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Saturday, June 26, 2010

Six Sentence Saturday

Welcome to Six Sentence Saturday.
Where I try to express my thoughts on recent reads using only 6 sentences!!!!.
At the end of each review I will post a
rating scale of 1-5 using the cute and original (lol) Playing Cards.
Rating scale will be as follows:

5 of Hearts- You must read this book NOW!!
4 of Hearts- A great read, put it on your TBR list.
3 of Hearts- Happy that I read it...a good read.

2 of Hearts- Just O.K but nothing to write home about.
Joker Card - Don't bother (why did I?)

The Kind Diet: A Simple Guide to Feeling Great, Losing Weight and Saving the Planet- Alicia Silverstone
I watched Alicia on Oprah a while back and found myself extremely interested in how she changed the way she felt emotionally and physically by living a vegan life. I'm afraid that sometimes I come across as very naive and uninformed, but people let me tell you that I really didn't know how gruesome  life is for food producing chickens, pigs, and cattle!! I watched a video of workers sexing baby chicks and then how the males (no need for them in an egg producing facility) were then thrown into a grinder ALIVE! The following day I was unable to eat meat and I was very emotional about how these animals were treated. I would like to incorporate more vegetarian meals into my life and I've been trying to cut back on the meat consumption. I don't think I could ever give up dairy, so there's no way I could become a vegan, but I did learn a lot of new information and have become a more informed consumer!
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Calamity Jack- Shannon Hale, Dean Hale and Nathan Hale (illustrator)
Having absolutely loved Shannon's first venture into the graphic novel, Rapunzel's Revenge, I was eagerly looking forward to the next installment. I wasn't disappointed with the illustrations, which in my humble opinion, have been some of the best I've viewed. But I did feel that Jack's story was a bit lame. I liked how Hale showed him as a thief who needs to redeem himself  because he wants his mother and Rapunzel to approve of him. I just didn't care for the story of giants and attacking ants, it felt cartoonish to me. While this one wasn't as compelling as Rapunzel, I will read her next graphic novel just because I like Shannon Hale!
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Quaker Summer- Lisa Samson
Heather is losing it...she thinks she has to be the perfect wife, perfect mom, have the perfect house, and be the perfect Christian. People come into her world that help her realize that life is about so much more than THINGS and that Jesus really just wants your time, not your money(the church wants this!). I grew up without religion or faith playing a role in my life and as an adult, I've found that I have been searching for something and have been struggling with "what" that exactly may be. This book really gave me a lot of food for thought and instantly brought to mind, Sheila (Book Journey) who is always giving of her time to those less fortunate. I think this is where you find Jesus....helping others help themselves, not by throwing money at the problem. For those that enjoy Christian fiction, read this!
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15 comments:

  1. I just adore your six sentence review. Quaker Summer sounds lovely and I loved your personal comments in your review of The Kind Diet. Great job.

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  2. What a variety of books this week! Not too sure I'm ready to give up meat any time soon even though I know we should eat a lot less of it. Quaker Summer sounds interesting. Have a great weekend and happy reading.

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  3. The Alicia Silverstone book does look good. I don't even like to think about the way animals are treated. I'm with you - I could easily be vegetarian, but I could never go vegan.

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  4. Vegan....of NO! I could do without meat, but no way totally vegan for me.

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  5. Vegan....of NO! I could do without meat, but no way totally vegan for me.

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  6. Alicia's and that last one sound really good!! I don't think I could give up dairy either...and soy is the option for that...and that would be HARD for me! LOL :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

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  7. I love how you use the cards for ratings. Doing something like this would really help me catch up on the TBR mountain....

    Quaker Summer is one I would like to read.

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  8. I could never be a vegan either, but when I hear Alicia talk about her transformation it makes me think I need to look into it. But not until after November.

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  9. You have an eclectic mix of books here. They sound intriguing...

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  10. There are a couple of books here that interest me. I'd like to read Quaker Summer. I'm also interested in eating more vegetarian meals. I'm not sure this one is for me. I couldn't stand reading about the mistreatment of animals.

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  11. I would like to read Silverstone's book. I'm on the fence about meat. I like my chicken and beef. Last year I read part of the Jungle and had to stop because of the descriptions of the slaughterhouses.

    I will still pick this book up because I'm curious. Thanks Staci!

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  12. the kind diet looks great! i hadn't heard of it before. i love lisa samson's books :)

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  13. The Kind Diet sounds very interesting. I was wondering if it would be more hollywood than really hitting on solid points but it sounds thought provoking. I'll have to check it out from the library. I have Michael Pollan's books on my TBR shelf and Food Inc to watch. I'm with you on the treatment of animals and it does make me think that sticking to organic meats at least would support more humane treatments of animals.

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  14. The Kind Diet sounds great. I'm already a vegetarian, and after reading Eating Animals earlier this year moved much closer to be vegan (switched to soy milk, vegan cream cheese, etc. and quit buying eggs except occasionally from a small local farmer). But darn-it-all, vegan cheese just doesn't cut it. :(

    I'm sorry to hear Calamity Jack isn't as good as Rapunzel's Revenge, which I absolutely loved! And I totally agree with you--the art in those books is soooooo gorgeous!

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  15. My daughter was 12 when she saw some videos from meat packing plants and that was the end of eating meat for her--three years as a vegetarian. I try not to think about it too much, I guess, although I could certainly cut way back on meat and not really miss it that much.

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