One of my biggest occupational hazard is checking out more books than I can possibly have time to look at. Since starting at the library I've adopted a much more ADD reading structure than I've had in the past. At any given time there are multiple books that I am attempting to read, however, last week I found a book that I actually sat down and read in its entirety. I was first drawn to the cover of King Dork by Frank Portman because of its relation to The Catcher in the Rye. I was hooked when I read this passage:

"Oh wait: I should mention that The Catcher in the Rye is this book from the fifties. It is every teacher's favorite book. The main guy is a kind of misfit kid superhero named Holden Caulfield. For teachers, he is the ultimate guy, a real dreamboat. They love him to pieces. They all want to have sex with him, and with the book's author, too, and they'd probably even try to do it with the book itself if they could figure out a way to go about it. It changed their lives when they were young. As kids, they carried it with them everywhere they went. They solemnly resolved that, when they grew up, they would dedicate their lives to spreading The Word. It's kind of like a cult."

Although technically a 'Young Adult' novel, I loved it. It had a very Nick Hornby-esque quality about it. And I confess, when I read the passage about Catcher, I thought of all the people I've foisted the book upon. Some who have joined me in their love for Holden Caulfield, others who didn't see the big deal.