This Book is Full of Spiders (Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It)

Book #183 (Unique books)
Book #39 in 2012

 This Book is Full of Spiders (Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It)

by David Wong

"WARNING: You may have a huge, invisible spider living in your skull. THIS IS NOT A METAPHOR.

You will dismiss this as ridiculous fearmongering. Dismissing things as ridiculous fearmongering is, in fact, the first symptom of parasitic spider infection-the creature secretes a chemical into the brain to stimulate skepticism, in order to prevent you from seeking a cure. That's just as well, since the "cure" involves learning what a chain saw tastes like.

You can't feel the spider, because it controls your nerve endings. You can't see it, because it decides what you see. You won't even feel it when it breeds. And it will breed. So what happens when your family, friends, and neighbors get mind-controlling skull spiders? We're all about to find out.

Just stay calm, and remember that telling you about the spider situation is not the same as having caused it. I'm just the messenger. Even if I did sort of cause it.

Either way, I won't hold it against you if you're upset. I know that's just the spider talking."

October 30th to November 16th - 18 days - 406 pages

Notes:

Liked John Dies at the End better. Didn't love it. :( (Sorry David Wong.)

John Dies at the End

Book #95 (Unique books)
Book #42 in 2009

John Dies at the End
by David Wong a.k.a. Jason Pargin

"This may be the story of John and David, a drug called soy sauce, and other-worldly beings invading the planet. Or, it may be the story of two beer-drinking friends who live in an unnamed Midwestern town and only think something horrific is going on. But the important thing is, according to the narrator, 'None of this is my fault.'"

December 4th to December 7th - 3 1/2 days

103 books read total (re-reads, audiobooks, etc. (since 2007))

Notes:
♥ ♥ ♥
HOLY OH MY GOODNESS I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH.

Stayed up into all hours of the night reading. 4:00 AM the first night, 4:30 AM the second night, 5:30 AM the third night (but then was way overly tired and had to go to sleep with about 16 pages left). I am very proud of this staying-up-all-night-to-read business.