Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
I just finished reading another book: Lone Ranger and
Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, by Sherman Alexie. This
book is a collection of short stories about life in
and around the Spokane Indian Reservation.
There are 22 stories in all, and each one is a pleasure to read. They were the basis for the award-winning movie Smoke Signals.
I am also reading a book called Material World: A Global Family Portrait
This book is like an earlier book I read, Hungry Planet. In Hungry Planet, a husband wife team stayed with families and learned about the way they eat, taking photos of all the food they buy in a week. This book is pretty much the same thing, except that instead of food it deals with the families possessions. It's interesting seeing what the average family around the world owns. I find this book most interesting because since I have moved into this house I am renting I have slowly been getting rid of anything I no longer use. It's interesting the amount of junk we have. I donate a lot to Goodwill, but I still have a lot I can go through and get rid of.
There are 22 stories in all, and each one is a pleasure to read. They were the basis for the award-winning movie Smoke Signals.
I am also reading a book called Material World: A Global Family Portrait
This book is like an earlier book I read, Hungry Planet. In Hungry Planet, a husband wife team stayed with families and learned about the way they eat, taking photos of all the food they buy in a week. This book is pretty much the same thing, except that instead of food it deals with the families possessions. It's interesting seeing what the average family around the world owns. I find this book most interesting because since I have moved into this house I am renting I have slowly been getting rid of anything I no longer use. It's interesting the amount of junk we have. I donate a lot to Goodwill, but I still have a lot I can go through and get rid of.
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