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Magical Thinking: True Stories

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Reviewer: FriendlySound (Radio D.J.)

With wit and candor comes another great book by Augusten Burroughs. If you thought "Running With Scissors" and "Dry" were excellent, then you will love "Magical Thinking" even better. I would have to say I would love to read some fiction material out of him as well. He is truly a gifted writer. Thankfully at one of his signings, I was able to meet him and he is just as impressive in real life as he protrays in his books.
along with his other books I also recommend A Paper Life (great memoir by Tatum O'Neil), Dress You Family In Corduroy (David Sedaris another great) and Nightmares Echo (hauntingly good memoir by Katlyn Stewart)

i am a student and it's great to be able to buy a book for much cheaper than in a big name store. i need to save money everywhere i can and im happy with what i got. it is like a vast bookstore on here! :)

Augusten Burroughs is the master of the written word, he has proven this with his books "RUNNING WITH SCISSORS" and "DRY". This book, "MAGICAL THINKING" is no exception. It is not quite as autobiographical as his other books, but yet it is as well. Partly funny, partly sad-your emotions will run the gambit (again true of his other works). This will be another long-term best-seller. I cannot wait to read more from him. Along the lines of best reads this summer, As with the aforementioned books, I would like to recommend --------------IF I KNEW THEN and --------------THE CHILDREN'S CORNER by Jackson McCrae-both honest reflections of different types of abuse, yet inspirational reads as well.

I fall more and more in love with the writing of Augusten Burroughs with each of his books that I read. He has found a niche and really thrives in it. 'Magical Thinking' is written in the same tradition as Burroughs' brilliant 'Dry.' Reviewers will be inclined to cite similarities to authors like Rikki Lee Travolta ('My Fractured Life') and David Sedaris ('Holidays on Ice') and rightfully so.

Having read RUNNING WITH SCISSORS, I was eager to embrace the author's other attempts at writing. DRY was next, and then I found this book-------MAGICAL THINKING. It's truly amazing that Augusten Burroughs could keep up this pace, mining more and more elements from his childhood and adult life; molding them into hilarious and dark tales that keep the reader captivated for hours. Some of it is edgy, some raw. And some is brilliant! I must also recommend another great Amazon pick that I recently came across titled BARK OF THE DOGWOOD which is somewhat of a combination of Sedaris and some of the more gothic Southern writers. VERY funny and dark also.

Another great book about the ups and downs of alcohol, bad relationships, and other prat falls of life from Augusten Burroughs. More in the fashion of DRY than RUNNING WITH SCISSORS, it should also be popular with fans of David Sedaris (DRESS YOUR FAMILY IN CORDUROY & DENIM), Rikki Lee Travolta (MY FRACTURED LIFE), and James Frey (A MILLION LITTLE PIECES).