My mother often reads books that Opera suggests from her book club, but I rarely ever do. She raved on and on about Running With Scissors, a memoir by Augusten Burroughs. I kept hearing things about this particular author, but it took me awhile to actually borrow my mother's copy. She kept telling me about how unbelievable his life was, etc, etc, so one day I finally decided to read it.

This was one of the fastest reads in my life, only because I couldn't put it down. I cannot believe the childhood that he had and everything that has happened to him. It's almost a mixture of the Adam's Family with The Royal Tannenbaum's. That was my first impression anyway. Burroughs does such a great job at making me laugh and cry that I actually have read everything by him now, including his second memoir, Dry, which also made me cry.

This is an amazing read, and I can't wait to see what the movie is like!