Jones

This scene of terror is repeated all too often in elk country every season. Over the years, the hunters’ screams of anguish have rocked the timber.
—Don Laubach and Mark Henkel, Elk Talk

he gets the rest of the trophies for having avoided all the car crashes and jail time and alcoholism on his cultural dance card. Or maybe the reward for lucking through all that—meth too, he guesses—is having been married ten years now to Peta, who doesn’t have to put up with motorcycle parts soaking in the sink, with the drips of Wolf-brand chili he always leaves between the coffee table and the couch, with the tribal junk he always tries to sneak up onto the walls of their next house.

I scowled at Justin, who was bent over at the side, laughing. “Dude,” he said, holding his stomach as he sat up. “I’m definitely using this shit in a book.”

“Justin, I swear to God…”

" I was blind, but now I see"

it made him clear on what he needed to do and how to do it

Contrast that to something else you could invest your cash in: books

There are so many amazing books out there. But there’s also a lot of crap. Some academics know their shit but can’t make it digestible for the layperson like you or I

We couldn’t understand why people were still trying to quit smoking with nicotine patches or talking over the top of people, or programming in destructive habits, or living by other peoples’ values, or starting projects that were destined to fail. If they just read a couple of books, they’d be able to avoid all of the all-too-common pitfalls.

Rules For Reading

We believe that a ‘good’ book is efficient on words, gives new insights to the reader, and opens the door to a positive shift in the reader’s behaviour.