bookshelves: audiobooks, currently-reading, own_it, young_adult
I got this hardcover for Xmas and am looking forward to rounding off the series - I think this might be the last one, which would be sad :(. I love these books (guilty pleasure)! ]]>
bookshelves: audiobooks, food, locavore, memoir, myfaves, non-fiction, popular_lit, read_2009
**Rereading, recomitting to a healthy lifestyle for both myself and my community...listening to it this time, read by all 3 of the authors. Ok, can I just say that I LOVE Barbara Kingsolver, that I think she's a genius, one of the strongest forces for social justice, environmental change, and plain old good in this country, and that if I could spin a tale as persuasively as she can....well, that would just be awessome!**
People are always referencing 'the book that changed their life' - this is it for me. It is SO well written, no too preachy, just informative. But Kingsolver's case is rock solid and compelling.
She has changed, permanently, the way I think about food. I finished this book over 1 week ago, and I still find myself thinking about it daily!
We already belong to a CSA (community supported agriculture) but we'll rely more on our year-round farmer's market for more whole foods/veggies that are in season around here...we just don't get enough sunlight on our wooded lot to get any veggies. There is so much we can do to decrease our carbon footprint that we already thought we were minimizing! So many great ideas in here..
Barbara is still my favorite author!! ]]>
101. Animal Vegetable Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver - reread, so worth it. ]]>
bookshelves: non-fiction, to-read, travel
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bookshelves: food, locavore, non-fiction, to-read
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bookshelves: chicklit, partially_read
Just yuck. Couldn't get past the first 30 pages, finally gave up and brought it back to the library. ]]>
bookshelves: audiobooks, popular_lit, read_2009, young_adult
What a fantastic book!! It was read by the author, and he has a reservation indian accent that is a pleasure to listen to. This story has so much heart and hope - it made me laugh and it made me cry (more laughing than crying, don't worry!) and it brought so many issues that contemporary Native Americans grapple with to light.
Great great story of a young man's decision to change schools and the broadening implications of this into all areas of his life and culture.
I LOVED the descriptions of Grandmother Spirit - her tolerance and acceptance seem almost saintly. "What do I care if a man wants to marry another man? The only thing I want to know is who is going to pick up the dirty socks?" Awesome.
Absolutely, whole-heartedly recommended. ]]>
bookshelves: read_2009, young_adult
I agree with most other reviewers. This book was quite reminiscent of The Village (M. Night Shyamalan), and it therefore felt recycled and predictable. I was thankful it was a short book, because there's no emotional hook in this story, and the twist is quite drawn out.
It's tough to write books to companion a story as fantastic as The Giver, I can only imagine. The results are nearly always disappointing, and this is no exception. ]]>
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review of Gathering Blue (The Giver, #2):
"Going into this book knowing that it is the companion to The Giver did not do me any favors. The problem is that The Giver is so darn good that any "companion" would not live up to it. This is what happened.
One problem is that t...more "
"Going into this book knowing that it is the companion to The Giver did not do me any favors. The problem is that The Giver is so darn good that any "companion" would not live up to it. This is what happened.
One problem is that t...more "
bookshelves: kidsbooks
I LOVE MERCER MAYER books! Little critter is one of my fave characters of kids books everywhere! ]]>