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Be the Pack Leader: Use Cesar's Way to Transform Your Dog . . . and Your Life by Melissa Jo Peltier, Cesar Millan
5.0
I think Cesar Milan is a beautiful person, and I have learned so much through watching his show. Frankly, my first choice would be watching the show (The Dog Whisperer), but the book is good too so if you don't have cable, read the book. Using his methods has transformed the behavior of the dog in my house (my housemate's dog) my relationship with dogs in general and more importantly my awareness of the energy I am projecting at all times. Because, as Cesar Milan shows, our dogs mirror us. I wish that every dog owner would watch the show...and non dog owners as well.
Hungry Ghosts by Susan Dunlap
3.0
This mystery is flawed but still interesting. There were definitely times when it did not make sense (and I don't think the problem was my reader comprehension.) I suspect poor editing. The plot stretches credibility at times. Nonetheless, it is one of the most unique plots I've ever read and was definitely entertaining.
Dreaming the Eagle by Manda Scott
5.0
I think this is one of the best trilogies I've ever read. Wait--there is a fourth one! I'm not sure if I will be able to read that one, because I know how it all ended in history. But, I probably will. This is one of the most well-written and exciting stories I've ever read. The characters are real and the suspense is murderous. I highly recommend getting the whole series and reading them all together.
The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue
3.0
I read this book some months ago and forgot to review it. I was somewhat disappointed with this book, yet it was still a very interesting read. I loved the cover, I loved that it was based on a Yeats poem, I love that it is about a changeling. I expected it to be much more of a magical book. What it actually is is a very psychologically realistic, unsentimental and melancholy coming of age novel about two men who do not feel at home in their own lives. It is a novel about loneliness. I found it to be on the grim side. The main trouble for me was the completely unmagical "otherworld" that Donoghue constructs, not a shimmering world but a prison world. It seems to me that this is a novel written by somebody who is not actually in touch with other worlds and can only imagine them to be like this one.
By a Spider's Thread by Laura Lippman
4.0
I enjoy all of Laura Lippman's mysteries that I've read--primarily because of the way she fleshes out her detective's personal life and all of the details about Baltimore in the novels. They are always engrossingly suspenseful, without being too scary or bleak. I particularily enjoyed this one, because of the character development of Mark Rubin, an Orthodox Jew, and the developing rapport between he and Tess in spite of their differences.
Possession by A.S. Byatt
5.0
This is one of my favorite books of all time--a literary mystery and a love story. It's intelligent and beautifully written and plotted and ever since I've read it I've been trying to find another book like it. There is no other book like it. None of the author's other books are at all like this one, in my opinion. Sigh. I will just have to wait a few years and then reread it...