Vicky Woodyatt read and liked Trena's review of Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry:

"This was a really clever idea--using an auction catalog format to tell the story of a relationship--and the execution was just as clever as the idea which is a real coup. I wasn't sure what to expect in terms of the objects, but I loved that they we...more This was a really clever idea--using an auction catalog format to tell the story of a relationship--and the execution was just as clever as the idea which is a real coup. I wasn't sure what to expect in terms of the objects, but I loved that they were mostly just ordinary objects like playbills and polaroids. The story really comes through and it's fun to think of the catalog/relationship as a living thing (the "item removed" designations near the end). At first it made me feel like my relationship is inferior or less real because it has produced virtually no artifacts at all. But my relationship is also calm and enjoyable and we are mostly in the same place, so it's a tradeoff I suppose.

This is a quickie read of an hour and a half at most, and is probably fun to pick up and browse through later (I read it in a library copy).

My assessment: she was too young for him, and yet he is a perpetual man-child who will never be ready for anyone and searches out women who are too young for him so he'll never have to grow up. And I hope when she got his most recent note, which introduces the catalog, she was happily ensconced with someone who is in a real, grown up relationship with her.(less) "