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It seems like in every class we always bring up James Frey and the infamous A Million Little Pieces book.  I read the book in high school and loved every part of it.  When I was reading it though I knew that it was basically a fake book.  My sister owned it and I needed something to read for an english class and asked her for some ideas.  I actually wanted to read one of her Stephen King books but she told me that she thought I would really enjoy A Million Little Pieces.  And to be completely honest I didnt even want to read it just because of the cover.  How would I look walking around the halls of a High School with a book in my hand that was a light blue color with a hand that was covered in rainbow sprinkles?  But I trusted her so I gave it a shot.  I was so glad I did too because it is a fantastic book. It just always baffles me how upset people got when they found out the book was a fake.  Aren't most books fake?  Yeah I guess it got under people's skin that Oprah endorsed it and he never came clean and when Oprah endorses something, even God reads it.  So that boosted his sales by a good amount.  But even if we knew it was a lie why can't people look at it as a fiction book.  A good story.  One about friendship, love, drug abuse, and the difficutlies of getting over that drug abuse.  I read it now also and it amazes me the amount of detail he can go into in describing the different situations he "went" through.  I wonder if he would have made the main character someone else if people would have flipped as much, but since he is the main character people find it to be a load of BS.  The other thing that amazes me is he came out with a second book then also called My Friend Leonard.  If you search for the book on Amazon and read some of the comments, the top comments are all from disapointed readers that found out the first one was fake so they won't read the second one.  To me that just sounds like people don't simpathize with him anymore, like there isn't someone who's life is worse then theirs.  I always think people are looking for that next rundown, Danny Bonaduce type of character that they can read about or watch about because it makes people feel better about their own lives.  I love A Million Little Peices and I am hoping to find enough money and time to buy My Friend Leonard and read it.