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doctorwoofwoof's review
4.0
Long story short (and really, it's sloths, fer Pete's sake! They are as chill as the Dude! No need for long, drawn-out reviews!): Ms. Cooke knows sloths! Seriously!! In addition to all her work she has done at the Sloth Sanctuary, working with rescued sloths, she has found time to share some ridiculously cute sloth photos, along with some inspirational words of wisdom from the likes of folks like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Harper Lee.
It was very difficult for me to not finish this in one sitting. However, like an exquisite meal, each "morsel" I read was to be savored! Do yourself a favor and get this book! Your heart, and your Soul, will be most grateful indeed!
It was very difficult for me to not finish this in one sitting. However, like an exquisite meal, each "morsel" I read was to be savored! Do yourself a favor and get this book! Your heart, and your Soul, will be most grateful indeed!
saccalai's review against another edition
5.0
A wonderful book with lovely quotes about chilling out, the cutest pictures of sloths hanging around and lots of information about my favourite animals. Sloths are the perfect meditative companion and we could all learn a lot from them.
museoffire's review
5.0
Okay look I think we can all agree that I'm about the last person you'd think would be into those stupid things you find near the cash register at Barnes and Noble where like someone puts a baby in a cabbage, copies an Elizabeth Barrett Browning poem in Comic Sans over it, and calls it a book.
However.
Lucy Cooke, sloth enthusiast extraordinaire, brilliant wildlife photographer, zoologist and all around cool lady has done so much more than that with this little treasure of a book. This is a sweet, gentle read that I sat with and pondered (in a very sloth like fashion) for quite some time. Its Cooke's personal philosophy that we could all stand to be a bit more sloth like in the way we live our lives. And while she does include some words of wisdom on slowing the fuck down from a cavalcade of famous actors, writers, and artists she also includes a whole bunch of super cool sloth facts that put this far above your average bargain bin tchotchke book. This is a book that Ms. Cooke put a lot of time, love, and effort into, you can just feel it in every page.
Reading this was a wonderful way to make myself just take a break and breathe a bit. Well that and start figuring out how to convince my better half that its time to book that trip to the Costa Rican sloth sanctuary.
However.
Lucy Cooke, sloth enthusiast extraordinaire, brilliant wildlife photographer, zoologist and all around cool lady has done so much more than that with this little treasure of a book. This is a sweet, gentle read that I sat with and pondered (in a very sloth like fashion) for quite some time. Its Cooke's personal philosophy that we could all stand to be a bit more sloth like in the way we live our lives. And while she does include some words of wisdom on slowing the fuck down from a cavalcade of famous actors, writers, and artists she also includes a whole bunch of super cool sloth facts that put this far above your average bargain bin tchotchke book. This is a book that Ms. Cooke put a lot of time, love, and effort into, you can just feel it in every page.
Reading this was a wonderful way to make myself just take a break and breathe a bit. Well that and start figuring out how to convince my better half that its time to book that trip to the Costa Rican sloth sanctuary.
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