amber spyglass review! (and possibly his dark materials)

After reading the entire book, I think you need to be of an appropiate age/maturity to handle the complex issues of human nature that phillip pullman wanted to bring out. The first two books are ok for younger readers aged 7-10[?] when it first started, lyra seemed a lot like a young harry battling oldyfart, and there isn't much depth, and not many complex issues, which kids can handle. but the second book brings in stuff like the relationship between will and his parents and how he grapples with being a parent for his mum. and of course the book needs someone old enough to handle the world of the dead, and um serious themes like sacrifice(the angel at the end). I didnt quite get some of the things that happened in the last book though, mainly because it starts right where the second book ends, and i forgot about what happened in the second book. >< and it had lovely closure and does not make me feel like another book to top it all off. sorry i know im doing this wrong- will go buy the first two books with my christmas present book vouchers so i can read and reread!

about acquiring books, i feel the need to actually own a book and be able to fold and crumple its pages or crease its spine and whatnot. when I wanted to read eldest, elissa told me to go borrow it since i was broke. but you never ever borrow a book like eldest. or harry potter for that matter- i cant go back whenever i want to and analyse it! or go back the second time because you read too fast the first, or reading it again a couple years later to see how your opinions change as you have well. grown up over the years. is that the right phrase to use? whaha or going back to catch all the foreshadowing (jkr does this very well) which im doing with Ootp currently. sometimes you think you will never get tired of a book- sorcerer's stone, for example. i dont like reading it again because im spoiled by the miles of depth the current books provide.

oh and i found this neat vegan mom's blog with a very lucky(or unlucky) kid. She packs vegan lunches for him every day and that means no dairy or egg or meat. I amazed at the stuff she can come up with given her limitations. and the kid likes it! (whos referred to as smoo, by the way o.0) the lunches look verrry yummy and full of veggies, which i like ((: this mom is very strictly vegan, and as i cannot live without ben and jerrys or poached eggs or general singaporean food (charsiew rice etcetc), this diet can only sustain me on weekdays. plus she uses food substitutes- like for tuna and chicken nuggets- and the scary thing, for me, is that i have no idea what they are made of! but her stuff is generally great so her blog is worth a visit! go to http://veganlunchbox.blogspot.com/ to take a look.