Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Kids of Appetite by David Arnold

"The lived, and they laughed, and they saw that it was good."

I just want to start out by saying I love this book.  David Arnold has done it again.  Mosquitoland is one of my favorites and I wondered how he would ever live up to it, but he did.  I just can't get it out of my head.  There are so many wonderful lines in this book.  Lines that make you stop what you are doing and just sit there and think.  I took so many pictures of this book, parts that I just loved and wanted to remember.  Lines from the book that I had to text to my wife so she could read them.  In fact I am trying to convince her to get a tattoo with me that was inspired by this book so that we "never lose each other."  I think all I can do at this point is leave some of those pictures here and let you see for yourself.  And after you have looked at these pictures, go read it!





From Amazon:

The bestselling author of Mosquitoland brings us another batch of unforgettable characters in this tragicomedy about first love and devastating loss.

Victor Benucci and Madeline Falco have a story to tell.

It begins with the death of Vic’s father.
It ends with the murder of Mad’s uncle.
The Hackensack Police Department would very much like to hear it.
But in order to tell their story, Vic and Mad must focus on all the chapters in between.

This is a story about:

1. A coded mission to scatter ashes across New Jersey.
2. The momentous nature of the Palisades in winter.
3. One dormant submarine.
4. Two songs about flowers.
5. Being cool in the traditional sense.
6. Sunsets & ice cream & orchards & graveyards.
7. Simultaneous extreme opposites.
8. A narrow escape from a war-torn country.
9. A story collector.
10. How to listen to someone who does not talk.
11. Falling in love with a painting.
12. Falling in love with a song.
13. Falling in love.

2 comments:

  1. Reading this review, I found I am really excited to give this book a shot.

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    1. It is an amazing book. It was by far my favorite book of last year, and I read a lot of great ones.

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