![]() ![]() ![]() I’ll get back to a few of these topics in a little bit, but I figure I’ll start with the funny stuff before moving on to the more reflective parts of the book. “The Partly Cloudy Patriot,” the essay which gives the book its name, actually addresses 9/11 and her feelings about patriotism. Even though it is a collection of essays, for the most part they span from 2000 to 2002, covering the Gore-Bush campaign and election, as well as a few other essays about random historical sites and conflicts. While her collection of essays definitely has a theme, each essay approaches this theme from a different topic. After reading Assassination Vacation, I commented that her style might work better with smaller topics, and apparently I was right. I have yet to click with David Sedaris (a few of his essays cracked me up the whole collection … not so much) or Sloane Crosley (same issue as above). ![]() I figured I just wasn’t quite her audience and I don’t tend to have a good track record with essay collections. ![]() I finally get the big deal about Sarah Vowell! She was one of those authors that people kept raving about over on Pajiba, so I read her book Assassination Vacation, and while there were definitely parts of it I found amusing, I just didn’t get the hype. ![]()
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