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| Original Title: | I Am Not Myself These Days |
| ISBN: | 0060817321 (ISBN13: 9780060817329) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | New York City, New York(United States) |
Josh Kilmer-Purcell
Paperback | Pages: 305 pages Rating: 3.97 | 12059 Users | 939 Reviews
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| Title | : | I Am Not Myself These Days |
| Author | : | Josh Kilmer-Purcell |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 305 pages |
| Published | : | February 7th 2006 by Harper Perennial (first published 2006) |
| Categories | : | Autobiography. Memoir. Nonfiction. LGBT. Humor. Biography |
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The New York Times bestselling, darkly funny memoir of a young New Yorker's daring dual life—advertising art director by day, glitter-dripping drag queen and nightclub beauty-pageant hopeful by night—was a smash literary debut for Josh Kilmer-Purcell, now known for his popular Planet Green television series The Fabulous Beekman Boys. His story begins here—before the homemade goat milk soaps and hand-gathered honeys, before his memoir of the city mouse’s move to the country, The Bucolic Plague—in I Am Not Myself These Days, with “plenty of dishy anecdotes and moments of tragi-camp delight” (WashingtonPost).Rating Appertaining To Books I Am Not Myself These Days
Ratings: 3.97 From 12059 Users | 939 ReviewsWrite Up Appertaining To Books I Am Not Myself These Days
I picked this book up expecting to read wild stories about being a drag queen. I was imagining David Sedaris in drag. What I got was something much more moving and thoughtful. Yes, there are plenty of wild stories and hilarious anecdotes about Aqua, the author's other personality. But this is also a story about a doomed love affair, and the affect drugs can have on a relationship. Josh Kilmer-Purcell strikes the perfect balance, never allowing the laughs to obscure the reality of the painful
Entertaining 'til about 3/4 of the way through, then storyline ran out of steam. Clichéd ending.
Im definitely overly critical of gay books which is probably unfair to books Id view more favorably if they werent gay themed, especially considering the overall lack of good gay themed books out there. Read this book in basically one sitting and really enjoyed it. Wont go too much more in depth because #bookclub, but an entertaining read in that wow-Im-surprised-how-much-I-like-this-LGBT-movie-on-Netflix kinda way.
Vodka. To be candid, vodka is one of the reasons that I like Josh Kilmer-Purcell's "I am not myself these days." The central character, curiously enough named Josh, likes vodka. Well, more accurately, it's Aqua who LOVES vodka. Aqua...sorry, I didn't introduce her properly...Aquadisiac, but everyone calls her Aqua, is really Josh. Or Josh is really Aqua. How does it work with drag queens? Who is who?Anyway, vodka figures prominently in "I am not myself these days" because it figures prominently
I enjoyed this book so much. Such a unique voice, extremely loveable and tangible characters, and a pace that just keeps you interested at each page.I don't remember the last book where I had so much fun, while it still being sincere and heartfelt.4,5*
I quickly got drawn into this book with its vivid vocabulary and vibrant imagery; it gives a whole new voice to city life, everything from the neon lights to the crowds and crime to the smell of pollution and smog is all captured in a well-written book; it's really gripping and I highly recommend it.
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