Telepathic Gorilla-Genius

Hooray for my first post.
I was in the process of reading Cat’s Cradle by Vonnegut, but I’ve put that book to the side in order to forgo the usual insecure feelings I get when I read it. It isn’t relatable to my life at all, so why do I feel insecure reading it? It has to do with certain minor embarrassments that I’ve had to suffer through in the past couple weeks and would rather forget.
Overall, the book is really entertaining and worth reading. The main character is trying to write a book about the inventor of the atom bomb. He ends up getting caught up in a cast of strange characters and a goofy religion called ‘Bokonism.’ I’m sure that Vonnegut is trying to get across some kind of "interconnectedness" concept, but I didn’t get far enough into the book to find out. I’m excited to finish it, but perhaps at a different time in my life.
So instead of Cat’s Cradle, I’ve decided to pass my pathetic, sloth-like time by reading Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. The book has been continuously recommended to me. I even had a guy in my previous class tell me it changed his life and way of thinking. (The same guy gave me one of the best hugs I’ve ever had, so I have faith in his opinion.)
I started it today and I’m already half way done with it. It has completely captured my attention. You start to put yourself into the shoes of the narrator. You start to believe that you’re this person sitting in a chair, in the middle of an empty room, having a philosophical conversation with an intelligent, telepathic gorilla.
Okay. Pause. I didn’t realize how retarded the concept of the book was until I just wrote that sentence. But, despite the out-there scenario, the book really does get you thinking. About what, you may ask? How we’ve made the creation of humankind into a myth. How we are disillusioned when it comes to our future. How we are flawed and bound to fuck things up. How we understand that there is some unattainable knowledge out there, some unattainable law, that can help us prevent destruction and tell us how to live. These are a few things gorilla-man has taught me so far in the book, and I’m sure there are more enlightening things to come. Wikipedia says (and we all know that wikipedia knows everything): "It examines mythology, its effect on ethics, and how that relates to sustainability."
I really like it. So if you're interested in a book about a telepathic gorilla-genius, Ishmael is the book for you.