When does a little bit of corruption justify a whole lot of good?
Greg Mortenson’s Three Cups of Tea has been on my reading list (and on my shelf) for almost two years.
And now Jon Krakauer has published an e-book, Three Cups of Deceit that you can read on byliner.com. It’s free to download until tomorrow.
I finished reading it, and if Krakauer’s investigation is correct, it’s disheartening to all of us that work in the education realm of non-profits.
I’m slightly ashamed of myself that I put off reading what is supposedly …

Welcome to the first Book Club Question of the Week. I’ve asked this one several times, either to a friend while drinking coffee, or a group of people over facebook, but here’s a place to have all the answers compiled. In honor of City Paper’s “Best Of” week,
What is the best opening line of any novel, play, short story, or memoir you’ve read?
Can’t decide? Not a problem. You can submit more than one. I promise, if it’s a book I haven’t already read, I’ll read consider reading it soon.

Hunger
for food
for justice
Mother- hunger
hunger to be a wife
a daughter
a friend
hunger for release
hunger for God
or for there not to be one