicles of his crazy adventures. The fact that I was envious of his almost torturous existence is a testimony to the strength of his wit. Warning for more conservative readers, this book will most likely be a bit much for you because he tells us everything. And, I mean everything! But, for those of you who can appreciate a life less ordinary (or completely out of the ordinary), this book will have you in stitches.