
This book started from a twitter account that Justin Halpern set up in August 2009. Justin set up the twitter account as an archive for the off the wall advice that his Dad would tell him. It all started when his friend posted a link to his twitter account. Comedian Rob Cordry then began retweeting his tweets. Before long, his twitter account was mentioned to the Daily Show. By June of 2010, Justin Halpern had 1,416,000 followers.
By September 2009, Justin was sifting through book deals. In October 2009, he signed the deal with Harper Collins to write a book based on the twitter feed. His long time friend, Patrick Shumacker, helped him make the book possible. On May 4, 2010, the book was released. During the first week, the book reached #8 on the New York Time Best Seller List.
This book is hilarious. It took me three days to read this book, I literally had to force myself to put it down. I was laughing so hard all the way through it. There were times, my kids and husband would ask why I was laughing. Sh*t My Dad Says is basically what we hear a lot of our father’s telling us about life. The book does have heavy cursing in it. If you can get past that part, then it is a must read. You will be laughing so hard that it will make you cry. While reading this book, you may even reminisce about conversations that you had with your father.
Here is one excerpt from the book on tailgating the driver in front of him. “You sure do like to tailgate people…Right, because it’s real important you show up to the nothing you have to do on time.”
In November 2009, CBS announced that they wanted to make a series from the book and the twitter account. It will air in the 2010-2011 season.
Go out and buy this book now.
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