Journal Entry 1 by goatgrrl from New Westminster, British Columbia Canada on Saturday, February 17, 2007

Purchased as part of a massive on-line book binge enabled by a gift from my late mother-in-law (thanks, Ruthie). 

Journal Entry 2 by goatgrrl from New Westminster, British Columbia Canada on Monday, February 19, 2007

Although the behaviour, thought patterns and attempted diet fixes described in The Hungry Years were woefully familiar, there wasn't as much to this book as I hoped there would be. Author and English journalist William Leith comes across as basically manic -- a confessed over-eater, over-drinker and intermittent cocaine user who also drops some heavy hints about sex addiction. And the book is a kind of sustained rant about all those issues, which ends on a weirdly unresolved note (though Leith seems to be claiming he's licked his issues through psychotherapy targeted at some garden variety childhood abandonment experiences). On the whole, the book wasn't very convincing on any level, and I closed it meanly remarking that I'll be keeping an eye out for The Hungry Years II: Bigger, Drunker, Stoned Again. 

Journal Entry 3 by goatgrrl at Starbucks - Royal Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada on Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Released 4 yrs ago (2/20/2007 UTC) at Starbucks - Royal Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada

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I'll be leaving this book in the newspaper basket at the entrance to the back seating area at Starbucks around 8:30 am today. Best wishes to whomever finds it.