This is the follow up to Sedaris' first essays "Theft by Finding," which got me hooked on reading anything by him. The book is everything you would hope for when reading his personal accounts; honest, hilarious, embarrassing and humble. If Sedaris wrote a phone book, I would read it that is how good of a writer he is.

Highly recommended and a must read for anyone who loves this author.

Thanks to Netgalley, David Sedaris and Little Brown and Company for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Available: 10/5/21

A Sedaris lovers dream! So kind and generous of the king of snark to give us another 2o years insight into his journals. I loved being a voyeur to some of the essays ive known in his other books.

New David Sedaris always makes me drop my TBR pile and immediately start reading his work instead. This is the second half of his released diaries, from 2003-2020. His writing and style is much more recognizable in this volume due to him, well, writing in his diary as he's writing his essay collections. There are no deep insights into his character here--it's more like behind-the-scenes of his day to day life. Sedaris readers will no doubt spot the diary entries that were later nursed into full fledged essays. It is admittedly strange though, to read his takes on events from the past twenty-four months (he exists in the same reality as ME?!) But it's always a good time when reading David Sedaris. Unless, you know, it's not.

Can never get enough of David Sedaris, and A Carnival of Snackery does not disappoint (is it my imagination or has he gotten a tad snarkier in his older age?) Can’t wait to listen to the audiobook.

Reading anything by David Sedaris is always a joy. I loved this collection and always look forward to more.

David Sedaris fans will love this collection of diary entries by one of the world's funniest people. He is so good at mixing the serious with the comic (especially when he talks about his mother and his sister, Tiffany). He is so human, and so compassionate, even though he tries to hide it -- which is just one of the things that makes him so compulsively readable.