EVER BOUGHT A BOOK ON THE STRENGTH OF THE REVIEWS ON THE BACK???

If you are like us (and probably one of the many thousands of book lovers across the globe) and have had the misfortune of spending your hard-earned cash on an apparent "best-seller"; you will probably also have experienced the dull thud as you bang your head against the wall, thinking "Why did I listen to the reviews on the back?!" The truth is: reviews found on books are usually self-promoting, PR stunt-type hype and not necessarily a true reflection of the books' quality at all.

It is our aim to tell the truth about books, but don't for one second assume that that is synonymous with us creating a blog to 'diss' authors' work - to the contrary - our intention is to provide an honest appraisal of each and every book we read. If the book is any good - it'll get a good review. If it's awful and a tragedy to the literary world - then it won't. It's that simple.

Saturday, 14 May 2011

The Tiger-Skin Rug by Gerald Rose

An usual children's story centred around an extraordinarily ingenious tiger who is fed up of his hard life in the jungle.  Near starvation, he decides on impulse to replace a tiger-skin rug hanging outside the Raja's palace.  His mind full of the comfort, food and drink that will be available to him once inside.  But as he becomes well-fed on all those scraps, he becomes worried that he will be discovered... what to do? 


Although we perhaps don't quite approve of the use of such a controversial item (a tiger-skin rug) as subject matter, it would be ridiculous to be offended by such a cute story.  In the end, the moral is clear: a live tiger is far better than a tiger-skin rug - so all's well that ends well, right?


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