Phil Cousineau

In general, this is a good book. The first part is actually quite powerful, and I used some of the lines as a quote in one of my blog posts.

The power of story telling is something we often fail to recognise, and this is something he brings out very clearly. The myths and old stories are generally Western ones that he has quoted, and this is a small quibble from my side. The essential message is clear and loud.

He writes well. However, from the second half of the book - the sections on sports, cities etc - which are indeed quite powerful themes, I think, the book tends to waver. While he does indeed draw the connection between his own experiences and that of ancient/modern myths, the link is weak.

However, he does do us yeoman service, especially in this modern age when mobile phone and electronic technology is threatening to take us away from our roots.… (mer)

A World Treasury of Riddles
by
Phil Cousineau

I have always loved riddles, word puzzlers, brain teasers and ponders so this well done collection was right up my alley. When my kids were younger I would love to give them riddles as a way to put their mind on other things beside dinner time or their siblings new present, it helped to keep them quiet on family trips too.

I had a grand time looking at the riddle in the front of the book, trying to figure it out, and then going to the back of the book finding the corresponding number for the answer. Some of them I could figure out most of them I couldn't, but they all made sense and filled my inner kid with joy and wonderment, something that I can lose easily at times. I would recommend this merry book of riddles from all over the world to anyone who enjoys brain candy like I do.

Love & Light,

Riki Frahmann… (mer)