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Possible Side Effects
 

Possible Side Effects

by Augusten Burroughs




From the million-copy bestselling author of Running with Scissors comes Augusten Burroughs’s most provocative collection yet.


This book is approved for consumption by those seeking pleasure, escape, amusement, enlightenment, or general distraction. This book is not approved to treat disorders such as eBay addiction or incessant blind dating.

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Top tags: memoir,  humor,  essays,  augusten burroughs,  non-fiction (all tags)

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Liked It

MaryEllen
  • Rated 4 stars

“Even though I love Shelfari, it's still fun to find books just by wandering around the library--which is how I found this one.

Liked the way the stories start out so funny and then, maybe a third into the book, he gets to revealing some really tough stuff about his life. Really enjoyed it and want to read his "Magical Thinking" now.

Odd note, I found "Possible Side Effects" when I was sorting through a shelf looking for Joan Didion's "The Year of Magical Thinking".”

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Didn’t Like It

FlorenceZimmerman
  • Rated 2 stars

“I was pretty wary of this essay collection when I got it. Magical Thinking was a huge disappointment to me and I just wished that Burroughs would go back to straight memoir. And I felt even more strongly after I (barely) finished this book. This was a total phone in.”

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Community:
  • Rated 3.964539 stars
Amazon:
  • Rated 3.5 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • marthamai

    marthamai said:

    “Magical Thinking has the same layout- In my opionion, Magical Thinkingis better, but they both are great for quick reading spurts- and you really can't go wrong with Augusten Burroughs...”

    posted Friday, January 11 2008
  • Tiffany L

    tiffany l said:

    “A lttle different from all of his others. They are quick paragrapghs each telling a different little story. Still very funny though!”

    posted Thursday, January 10 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Roxpie86

    roxpie86 said:

    “I just bought this book for my friend for her birthday. It is full of WTF moments that should be shared with anyone willing to listen.”

    posted Tuesday, December 4 2007
  • cheyennebanane

    cheyennebanane said:

    “lol i loved this book!!! just thinking about it made me laugh”

    posted Sunday, October 7 2007
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