WK’s Favorite Books
Lily and the Octopus, by Steven Rowley ranks as WK’s just about all-time favorite animal novel – or at least dog novel. It’s about dealing with the pending death of your best friend, about grieving her loss, and about loneliness, just about life, and about what will survive. And as dismal as the themes sound, it’s actually told from a quite humorous perspective. Read more of WK’s review by clicking on the photo of Sofia with the book.
Pax, by Sara Pennypacker is WK’s overall favorite children’s book published in the last several years. It’s the story of a fox and his boy who are separated by war, and by the boy’s father and their journey to find each other again. It’s a heartbreakingly beautiful, very honest story. Read the review by clicking on the photo.
Craig and Fred, by Craig Rossi. This is a memoir about a Marine who is befriended by a local stray dog in Afghanistan. Craig grows to love the dog, Fred, and manages to bring him back to the U.S. (no easy feat!) where Fred helps him overcome PST he didn’t know he had. Wonderful story, taught WK a great deal about Marine life and brought to her attention all the barriers to bringing a beloved dog back home. That must change!
Black Cats Tell All, by Layla Morgan Wilde. A lovely coffee table book with fun, colorful pictures and vignettes about real cats that debunks the ridiculously outdated myth that black cats are somehow sinister!
Our favorite K-9 mystery thus far, Suspect, by Robert Crais, stars Scott and Maggie, both of them suffering from PTSD after their partners are killed. They heal each other in a novel that manages to be both an edge-of-your-seat suspense, and a detailed character study of both man and dog.