Book Review: A Dog’s Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron
A Dog’s Purpose W. Bruce Cameron Read by George K. Wilson Tantor Audio, 2010 ISBN 978-1-4001-1645-4 Unabridged Audio Book Also available as a Forge trade paperback A puppy plays in the woods with his mom and his siblings but this is not an entirely idyllic scene. The puppy and his family are feral and the [...]
October 22, 2011
Tags: animals, autobiography, Forge, general fiction, humor, reincarnation, Tantor Audio Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews 
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Book Review: Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann
Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story Leonie Swann Flying Dolphin Press, 2007 ISBN 0385521111 Hardcover Suppose you were walking down a country lane someday and came across a flock of sheep. What would you do? Hope they wouldn’t suddenly decide to stampede and mow you down? Ignore them and walk past? Not me. I’d [...]
March 14, 2011
Tags: animals, cozy, fantasy, Flying Dolphin Press, humor, Ireland, mystery Posted in: Full Reviews One Comment
Book Review: The Koala of Death by Betty Webb
The Koala of Death Betty Webb Poisoned Pen Press, 2010 ISBN: 978-1-59058-756-0 Hardcover Also available in trade paperback This novel is the second in a new series, following the author’s well-received Lena Jones detective stories. The protagonist in the current Gunn Zoo Mysteries is Theodora “Teddy” Bentley, who prefers working at the zoo to the [...]
February 5, 2011
Tags: animals, cozy, mystery, Poisoned Pen Press, zoo Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: Did Not Survive by Ann Littlewood
Did Not Survive A Zoo Mystery Ann Littlewood Poisoned Pen Press, 2010 ISBN No. 978-1-59058-747-8 Trade Paperback (Also available in hardcover) Damrey and Nakri are two Asian elephant cows residing at Finley Memorial Zoo near Vancouver, Washington. As Iris Oakley walked towards the Commissary after her night volunteer shift, she heard noises coming from the [...]
January 27, 2011
Tags: animals, mystery, Poisoned Pen Press, zoo Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Love Those Animals in Books
Several weeks ago, I got into an email discussion with Becky, one of my reviewers and a friend of the erstwhile brick & mortar store. She had sent me a review of Scent of the Missing by Susannah Charleson, a story about Puzzle, the author’s Search and Rescue dog, and that led to us emailing [...]
August 3, 2010
Tags: animals, pets Posted in: Tales of a Bookseller One Comment
Book Review: Movie for Dogs by Lois Duncan
Movie for Dogs Lois Duncan Scholastic, June 2010 ISBN 0545108543 Hardcover Movie for Dogs by Lois Duncan is a later installment in the popular “for Dogs” franchise. Before getting to the review I need to note two things. The first is that I haven’t read the previous books in the series or seen the movie [...]
June 26, 2010
Tags: animals, kids, Scholastic Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: Making Rounds with Oscar by David Dosa, M.D.
Making Rounds with Oscar David Dosa, M.D. Hyperion Books, 2010 ISBN 1401323235 Hardcover This is the true story of Oscar, an ordinary cat from the street with an extraordinary talent. He knows when a patient is going to die and goes that that person’s bedside to remain with them. Inscrutible like every other feline, we [...]
June 23, 2010
Tags: animals, Hyperion, nonfiction Posted in: Full Reviews One Comment
Book Review: Scent of the Missing by Susannah Charleson
Scent of the Missing Susannah Charleson Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010 ISBN 0547152442 Hardcover I, too, learned my first lessons about SAR dogs during the Oklahoma bombing. Friends were left in that building and I watched with a mixture of anticipation and dread as dogs and handlers dredged through the broken husk of a building looking [...]
June 12, 2010
Tags: animals, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, nonfiction Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Teeny Reviews X 3
The Telltale Turtle Joyce & Jim Lavene Midnight Ink, 2008 ISBN 0738712264 Trade Paperback Pet psychic Mary Catherine is a widow with panache and a successful radio show. Then, one day, she hears the thoughts of an animal in distress and discovers a turtle with the body of his murdered owner. Unfortunately, turtles don’t have [...]
February 22, 2010
Tags: animals, cozy, hardboiled, Midnight Ink, mystery, noir, nonfiction, reference, regional travel, Richmond Discoveries, Scribner Book Company Posted in: Teeny Reviews No Comments
Review: How To Take Over Teh Wurld
How to Take Over teh Wurld Professor Happycat Gotham Books, September 2009 ISBN 1592405169 Trade Paperback The next entry in the I Can Has Cheezburger canon, this is another collection of riotously funny pictures and captions of kittehs on the quest to dominate their hoomins and, ultimately, the world. If you haven’t already, you must [...]
November 15, 2009
Tags: animals, Gotham Books, humor Posted in: Teeny Reviews No Comments
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