false 3868437 10 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. Her tightly-wound world spins out of control when she discovers the chaos within and meets a mysterious dog trainer whose teaching style is definitely hands-on. Finally there’s Shar, professor of ancient history at Summerville College, who wakes up one morning to find her neurotic dachshund, Wolfie, snarling at an implacable god sitting at her kitchen table, the first thing in her life she hasn’t been able to footnote. What on earth is going on in this unearthly little town? It’s up to Abby, Daisy, and Shar to find out before an ancient goddess takes over Southern Ohio, and they all end up in the apocalyptic doghouse… 3913624 3 2 2009 Dogs and Goddesses total:419|5:70|4:137|3:119|2:72|1:21| 419 1420 664 122 5 11 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Sep 11 09:13:06 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 21 00:37:04 -0700 2009
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 tri...more...]]> 4 6 false false Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 23 18:23:31 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 08 17:06:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 19:00:20 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 10:08:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 10:08:52 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 10:10:57 -0800 2009 4 1 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 17:23:18 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 17:25:43 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 11:42:50 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 11:43:35 -0700 2009
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...more...]]> 2 0 false true Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 17:55:55 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 18:04:39 -0700 2009
My review in more than one word: Well, the adjective bizarre is still at the top of the list. There are three main characters, each written by a different author. The voices blended remarkably well, all things considered. It was the plot that left me puzzl...more...]]> 3 0 false true Wed Jun 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 23:03:14 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 23:07:36 -0700 2009
The dog-parts were my favo...more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 07:25:06 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 07:29:25 -0700 2009
It was an okay pr...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 17:13:55 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 19:06:43 -0700 2009
I love that the heroines are not typical. Shar is in her late 40'...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 17:07:04 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 19:15:38 -0700 2009 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 i...more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Jun 19 12:55:58 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 12:55:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 00:04:22 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 00:05:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 12:16:34 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 12:16:34 -0800 2009 I think it's a little too fragmented, with so many primary and nearly primary characters: 3 demi-goddesses, their dogs, and their men. And then there were t...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 21 07:43:39 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 18:05:53 -0700 2009
"Once upon a time, three writers decided to do a novel about three ordinary women who meet at a dog obedience class and discover they’re descended from ancient Mesopotamian pr...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 09:59:10 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 11:45:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Thu Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Feb 27 10:56:23 -0800 2009 Fri Oct 16 04:54:36 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 19:42:32 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 19:49:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 09:29:47 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 09:34:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 16:39:24 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 18:25:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3868437