Monday Recommendations

Monday Recommendation List

Random list of 10 books Monday! I have read and enjoyed each of these enough to flag for a potential personal library purchase.

Be bold and just choose randomly, stick to your normal genre...or step outside of your normal reading zone and try something you usually wouldn’t. You can look up the descriptions at Amazon.com, or search my blog for old posts by entering the title in the little search box in the top left-hand corner and clicking the magnifying glass.

This week-- 10 recommendations (in no particular order):

1. On Writing by Stephen King
2. The World According to Garp by John Irving
3. Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office by Lois Frankel
4. Eat This, Not That by David Zinczenko
5. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
6. The Nazi Officer’s Wife by Edith Hahn Beer
7. The Good Food Revolution by Will Allen
8. Guts  by Kristen Johnsten
9. At Home by Bill Bryson
10. Rainshadow Road by Lisa Kleypas

The Good Food Revolution

The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities by Will Allen

Will Allen tells his personal story about building an urban food center. He spent years playing basketball and then in corporate America. He decided to change his life, moving to a small farm outside a large public housing project. This poor neighborhood had very little choice in where to buy their food. Allen helped solve this problem by building an urban farm. His farm grew to produce enough food and fish to feed thousands of people, year round. At the same time, Allen continues to educate others and he employs young people from the struggling community.

From Amazon: “ Growing Power shows how local food systems can help troubled youths, dismantle racism, create jobs, bring urban and rural communities closer together, and improve public health. Today, Allen's organization helps develop community food systems across the country.”

 Absolutely inspiring.