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That Bear Ate My Pants!: Will Boy Become Man? Or Will Boy Become Breakfast... by Tony James Slater
nderiley's review
2.0
I expected to laugh a bit more with pants eating being so highly touted. The book is a fun glimpse into Slater's volunteer work in Ecuador but ended up being a bit redundant for me.
joo13's review
5.0
I have never been so disappointed to finish a book. I just wanted the stories to go on and on and on and on, but unfortunately Tony's trip had to end and so did the book.
I kind of wished the book had photos. The chapter where he meets the kinkajou and also the three- toed sloth really needed pictures, although I could well image them (once I'd looked up what a kinkajou was).
The book is set up in short chapters. That made it easy for picking up when you have a few minutes. But it made it hard to put down as you want to read "just one more chapter", "ok, just one more".
I know it's only February, but this is the best book so far this year and if I'd read it in December it would have been the best book in 2011. If you picked it up as a freebie, jump it to the top of your TBR list. It's worth it.
I kind of wished the book had photos. The chapter where he meets the kinkajou and also the three- toed sloth really needed pictures, although I could well image them (once I'd looked up what a kinkajou was).
The book is set up in short chapters. That made it easy for picking up when you have a few minutes. But it made it hard to put down as you want to read "just one more chapter", "ok, just one more".
I know it's only February, but this is the best book so far this year and if I'd read it in December it would have been the best book in 2011. If you picked it up as a freebie, jump it to the top of your TBR list. It's worth it.
haddy's review
Idk just annoyed me.. kind of glorified zoology internships that imo shouldn’t be available to people with no experience
radcarlawho's review
5.0
I loved this book. It was so funny, I cracked up laughing countless times. But, surprisingly, I shed a tear or two as well.
judyward's review
4.0
I stumbled on this book while browsing in the Kindle store and am I glad that I did. Tony James Slater was looking for opportunities to volunteer around the world, came across the Santa Martha Animal Rescue Center in Ecuador, and decided to spend a couple of months there. His description of that experience is a pure delight. This is a book that is laugh out loud funny, loaded with hysterical, tender, and heart-warming stories about the animals who have found refuge there, and a cautionary tale of why it might not be the best idea to arrive in a rural area of Ecuador with almost no Spanish language skills to draw on. But the fish out of water became a valued member of the team of volunteers working with the animals who had been abused and mistreated before being rescued and I'm sure that he was sorely missed after he left. This book also brings home the message of how much difference one person can make in this world. Now that I have discovered Tony James Slater, I'm eagerly looking forward to reading his next book.
mazza57's review
3.0
James takes a job in an Equadorian animal sanctuary she he realises he was never cut out to be an actor and does not know what else to do. The sanctuary is remote, run on a shoes string and full of accidents waiting to happen to James. What follows is a tale of his derring do or maybe his derring don't. With a few romantic interludes woven in it is an easy read with some laugh out loud moments
sllingky's review
4.0
I am reading Tony's books way out of order (but that's what happens when my introduction to his books is via Amazon's free offer of his third book)... now I am playing catch up and intend to finish all of them. Anyway, I enjoyed this one only slightly less than Kamikaze Kangaroos, but that's not saying much because I thoroughly enjoyed it! It's refreshing to know that someone else shares my same warped sense of humor. Or maybe it's really not a good thing?