pickI loved the author‘s memoir ‘You Had Me At Woof‘ and knew I wanted to read this one too. She shares three stories of how dogs have enriched her life and got her through hard times. This is a book for dog lovers and anyone who has fostered and adopted them. Shown: Cthulu, a Boston Terrier we adopted years ago. I miss him every day!🌈
pickWhen ISIS took over Mosul, a small zoo was left abandoned. This book chronicles one man's heroic effort to save the animals who were left behind. It also describes in vivid detail what it's like to have your city occupied by a bunch of jack-booted thugs, (the type of jack-booted thugs that college kids are now such big fans of when they cheer for Hamas).
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Pause for the paws. Really loved Julie Klam‘s memoir of her years as a Boston Terrier rescue volunteer.
so-soSy Montgomery really seems to have taken the idea of “Turtle Time” to heart. I cannot say if this is typical of her writing style…but oh my goodness, this book seemed to last forever. The irony is not lost on me that I wished it would move faster! I found some bits to be repetitive, as well. I could‘ve done with fewer of Fire Chief‘s recovery details, in particular. The message is sweet & sound — turtles DO deserve saving. And cars ARE terrible.
Thumbs up from the 9 year old, she is loving the writing from an animals perspective. It was a cute story & a nice way to highlight some of the dangers that the otter community is facing. The timeline is a little wonky in a few places but the 9 year old didn‘t mind.
When I bought tickets to watch this documentary film with a longtime friend at our childhood stomping grounds in Worcester (MA), I wondered if the (human) stars of my current audiobook would be there.
They were! 🐢
I drove past the house I grew up in, too, for the first time in about a decade. There are solar panels on the roof now and the front yard looked lovely. There were even a couple of young flowering trees. It made me happy to see.
bailedI thought the story would carry the weird writing style. I thought wrong. #HailTheBail
33/80
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"It was dusk on a winter day, and from high on the mountain came barking, drifting down above the snow like peals of a bell, one, two, three, four, more, just to say the light was leaving, but that was all right: here I am, I'm a dog, all is well."
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