Kicking off 2009! Books #1 & 2
So I've been sick the last few days and had plenty of reading time to gt started on my 50 this year!
Book #1
Marley and Me: Life and love with the world's worst dog
by John Grogan
From the back of the book: "The heartwarming and unforgettable story of a family and the wondrously neurotic dog who taught them what really matters in life."
This was an utterly adorable book. It starts with the author and his wife, young and newly married deciding to get a "test puppy" (the typical test of "lets see if we can keep a puppy alive before we try to see if we can keep a baby alive") and bringing home the rambunctious lab puppy, Marley. The book follows the author and his growing family through the thirteen years that Marley was in their lives.
I loved this book! I laughed, I cried (oh how I cried!) and I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone who loves dogs.
Book #2
The Woman who Loved Reindeer
by Meredith Ann Pierce
From the back of the book: "Beneath a double moon in a beautiful land where winter winds blow, a woman loved a reindeer... and lost him again. Her love was a trangl, a shapechanger -- part mortal man, part golden stag, torn between the human world and his own. As fires and quakes ravage her land, she must follow him across magic realms, through the Trollwoman's hedge, to the Fireking's Hall. Only there will she find an answer to the problems that plague her land...and the questions that plague her heart."
Ok, so the back-cover blurb sounds really cheesy but it was a good read. A friend lent it to me thinking I might like it and I did. It's a kind of paleo-fantasy...elements of it are familar but the author automatically sets it in a different world from ours (double moons, yo) which lends itself to the reality of the legends and dreams the characters encounter. The characters were wonderfully written as well with a strong, likeable heroine who does have her faults (don't you just hate saintly main characters?).
It may not have been as deep and touching as Marley & Me but it was a good piece of well written fantasy fluff!
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