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    <body><![CDATA[I am not even halfway thru and I'm having a hard time. I feel like the author has repeated himself so many times already and there are tons of anecdotes that seem peripheral at best. I'm not sure I am going to be able to make it all the way thru the book]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This had some great quotes and helpful info. I liked the general idea, but not so keen on the author's constant references to himself and the way he does things to live more greenly. I understand him wanting it to be sort of personal, but this was not a memoir. Him making it so personally was sort o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17512544">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought this was going to be an interesting read since 'sustainability' was a topic that I am excited about.  However, it turned out to be the rantings of a crotchety old hippie.  (That became evident in Ch. 15 when he griped about movie theater loudness and needing government regulation on advert...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45994556">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[lots of good ideas but very preachy...thought i was back in church listening to a minister go on and on about how i should live my life...which is not to say, again, that i don't agree with him...it's just i avoid clubbing on my head]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A criticism I have for this book is that for those of us who “make Earth Day everyday” there is very little new information or inspiration.  We already understand local food, drive less, eat simple foods, understand the importance of community, we don’t shop the big box stores, etc  On second ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22788601">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm working on this book little-by-little, as it is a whole lot to digest.  Wann has some unquestionably salient points and suggestions for a simpler, yet higher-quality life(style). He also, however, takes it to the extreme in his personal life, which I find difficult to connect with:  While I agre...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19886569">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[About eschewing the money-is-everything/never-slow-down lifestyle in favor of treating ourselves and the planet more humanely. I especially enjoyed the chapter about “the real wealth of neighborhoods,” which reminded me that having a sense of community and easy access to supermarkets and librari...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39701652">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[live simply. buy less (actually, buy better). do without the tv. green is good. yup, got it. am doing it.<br/><br/>it was ok, maybe even good, just felt like it sometimes waffled between bragging and kooky. of course, you'd pretty much have to, wouldn't you? aren't prophets kinda like that?]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Got this book for Christmas, and while the subject interests me I just can't get past the author's insufferably pompous tone. The ideas are parroted from better books, and much of it reads like a rant. I am about halfway through and I just can't take any more! ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was hoping that this book would build where Wann's AFFLUENZA left off. It didn't. It offered some interesting facts, but few outlines for action. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed parts of this book but at times found myself daydreaming as I did when I read textbooks in college. There are some good concepts but nothing really new to me. I read it as a kick off to a year of less stuff for me and it did its job in that arena in reinforcing that less stuff doesn't mean...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44325766">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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