Help ! Please can one of you kind souls translate this text for me ? It ' s been in my possession for about 15 years and I ' m aching to know what it says . It was given to my mother by my godfather 23 years ago and nobody has been able to figure out what he wrote . Thank you . <| sep |> I like Jim Butcher , mainly because I find that his writing is easy to read , fastpaced , well constructed , and that he is a good worldbuilder . I perceive him as a working author more than a literary virtuoso , but it ' s something that I enjoy in part about his style . It ' s characteristically uncomplicated reading that ' s meant to be fun and enjoyed for what it is . He is , to date , the only author to have written in the first person that I have thoroughly enjoyed reading . That might be because I like Harry Dresden a great deal . I ' m a huge Dresden Files fan , but I liked The Codex Alera and The Aeronaut ' s Windlass as well .