Dan Josefson novel begins very dark with Benjamin the main character being put into boarding school. Benjamin sixteen years old, with failed suicides attempts. During the reading the term “Popped” caught my attention. Josefson described the meaning of the word as something forbidden or taken away. Benjamin has to get use to his morning meds, popped privileges and meetings to watch cartoons. The overview of the reading was enough to draw an avid reader.
During the reading Josefson introduced a few characters in his book. Pudding was bullied and tormented by the other children. Pudding got busted up with a shovel for hiding pancakes in his pockets. Ellie one of the staff members who watched over the boys. William one of the rebellious children in the school. Aubrey, the founder and headmaster who was falling sick.
Josefson's novel seems comical, hilarious, cute, dark and intelligent. "That's Not A Feeling" is like Ben Stiller's "Heavyweights". Pudding one of the characters in this comical book reminded me of Jerry from the movie. Pudding hid pancakes in his pockets while Jerry his candy and other delicious treats for the other heavyweights under his pillow.
Josefson is a great reader and he presented his book well. The style of the book is clean. He seemed a little timid and kind of shy. He is very soft spoken he answers questions well. He made points and gave reason to his points in his answers. He made his audience want to buy his book. His inspiration for writing the book was working at a boarding school. It too him over six years to write the book.
I recently started reading this book online and I would recommend it to everyone. It made me laugh and it made me happy. I give this book three thumbs up and I haven’t finish reading it yet. Josefson is a strong writer. I love his work so far and I hope he writes more book in the future. It was a pleasure meeting him. I enjoyed the reading.
