Shit My Dad Says

So as far as I am aware everyone who spends any time on the internet is at least partially aware of the Twitter of Justin Halpern...also called Shit My Dad Says. The basic premise is that a 28 year old is dumped by his girlfriend and he moves back in with his parents, of which his retired father is 73, and in my opinion one of the great philosophers of our day.

From the Twitter page Justin expanded out and actually put out a memoir style book of the same title, Shit My Dad Says. I picked the book up a few days ago and in just a couple hours had flown through it. I could not put the book down. The intro explains the whole premise of the book, the Twitter page, and from there we have stories from Justin's youth that he and his family had sat down to reminisce about.

The book is broken up into a series of 3 to 5 page stories with 4 to 5 pages of quotes from his dad in between. This form fits the book perfectly as I had read a bit of the Twitter and having the little backgrounds behind some of the quotes really lets you learn how he grew up and a lot about the father/son bond. I read this book in 1 sitting. At 159 pages the book isn't too long but I feel it is honestly the perfect size for someone who is busy but still would like to read a great book full of funny stories and once going through it actually feel that deep down there was a lot of love put into this book in both the writing and also in the father/son bond that you learn about.

Seriously if you haven't heard about this, get it. If you have it, read it. Bottom line...it's amazing and it deserves to be read by everyone...

10 out of 10