50 Books, 52 Weeks

As many of you don't know, I am attempting to start a local Food Not Bombs here in Chillicothe. You may not know anything about Food not bombs and I encourage you to look into it. But in a nutshell the 3 word name explains the beliefs of FNB almost exactly. It originated from the slogan "Money for food, not for bombs" and developed to their current name. It is the goal of FNB to reduce waste and use food that would otherwise be discarded to create meals for the less fortunate or anyone who wants a free vegetarian meal. I agree with them that in a country with such abundance of food, no one should go hungry.
It is going to be a lot of work but people have been really helpful and my hopes are high. I've been reading a lot online about how to go about this and I finally got ahold of a book.
This book was really helpful in properly defining the goals and means of Food Not Bombs in 7 steps. It explains the advantages of vegetarianism and solidarity. and also has some great vegetarian recipes for 100+ people.
Step 1- Get a location/address for FNB
Step 2- Create flyers to spread awareness and announce events
Step 3- Arrange the use of a Vehicle to get and transport food.
Step 4- With flyers in hand, Look for sources of food.
Step 5- Deliver your collected food to meal shelters and soup kitchens, to build connections
Step 6- Once the network is established, work out a system to save food for your FNB
Step 7- Once a week get people involved in publicly distributing the food you create.

These steps seem very simple, but very intimidating at the same time. I'm hoping to get this going within 2 months.

Total Pages in Book: 128

I LOVE THIS BOOK! I also love this author. This is Probably Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s most famous book, and for good reason. I'm bad with summary's so I just copied one from wikipedia.
Chaplain's Assistant Billy Pilgrim, a disoriented, ill-trained American soldier, is captured by the Germans in the Battle of the Bulge. The Germans imprison him and other PoWs in a disused slaughterhouse in Dresden. During Allied air raids, PoWs and guards alike hide in a deep cellar; because of their safe hiding place, they are some of the few survivors of the city-destroying firestorm.

For unexplained reasons, Billy has come "unstuck in time." He meets, and is kidnapped by, extraterrestrial aliens from the planet Tralfamadore, who exhibit him in a zoo, with movie star Montana Wildhack as his mate. The Tralfamadorians, who can see in four dimensions, have already seen every instant of their lives. They believe they cannot choose to change anything about their fates, but can choose to concentrate upon any moment in their lives, and Billy becomes convinced of the correctness of their theories.

Billy travels forward and back in time, reliving occasions of his life, real and fantastic. He spends time on Tralfamadore; in Dresden; in the War, walking in deep snow before his German capture; in his post-war married life in the U.S.A. of the 1950s; and in the moment of his murder.

Billy's death is the consequence of a string of events. Before the Germans capture Billy, he meets Roland Weary. At their capture, the Germans confiscate everything Weary has, including his boots, giving him clogs to wear; Weary eventually dies of gangrene caused by the clogs. Weary's friend, Paul Lazzaro, vows to avenge Weary's death by killing Billy, because revenge is "the sweetest thing in life". Time-traveler Billy, already knows where, when, and how he will be killed: Paul Lazzaro hires someone to shoot him after a speech in a balkanized United States on February 13, 1976.


One of my favorite quotes is from this book, and I want it as my epitaph-
"Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt"
READ KURT VONNEGUT!

Total Pages of Book: 215

So I haven't had internet so I haven't been able to post the books I have read.
I started to fall a little behind so I have been reading relatively small books.
'Cut' by Patricia McCormick is about a book a girl in her teens struggling with depression. She is placed in a mental health facility by her parents in the hopes that she will 'get better'. While Callie is in the hospital she meets other girls with similar problems. It is an alright book, but it is directed to a teen audience. Also if you have ever read 'Girl, Interrupted' it is very similar. But a quick, easy read.

Total Pages Read: 768