Fahrenheit 451/Ray Bradbury/159 pgs.

I thought I had read this book years ago, but if I did, I really erased it from my mind. What a good book! The premise of firemen actually starting fires instead of putting them out, is hard to imagine. Guy Montag is a fireman in this dystopian society, and pretty "happy" with his lot in life until he meets his young next door neighbor, Clarisse. Montag's job as a fireman is to destroy books, and the houses that contain the books. Clarisse is a "free spirit" who causes Montag to question his life, the world, and his impact on the world. For such a short novel, it packs quite a punch. I understand why it has been on reading lists for such a long time.