Summer Reading Project

Over the summer I read Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan. All through-out the book there seems to be a reoccurring question on whether books are good or books are bad. In the beginning of the book the main character, Clay Jannon, is a big fan of paper because he just recently got fired from a job at a company that only ever used computers. Here is a quote from Clay at the beginning of the book to show his original impression of books, "My name is Clay Jannon and those were the days when I rarely touched paper.”  However, further into he book when he meets Mr. Penumbra, they tam up to uncover a secret that will change the world. To uncover this secret, they must use the art of technology.
The theme of this book is to not fight the world changing around us, but to move with it. I perfect example of this is at the last 40 pages of the book. In this section of the book, Clay and his girlfriend Kat put together a team of highly qualified Google employees to crack the code that will unleash the secret to immortality.  

The following article is review on Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Boostore. I think tat it perfectly sums up the main idea and point of the book. I really liked how in the article it gives you the wonderfully wise words of Clay as he ends his story with a good quote.

Watch this video with the author Robin Sloan.