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Books # 63 & 64
Aug. 11th, 2011 09:56 am63)Jackson, Stephanie. CATFLEXING: Catlover's Guide to Weight Training, Aerobics and Stretching. 10 Speed Press: 1997.
Cat lover and fitness enthusiast Stephanie Jackson presents the Catflexing program, which lets readers partner with their feline companions to workout. Step-by-step photos lead readers through a comprehensive weight lifting program that includes such exercises as the standing catbell, kitty push-ups, and the unfortunate dead cat lift. Jackson has crafted an endearing and informative book; the tongue-in-cheek commentary will beguile even the mildest of cat fanciers.
B. picked it up at a thrift store as a jokey gift for me.
64)Riggs,Ransom. MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN. Quirk: 20011.
MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN offers a unique premise in that it combines a story with vintage photographs to present a tale that is both whimsical and chilling. I loved the idea of this book. 16-year-old Jacob grows up listening to the tales of his grandfather's childhood in an orphanage filled with children with unusual powers and evil monsters lurking in the shadows. As Jacob grows older, he begins to doubt the veracity of his grandfather's tales believing that they grew out of his grandfather's struggles under the Nazi regime. When Jacob's grandfather is killed under mysterious circumstances, Jacob decides to investigate his grandfather's past by going to the orphanage where he grew up. Once there, Jacob discovers that the people...and monsters...might be real after all.
Cat lover and fitness enthusiast Stephanie Jackson presents the Catflexing program, which lets readers partner with their feline companions to workout. Step-by-step photos lead readers through a comprehensive weight lifting program that includes such exercises as the standing catbell, kitty push-ups, and the unfortunate dead cat lift. Jackson has crafted an endearing and informative book; the tongue-in-cheek commentary will beguile even the mildest of cat fanciers.
B. picked it up at a thrift store as a jokey gift for me.
64)Riggs,Ransom. MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN. Quirk: 20011.
MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN offers a unique premise in that it combines a story with vintage photographs to present a tale that is both whimsical and chilling. I loved the idea of this book. 16-year-old Jacob grows up listening to the tales of his grandfather's childhood in an orphanage filled with children with unusual powers and evil monsters lurking in the shadows. As Jacob grows older, he begins to doubt the veracity of his grandfather's tales believing that they grew out of his grandfather's struggles under the Nazi regime. When Jacob's grandfather is killed under mysterious circumstances, Jacob decides to investigate his grandfather's past by going to the orphanage where he grew up. Once there, Jacob discovers that the people...and monsters...might be real after all.
