 Less is usually more, but that's not always the situation. Keep watching to find out what book we're talking about today. Hi, welcome to Kyla's reading day. My name is Kyla Danagno. So today we're talking about the book Less. The author of the book is Andrew Sean Greer. The genre of the book is fiction, the theme of the book is literature. First of all, I love the cover of the book, right? It tells you so much about the story by just the cover, okay? So you see here, there's a guy falling out of the sky. He's wearing a gorgeous, cold-bought, cerulean, whatever blue you want to call. I think it's more of a true navy, but this suit is such a big deal in the entire book. The quote that I really love about the book is when Less says, it's a funny thing to be almost 50. I feel like I just learned how to be young. And that quote really resonates with me because for one, I'm 38 years old. I don't look 38 years old, right? I get it. I've been around the sun 38 times, but feel 18. I feel 24. I feel like I could do anything, right? And when I talk to nieces and nephews and cousins that are younger to me, I'm like, beating your 30s is having all the energy of your 20s. You just have more money, right? So I kind of understand why people say things like 30s is your new 20s and stuff like that because I feel incredible. I can't believe I am two years from 40 still learning new things, still trying new things like starting a YouTube channel. And it's like, man, for him to say I'm almost 50, but I still feel so young is so on point because your mind is young, especially to keep it sharp. So all kinds of things like reading, your body might start to get a little sluggish because like I just learned how to be young and that was almost over. So I read this book twice so far. The first time I read it, I tried to pick it up and read it and it was just a little bit slow for me at the time. I think I was too busy doing other things. So then the next time I read the book, I got the audio book, loved it. The narrator of the audio book is fantastic. And now it was starting to, the story was coming more live to me, right? Less Moroccan, less Cancun, less, it's like, I get it, right? It was almost like I had to jump into less. And I think that's because as I'm reading it, I'm reading it in the sound of my voice. I'm reading it like a 38 year old woman and hearing the male narrator narrate the book. I was like, I've seen when you're coming from less, I get what you're doing, right? So I really love that. And then the reason why this quote was so important to me is because there's a section of the book where the author is talking about time machines. And no matter what time you go back, whether it's the machine, whether it's hot tub time machine, whatever, you can never get past where you met that person, right? So if I meet you at 25, I can never see you younger than 25. Because to me, even my fondest memories will be of you at 25. And then through the rest of your life. And I was like, that's a really good point to tries. But I'm really glad I tried it because less was exceptional. It was so good. Like I was cheering for less. I was rooting for less. I was like, let's go, right? I really enjoyed it. And then even at the end where the father of his boyfriend, they have a conversation and you're just like, dang, let's go happen with Freddie, right? That takes me to what I reread this book 100%. Yes. I almost said 100% less, but I don't know if the pun will come across on video. I will definitely reread the book because less was the man, right? And my criteria on whether or not I would reread a book or better yet, my criteria on what makes a book reread a book is if I missed the characters. If I wonder, I wonder what less is doing. I wonder how I'll see less when I read it when I'm 40. I wonder how I'll see the book when I read it when I'm 39, right? If I am still thinking about the characters, if I finish a book and I'm like, what are, what do you think they'll be doing now? That's how I know I should reread a book. This one? Absolutely. I want to know exactly what less is doing next year. I want to know what he's doing in 10 years, like the couple that decided they'd be together for 10 years exactly and then reevaluate. I want to know. Give me the receipts. Let me know what's happening. So for that, yes, I would definitely reread the book less. I had a great time reading it the second time, but via audiobook and this time it did pop out to me in a different way than it did before. So let me know if you've read anything by Andrew Sean Greer and let me know if you're planning to pick up the next book. So until next time, this is Kyla Benigno and thanks for watching Kyla's Reading Day.