Accept your fate and join me

Gentlemen, it is my great pleasure to unveil to you our next selection. An experimental parchment for a group of men not afraid to break from convention, not afraid to open their minds, not afraid to push their own limits. Making its start as a bundled heap of papers being passed around years ago, it finally made its way into parchment form in 2000, with collectible versions selling for over $200 today. The unconventional format and reportedly disjointed nature, as well as the girth of this parchment beg comparisons with A Winter’s Tale. By many accounts this parchment redefines what a book can be. Rather, to poach an Amazon review, this is more than a book. It’s an obsessive, paranoia inducing, claustrophobic, puzzle of a masterpiece. On the heels of some quick reads this will prove to be a contrast. Drawing obvious parallels with the endowment of a MOP, this selection is neither short in length nor quick to finish. Book clubs with mixed membership would dare not attempt such a read, one which a MOP would relish. The puzzle does not begin on page one. I offer these clues

• The format of this parchment precludes the ability to make an ebook. Therefore your’s truly is getting this one stamped
• Make sure you order the FULL COLOR version
• This book “leaves” a lot to the imagination
• The opening narrator, Johnny, could be accused of being absent from school without permission
• This parchment was accompanied by a companion piece, a full length album recorded by the author’s sister known professionally as Poe.

Finally, I leave you with this review from Amazon. “This book has already won; you cannot beat it.”
Accept your fate and join me

Living without Hope

We're going on a trip down a road less traveled. A road we've never explored into a world not of this world. This is the kind of book that separates mice from men. We'll read a post-apocalyptic tale from a current author. The novel won him a Pulitzer Prize. Critics argued it is too dark and depressing. The short novel (200 or so pages) has all the ingredients for men blessed with larger than life codpieces as we know. This story will test our emotional bedrock. I anticipate this adventure will exploit our beliefs as we try to calibrate the uncertainty posed in this epic journey of two. The Road will take us to places we don't want to go. Treat it like a gun in your home under lock. 

The author is highly regarded in literary circles. To his additional credit this book was made into a movie. Another clue, his previous book was also made into a movie in 2007. A movie I saw and found to be depressing, without merit or a plot, and no redeeming value. It went on to win many academy awards haha. 

Bottom line I'm not trying to justify this book selection. I am warning you it won't be a pretty read. This book could open sores by steering us on a walk to places we would never venture on our own. 

For now I'll leave you alone on The Road.

Pompous 

P.S. Plan to have a meeting in May