Olivia oh how I love Olivia

I LOVE pigs I have always loved pigs and I just LOVE Olivia the pig she is just soooo freaking cute! I have collected a few things for Mhyia over the last year or so that are Olivia related and I really just can't stop myself when I see them.

I hope Mhyia loves Olivia as much as I do - probably not - but I can try LOL

Mike and I found a little old style "Olivia" jack in the box in Toronto one day and of course had to buy it and then had to get the Match game that I saw a Toys r us and then last night we were at Costco and I came across these two hard cover books - yes you guessed it - I got them! They are just so cute and the Goodnight one has glow in the dark stars!!

I can't wait to get these on a bookshelf and start reading them to Mhyia!! hopefully not too long now!

As I was looking for pictures of the books etc on Google I typed in "Olivia the Pig" and look at the picture that came up - OMG she is sooo cute - a little Asian Olivia the Pig - it was so cute I had to post it here!!!

YES - I am reading a book!!

Anyone who knows me knows that I am not much of a book reader AT ALL. I will read articles on things I am interested in or even portions of a book I am interested in but I am not one to just pick up a novel and read for enjoyment.

I was at work one day in March and came across an article in the Toronto Star about Xue Xinran a woman from China who has written a couple of books and in particular they were talking about her latest book to be released called " Message from an unknown Chinese Mother"

"Xinran has gained entrance to the most pained, secret chambers in the hearts of Chinese mothers—students, successful businesswomen, midwives, peasants—who have given up their daughters. Whether as a consequence of the single-child policy, destructive age-old traditions, or hideous economic necessity, these women had to give up their daughters for adoption; others even had to watch as their baby daughters were taken away at birth and drowned. Her searing stories of mothers who have been driven to abandon their daughters or give them up for adoption is a masterful and significant work of literary reportage and oral history".

I was instantly intrigued by her article and decided that this was definitely a book I was going to read. I have since purchased the book and at first couldn't put it down but she tells some very sad stories and to be honest I have not read a lot of it lately. I am most definitely going to finish this book but it may take me a little longer than I originally thought. I think it is an important book for me to read and possibly one day for Mhyia to read as well but that will be a LONG time from now - I am not sure if I would ever want her to read it??

Has anyone out there read it? What are your thoughts - is this something you would want your daughters to read??