the god of animals

if you haven't read this, please absolutely do. it's so well written, and pulled so many of my heart strings, i don't even know where to start. aryn kyle took me to several emotional levels, and by the end of the book, the tears that started out as a trickle, became full on sobs.

alice is an amazing, strong young woman, and this is the story of her family, and the complicated relationships we have with our family. be warned that there is some mother stuff in here, and i found that particularly affected my heart.

please read this, and let yourself go where she takes you.

rules...are made to be broken...

rules was a gift from you...it was a quick read and packed with lessons (and rules); i felt the ending was a bit weak, but i am a fan of tidy endings, and this one just sort of ended as if ms. lord was tired of writing about these characters.

it is a great book for kids though, and an enjoyable read.

dragon tattoos...

So I read this book in a few days. It is the first of a trilogy of mysteries handed into his publisher before he died. I loved it, really well written. The beginning is okay but partly through it pops and I even had to ignore my house guest and my husband for a little while until I finished. It was a fairly stylized mystery, filled with decent characters and great atmosphere, great setting. Good lord I love me my Swedish mystery writers!

important artifacts and personal...

..property from the collection of lenore doolan and harold morris, including books, street fashion and jewellery...crafted by lenore shapton....this book is fantastic...the illustration, the concept behind it...it's a pretend auction catalogue, sharing the dissolution of a relationship...a true treasure.