Thumbing Through Thoreau - A Review

Thumbing Through Thoreau A Book of Quotations by Henry David Thoreau - Kenny Luck
Illustrated by - Jay Luke and Ren Adams (Publisher for review)

Product Details (via B&N)

• Pub. Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Tribute Books
• Format: Hardcover, 320pp

• ISBN-13: 9780982256541
• ISBN: 098225654X

Synopsis (via B&N)

On July 4, 1845, when Henry David Thoreau moved into his cabin on the shores of Walden Pond, he was probably unaware that his abode in the woods, and the impact and influence of that endeavor, would forever echo through time. Thoreau was an uncompromising idealist; an ardent maverick who criticized his fellow man. He urged that men and women ought to live more simply, and more deliberately. "The mass of men," he famously wrote, "lead lives of quite desperation." Yet the scope of Thoreau's message is much wider than social criticism. He speaks of spiritual transcendence in Nature and the unbounded potential of the individual. Thoreau is a dreamer and he speaks to dreamers. In a word, shun dogmatism and demagoguery; see beyond the immediate conventional religious explanations to reap a higher understanding. In our commodified contemporary American society, with the rise of religious intolerance and fundamentalism, materialism and mass consumerism, Thoreau's message is needed now more than ever. Author Kenny Luck has thumbed through Thoreau's voluminous journals, correspondences and other publications to make this the most comprehensive collection of Thoreau aphorisms available.

My Thoughts:

I really enjoyed wandering through this book. It is full of fantastic quotes. This would be a perfect book for the coffee table. Something guests could pick up and thumb through. It's one of those books I feel is best read slowly. You want time to digest the quotes inside.

The illustrations are beautiful and yet simplistic in nature. Incredibly fitting for this kind of book. The pictures work very well with all the quotes and I can't imagine the book without them. They play such an important part in it.

Here are a couple of my favorite quotes from the book:

A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is the earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature (Walden, "The Ponds,")

It is always a short step to peace of mind (Journal I, Vol 7. March 27, 1841)

It is never too late to give up our prejudices (Walden, "Economy")

The lover sees in the glance of his beloved the same beauty that in the sunset paints the western skies (Familiar letters and index vol. 6, "Letter to Harrison Blake")

These are just a few of the wonderful quotes contained within this collection and it's one I would recommend.

Book site: Thumbing Through Thoreau

CSN Review Opportunity!

I've been contacted by CSN and given an opportunity to do a review on one of their many fabulous items. I am so excited!!

There is so much stuff you can choose from,

Vanity, Desks, Health & Fitness, Cookware, and lets not forgot Bookshelves,
and so much more. I can't believe all the stuff they have. Seriously a little bit of everything.

I'm still wandering around trying to decide what to review, but expect a review of something in the next few weeks.

A to Z Wednesday

Welcome to A-Z Wednesday!!
To join, here's all you have to do:
Go to your stack of books and find one whose title starts with the letter of the week.
Post:
1~ a photo of the book
2~ title and synopsis
3~ link(amazon, barnes and noble etc.)
4~ Come back here and leave your link in the comments
If you've already reviewed this book you can add it also.
Be sure to visit other participants to see what book they have posted and leave them a comment.
(We all love comments, don't we?)
Who knows? You may find your next "favorite" book.

THIS WEEKS LETTER IS: Q

My "Q" book is:
Queene Of Light - Jennifer Armintrout (Lightworld/Darkworld Series #1)

Product Details

• Pub. Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Mira
• Format: Mass Market Paperback, 384pp
• Sales Rank: 25,994

• Series: Lightworld/Darkworld Series, #1
• ISBN-13: 9780778326625
• ISBN: 0778326624

Synopsis (via B&N)

In a time not long from now, the veil between fantasy and reality is ripped asunder—creatures of myth and fairy tale spill into the mortal world. Enchanted yet horrified, humans force the magical beings Underground, to colonize the sewers and abandoned subway tunnels beneath their glittering cities.

But even magic folk cannot dwell in harmony, and soon two Worlds emerge: the Lightworld, home to faeries, dragons and dwarves; and the Darkworld, where vampires, werewolves, angels and demons lurk.

Now, in the dank and shadowy place between Lightworld and Darkworld, a transformation is about to begin….

Ayla, a half faery, half human assassin, is stalked by Malachi, a Death Angel tasked with harvesting mortal souls. They clash. Immortality evaporates, forging a bond neither may survive. And in the face of unbridled ambitions and untested loyalties, an ominous prophecy is revealed that will shake the Worlds.

This set of 3 books is on my TBR pile. I've heard they are really good.

Teaser Tuesdays

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading and it asks us to...

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Here's my teaser this week:

"I'll be fine. I don't think the white woman will get me between here and my front door." I mean it to be a joke, but then I recall that I glimpsed a woman in white earlier tonight.

Arcadia Falls - Carol Goodman pg. 60 (I'm still reading this one so I used it for a second Teaser Tuesday)