The Truth about Skiing and Snowboarding

Dominique Book Review Danko Puskaric, Skiing and Snowboarding

I’ve always been interested to know more about Skiing and Snowboarding. I tried learning to ski once on the slopes of the mountain in Melbourne when I was a student there. It was a scary experience for me as I couldn’t control the skis and crashed out a couple of times. Nevertheless I was glad to have that experience and wished that I had more information about the sport before actually plunging head on into trying it.g. I jumped at the opportunity to review this book –The truth about Skiing by and Snowboarding by Danko Puskaric

Danko’s book gives a detailed description of what one has to take note irregardless of whether he is a beginner/ intermediate or advance skier. Information given from an experience skier about what to take note, the rules, safety issues, diet, to specifics in the breakdown into the competitive ski sports.

I found it very informative and there were step by step graphics for each part of the book. The graphics help to show the proper warm up exercises to starting your skiing lesson on the slopes. There were also many charts and related statics given to explain what could happen on the ski slopes if the correct procedures or precautions were not headed.

I personally found it interesting learning about the diet of a competitive skier. The amount of proteins, carbohydrates and other nutrients which are necessary on ski days and off days. Even though I’m not a skier I’m still able to apply the information given by Danko to my own current weight lost challenge and eat more healthy. It also gave me a better inside to the two sports of Skiing and snowboarding.

Disclosure: I received a copy of this book for review. All opinions are 100% one. This post has a compensation level of 1.

December 15, 2011

The Veil by Cory Putman Oakes

Dominique Book Review Book Review, Teenage fantasy book, The Veil

The Veil by Cory Putman Oakes was a really refreshing read for me. There is a mixture of fantasy and reality for the lead character Addy Russel. She lives in a realm of two overlaping worlds- the world as we see it and Annorasi. After her 17th birthday the world as she knew around her changed. It felt that the veil that she had around her was lifted and she gained full access to the alternate universe that she was living in.

Her life takes a 180 degrees turn as she realizes that the cats who she lived with for the most of her life were actually men employed by her grandmother to protect her. Addy had difficulties adjusting to her new found identity and knowing that her life was being threatened by the “Others”. However with the help of her grandmothers and those sworn to protect her she is able to live a normal life in the human world.

Addy learned that the hallucinations which she thought she was having were actually real. Through the help of Lucas Stratton her guardian she learned about her actual parentage and how she fits into the parallel universe. It does help that she has a crush on Lucas and that he just “happens” to be assigned to protect her. It seems a bit predicable that they both end up as a couple and are able to disclose their true feelings to each other.

I found the pace of the story moving rather slowly and the development of the plot and romance between the lead characters lack a bit of punch. I did love the way Lucas Stratton acted as the gallant knight in white armor who would risk everything to protect his beloved. The the meet up between Addy and the council was a real disappointment to read as it lacks the intensity of a proper debate between the two different factions. It was a real anti-climax and sounded more like a toddler disagreement then a life and death issue.

Overall there could be better development of the plot and more dwelling into the paranormal world instead of brief views of the alternate universe through the eyes of Addy.

Disclosure: I received a copy of The veil for review purpose. All opinions are 100% my own. This post has a compensation level of 1 .