Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs* (a low culture manifesto)

This is the book I'm currently reading. (Almost done!!)

I bought this book ages ago because one of my cousins had read it and thought it was hilarious and amazing (she was correct, except about the amazing part... there were some chapters that could've been shortened... so I guess she was really only correct about the hilarious part (in my opinion), but whatevs...). ANYWAY, after I bought the book, I kept trying to read it but could never get past the first couple chapters before a novel would steal my interest away (I'm a novel reader, if you hadn't noticed). The social commentary really isn't my thing.

By about the fourth time I tried (and failed) to read this book, I was pretty much done with it. In my opinion, a girl can only read a chapter so many times before she dreads it (I do this with other books too, like Pride and Prejudice... oftentimes I'll skip the entire first three pages).

So, when my book club was trying to decide our next great read, it took me all of three days to put this book up for consideration. It's taken me the better part of 3 months to read it (mostly because I keep reading novels, too) and I'm so glad I did! It was kind of a struggle for me, mainly because I'm not big on non-fiction--if you couldn't tell.

I suggest everybody read it! I can't wait for book club this weekend!

**My favorite chapter would have to be toward the end entitled: "All I Know Is What I Read in the Papers" and I think a great many of my former journalism teachers/professors would enjoy this chapter, as well.