diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1503dd9..34a5ae8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-books/
\ No newline at end of file
+books/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2a71b6e..25526ca 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # bookbot
 
-BookBot is my first project!
+BookBot is my first [Boot.dev](https://www.boot.dev) project!
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 8ce665c..ba8b0d4 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -1,23 +1,41 @@
-chars = {}
-filename = 'books/frankenstein.txt'
+import sys
+from stats import (
+    get_num_words,
+    chars_dict_to_sorted_list,
+    get_chars_dict,
+)
 
-with open(filename) as f:
-    print(f"--- Begin report of {filename} ---")
-    file_contents = f.read()
 
-    words = len(file_contents.split())
-    print(f"{words} words found in the document\n")
+def main():
+    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+        print("Usage: python main.py <path_to_book>")
+        sys.exit(1)
+    book_path = sys.argv[1]
 
-    for char in file_contents:
-        lower = char.lower()
-        if 'a' <= lower and lower >= '<':
-            if lower not in chars:
-                chars[lower] = 0
-            chars[lower] += 1
+    text = get_book_text(book_path)
+    num_words = get_num_words(text)
+    chars_dict = get_chars_dict(text)
+    chars_sorted_list = chars_dict_to_sorted_list(chars_dict)
+    print_report(book_path, num_words, chars_sorted_list)
 
-    sorted_dict = dict(sorted(chars.items(), key=lambda item: item[1], reverse=True))
 
-    for char in sorted_dict:
-        print(f"The '{char}' character was found {chars[char]} times")
+def get_book_text(path):
+    with open(path) as f:
+        return f.read()
 
-    print('--- End report ---')
+
+def print_report(book_path, num_words, chars_sorted_list):
+    print("============ BOOKBOT ============")
+    print(f"Analyzing book found at {book_path}...")
+    print("----------- Word Count ----------")
+    print(f"Found {num_words} total words")
+    print("--------- Character Count -------")
+    for item in chars_sorted_list:
+        if not item["char"].isalpha():
+            continue
+        print(f"{item['char']}: {item['num']}")
+
+    print("============= END ===============")
+
+
+main()
diff --git a/stats.py b/stats.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3385b7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stats.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+def get_num_words(text):
+    words = text.split()
+    return len(words)
+
+
+def get_chars_dict(text):
+    chars = {}
+    for c in text:
+        lowered = c.lower()
+        if lowered in chars:
+            chars[lowered] += 1
+        else:
+            chars[lowered] = 1
+    return chars
+
+
+def sort_on(d):
+    return d["num"]
+
+
+def chars_dict_to_sorted_list(num_chars_dict):
+    sorted_list = []
+    for ch in num_chars_dict:
+        sorted_list.append({"char": ch, "num": num_chars_dict[ch]})
+    sorted_list.sort(reverse=True, key=sort_on)
+    return sorted_list