The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

You know those quotes they put on the book jacket to let you know what critics and respected authors think of the book?

"Beautiful in it's representation of friendship, family and the sacrifices one will make for them. The ending made me cry like a bitch" - Joe.

'Spoils' and 'Happy Birthday,1951' are the best in my opinion.

In the first few months of 2007 I was happy to find out that Kurt Vonnegut was going to be speaking at a nearby university. Needless to say, I made plans to attend-the guy is my favorite author and was already 85. I really just wanted to shake his hand and say 'Thank you for the hope' while I still had the chance.

He passed away 2 months before I would have seen him talk. Thankfully, a lot of what he had to say was already written down.

So it goes.

Indignation - Philip Roth

Marcus stood up for what he "believed", and it paved the road to his demise.

World War Z

Another re-read. This is the best zombie book ever written. Told in a series of short interviews with the survivors of the Zombie War, this one really makes you think about how shit would really go down. Made me want to become a sharpshooter.

The Road

I read this once last year, but I just re-read it because it's really, really good.

Too bad I gave last year's copy away because now I looked like one of those assholes with the "now a major motion picture" editions.

Minor saving grace: it was only 5 bucks and the non-movie cover is 15.

There is that...

I Love You, Beth Cooper

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Edited by Daniel Sinker