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xepherys · 12-15-2007, 11:44 AM

While I was home on leave I swung through Barnes and Noble (my favoritest of book stores) and, as usual, checked out the tables laden with books on sale, books on a subject, favorite books of the employees, etc. On one such table laid a book that caught my eye for no apparent reason at all... The $64 Tomato.

It's an unusual tale of battle, zen and finding one's self in the garden. Or more specifically, one man's tale of the trials and tribulations of gardening in a VERY entertaining package. First, let me say that I am not a gardener. While I've occasionally grown my own hot peppers, I tend to have a brown thumb and personally find greater inner peace slaughtering my foes in Halo than picking weeds out of a garden. However, William Alexander certainly delivers all of his fruits and frustrations in a way that simultaneously makes me glad I am not a gardener (by hobby or trade) and makes me want to go buy a hoe and try my hand at growing my own herbs and veggies.

The book is fully titled "The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden" and it's pretty accurate. For roughly $12 at B&N I highly recommend reading it just to bring some much needed, post-holiday levity to your life (I mean, you can't possibly have time to read books DURING the holiday season, right?).

SUMMARY OF REVIEW: It's a book ABOUT gardening, but is definitely NOT a gardening book.

Jetée · 12-17-2007, 06:36 AM

Not been in recent memory I have seen a reviewed book 'round these parts. Thanks for the positive suggestion, off to check on Amazon.

DaveOrion · 12-17-2007, 09:54 AM

xepherys · 12-18-2007, 12:37 AM

Hehe, I'll look forward to hearing what you both have to say

12-15-2007, 11:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
xepherys <3 TFP Location: 17TLH2445607250	REVIEW: The $64 Tomato (book) While I was home on leave I swung through Barnes and Noble (my favoritest of book stores) and, as usual, checked out the tables laden with books on sale, books on a subject, favorite books of the employees, etc. On one such table laid a book that caught my eye for no apparent reason at all... The $64 Tomato. It's an unusual tale of battle, zen and finding one's self in the garden. Or more specifically, one man's tale of the trials and tribulations of gardening in a VERY entertaining package. First, let me say that I am not a gardener. While I've occasionally grown my own hot peppers, I tend to have a brown thumb and personally find greater inner peace slaughtering my foes in Halo than picking weeds out of a garden. However, William Alexander certainly delivers all of his fruits and frustrations in a way that simultaneously makes me glad I am not a gardener (by hobby or trade) and makes me want to go buy a hoe and try my hand at growing my own herbs and veggies. The book is fully titled "The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden" and it's pretty accurate. For roughly $12 at B&N I highly recommend reading it just to bring some much needed, post-holiday levity to your life (I mean, you can't possibly have time to read books DURING the holiday season, right?). SUMMARY OF REVIEW: It's a book ABOUT gardening, but is definitely NOT a gardening book. __________________ The prospect of achieving a peace agreement with the extremist group of MILF is almost impossible... -- Emmanuel Pinol, Governor of Cotobato My Homepage

12-17-2007, 06:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	Not been in recent memory I have seen a reviewed book 'round these parts. Thanks for the positive suggestion, off to check on Amazon. __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

12-17-2007, 09:54 AM	#3 (permalink)
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12-18-2007, 12:37 AM	#4 (permalink)
xepherys <3 TFP Location: 17TLH2445607250	Hehe, I'll look forward to hearing what you both have to say __________________ The prospect of achieving a peace agreement with the extremist group of MILF is almost impossible... -- Emmanuel Pinol, Governor of Cotobato My Homepage