hula hoops and hampster wheels

I'm thinking this will be a regular reoccuring post topic. Amazon does it - netflix does it - and now I will do it- I will give you suggestions based on your likes and dislikes. I will use amazon as my guide but filter out all the crap and try to offer selections that I have encountered and or read in conjunction with new to me titles.

We will start to day with if you like David Sedaris you will like the following:

Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress by Susan Jane Gilman (current bathroom read, super funny)

if you liked Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress you'd like:

I Love Everybody (and Other Atrocious Lies): True Tales of a Loudmouth Girl by Laurie Notaro

(also hillarious in the narrative/essay genre ) if you like I Love Everybody and other Atrocious Lies you'd like:

Why I'm Like This: True Stories (P.S.) by Cynthia Kaplan, as you can see todays theme is essay and funny/entertaining slightly autobiographical rantings. I love it when books read like blogs.

if you like Why I'm Like this you'd like:

Leave the Building Quickly: True Stories (P.S.) by Cynthia Kaplan this is the sequil to the aforementioned Cynthia Kaplan - I want this chick to come out with a new book.

and amazon says if you like Cynthia Kaplan you'd like:
I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley ( it's on my to read stack but clint is currently holding the book hostage which is ok since I have a couple other books in the works at the moment.)

if you like I was told there'd be cake or Cynthia Kaplan you'd like


Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs , this was funny and gross and funny and disturbing...

if you like that you like this:

Possible Side Effects by Augusten Burroughs this one is also on the to read stack...

but I'm going to take a stab here and say if you like that you'll like this one:

My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands (Paperback)by Chelsea Handler

or the man version:

I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell by Tucker Max

and then onward:

I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence by Amy Sedaris


this looks good too:

Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip--Confessions of a Cynical Waiter (Hardcover)by Steve Dublanica Aka The Waiter



and that is this weeks installment of If you like this then you might like this