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Feb 08

17

The End of the Alphabet by CS Richardson

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on February 17, 2008
Posted in Books Read 2008 • Canada • CS Richardson • Fiction  | 10 Comments

Delightful

Given only one month to live, 50 year old Ambrose Zephyr decides to take his wife, Zipper and travel around the world A-Z.

This is a love story first and far most. The destinations around the world are secondary and in fact they end up having to cut the trip short due to Amborse’s failing health. It is also about coming to terms with the inevitable loss.

Richardson’s prose jumps off the page while reading this poignant little story. It is funny, sad, and intelligent all at the same time. The only problem with it is that I wanted to know more. I wanted to know more about Ambrose and his wife’s history. This book was only 139 pages though it could have been still under 150, but our curiosity about the past could have been quenched.

I highly recommend this book and look forward to reading more by CS Richardson!
4/5

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Feb 08

11

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver and Steven L. Hopp

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on February 11, 2008
Posted in Barbara Kingsolver • Books Read 2008 • Non-Fiction  | 8 Comments

Non-Fiction
This is a feature lengh non-fiction book that was a family collaboration of the Kingsolver-Hopp Family.

Don’t expect plot, like Barbara Kingsolver’s fiction; instead expect well thought out and tried/tested information on how to eat as locally as possible.

This is not preachy like some other books on this topic. This is an informative, fun and practical book. Even those of us whom don’t have a farm can do many things to eat more locally and help save the environment. It’s not all or nothing. Everything you do to help the environment. It could be something as simple as not buying strawberries in January.

Note to vegetarians such as myself, Kingsolver is not a vegetarian and there were animals harmed in the writing of this book.
3.5/5
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Feb 08

11

Little Children By Tom Perrotta

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on February 11, 2008
Posted in Books Read 2008 • Fiction • Tom Perrotta  | 1 Comment

We are all Little Children Trying to Get Through Life
Often if I see a movie I really like and then I’ll read the book, which is what happened with Little Children. The movie sticks quite closely to the book except for the ending, which I won’t give away here.

Little children is the story of an over educated homemaker and a stay at home father who meet at a playground where they both bring their children. It is a satirical examination of the mundine life of parenthood and marriage. The satire can be cruel at times, but still funny in a serious kind of way.

Tom Perrotta was really able to get into the heads of his characters, even the females. In fact, if you didn’t know who wrote the book, you may think a woman wrote it. I found this very refreshing. Perrotta was able to weave all the characters and subplots together smoothly and capture the modern, mundane suburban middle-class existence well. This is the first Tom Perrotta book I have read, but it certainly won’t be the last!
4/5

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