Zoners! It’s that time again! The Report is airing repeats the week of May 25th, so we at NoFactZone will begin the second meeting of The Stephen T. Colbert Book Club For The Literary Excellence.
In honor of Amy Sedaris’s new book deal, we have decided to focus on two of her previous works:
Selection 1
Wigfield: The Can-Do Town That Just May Not by Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello, and Stephen Colbert (Paperback – $11.16/Amazon)
Wigfield, a town on the brink of devastion, needs help. A run down journalist, Russell Hokes, travels to the town to interview the citizens who create the interesting community. These characters range from the mayor to a lady named Cinnamon. The poor town is completely oblivious to its oblivion, and Hokes sets out to tell their story. Always hilarious, Wigfield captures the essence of small-town America as readers find out what will happen of this little village
Selection 2
I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence by Amy Sedaris (Paperback – $10.39/Amazon)
Amy Sedaris is a crafty comedian and actress. She uses her famous status to release a book about entertaining and so much more. Crafts, recipes, and decorating ideas fill the pages for young, old, and drug addicts alike. Sedaris includes her favorite family recipes, and recipes of her friends’ families too. Through all the humor, there is plenty to learn from this creative star.
Again, the break will take place May 25th to May 28th so keep checking back for more information.
And, please read, read, read! Most of you may already have exposure to one or both of these wonderful books, so I look forward to hearing all your opinions. Pull out your arts and crafts and find your favorite recipes. This will be fun!
Yey! This’ll be a great book club for sure. Great picks!
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Yay! I already have I Like You. This will get me to read Wigfield!
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They’re both great and tons of fun.
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Fantastic choices! It will be much fun to finally discuss Wigfield with other It-getters.
recaptcha: will swim (maybe it’s read Wigfield too…)
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I would also recommend to anyone who has not read Wigfield to pick up both the book and audiobook of “Wigfield”. Between the visuals of the pictures in the book, and the sound of the audiobook, it really brings the characters alive. I listened to the audiobook before reading the book, and I’d highly recommend that experience.
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Wigfield! Yay! The audiobook is soooo much fun. Perhaps I’ll get a copy of Amy’s book for this!
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Ah, now this is the *perfect* opportunity for me to read “I Like You”. I got it for Christmas and haven’t gotten to it yet.
I’ll have to drop “Fell” to read it, but I guess it’s worth the sacrifice to experience it with other it-getters. Can’t wait to talk Wigfield, too! I don’t think I’ve ever listened to the whole audiobook.
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this is great for me as a young mom b/c i read both already! and have the wigfield cd.
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This is so cool!!! I am actually in the middle of reading Wigfield right now. I like how Wigfield has the “Fun Facts” just like “I Am America and so Can YOU!” and a lot of similar lines at times… I was just reading it on the subway and giggling out loud …. so I say we read that one. I read the last book club book too and then was swamped with work that week and couldn’t participate – so now that summer’s almost here I’m ready to go :-)
Both are good choices though Val, I’m down with either.
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Great eagle eye, AnnaT. There are some interesting structural parallels to both books. Occasionally, little bits and pieces of Wigfield jump out that are used again in IAAASCY, which makes them both all the more fun to read again.
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I have never actually read Wigfield. I have only listened to the audiobook (twice all the way through) and loved it very much. when I get home I’m going on a super library run so I will try to find a hard copy of Wigfield during that. I should try to get I Like You as well. I read that pretty thoroughly before but it would be good to have on hand.
all the possibilities for I Like You, huh…like cooking a virtual meal?
this will be very fun! :D
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Because of our serious government fail, I don’t know how I’ll be getting my hands on these books. :(
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Gaaah, not sure how I missed this post! I have listened to the audiobook of Wigfield, but haven’t read I Like You — I’ll try to get ahold of it before the discussion starts.
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