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I highly recommend The Art of Racing in the Rain.

I just finished The Art of Racing in the Rain. My heart is happy and my heart is broken. Great book! I highly recommend it.

Marla #review #fiction

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Christine

I’ve read this several times. It is one of my all time favorites.

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Julie

A favorite!

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Betty

Very good

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Pam

The best

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Diane

I cannot read a known tearjerker.

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MarlaQuestion author

DO NOT READ THIS BOOK!

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Diane

Even though I hear this is a good read, it is not for me!!!

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Christa

I can’t read a tearjerker, either

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Linda

Loved this so much

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Jean

Agree!!

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Kathryn

Loved this book!

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Nancy

Ditto!

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Mickey

Yes!! His second book is good too. Loved the ending!

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Sally

Really liked it!

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Bonnie

Hated it

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Rita

Loved this book so much.

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Barbara

This is on my Very Best list. It is so much more than a Dog Book.

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Jennifer

When you’re ready for another dog book, I recommend: A Dog’s Purpose…Walking in Circles Before Laying Down…Roam…A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog

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Cindy

One of my top 10!

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Kate

Loved it! Sometimes a good cry is exactly what we need.

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Mary

One of my top books

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Marie

I am reading it now. I am liking it, but we have a dog who is a major part of the family.

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MarlaQuestion author

I do also. You will appreciate them even more. 🙂

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Shena

It is on my thrift books list!

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MarlaQuestion author

I will give you my copy

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Diana

Loved that book! A Dogs Purpose is also a great read!

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Cynthia

The car goes where the eyes go!

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Berta

Loved it!

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Pam

A favorite❤️

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Catherine

Does a dog die in the story? I can’t read a book where a dog dies. Too sad.

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Pam

yes

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Mary

and no…:-)

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Catherine

??? that cleared it up.

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Pam

@Mary Still, when someone asks me if animals die, I cannot tell a lie, because I know that they sometimes can’t deal with that kind of pain. Speaking from experience.

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Pam

@Catherine The dog dies. Depending on your beliefs, you may “read” about them again. If you are open to that belief, it is a wonderful story. But you will still cry your eyes out…

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Catherine

@Pam thank you. I read Marley and Me and I bawled like a baby. Since then I haven’t wanted or I have trepidation about any dog dying in a novel. I know , strange.

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BethandBrad

Edgar Sawtelle did that to me. Made me ugly cry without warning. That’s the last audio book I listened to at work.

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Pam

@Catherine nope, not strange, I totally get it. But it is a lovely book if you believe in reincarnation.

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Pam

@BethandBrad Me too!

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Stacy

@Pam, I am that person, so thank you!

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Audrey

Same here. I love dogs so every time my husband sees a book or movie about a dog he gets excited and I have to tell him, “If it’s about a dog, the dog dies at the end. That’s how it works and I can’t handle those kinds of emotions.”

That being said, I absolutely adored The Art of Racing in the Rain, although I won’t reread it solely because of the dog death.

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Marie

Perfect summation! I always say that it ends the way it is supposed to end. One of my favorite books!

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Muffy

I loved it

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Kathryn

I loved this one as well.

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Linda

Yeah, can’t read books about dogs. I still miss my adorable golden destroyer too much. ❤️?

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Liz

This is one of my favorites

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Caron

I couldn’t put it down. Cried my eyes out tho

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Earleen

The pictures in my mind from that book still cross my mind. 🙁 <3

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Sharon

I have it on my bookshelf waiting for me. ?

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Judy

Wonderful book. Just bought a copy to give as a gift.

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Cassie

When you get arrested for stealing antique spoons 😛

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Tracy

LOVE that book. Had a hard time reading anything after that.

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Marie

Spoiler-maybe- I finished this book last night. Overall I enjoyed it. We often speculate what our dog is thinking, joking with each other about what she would say if she could talk, so I enjoyed that the author wrote from the dogs point of view.

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Jaime

My most favorite book!

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