The Bibliophile's Compass

Title : Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls Author : David Sedaris Publication Year : 2013 Pages : 275 Rating : ⭐⭐ Genre : Essay, Humor Source : Audiobook @storytel.tr Opening Sentence : One thing that puzzled me during the American health-care debate was all the talk about socialized medicine and how ineffective it’s supposed to be. After reading "Me Talk Pretty One Day," I found myself approaching this book with high expectations, and it didn’t quite resonate with me in the same way. I read that Sedaris was inspired by a fan’s suggestion to explore his inner feelings, and while I appreciate the intention, I felt that some of the content leaned more towards a rage-talk rather than comedy. The essays certainly convey a strong sense of emotional depth, revealing his experiences and perspectives, especially regarding his family dynamics. At times, I felt uncomfortable with how he was treated as a son or how narrated some stories. Sedaris does manage to highlight othe...

🔴 1997 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1st book in J. K. Rowling's best-selling series, is published 🔴 2013 Peter Ustinov's "The Moment of Truth" opens at Southwark Playhouse in London starring Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley)

🔴 2013 Together Tea by Marjan Kamali published 🔴 2019 Omani author Jokha Alharthi is the first Arabic writer to win the Man Booker International Prize for her novel "Celestial Bodies" with her translator Marilyn Booth

🔴 1925 Virginia Woolf's novel "Mrs Dalloway" is published by The Hogarth Press 🔴 1986 Netherlands Institute for War Documentation publishes Anne Frank's complete diary 🔴 2013 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel "Americanah" is published 🔴 2013 Dan Brown's fourth novel starring Robert Langdon (The Da Vinci Code), titled "Inferno", is released and instantly becomes a bestseller

🔴 1933 Nazis stage public book burnings in Germany 🔴 2013 Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones published

🔴 1852 1st edition of Peter Roget's Thesaurus published in Great Britain 🔴 1943 Noël Coward's comic play "Present Laughter" premieres in London 🔴 2013 Hannah Richell’s The Shadow Year published

🔴1993 Tom Stoppard's play "Arcadia" premieres in London directed by Trevor Nunn, starring Rufus Sewell, Felicity Kendal and Bill Nighy 🔴2011 Gary Sinise narrates the audiobook of John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" 🔴2013 Kristin Hannah’s Fly Away published

1837 British poet laureate Robert Southey writes in reply to 20 year-old Charlotte Brontë "Literature cannot be the business of a woman's life, and it ought not to be." 1919 George Bernard Shaw's comedy play "Augustus Does His Bit" premieres in NYC 1957 Random House and Houghton-Mifflin co-publish "The Cat in the Hat" by Dr. Seuss 2013 "The Flick", a play by Annie Baker opens off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons in New York (Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2014)