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A few weeks ago I picked up the book Microserfs which was on loan from a good friend of mine. He mentioned it would be a quick read, not full of much per say, but enjoyable none the less. This coming from an Ian Rankin reader, who also loves Anthony Bourdain citings. Lets put this into perspective here; I have not read a book (non technical of course) since very early in college, and even then, barely cracked the spine enough to give a second thought on the plot. So I was not at all ready to launch into a career of reading any time soon.

I really prefer softcover to hardcover as it is far more effecient reading something you can mangle to suit your reading preference, versus the hardcover where you are very fixed in your reading position. Getting back on track here, it was easy to see based on the cover that I might like this book. There was an image of a lego charachter wearing a backwards hat on a steril grey background. This reminded me of my early childhood days of intense Lego construction and consequent destruction.

For those of you that do not know, Microserfs is written in the kind of vernacular similar to a journal or diary. Not quite as sequential as a journal could be, but filling in gaps here and there based on a loose period of time (1 year approx.). It really is a fairly easy read for those that need a quick fix of someone elses life in their own. I can highly recommend this book.