I borrowed this book, "Three Cups of Tea" from a friend... it's my first book to read for 2009. It's a far cry from my normal reading material - shopaholic books, harry potter, dwell magazine, does the Crate and Barrel catalog count? Hey - I'm having a cup of tea right now, whoa.I'm not what people consider "a reader" here. I always liked english & literature in high school and college though... so i have it in me, and it's time to wake it up!
I took myself to the Library shortly after the new year and checked out no less than 7 books. All due on January 23rd... I don't think I'm gonna get em all read guys. Sad. But, maybe I'll finish "Three Cups of Tea" by then. Granted two of the books I checked out were about puppies, so that's more or less skim and flip-through material. And two were health books, one of which I plan on thoroughly reading. I just better make sure I can extend the check out.
Anyway... this book I'm reading is not the light-hearted, silly, magical fun book I'm used to. It's based on real stuff that really happened to a real guy. Yeah, non-fiction?? What the heck Babs? Really? (I know.) So this mountain climber guy tries to climb to the peak of K2 in the middle east, and it ends up changing his life and he starts building schools for Pakistani children. Real life trials, real life tribulations, real life challenges about someone whose doing something self-less and amazing for other people in this world. Pretty amazing.
I'm a little more than halfway, and don't get me wrong, there have been parts I'ved struggled through, but I must finish it. It's good for me. I found out 60 minutes did a story on the guy a few Sundays ago, so if you want to check it out, click here.
That's it for now... these workouts are kicking my butt, literally, my gluts... ow. must stretch.
i got this from my mother in law last year. it's really good. i've found that men tend to love this book, and women have a harder time with it.
ReplyDeletealso, i hated the title. that was the biggest hurdle for me.