This book will probably challenge everything you’ve ever known “church” to be. After finishing it I feel like I’m left with more questions than answers and the feeling of, “Where do I (or we the church) go from here?”

I felt unsatisfied after reading “The Omnivore’s Dilemma.” I thought, “Now what?” I think that “In Defense of Food” would have worked really well within “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” because I don’t think “In Defense of Food” stands as strongly on its own. I enjoyed “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” much more, but this book was a quick read.

This was my favorite movie as a child, but I had forgotten the name of the movie over the years. This year I discovered that my favorite childhood movie was indeed called “Watership Down.” I made it a quest to read the book and as I read it the childhood images flooded back into my memory.

Within the first few pages the adventure already begins. The action does not stop throughout the whole book. I have not felt such urgency to complete a book since I read “Tender is the Night” by F. Scott Fitzgerald nearly two years ago. Needless to say I have spent every free moment of the last two days reading it. I do not regret it. This is now easily one of my favorite books.

The graphic novel goes into much better detail. You’re better off just sticking to that, even though some of the animation was kind of fun.

It is biased. I guess that’s OK. The book also makes it obvious that the author doesn’t like Bush. I’m OK with that too. I understand the importance that my voice and vote have in this country. I understand the importance of staying informed and keeping up with the news. I think the author tried to make correlations where they don’t exist. The book was also very poorly edited. I feel like the publisher was in a rush to release it. It is hard for me to trust a book that has so many mistakes. I could also tell when whole truths were not being told, only partial facts in order to support the author’s point of view. This book reminded me of my role as a citizen of the United States, but that is all. This book as been in my possession for over a year and it was not worth my money and barely worth my time.

The book is better. The movie wrongfully portrays many of the real life characters. Bauby only had 2 children, but the director really wanted to cast a third child because he really liked the child. Bauby’s girlfriend was portrayed as a coward in the movie, as not being able to bear to see him. Bauby’s girlfriend actually routinely visited him in the hospital. The mother of Bauby’s children had a large say in how this movie was made, hence she was made to look as though Bauby was still in love with her during his locked-in-syndrome even though he didn’t. Bauby wasn’t driving when he had his stroke, but rather his chauffer was. As you can see, many of these changes were made to create a more dramatic effect.

The movie was beautifully made, but it strays from the truth. That bothers me. I also wish Explosions in the Sky would have had a song in the movie and not just in the trailer. :)

I don’t know why I let my husband and friend pick out this movie. It started out terrible. Then it got a little funny. After that I was just plain bored and decided to let my eyes close. Before I knew it the final credits were playing. I’m not as fortunate as those who have never seen this, but at least I didn’t stay awake for the whole thing. That truly would have been unfortunate.