The Reader’s Guide to Not ReadingLearn how to convince your friends that you’re an avid reader without reading a single word. Utilize techniques like page turning, eye movement, and note taking. Book Simulator includes interactive exercises that allow you to practice. Impress your friends and master the art of book simulation.Looking for humor, comedy, laughs, jokes, and all other forms of funny? … jokes, and all other forms of funny? Book Simulator is a humorous take on the conventions of a traditional book. While it pokes fun at various aspects of reading, it also celebrates the spirit of storytelling and encourages the exploration of future stories to come.
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I loved this book. As an avid reader, I found this to be a hoot and I enjoyed the game the author plays. I thought that the game ,might go on too long but it did not. It was perfect. This book is for the young at heart who knows how to enjoy a good book and a good laugh.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Filling a long-standing blank space in literature, Book Simulator by Chris Yee has finally landed. At long last Faux readers will be able to follow a well-crafted training plan that will allow them to fake out their more erudite well-read brethren. BookSi gives the impression that Faux readers are reading when in fact they are visualizing cashews on trolleys (Kindle location 118). This book has already made an impact at the highest levels of government. It is a coffee table book in most apartments at Swamp Towers.
This book can be valuable for all age and occupational groups from Parents to The Illiterate and many groups in between (to include robots in disguise). (Kindle location 15). While simulated reading can take place any time of the day, this manual has sections recommending optimal times. This is a superior social interaction avoidance device (SIAD) to the handphone. And it looks more intelligent.
Don’t be confused by occasional blank pages. They are provided so the readers can visualize freely. Exercises provide prompts that should stimulate reader abilities to fill the blank pages with hordes of imaginary creatures and situations. If you are some sort of a sick perv, everything is still SFW because all the crude stuff is only in your mind. Nothing appears on the non-existent page.
The enemy of all Faux readers are People Watchers (actual readers). These are to be avoided because ReadrSims end up in needless physical competition with Actual Readers and ReaderSims must flee. People Watchers may be training for the Olympics and ReaderSims won’t have a chance to outrun them. People watchers are dangerous literates jealous of the amount of money ReaderSims are saving by Simulation Reading. Follow the instructions in this book and never get caught. Practice eye contact, eye movement, page-turning itself as well as the timing of page turning. All of this can be done without reading one word. The best part is, it works in all languages.
Starting at 35% point of this book, the reader will proceed to advanced simulation. Readers may choose to be ranked as to competence by submitting validation credentials to the author of this book. The author may not accept the credentials or even acknowledge their submission in any way. Think of it like submitting a complaint to Facebook.
At some point in this book, two named characters will emerge. There is BookSi (Book Simulation Intelligence) and the Narrator. The narrator believes that books should have stories, characters, conflicts, and context. The Narrator is omniscient. BookSi, the presenter of this book from the beginning and the overall instructor up to the appearance of the Narrator, believes in no structure. One of them will disappear (die) at the end of this work.
This 132-page novel is fun. I found it in Amazon at the great price of USD0.00. This was a purchase price, not a KU read. It is clever, funny, and witty for any reader up to the point of the introduction of the Narrator. From that point, there is additionally a lot of subtle humor for authors and would-be authors. This gets five Amazon stars for creativity. Watch out for BookSi which will claim that there are many typos to be found throughout the work and will challenge the reader to find them.
BookSi lies.
This is a strange book, but refreshingly so. I’ll admit that I wasn’t sure to expect from this book based on the synopsis other than the promise of humor and that the first page had me more than a little dubious on whether this book would be for me… by page six I was rolling in laughter, terrifying my cat in the process. If you play video games, reading Book Simulator reminds me of playing The Stanley Parable (which I am going to play once finishing this review).
I love the irony of reading a book that is supposed to teach you how to pretend to read to give the impression that you are a reader. An intellectual. From discussing the pros and cons of book simulation at various times of the day to discussing basic book simulation techniques, Yee maintains a humorous voice that reads as almost motivational. You too can simulate reading with just these easy steps!
“If you do not get enough rest, you risk the possibility of falling asleep mid-simulation. Chances are you’ll drop that book right on your face and suffocate in your sleep. Your tombstone will claim that you died doing what you loved, wearing a book mask.”
This has happened to me. Not the dead bit, but the dropping-a-book-on-your-face bit. Book Simulator really discusses what it is to be an avid reader, poking fun at some of the habits we book addicts have, but for me it was a celebration of storytelling and a love story for all readers.
With imaginative descriptions such as unicorns on stilts (think about that for a bit!) and a flying rhinoceros with chicken legs in a pink skirt, you will be entertained and dazzled by a truly unique method of storytelling. I personally enjoyed the chapter on note-taking because I am a heathen and write in my books. I know what you are thinking. But no, I see it as my way of having a conversation with the author. But this isn’t about me. This is about how much I loved that chapter because even I have issues writing in books and that chapter resonated.
Things… shift around the mid-point of the book that I am not going to discuss because spoilers, but suffice it to say that this book keeps the reader guessing at its true objective and is incredibly clever. If you play video games, reading this book is similar to playing The Stanley Parable. This is precisely my sense of humor, but it may not be for everyone – all I can say is it does kind of serve a purpose.
“Take risks. Aim high. Be the cashew!”
Overall I was pleasantly surprised with this book and thoroughly enjoyed this read. If you decide to pick this up, I urge you to stick with it until the end (it’s only 122 pages!); it’s a great, fast read – or one that you can easily come in and out of – for any reading slump or lazy day where you don’t have the mental focus for something heavier. And I have to say how much I LOVED the epilogue.
I read the print version and am definitely interested to see how different the ebook format is to the process of book simulation. Many thanks to the author Chris Yee for sending me a free print copy of this book in exchange for my honest review, and I nabbed the eBook from Amazon to compare the versions!
On an unrelated note…I want to be known as the Read Genie. Can we make that happen?