The life of a Catholic school teacher

It took me a month to finish reading this book, which is good considering books that I'm not "into" can lay dormant on my nightstand for several months before I finish them. This book, as you may recall is the one that details the life of a man who has known the exact date of the end of the world since being in the womb. I was completely engrossed in it, despite the various narrators in the beginning being a bit hard to keep track of. I have to wonder though about the voice that talks to the main character, Junior, throughout the book. This is the voice that tells him about the "Destroyer of Worlds" and continues to talk to him throughout his life. Who was the voice supposed to be? The voice implies that there is more than one of "them". The book, also alludes to there being nothing after the end of the world, no afterlife, no God. In fact, Junior makes reference to his daughter's silhouette being as thin as "God's alibi". Interesting. All I can say is, I may possibly have nightmares tonight.

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From my favorite Saturday afternoon movie: "You've Got Mail". This is part of the e-mail that Meg Ryan sent to Tom Hanks after being stood up (or so she thought) for her date with her online friend and then not hearing from him for a while.

"The odd thing about this form of communication is that you're more likely to talk about nothing than something. But I just want to say that all this nothing has meant more to me than so many somethings. So, thanks."

I love how she is basically saying 'thanks for nothing'. She's not being rude and blunt about it though...she's using a more wordy way to say it, which, I suppose is a good thing for her character to do since she reads so much.

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Or as future hubby said I should call this part: Daily Cup O'Joe.

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