…because it’s easier to absorb the words…
Look, you have kids, right? They want these books, right? They’re all booked up at the library, right? Just buy them. And buy them from my link, because I was nice enough to suggest it.
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The Lightning Thief (Book 1)
The Sea of Monsters (Book 2)
The Titan’s Curse (Book 3)
If this book doesn’t convert you to Bokononism and have you practicing Bokomaru in secret, you have no soul. Mr. Vonnegut, in his always straightforward narrative, explains in a deceptively simplistic manner how entirely ridiculous and necessary religion is in our society, while poking fun at mankind’s arrogant relationship with technology along the way.
Mr. Wallace always leaves me in stitches. Friends have asked me what this book is about, and I struggle to find the words to get the message across without turning them off of it. After all, it’s a Big book. Many many pages. That alone turns a lot of folks off. What’s it about? It’s about… cinema… and twelve-stepping… and a New England tennis academy… and entertainment… and addiction… and the nature of addiction. If you’ve been around drugs and recovering people, and can find the humor in the backstory surrounding that subculture, you will suffer riotous laughter while reading this book. Every word rings true. How often have you been there, Mr. Wallace? Often enough to know, I’d imagine. Read it. If you’ve read it already, tell me what you think…