B is for Books

I absolutely love reading for pleasure. But lately it’s been hard for me to keep up on my ever-increasing book list because I have to spend all my spare time reading my Civil Litigation, Fourth Edition textbook.

However, after eight hours of work and three hours of class I am usually pretty brain dead, so I occasionally allow myself to cheat and do some pleasure reading on my bus ride home. My current read, given to me for my birthday by my sister is a novel called LAMB: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal.

The book is a behind-the-scenes look at the original boy wonder. A few of the neat things I can expect to discover are:

• What to do if your kid's face suddenly appears on every loaf of bread in town.
• The proper method for choosing a harlot.
• How sarcasm was invented. (Yeah, really.)
• The history of the martial art specifically designed for boys from Nazareth (aka Jewdo).
• What the rough draft of the Sermon on the Mount sounded like.
• How to tell when an image of the Virgin Mary is a bona fide vision... and when it's just elephant poop.
• How bunnies came to be associated with Easter.

I've read some reviews that call this book irreverent and offensive, but if there is a God, I think I like Voltaire's take on him: God is a comedian playing to an audience that is afraid to laugh.

I have to say, I’m only on page 32 and this book is hysterically funny and completely entertaining. I think I’m going to have a really hard time limiting reading it to the occasional bus ride home from school. So far, I highly recommend that you check it out yourself.