The Perks of Being a Wallflower
This is one that i’ve been meaning to put up for a while now, even tho I’m not sure why. This is a book that’s been taunting me for ages…. I first heard about it years ago… then stumbled upon it in Waterstones one day. Its not normally appealing, the formating is very standard, apart from the diary form ‘chapters’. I recall narrow margins and pages of text, which makes it very unappealing. However the story of a nobody observing the world and school he exists in, reminds me a little of myself. I don’t know if I’ll ever read this… but its a grower for sure… this is probably one of my favourite books that I haven’t read yet.
oh I’ve just checked my phone: 200 pages, Good paper & font, cheap but bad kerning.
Life on the Refridgerator Door
This is probably my first true ‘girly’ book, which I’m regretfully proud of. Regretfully, because I guess I should have found one a lot earlier. But anyways… not very many pages, and short well formatted chunks of text. Basically this is what it says it is, notes left on the fridge door about the relationship between a mother and daughter (if I remember correctly). Whilst I didn’t read much of this book in the shop, it did make a large enough impact on me to ‘phone-it’ … hate reading? you’ll love reading this.
the average american male
Wow, this is a good’un. A cool front cover, not that many pages (250ish), tiny chapters (the first is called ‘Christmas with Mom and Dad’ and the word count is 3 ‘Same old bullshit’) perfect. It gets better. Apparently it sparked a youtube storm… which is probably a load of bollocks as I haven’t had chance to check it out yet… but the story is about a guy thats young enough to know what he wants in life (sex) and old enough to know what he doesn’t want in life (commitment… and a partner with a fat ass). This book is absolutely incredible, I only bought it today and have read half of it already and I don’t want it to ever end. If this was a blog or a channel on youtube, I’d check it out every day for years. Women need to read this to know how we (men) think… and men need to read this to laugh at how fucking ridiculous we are and confirm that we’re not alone. Oh and the paper is average, loads of dialogue (makes for quick reading), smallish font (boo!) … standard margins… nothing special on the formating front but the subject matter is worth it.
A full 5 stars awarded. If you don’t buy this book, you are an arse.
Edit: a youtube frenzy? uhh no. However the clips are funny:
Jonathan Livingston Seagull wow, this is a stunning book, its perfect. small enough to fit in your pocket, cheap enough to buy if you’re skint (£6), good paper, great formatting, only 87 pages and half of them are full page photos, can be read in under an hour… and… it has the best story ever.
I first grabbed this offa my mate about 16yrs ago… then I was 17 or so, I thought I knew everything, yet hadn’t actually achieved anything, loved skateboarding and wanted to help people in life. Now I’m 34, know I know nothing, achieved a few things, love skateboarding and still want to help people in life…. and this little book hit me in the face like a wet trout. Seriously, its the sort of book that russell grant could have written, because it applies to everyone that has a dream to achieve something in their life… and for those that have a passion that needs constant effort and commitment to continue working towards that dream. This is beautiful fiction imo… click the picture to read the amazon comments. I very often give this book as a gift to my friends. A truely golden book.
Wrong About Japan
short book, 150 odd pages, plus a few full page pictures thrown in. Decent sized font, with good kerning and line spacing, very easy on the eyes. The margins are big to, so the line length is pretty short. A real non-readers book this, tho rubbish smelly paper. I knocked out a chapter in Waterstones, bought it, and read another chapter in Starbucks… and I’m now about quarter of the way through the book. The story is a journal type thing about a dad discovering the hidden messages within Manga and anime history with his obsessed son Charley. Its an alright read, nothing stunning, you may learn something about japanese history, Godzilla being an animated response to the A-Bomb for an example, however Manga fan will probably enjoy this book the most. I felt a bit embarrassed carrying a pink Anime covered book about, luckily it fitted in my pocket tho.
Snow
A dinky book, easily readable at 90 pages (ish). I bit like a little hard back with a cover and all that. A nice story too, its about a coming of age story whereby this dude is supposed to become a monk or a warrior, instead he decides to become a poet. I like little books, but I probably won’t buy this. Its a bit lovey for me. Paper was ok, nothing stunning, cheap book, and I don’t recall many paragraphs tho, so a bit fiddly on the formating for my eyes.
