I didn't ask but I'm glad you told me. [Not That You Asked] by Steve Almond

Eloquent and insightful essays with consistent literary payoff--similar to Eggers or Sedaris, but like, way funnier.

This guy writes with the perfect amount of narcissistic navel-gazing that makes modern essay writing appealing and relatable to people like me (people who struggle with their own self-importance and vulnerabilities and, and--and you know, stuff like that).

I read little bits of "10 Ways I Killed My Daughter Within the First 72 Hours of Life" out loud to my boyfriend because the descriptions of his newborn daughter's digestive activities---one which Almond lovingly referred to as "The Great Hot Mustard Incident"--were just perfect.

I would gladly recommend this book to any person that I like. The topics in this book span the entire gamut of human emotion and experience. A bunch of them anyway. 

I rate this book 9 out of 10 floor monies because the political section-"The Demagogue Days"-was self-indulgent. I was like, alright c'mon. But then it got better when he went on to talk about his daughter's poos. Yes!