false 1755713 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1187793286m/1755713.jpg 301727 7 2077075 1 4 1997 Lives of the Monster Dogs total:374|5:60|4:145|3:122|2:32|1:15| 374 1325 518 74 173906 3.54 374 74 48820751 767228 301727 0446674168 9780446674164 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173544634m/301727.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301727.Lives_of_the_Monster_Dogs 3.54 348 5 1 false Tue Mar 10 11:56:48 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 11:58:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 81332459 1478144 301727 0446674168 9780446674164 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173544634m/301727.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301727.Lives_of_the_Monster_Dogs 3.54 374 4 0 false Thu Dec 17 15:56:19 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 17 15:56:41 -0800 2009 A few months ago I read Carmen Dog by Carol Emshwiller, and obviously I was reminded of this -- since both are New York novels featuring intelligent talking canines -- when I picked up Bakis's book. In reality, the two are quite different creations: Emshwiller's is a feminist surrealist satire...more...]]> 28797286 174676 301727 0446674168 9780446674164 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173544634m/301727.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301727.Lives_of_the_Monster_Dogs 3.54 374 4 2 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 15:50:23 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 07:33:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 43231771 689248 301727 0446674168 9780446674164 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173544634m/301727.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301727.Lives_of_the_Monster_Dogs 3.54 374 3 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 07:44:27 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 14:56:22 -0800 2009
So, this lady really has a way with words. And she has quite the imagination. But her ability to develop the relationships between her characters is sorely lacking. Bakis has fabulous descriptive skills, but she doesn't use any of them to describe the wa...more...]]> 37456685 654540 301727 0446674168 9780446674164 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173544634m/301727.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301727.Lives_of_the_Monster_Dogs 3.54 374 3 0 false Sun Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 15:13:18 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 08:26:00 -0800 2008 more...]]> 63590410 2524579 301727 0446674168 9780446674164 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173544634m/301727.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301727.Lives_of_the_Monster_Dogs 3.54 374 4 0 false Wed Jul 15 09:26:01 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 09:35:25 -0700 2009
I enjoyed it book a lot; I'd class it as magic realism in the style of Marquez. It's not qui...more...]]> 3468042 216345 301727 0446674168 9780446674164 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173544634m/301727.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301727.Lives_of_the_Monster_Dogs 3.54 374 5 1 false Tue Jul 24 13:53:03 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 01:49:52 -0800 2009 26596685 311172 301727 0446674168 9780446674164 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173544634m/301727.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301727.Lives_of_the_Monster_Dogs 3.54 374 3 0 false Mon Jul 07 19:09:57 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 05:37:25 -0700 2008
The story goes like this: Mad Scientist plays God ...more...]]> 10699077 349264 301727 0446674168 9780446674164 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173544634m/301727.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301727.Lives_of_the_Monster_Dogs 3.54 374 3 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Wed Dec 19 12:29:47 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 21 06:28:09 -0800 2007
What a beautifully sad book. Cleo, a twenty-something New Yorker, documents the arrival of the monst...more...]]> 27557630 1338486 301727 0446674168 9780446674164 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173544634m/301727.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301727.Lives_of_the_Monster_Dogs 3.54 374 4 0 true Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jul 17 14:41:09 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 14:57:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 66430768 223132 301727 0446674168 9780446674164 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173544634m/301727.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301727.Lives_of_the_Monster_Dogs 3.54 374 3 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 09:55:39 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 10:01:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 16095331 821868 301727 0446674168 9780446674164 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173544634m/301727.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301727.Lives_of_the_Monster_Dogs 3.54 374 4 0 false Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Fri Feb 22 10:51:24 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 22 10:51:24 -0800 2008 more...]]> 69226112 1652316 301727 0446674168 9780446674164 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173544634m/301727.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301727.Lives_of_the_Monster_Dogs 3.54 374 2 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Fri Aug 28 10:42:54 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 10:43:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 49971122 273417 301727 0446674168 9780446674164 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173544634m/301727.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301727.Lives_of_the_Monster_Dogs 3.54 374 3 0 false Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 12:01:38 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 12:01:52 -0700 2009 Characters are all a bit dull though! No real relationships get formed and f...more...]]> 44182626 1845774 1755713 0374189870 9780374189877 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1187793286m/1755713.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1755713.Lives_of_the_Monster_Dogs 3.58 19 5 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Jan 24 11:13:59 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 11:17:05 -0800 2009
I was completely drawn in to the characters' lives, their torture and their tragedy. It's not a happy story, but still, it stays with me. ]]> 49451056 216688 301727 0446674168 9780446674164 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173544634m/301727.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301727.Lives_of_the_Monster_Dogs 3.54 374 3 0 false Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 10:28:32 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 09:51:59 -0700 2009 74791377 1242235 301727 0446674168 9780446674164 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173544634m/301727.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301727.Lives_of_the_Monster_Dogs 3.54 374 3 0 false Fri Oct 16 21:20:45 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 21:22:20 -0700 2009 67581087 346519 301727 0446674168 9780446674164 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173544634m/301727.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301727.Lives_of_the_Monster_Dogs 3.54 374 4 0 false Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 1999 Sun Aug 16 02:09:52 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 02:10:58 -0700 2009 58769580 71720 301727 0446674168 9780446674164 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173544634m/301727.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301727.Lives_of_the_Monster_Dogs 3.54 374 5 0 false Sun Jun 07 13:19:35 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 13:20:42 -0700 2009 43602487 1438003 301727 0446674168 9780446674164 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173544634m/301727.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301727.Lives_of_the_Monster_Dogs 3.54 374 5 0 false Mon Jan 19 12:39:47 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 13:04:44 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1755713