Good Books For Guys Novels & Stories

He asked, yawning as he closed his and slipped the cap onto the open pen, he leaned back into the chair as I set my phone onto the table. "It was good... a bit boring", I said, trying to cover the real truth. I had never called a book boring in my lifetime, but with him in front of me, everything else became boring to look at or even do. "How was your book?" I asked, and he began telling me how the book was, and I listened intently hoping he kept analyzing his book. He proved my theory right, everyone in The Great Gatsby was somewhat mentally ill, they were no good guys or girls, just people getting by.

"The really trashy ones with shirtless men on the covers and plots that make no logical sense." "Why is that embarrassing?" "Because they're ridiculous. The heroes are always billionaires or dukes or Navy SEALs who are mysteriously available and emotionally articulate." "And you don't think that exists in real life?" "I think real life is messier. More complicated. Real men have baggage and communication issues and don't always know the right thing to say." Something flickered across his face. "Speaking from experience?" I took a long sip of wine. "Maybe." "The Italian man?" I nearly choked. "What?"