Gustavo Silva Silva itibaren Bombon, Camarines Sur, Filipíny itibaren Bombon, Camarines Sur, Filipíny

I read this book of poems in the Elliot Bay Book Store and it stayed in mind for months until finally, I returned to that same store and bought it. The poems are melancholy and plain. Just tiny stories about life with people who are dead or dying and I find them very pure and worth remembering. They should put poems like THESE on Metro buses. Now that would change the world.

I think that I would have enjoyed this book more if I hadn't heard Patrick Lencioni speak on the subject first. His talk was based on the book, but I think that his talk was much better than the book. Lencioni has a knack for distilling a concept down to it's most basic parts. The book, in my opinion, belabors many points that could be communicated much more succinctly. Also, there were a lot of concepts that were irrelevant to me due to my biblical worldview (regarding our individual identities and how they shift over time). Worth a read, unless you can hear Lencioni.

Always love reading rewrites of fairy tales. :) Jane Yolen is one of my favorites for YA!