What a life saver this book was! My whole box of photos (yes, an old cardboard box) was in my garage when we were hit by huge amounts of rainfall last winter. The rain poured through the garage and soaked everything that was down there. I was paniced. My girlfriend told me to go and buy this book which I did promptly. I saved every single photograph in that old box. Now my whole family history is in the proper type of books, in order and protected. Everyone should own this book. It is an excellent guide and reference book that you will refered to over and over.....

This easy to read and down to earth handbook helps anyone learn to preserve and protect their family history, photos, collectables... and basically all the stuff we accummulate and treasure. Also, learn how to respond and save your stuff when disasters hit, like earthquakes, floods... or grandkids! After all, anytime you loose something dear to your family's history, its a disaster. The book's step by step instructions and abundant pictures make the information easy to follow.

This book has been reviewed by the conservation community, the disaster response industry, professionals from museums and auction houses, genealogical professionals and always receives the highest compliments and votes.

From the overall customer reviews, I expected to enjoy this novel like most. In all honesty, my appeal for the book continued to "dissipate" the more I continued to read. Understandably this is fiction but there was not enough depth for me to really appreciate this novel as a great read.
First of all, I must say that it's good to see that Jada, the main character, has it "going on" in the corporate world as well as in the looks department. I just wish the author gave her a little bit more of a back bone to better handle some of that drama from her end of the spectrum. Granted, Jada has MORE than her fair share of characters to deal with. A new beau, Wellington with a less than scrupulous mother, Cynthia who has her own ideas for Wellington; not to mention her own deep dark secrets of a day gone by. With the help of Melanie, a woman from the "right family" that's right for Welligton, Cynthia plans to use her and anything it takes to keep Wellington from marrying Jada...someone Cynthia considers is not from the right background.

The plots make you wanna pick up the book, curl up and read. And chile, Chapter 1...whew. But it's all downhill from there. The book seems to race through the main plot and 2 subplots and you really don't feel any substance or connection w/the characters. The author has some questions at the end for book club discussions which is an interesting addition. Also a section about finding your own soulmate, which again would need a whole lot more substance than what the book would suggest.

The ending, however, gave me a feeling that the next book Ms. Morrison is working on, pt.2 will probably be better. Jada has moved on and Wellington is ready to show and prove. Now I'm waiting for that one.

Jada Diamond Tanner has everything going for her. Her career as a fashion
photographer is exploding, she's beautiful and intelligent, and she could
have her pick of any man in California. The problem is she has yet to find
that one man...her soul mate. Enter Wellington Jones, an extremely handsome
and successful man who manages to slither his way into Jada's heart the first
night that they meet.

Jada and Wellington's relationship blooms rapidly and the two find their love

connecting on all levels. When they announce to their families their decision
to marry, Jada finds his mother less than enthused, and soon after, Jada and
Wellington's relationship is put to the test as sex, lies, deceit, and conception
play a climactic role in their love.

I have to say I had high expectations for this book. I LOVED the title, it was a
national bestseller and the word-of-mouth for the novel had me anxious to read it. Unfortunately, I was a little disappointed. I found myself not liking the majority
of the characters, including the two main characters (though I would have LOVED a
novel on Jada's mom and her "friend"). I was under the impression that the reader
was to believe that Jada and Wellington truly loved one another, that they were
indeed soul mates; however, the only thing I found between the two was sex (which
this book has a LOT of), and as a result, I couldn't empathize or sympathize or
care much about the pair.

I wished for like 50-100 more pages, because the story read too fast and made the
situations in the book too unbelievable for me. But I will say this, I read the
book in practically one sitting. There's something CATCHING about the novel that
will make you continue reading it to the very end.

I would be interested in reading future works by Morrison to see how her writing
style evolves through other projects, but as for SOUL MATES DISSIPATE, I have to
rate it a 2.5 on the RAW Scale.

I don't know why this book got so many bad reviews, but I was captivated from the first page. Meet Jada a.k.a. Diamond. She is a very succesful photographer,has lot of money, she is very beautiful and men just seem to fall at her feet, but one thing is missing is her life, and that is a soulmate to share everything with. Then we are introduced to Wellington Jones, a bald-headed, sexy (...) man that could have his pick of women and then some, not to mention he is a millionare. From the first night that they meet, Wellington and Jada are both in love. Almost a year later, Jada is Wellington's fiancee and this is where things start to go downhill, Wellington's adoptive mom Cynthia will do anything to keep Wellington from marrying Jada, becuase she feels that JAda is not "good enough". I won't reveal anything else because I will spoil the reast of the surprises in the story. This book is a must READ,(...)