Markus Zusak, best known for The Book Thief, turns his storytelling skills toward real life in Three Wild Dogs, a memoir about the joy and chaos of adopting three unruly rescue pups. From biting piano teachers to breaking bones to—yes—killing the family cat, Reuben, Archer, and Frosty bring love, destruction, and plenty of trouble into the Zusak household. This book had me laughing out loud one moment and near tears the next. Zusak’s writing is, as expected, top-notch—he can make training disasters feel poetic and losing a pet feel like the end of the world. But while his storytelling is strong, the book felt too long for its 240 pages, […]
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When Harry Met Minnie – Book Review
Martha Teichner is an excellent storyteller. She painted wonderful word pictures about New York City for this reader who has never been to the Big Apple. Despite the title, her memoir really wasn’t about Harry or Minnie, my big takeaway was the importance of adult friendship, or heart friends as I like to call them. New best friends aren’t only formed on the playground or in the classroom, they can be unexpected gifts even after “a certain age.” Friendship develops between people who have something in common… like their love of dogs, for example. There were some aspects of the book I didn’t care for, though. First, as a dog […]
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