How To Read This Blog

I don't know whether to laugh, although that seems the best response. The very fact that it exists suggests all sorts of jokes, because it sounds like the start of a comedy skit, something along the lines of The Argument Clinic. I simply can't wrap my head around the idea. Can there actually be such literary supplements?

Whelp, in this great narcissistic age we live in, indeed there can. While trolling around Amazon this morning I found a book on how to use self help books properly. I am not making this up. Here it is.

Now, I want to stress that I do not mean in any way, shape, or form to disparage anyone seriously in need of help in overcoming any given problem. But how to read self help books effectively? Shouldn't the self help book itself guide you on whatever manner you need aid? Certainly no author genuinely interested in helping someone work through an issue presented it with, "Here now, in trying to help you effectively solve a problem I've written a book on how to overcome it. You won't be able to understand or implement any of its ideas or basic concepts, but there you are." Why wouldn't a self help book strive to be anything except helpful on its own terms?

To be fair, I have not read the book. There's at least one other on the subject too. But I stopped searching after that. Some things I'm not sure I want to know the answer.