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Dogs and Goddesses
by
Jennifer Crusie (Goodreads Author),
Anne Stuart, Lani Diane Rich (Goodreads Author), Lucy March
Abby has just arrived in Summerville, Ohio, with her placid Newfoundland, Bowser. She’s reluctantly inherited her grandmother’s coffee shop, but it’s not long before she’s brewing up trouble in the form of magical baked goods and steaming up her life with an exasperating college professor.
And then there’s Daisy, a web code writer, and her hyperactive Jack Russell, Bailey.
...morePaperback, 400 pages
Published
February 3rd 2009
by St. Martin's Paperbacks
(first published January 1st 2009)
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Snaps to the authors for including a 48-year-old heroine!
Great book. Classic Crusie dialogue. Excellent sexual tension. This book is very funny with a unique plot. A Mesopotamian goddess who has been "asleep" for thousands of years re-appears on a college campus in Ohio and tries to convert followers through a goddess dog training class.
It was a little hard to keep the characters straight at first. (Three talking dogs with three heroines, three heros ((one who is a god))and a creepy villian equ...more
Great book. Classic Crusie dialogue. Excellent sexual tension. This book is very funny with a unique plot. A Mesopotamian goddess who has been "asleep" for thousands of years re-appears on a college campus in Ohio and tries to convert followers through a goddess dog training class.
It was a little hard to keep the characters straight at first. (Three talking dogs with three heroines, three heros ((one who is a god))and a creepy villian equ...more
I quite enjoyed "Dogs and Goddesses" as a fun read. Jennifer Crusie, Anne Stuart, and Lani Diane Rich wrote this story together and I was impressed at how well it flowed. It's got humor, hot sex, a nasty goddess, talking dogs, and three very different heroines. Once the story got going, it proved hard to put down.
The basic plot is an ancient Mesopotamian goddess is accidentally called back to life. She uses her magic to find the ancestors of her handmaidens and begins her plot to...wait for it....more
The basic plot is an ancient Mesopotamian goddess is accidentally called back to life. She uses her magic to find the ancestors of her handmaidens and begins her plot to...wait for it....more
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This one goes on the keeper shelf. It is a novel written by three authors - not three separate stories with the same characters as is more usual. And it works. It combines widely disparate elements: a resurrected goddess who digs smiting the populace, misspelled googling, talking dogs and the bonding of best friends - all while trying to save the world and connecting with the guys of their dreams. It was a trip.
I read this in two days. I love all of Jennifer Crusie's stuff. The writing is great. It's goofy and funny and makes you feel good. I highly recommend all her work.
Cute, fun, fluffy--a perfect airline read.
All of Crusie’s collaborations are a little disjointed. This is no exception. It becomes even more disjointed when you have to keep track of a bunch of different point of views and the voices of a billion dogs. Yup, dogs. They talk. A lot. This becomes especially confusing during the action sequences. It’s hard to keep track of which dog is speaking and acting.
But, I still enjoyed the plot. This includes the raising of a Mesopotamian goddess, her attempts at gathering modern day worshipers, and...more
But, I still enjoyed the plot. This includes the raising of a Mesopotamian goddess, her attempts at gathering modern day worshipers, and...more
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Dogs and Goddesses by Jennifer Cruise, Anne Stuart and Lani Diane Rich is the story about three woman, and their awesome dogs, meeting, becoming and battling ancient Mesopotamian goddesses; oh and their dogs start talking :D
When I had a twelve-hour drive I went over to the library and grabbed at any audio-books that looked fun and easy. Dogs and Goddesses looked exactly like the book I was thinking of and it was! If you like audio-books, this is a great one for audio, because...more
Dogs and Goddesses by Jennifer Cruise, Anne Stuart and Lani Diane Rich is the story about three woman, and their awesome dogs, meeting, becoming and battling ancient Mesopotamian goddesses; oh and their dogs start talking :D
When I had a twelve-hour drive I went over to the library and grabbed at any audio-books that looked fun and easy. Dogs and Goddesses looked exactly like the book I was thinking of and it was! If you like audio-books, this is a great one for audio, because...more
I chose this novel to read and review, because I’m a big fan of Crusie’s writing and anything with dogs will usually draw me in. This novel is a contemporary romance and had a paranormal aspect to it. It appears that each of the three authors focused on an individual character, since the point of view would switch from one to the other with clear breaks between changes. The novel begins when Abby arrives in Summerville, Ohio. Abby’s grandmother has recently died, and Abby has come to Ohio to loo...more
Jul 22, 2010
Marcia
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This was an enjoyable read for me. I had previously read The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes, which Crusie and Stuart co-wrote with Eileen Dreyer, and I found that one to be a big disappointment. As much as I love Crusie and Stuart on their own, that effort just fell flat, and as a result I was reluctant to pick up this one. I was a the library yesterday, though, and saw it on the rack, and I thought, "I could use some good summer reading," so I decided to give it a try. I didn't regret it. I read the...more
Well, hot on the heels of the last Little Black Dress book review, here’s another. My only excuse is that I’m a sucker for vibrant covers and the use of photoshop brushes (why yes, I do have another LBD book sitting on my shelf purchased for exactly the same reasons. Shameful, I know).
Dogs and Goddesses initially took me a moment to get my head around. Given the three different authors and a blurb that seemed to refer to three separate although vaguely intertwined stories, I was expecting to sit...more
Dogs and Goddesses initially took me a moment to get my head around. Given the three different authors and a blurb that seemed to refer to three separate although vaguely intertwined stories, I was expecting to sit...more
It took me longer than a week to get through this. Granted, I had some other things going on, but I don't remember the last time I took so long to read something.
At times funny and at times choppy. I liked some of the characters and disliked others. Some of the dialog was believable and some just fodder for groans. I guess that is what happens when you have three authors working on the same storyline.
As the story goes, in 1929, an archeologist dug up a Mesopotamian temple and woke up the seven...more
At times funny and at times choppy. I liked some of the characters and disliked others. Some of the dialog was believable and some just fodder for groans. I guess that is what happens when you have three authors working on the same storyline.
As the story goes, in 1929, an archeologist dug up a Mesopotamian temple and woke up the seven...more
Dogs and Goddesses is an entertaining story of three women who find themselves poised to save the world. How, you ask? They don't know...
The story starts with Abby moving into town with her dog, a Newfoundland. She's there to check in on her inheritance, left by her grandmother. As soon as she rolls into town, she's waylaid by an exasperating college professor who demands that she fulfill her grandmother's contract to bake cookies for his math department reception. Daisy is a web programmer with...more
The story starts with Abby moving into town with her dog, a Newfoundland. She's there to check in on her inheritance, left by her grandmother. As soon as she rolls into town, she's waylaid by an exasperating college professor who demands that she fulfill her grandmother's contract to bake cookies for his math department reception. Daisy is a web programmer with...more
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If you're going to make up a god, why would you name him Samu? Which is so much like Shamu. He's supposed to be hot stuff, but all I could picture was a killer whale.
And why would you call the magic potion, goddess-power-enhancing-drink, "tonic?" That's like what Aunt Bea gives Opie. The last real life person who took a tonic probably died one hundred years ago. And why would three intelligent women in this skeptical, drug-aware age drink vast quantities of some unidentifiable liquid, called a "...more
And why would you call the magic potion, goddess-power-enhancing-drink, "tonic?" That's like what Aunt Bea gives Opie. The last real life person who took a tonic probably died one hundred years ago. And why would three intelligent women in this skeptical, drug-aware age drink vast quantities of some unidentifiable liquid, called a "...more
I laughed. Out loud. Often.
I'm sure the book is humorous in print, but as an audiobook it was a hoot. Narrator Renée Raudman's presentation of the characters added immensely to my enjoyment of the book.
The writing was fine. There were a couple of places that it was a bit choppy, but nothing was memorably jarring. I don't know any of the co-authors well enough to know when one stopped and another began, and it wasn't obvious that there were three authors.
There's some graphic(ish) sex, but if that...more
I'm sure the book is humorous in print, but as an audiobook it was a hoot. Narrator Renée Raudman's presentation of the characters added immensely to my enjoyment of the book.
The writing was fine. There were a couple of places that it was a bit choppy, but nothing was memorably jarring. I don't know any of the co-authors well enough to know when one stopped and another began, and it wasn't obvious that there were three authors.
There's some graphic(ish) sex, but if that...more
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Oh, Jenny Crusie, no!
I couldn't finish this one. I tried, I really did, but I just couldn't get around the ridiculousness of the premise, and I really love fantasy novels so I'm no stranger to ridiculous premises.
(I mean, hell, my favorite moment in the Dresden Files I Harry tear-assing his way around Chicago on the back of a recently revive T-Rex. Tell me that's not ridiculous.)
The other thing I had problem with was the way the individual writers voices' failed to blend in a way that isn't jarr...more
I couldn't finish this one. I tried, I really did, but I just couldn't get around the ridiculousness of the premise, and I really love fantasy novels so I'm no stranger to ridiculous premises.
(I mean, hell, my favorite moment in the Dresden Files I Harry tear-assing his way around Chicago on the back of a recently revive T-Rex. Tell me that's not ridiculous.)
The other thing I had problem with was the way the individual writers voices' failed to blend in a way that isn't jarr...more
This was a very fun book. Three women in a small town in Ohio, three dogs, a goddess, three men, and the fate of the world hangs in the balance. Love, lust, happiness, and the fulfillment of ancient promises -- what could be more satisfying?
Abby is a short of stature with a large Newfoundland dog. She returns to Summerville after inheriting her grandmother's cafe. Daisy ius a web developer with a feisty Jack Russell terrier. Shar is a nearly-fifty colllege professor with a dachshund. In their to...more
Abby is a short of stature with a large Newfoundland dog. She returns to Summerville after inheriting her grandmother's cafe. Daisy ius a web developer with a feisty Jack Russell terrier. Shar is a nearly-fifty colllege professor with a dachshund. In their to...more
This was fun, but don’t start looking at it too closely. One of the things the authors did do right was manage a consistent voice, which couldn’t have been easy with three of them writing it. The different women do have their own sub-voice, but overall the tone was very consistent. Also, the dog sidekicks were rather entertaining, and it wasn’t particularly difficult to tell the difference between them.
The part that doesn’t really hold together is the mythology, from the overall goal of the anci...more
The part that doesn’t really hold together is the mythology, from the overall goal of the anci...more
Abby, Daisy and Shar have one thing in common - they've been invited, more or less, to a dog training seminar wherein the trainer seems more intent on getting them high or drunk than teaching them how to train their dogs. Weirdly enough, the potion they're given has an extra added side effect beside making them see colors - they can hear their dogs talking. Not only that, but there might be other side effects too - giving them amazing powers.
Abby arrives in town with her dog, Bowser, to see wha...more
Abby arrives in town with her dog, Bowser, to see wha...more
Because it's Jennifer Crusie, we have a cute romance. The story revolves around 3 women: Abby, who just inherited a bakery from her grandmother, Daisy, who just inherited a hyperactive dog from her mother who suddenly became 'allergic', and Shar, a history professor who is bored with her fiance and life in general. They meet at a dog obedience class and quickly become friends while at the same time realizing the obedience class is MUCH more than it seems. It turns out, an ancient Mesopotamian Go...more
For me, this book was absolutely hilarious! It was a fun read from beginning to end, and what I really loved was that someone in the writer world actually put to use the original Goddess of the Allah/Allot duo from the Islamic culture. For me being a religious studies fiend of obscure arcana- I loved that someone else finally used this aspect of the divine feminine in a story arc.
Something else I enjoyed was seeing how the women all came together with their men (again- the Girl Power! mojo- sha...more
Something else I enjoyed was seeing how the women all came together with their men (again- the Girl Power! mojo- sha...more
This was excellent, for what it is, which is to say, a romantic paranormal, um, romp. I hate the word romp but this book, like most of Jennifer Crusie's books, is just that. It's hilariously funny, the dialogue is quick and sharp and witty and the cheerfully improbable thesis (ancient Mesopotamian temple complete with less than perfectly omnipotent deities survives intact in present day Ohio) is never taken too seriously. Anyway. I keep plugging Jennifer Crusie and here I am again - if what you...more
I couldn't finish this. There was potential escapist fun in the relationship between the three main characters but the vengeful goddess plotline was so ludicrous and unnecessary that I just lost momentum.
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Needed a good book for a long flight home. This was the right one to have handed to me by my sis. This book is not deep or complex but it is loads of good old fashioned fun! It contains talking dogs, Goddesses and lots of sassy smart female characters and handsome intelligent males. The dialog is witty and although the story line is pretty simple, the character interaction and development kept me turning page after page. I was initially skeptical about three authors managing to write a book toge...more
I will just chalk this one up to being a bad collaboration between the authors. I love Jennifer Crusie's books as they are usually lots of fun and a bit quirky (in a good way), but this one was way out there. One I could not finish as it was just too weird to follow.
It was an okay premise to bring all the people together because of their dogs (dogs are a trademark Crusie thing), but when they got into the whole goddess thing, I couldn't follow the logic and it was just too odd to stay with it....more
It was an okay premise to bring all the people together because of their dogs (dogs are a trademark Crusie thing), but when they got into the whole goddess thing, I couldn't follow the logic and it was just too odd to stay with it....more
I thought it was a fun read. It was pretty obvious which of the three stories was Cruisie's, though. The whole Mesopotamia connection is unique and fun. I love the whole talking with the dogs. I wish I could do that.
I love that the heroines are not typical. Shar is in her late 40's and stands up to her unappreciative boyfriend. While yes, she gets the super-hot former god, she does it on pretty much on her own terms. Only one of the three is not confident and sure of herself. The female seconda...more
I love that the heroines are not typical. Shar is in her late 40's and stands up to her unappreciative boyfriend. While yes, she gets the super-hot former god, she does it on pretty much on her own terms. Only one of the three is not confident and sure of herself. The female seconda...more
I downloaded this from audible on a whim and I am so glad - it is a hilarious fun book for adult women and dog lovers. The narrarator does such a great job with the dog's voices. My husband even loved it. The only complaints was that I kept confusing the 3 women, their men and dogs - it took a few listens to keep it straight - and the sex scenes were a bit over the top. I know they are supposed to be, but still, too much detail for my taste. (For others, that might be the best part of the book.)...more
I was actually disappointed in this book. It was not that I didn't like it - I just didn't like it as much as I have liked other Jennifer Crusie books.
I felt like she stole a story plot from a Nora Roberts file and then failed to develop the plot in the same gripping way that Nora Roberts is known for.
Story was about 3 women thrown into a mysterious, magical situation who had to bond quickly (between themselves and each with a significant other) in order to defeat the antagonist.
I felt like she stole a story plot from a Nora Roberts file and then failed to develop the plot in the same gripping way that Nora Roberts is known for.
Story was about 3 women thrown into a mysterious, magical situation who had to bond quickly (between themselves and each with a significant other) in order to defeat the antagonist.
Another light summer romance from Jennifer Crusie, this time writing with Anne Stuart and Lani Diane Rich. While this one has dogs (there is always at least one dog in a Jenny Crusie book), it also manages to throw in a lot of fantasy, as three strangers find out that they are the direct descendants of some pretty powerful Mesopotamian types and therefore actually demi-goddesses themselves. Throw in some romantic foils for them, an evil goddess from whom they must protect the planet (too bad tha...more
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Jenny Crusie is the NYT bestselling author of twenty some novels and lots of other stuff. Her latest novel, Maybe This Time, hit shelves in August, 2010.
Jenny lives on the Ohio River where she often stares at the ceiling and counts her blessings.
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“And why do you want to be near me?"
Because you're all I can think about, day and night. I don't know what the hell is going on with us; I only know I can't get rid of it. I don't care if you're batshit insane and think you're the reincarnation of Cleopatra. I hear voices; you hear dogs. We'll work it out. Maybe get a discount on therapy.”
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Because you're all I can think about, day and night. I don't know what the hell is going on with us; I only know I can't get rid of it. I don't care if you're batshit insane and think you're the reincarnation of Cleopatra. I hear voices; you hear dogs. We'll work it out. Maybe get a discount on therapy.”
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