Thanks for stopping by! I'm Cori and I'm happy you've found your way here. If you're wondering why my blog is called "Let's Eat Grandpa," it's an old grammar joke: Let's eat, grandpa! Let's eat grandpa! (Punctuation saves lives.) 
Read because: It’s another one of those books on my shelves with an unknown origin.
Borrowed from: the Sacramento library
Rating: 8 out of 10
Synopsis (from Publishers Weekly): Some failures lead to phenomenal successes, and this American nurse’s unsuccessful attempt to climb K2, the world’s second tallest mountain, is one of them. Dangerously ill when he finished his climb in 1993, Mortenson was sheltered for seven weeks by the small Pakistani village of Korphe; in return, he promised to build the impoverished town’s first school, a project that grew into the Central Asia Institute, which has since constructed more than 50 schools across rural Pakistan and Afghanistan. Coauthor Relin recounts Mortenson’s efforts in fascinating detail, presenting compelling portraits of the village elders, con artists, philanthropists, mujahideen, Taliban officials, ambitious school girls and upright Muslims Mortenson met along the way.
My Review: I knew so little about this book that it was shelved in the fiction section of my library as long as I can remember (I have no idea where it came from in the first place) because I never took the time to see what it was about. When I was at the library browsing the audio book section, I saw it and decided to borrow it. Once I started listening to it, I went home and reshelved the book in the non-fiction section of my library. This book was inspiring. It made me want to DO things. Greg Mortensen risks his life daily to build schools for kids who otherwise would spend their school days writing their times tables in the dirt. He spends months away from his (incredubly supportive) family so that he can carry out his mission. He believes that education is the greatest power against terrorism (if kids are in schools other than the Madrassa religious schools, they have a chance of learning something other than extreme Islamic doctrine and war skills), and after reading this book, I must agree. He is criss-crossing central asia giving hope to a huge number of kids and villages. I will admit I cried a number of times while listening. Which is probably isn’t the safest way to drive. (Finished 3/29/09)
