(Mathew Honan)I think this is the laziest book I've ever read. As the author outlines in the introduction, he set up a simple webpage (http://barackobamaisyournewbicycle.com/) that fetches a single, complementary statement about Obama each time you visit. Here, in the book, is all of them in one place. Why can't that just be on the website? Because then I guess the author can't charge twelve fucking dollars for this book. (Three dollars more than a Horus Heresy novel!) I mean, what's next, is the guy behind isitchristmas.com going to get a book deal (I can see the pitch now: "It'll be 364 pages that say no - then the last one will say yes!")?
If you think I'm being too hard on this book, here is literally all of the text that appears on a single page (I'd give you the number, but even those are apparently too much work):
"Barack Obama is the beginning of spring training."
"Barack Obama listens to your podcast as soon as it shows up in iTunes."
Needless to say, I feel bad for the trees that gave up thier lives to make this worthless book. Rarely has a book earned its grade as richly as this one has strived for the coveted
Grade: F-
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