Years ago, I was in a bookstore with $20 in my wallet I planned to spend on a certain book. I flipped through Michael Medved's Hollywood vs. America, saw in print everything I had been saying to myself, my friends, and family for years, and decided that I owed it to Medved to buy the book. I didn't put it down until I finished it, and read it again and again.
If you haven't read it, you gotta.