People say they do it. Maybe I have even, but I'm lying mostly. I take breaks. A nap or two. Drink coffee. Slice the book in half, day one and day two. Rarely does a book suck me in and its prose overwhelm me so that I follow its winding trail to the end, straight through. Shove people away, forgo eating, sleeping, carry the book around with me and fall off subway platforms reading (happened to me once and I should be dead but that's another story). So many stars have to align, mental state, gaff hooked right in the gray matter with purchase and beauty. Yeah, yeah...his God Is A Bullet...I know, I know but THIS...good Lord. Sure, it's early in the game, but this one will be a stubborn killer to knock off my ledge this year. It transcends, it's heroic, achingly raw, Biblical. I dare you to read the first chapter. Dare you. Honestly, if there were more books like this I'd think quit shoveling around my mediocrity.
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The Sit
People say they do it. Maybe I have even, but I'm lying mostly. I take breaks. A nap or two. Drink coffee. Slice the book in half, day one and day two. Rarely does a book suck me in and its prose overwhelm me so that I follow its winding trail to the end, straight through. Shove people away, forgo eating, sleeping, carry the book around with me and fall off subway platforms reading (happened to me once and I should be dead but that's another story). So many stars have to align, mental state, gaff hooked right in the gray matter with purchase and beauty. Yeah, yeah...his God Is A Bullet...I know, I know but THIS...good Lord. Sure, it's early in the game, but this one will be a stubborn killer to knock off my ledge this year. It transcends, it's heroic, achingly raw, Biblical. I dare you to read the first chapter. Dare you. Honestly, if there were more books like this I'd think quit shoveling around my mediocrity.