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    The Blossoms Meet the Vulture Lady

    Written by Betsy Byars

    Narrated by Blain Fairman

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    About this audiobook

    A dangerous coyote is surely no match for Junior Blossom. He sets out to build the best trap ever and win the big reward! However, Junior's inventions aren't exactly known for their success. A malfunction sets off a series of events that leaves Junior trapped far from home in a place no one would think to look for him. Will the rest of the Blossom family be able to rescue him?

    Readers are sure to savor this suspenseful story about family and friendship by Newbery Medal winner Betsy Byars.


    From the Compact Disc edition.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateSep 23, 2008
    ISBN9780739373934
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    Betsy Byars

    <p><strong>Betsy Byars</strong> is the author of many award-winning books for children, including <em>The Summer of the Swans</em>, a Newbery Medal winner. <em>The Pinballs </em>was an ALA Notable Book. She is also the author of <em>Goodbye, Chicken Little</em>; <em>The Two-Thousand-Pound Goldfish</em>; and the popular Golly Sisters trilogy.</p>

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    • 4/5
      A later entry in the gonzo oeuvre of Hunter S. Thompson and while there are some funny (and scathing) lines and images, he seems to have lost his mojo somewhat. Better Than Sex starts in the wake of the 1992 US Presidential election which saw Clinton win the Presidency and Thompson remembers the 1972 Presidential election when a certain young Bill Clinton apparently did a horrific job organising the Democrat electoral strategy in the Texas precincts he was in charge of.Thompson's writings meander around a few topics and never loses an opportunity to kick Nixon, although he seemed to think Bush/Cheney was far worse.
    • 5/5
      “When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro”The title of this book refers to the author’s addiction to politics, and this time around he’s deep into the 1992 presidential election. George H.W, Ross Perot, and of course, Bill Clinton. He skewers all of them, and continues his strong hatred of Nixon, which is ironic of sorts, because Nixon is dead by the end of this book, and Hunter has this, amongst other things, to say about the former president, "Nixon will be remembered as a classic case of a smart man shitting in his own nest. But he also shit in our nests, and that was the crime that history will burn on his memory like a brand. By disgracing and degrading the presidency of the United States, by fleeing the White House like a diseased cur, Richard Nixon broke the heart of the American Dream."Thompson also says this about “... the “Regan Revolution,” which ushered in eight years of berserk looting of the federal treasury and the economic crippling of the middle class.” “That was the feeding frenzy of the New Rich,...” Man, I wish Hunter was around now in the disastourous era of Trump. He'd be amazing, and a much needed voice on insanity in this horrible time of U.S. history. A president worse that Nixon? Boy, would HST have a field day!Interestingly, I read the first 200 pages of this book while the “Race for the White House” documentary on CNN was on the large screen television in the lobby of the DoubleTree Hotel in Rohnert Park. Many of the faces mentioned on these pages flashed on the big screen as I read. It was weird. And right. Dang Hunter, I wish you were here right now. We still needed you.“Buy the ticket, take the ride.”Ye gods.
    • 4/5
      Went back to the well of HST. It's Clinton time again and HST did Bill back in the last century with this book. HST would have been with Trump this time around, both of them spouting and mouthing off.

      I have aged (maybe HST as well, now that he is long dead in Colorado) And can only take him in small doses. It took a month to read the book. Probably took him a week to write it, the week spread out between drinks and drugs and guns. But it gives an inside view to the damage done to all by letting assholes run the world and journalism too.
    • 3/5
      The 1992 Presidential Election, through the inimitable Thompson haze. And Bill Clinton, Governor of Arkansas won a plurality of the popular vote, and a big Electoral College advantage. He was the first successful Democratic candidate since Jimmy Carter. Ross Perrot, a very rich man got nearly 19% of the popular vote after an eccentric campaign, taking off for two weeks in the middle. The incumbent, George Bush I was a heavy favourite at the start of the race. Hunter was the man for covering this contest.
    • 5/5
      The Basics

      A non-fiction (well mostly) account of the 1992 presidential election. With emphasis on Thompson’s perspective.

      My Thoughts

      I’m not a politically-minded person. I know no one likes to hear that, and I don’t like saying it, but I’ve never really understood having an obsession with politics. Even Thompson, in this book, bemoans the fact that it’s an addiction he’d like to kick. Really it’s because it’s depressing, and I think Thompson got to the root of another reason why politics doesn’t sit well with me: the illusion of control. In so many words, he says that, and I realize that’s some paranoid fodder right there, especially when you take the fact that Hunter said it into account. But it feels true to me.

      That’s why this book appealed to me. A big part of it anyway. Because I feel like it got to the root of why the subject kind of unnerves me. Also, it was hilarious and very readable. And even the portions where you find yourself asking, “could it have really happened that way?”, and then answer yourself with, “probably not”, it’s so entertaining. Maybe Clinton didn’t howl like a mad beast right before shoving his face into a basket of fries like a starving dog. It still creates a mental image I’ll never unsee, and that’s very funny to me.

      It’s full of faxes and letters he sent to politicians and celebrities and friends that are all exactly what you’d expect from him. I giggled a lot. If you want a 100% accurate portrait of events as they transpired at that time, read a history book. If you want Thompson’s unique stamp (and if you have a fun bone in your body, you do), then read this.

      Final Rating

      5/5
    • 1/5
      Whats better than sex then Hunter? UM POLITICS.No it isn't politics is boring.OH YOU MIGHT BE RIGHT Did you just think up a good title and not a good book?WELL I SUPPOSE BUT ITS NOT LIKE I CAN GO ON AND ON TALKING ABOUT DRUGS ALL THE TIME, I AM A PROPER JOURNALIST YOU KNOW, AND THERE ARE SOME FUNNY BITS IN THERE, TOO.Yeah I liked the Bill Clinton bit.YEAH I THOUGHT I WAS WEIRD.