The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein Harper, 321 pages Get it from Amazon >> I have such a backlog of books to review that there are likely to be endless days of me sitting up late writing little blurbs until the dark circles under my eyes are permanent. Well, I’ve always [...]

My birthday was last Monday (the 17th), and, as usual, I received a book from my aunt in Connecticut. In recent years she’s been sending more non-fiction than fiction, but I’m not sure that’s intentional. In any case, she knows that there is no drug rehab equivalent for bibliophiles, and really, as addictions go, reading [...]

Dog Years by Mark Doty Get it from Amazon Dog Years was, perhaps, not the best choice of read for a time when I was convinced we were going to lose our chihuahua, Zorro. (He’s got a heart condition, and while we know we don’t have much time with him, he’s no longer in that [...]