Never judge a book by its cover!

So I was in my favourite book shop earlier today and I couldn't resist looking through their bargain bins. I came across an interesting little book for only £1. The cover design was nice and at it seemed quite the easy read at only 94 pages, great considering I had only a day to get through my first weekly book. What could possibly go wrong?

Well...
        ...94 pages later and I've found myself being given the biggest textual telling off of my life! On the surface it looks like a title that would've been conceived by the legendary Phillip K Dick ('Do Humans Dream of Electric Cars?' Does that title sound eerily familiar?)

It turns out its a promotional charity book aimed at getting the populace as a whole to use more sustainable means of transport in an effort to reduce carbon emissions. Now I don't mind contributing to greener forms of travel and to reducing my own carbon footprint. I was pleased to see that I was already following a lot of the book's suggestions (green points for me). But by the time I had finished reading, I was not only afraid to ever consider flying in the future, I was made aware that offsetting any carbon costs was about as useful as a book printed on paper telling me to save more trees! Good to know at least it was printed on recycled paper.

I can't deny that there were some handy tips and facts. I was delighted to read that walking burns as many calories as jogging over the same distance. Yay for all the walkers like myself!

But overall I'm not sure it was worth the pound I paid for it. My total sympathy goes out to anyone who paid full price.

Still, on the upside its my first weekly book and one I read in a day (well an hour and a half to be precise).

Bring on the next one!

Useful facts

Title: Do Humans Dream of Electric Cars? 

Published: 2009

Suitable for: people of all ages, though children might find it quite boring!