I was all set to review this book today. I re-read it this weekend, picked out everything I wanted to say. As I was looking for the book to bring it to work today I noticed little scraps of paper on the floor. I didn't think anything of it, the household is always in at some level of messy. But then I discovered that my formerly favorite child, the dog, ate my newly purchased copy of Blue Castle. It was an expensive used paperback, but at least I got to read it once before he ate it. I carefully collected and saved all the pieces and now I just need to decide if I want to pay for the book again or have a lengthly reassembly process.