Because without her, I am only revolutions of ruin

I read a book several months ago, called House of Leaves. I've tried to explain it to people who haven't read it, and I haven't done a very good job. It's by Mark Z. Danielewski. To try to explain it again, it's a book about a house that's bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. Or, more specifically, it's a journal about a research document about a documentary about a family who lives in a house that's bigger on the inside than the outside. Which doesn't really make sense. Ok, there's the main "document" which is a critical analysis of a fictional movie called "The Navidson Record" which is a documentary about the Navidson family, who lives in a house that grows when they're not paying attention. But only on the inside. But, in addition to this document, there is a journal by a character named Johnny Truant, who finds this document in the house of a recently expired man named Zampano. Confused yet? I figured as much. Anyway, it's probably the most engaging and terrifying books that I've ever read. Danielewski defys convention in his writing style. Every time the word "house" appears in the book (in english or in any other language), it is in blue. Sometimes there are only one or two words on a page. Sometimes the words are upsidedown. Sometimes they spiral. It all serves to create this incredible feeling of claustrophobia while you're reading it.

Anyway, all of that was to tell you why I'm so excited for a new book. MZD released a new book in September called Only Revolutions (go here www.onlyrevolutions.com for a audio of a reading of part of the book.). I've never been this excited for a book before in my life. From what I hear, this new book is kind of like an epic poem. It is a love story between two characters named Sam and Hailey. Sam's story is on one side of the book, and to get Hailey's story, you have to flip the book over. Sam and Hailey, according to the dust jacket, are two perpetual sixteen year olds, perpetually living in summer, and moving through various historical events in history. The publisher reccomends reading eight pages of Sam's story, then flipping the book over and reading 8 pages of Hailey's story, and so on. Which sounds like a lot of work right? Right. But, I bet it'll be amazing. Anyway, that's where that title came from. It's a quote. So, hooray new book!