My latest review for the Blogging for Books program is of the book by Daniel Ryan Day titled, "10 Days Without". It is Daniel's documentation of his "radical" experiments of going 10 days without certain "necessities". The foreward was by Joni Eareckson Tada whom I just love, so I decided to read the book.
Daniel's subtitle on the cover of his book reads, "Daring Adventures in Discomfort that will change your world and you". Well, after reading Daniel's book it is clear that his world and perspective changed drastically after engaging in these radical (well, radical to us maybe) experiments. I would have to venture to guess that if I actually engaged in any of these experiments I would be changed in some way too.
So what did Daniel go without for 10 days? Some of the "necessities" were shoes, a coat (in winter), media, furniture, legs, his voice, and touch. Daniel didn't just stop at going without these things, but he blogged about his experiments in order to raise awareness and funds for different organizations that were making a difference in our world. For example, Daniel went without his voice (speaking) for 10 days in order to raise awareness for those that do not have a voice, the modern day slaves.
One of the things that I liked about the book was that Daniel listed different organizations at the end of each chapter that his readers could get involved with to also raise awareness. He too listed ways that readers could do similar experiments on their own as well (I like that).
I would definitely recommend this book for all to read. I would even go as far to say that in some ways this book could lead to individuals having life changing experiences.
The Blogging for Books program gave me this complimentary copy of this book and I agreed to write this review. Thanks to the Blogging for Books program!
