false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255582520m/6184241.jpg 6184241 2 In infancy, Junior Thibodeaux is encoded with a prophesy: a comet will obliterate life on Earth in thirty-six years. Alone in this knowledge, he comes of age in rural Maine grappling with the question: <I>Does anything I do matter?</I> While the voice that has accompanied him since conception appraises his choices, Junior’s loved ones emerge with parallel stories—his anxious mother; his brother, a cocaine addict turned pro-baseball phenomenon; his exalted father, whose own mortality summons Junior’s best and worst instincts; and Amy, the love of Junior’s life and a North Star to his journey through romance and heartbreak, drug-addled despair, and superheroic feats that could save humanity. While our recognizable world is transformed into a bizarre nation at endgame, where government agents conspire in subterranean bunkers, preparing citizens for emigration from a doomed planet, Junior’s final triumph confounds all expectation, building to an astonishing and deeply moving resolution. Ron Currie, Jr., gets to the heart of character, and the voices who narrate this uniquely American tour de force leave an indelible, exhilarating impression. 6364388 25 6 2009 Everything Matters!: A Novel total:244|5:84|4:100|3:46|2:9|1:5| 244 981 837 83 3 0 false false Thu Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 09:28:58 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 09:48:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 20:25:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 20:36:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 21:28:46 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 21:29:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 5 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 15:51:14 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 16:02:20 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 16:49:58 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 11:47:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 15:52:03 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 05:22:27 -0700 2009 Everything Matters has a unique and provocative premise. Junior is told while still in the womb that the world will end thirty-six years after his birth when a giant comet will slam into the planet. The voices that inform him of this catastrophe remain with him throughout his life as he struggles ...more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 12:08:29 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 10:07:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 17 15:40:43 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 10 21:45:34 -0800 2009
And after finishing it, all I can say is DAMN.

I was absolutely hooked by several of Currie's techniques/skills. Even though I didn't pay close attention to the numbers in the countdown, they were always in m...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Mar 03 08:51:16 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 09 08:55:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 08:35:20 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 10:11:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 11:41:41 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 18:53:44 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 22:25:23 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 14:36:21 -0700 2009
While still in utero, Junior Thibodeaux hears a voice inside his head: in exactly thirty-six years the earth will be destroyed by a giant comet. How does the “fourth-smartest” person in the history of the world cope with this ...more...]]> 5 11 false false Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 13:23:28 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 06:42:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 07:15:25 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 08:52:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 05:34:52 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 11:05:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 14:31:32 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 09:35:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 08:41:01 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 15 06:39:30 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 21:11:22 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 13:21:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 14:28:18 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 11:20:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 11:46:38 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 15:38:50 -0700 2009 God is Dead and as a result I really wanted to love Currie's new book. The end of the world? What's not to love, especially when I've read so many end-of-the-world books?

You'll ask yourself "does anything matter?" as you read this, because you pretty much HAVE to...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6184241