Change your life, goddamn it. What's wrong with you?

Can a book change your life? What actually changes your life? Can you pinpoint the moment or period?

I’m one of those people whose life was changed by a book. It’s the Bible. Have you heard the good news of Jesus?

Just kidding, it was Catch-22 by Joseph Heller.

Despite all this brilliance you see on the internet from me, I’m actually a slow reader. I was dyslexic as a child and couldn’t read until very late, way behind my class. I was held back in second grade because I couldn’t hardly read. To this day, I can relax my brain and all text looks Chinese.

How appropriate and fuck you world that I became a writer, huh?

Well, I think so, anyway. Screw you.

I have only read two books (complete novels) in one sitting. Catch-22 and The World According To Garp.

The World According To Garp I loved. I literally couldn’t put it down, and I when I was done, I had thoroughly enjoyed myself. Catch-22 was different. I couldn’t put it down either, but when I was done and sat it there on the bed next to me, the world was completely different. I looked at everything completely different.

It was a brand new world, much scarier, much, much, much weirder.

Even though it’s 2016 and nobody much reads anymore, I recommend it.

I’m starting to see why they teach kids to read. I’m, like, seriously thinking it might be a good idea.