Love At First Bark | Julie Klam
This month the BlogHer Book Club is reading Love At First Bark by Julie Klam. I have to admit, of all of the books we’ve read for book club I thought I’d relate to this one the least. I mean, it’s not that I don’t love puppies. I totally do. Have you seen how cute my dog Lucy is? I’m definitely no Chandler Bing.
I just don’t read a lot of animal literature. The last book I read about a dog was Marley and Me and that pretty much ruined me on dog books, thank you very much. But the pup on the cover of Love At First Bark was super cute and I’m a sucker for cuteness. Plus, I’m trying to branch out from chick lit and Amish fiction, so you know, there’s that.
By the middle of the first chapter, I paused to double check the publishing date and see if I could adopt Morris. Morris is a dog by the way. I love him. I mean, there isn’t even a picture of him and he doesn’t do anything remotely interesting but still. I love him. Which I think is due to Klam’s writing. She’s witty and I adore witty. But more than that, she’s so passionate that it made me emotional. I also adore unexpected emotion.
If there are any negatives about the book I’d say the last chapter felt really long and bit drawn out. The first portion of the book flowed really well from one story to the next. The latter part of the book was bogged down with transcripts of emails from various animal rescue facilities. I find that unless I’m uncovering a juicy scandal or discovering what my husband bought me for Christmas, reading other people’s email is boring.
Overall? It’s a quick read with sweet stories. My copy has a post-it note on the front reminding me to pass it on to my friend Stacey, who I know will love it.
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Marley and Me made me really sad too…I read it right after both my golden retrievers passed away {one from a tumor and the other from a broken heart} and reading that book was the absolute worst thing I could have done. I’m reluctant to read any dog books now as well, and reluctant to ever have another dog
Kayla, I just love your blog. Everytime I get on, I am always finding myself nodding along and agreeing with things you’re saying, as if I’m actually having a conversation with you. I swear you love the same things I do (Kate Middleton, Friends, among other things) and I love that! Thanks for always being witty, and charming. It’s nice to have something funny and cute to read these days, when everything in the news seems so sad and negative. Keep up the good work, I share your blog with my girlfriends all the time! And I hope you don’t mind me stealing phrases you use often…I wish I was a southern gal, so when I said “ya’ll” it would actually sound cute.
P.S. So glad that everything is going so well with Scarlette, what a sweetheart she is!