I posted about the bios I read in August, but while searching for bios to read, I came across Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time. I didn't get around to reading it for August and I almost returned it, but decided to renew it and maybe I'd give it a whirl. I was just starting it last week when I decided to look for some books that would fit the bill for this month. I clicked around a bit and found Powell Book's Puddly Awards list. What was the non-fiction winner? This book. Turns out it's won a fair number of other awards as well (pasted from the Wikipedia article on the book):
- Kiriyama Prize
- Time Magazine Asia Book of The Year
- Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association – Nonfiction Award
- Montana Honor Book Award
- Borders Bookstore Original Voices Selection
- Banff Mountain Festival Book Award Finalist
- Dayton Literary Prize Nonfiction Award – runner up
- People Magazine – Critics Choice
- Publisher’s Weekly – Starred Review
- Mom's Choice Award 2009 [14]
- 2009 Italy: Premio Gambrinus “Giuseppe Mazzotti” [15]
- Powell Book's Puddly Award (nonfiction), Portland [16]
- 2010 The Christopher Award: "To affirm the highest values of the human spirit" [17]
- 2010 The Mason Award - Extraordinary contribution in literature (George Mason University DC)[18]
I also read the Hunger Games trilogy. I liked the first book, but each successive book left me a little more dissatisfied than the one before. I'm not sure why. I don't know if it was the plot or the writing or the characters or what. I wanted to finish the books because I wanted to see how it all turned out, but not because the reading compelled me like it did in the first one.
I know one thing: if they ever make this into a movie, I will not see it. Waaaayyy too graphic. I don't want to see what I read about. (Good thing I don't visualize what I read about unless I make an specific effort.) I agree with Rae- not for kids.
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