Live for Your Listening Pleasure is a hilarious series of short stories written and read by David Sedaris in front of many different live audiences. While one story is a humorous fable of a cat and a baboon in a grooming saloon, the other stories are autobiographical tales or observations on life. I found them all very funny and quite enjoyable. I listened to it on a business trip to Milwaukee earlier this week and it had me laughing out loud during several points.
This audiobook is short, only one CD that is approximately 75 minutes long. Sedaris does a great performance and reading with all of the right pauses for maximum laughter and enjoyment. There are some adult themes to some of the stories so it is not appropriate for young children.
The only section I found not funny was a joke about breast milk. I thought it was just gross and not funny. Otherwise everything else was great. It makes up the uneven Sedaris Christmas book I read earlier!
Overall, if you are looking for a good laugh and great observations on life, I highly recommend this audiobook.
Audiobook Source: Review Copy from Hachette Book Group. Thank-you!
Giveaway Details
Now for the details you are really looking for . . .Anna of the Hachette Book Group has been kind enough to offer three audiobook copies of
Live for Your Listening Pleasure for this giveaway.
If you would like to enter this contest do any of the following:
1. Leave a comment on this post. You must include an email address. If I can't find a way to contact you I will draw another winner. (1 entry)
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There are three ways to enter, but you can put all three entries as one comment. I will be using random.org to pick the winners from the comments.
This contest is only open to US and Canadian residents (Sorry!).
No P.O. Boxes.
The deadline for entry is midnight, Friday January 8th. Good luck!
Congrats to the three lucky winners of Live for Your Listening Pleasure (audiobook) by David Sedaris: Gaby from Starting Fresh, Mr. Nice Gauis from Pastpablum, and Janet Faye from Janet's Book Place. Winners were chosen using random.org. I emailed each winner and once I hear back with them with their mailing addresses, I will forward the information on to Hachette Book Group.
