Hope McNeill has worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for years, but this is the first time she's been able to bring along her pug, Max. (Offic...
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Jul 11, 2011
Kathryn
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I read this book while on vacation and loved it! It is a light and fun mystery to read.
Hope first meets Daphne, a fellow pug owner, at a pug party at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where Hope works in the art restoration department. When an important painting goes missing the night of the party and the fake ends up in the art restoration office, Hope's boss decides not to go to the authorities and takes matters in his own hands. Hope feels sure that she is a suspect and decides she More...
Hope first meets Daphne, a fellow pug owner, at a pug party at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where Hope works in the art restoration department. When an important painting goes missing the night of the party and the fake ends up in the art restoration office, Hope's boss decides not to go to the authorities and takes matters in his own hands. Hope feels sure that she is a suspect and decides she More...
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Jun 10, 2011
Andrea
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I was excited to receive a copy of A Pug's Tale by Alison Pace (June 7) for review!
Hope McNeill has a good life, complete with an amazing boyfriend (Ben), an adorable pug (Max), and an incredible job at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Though she's been sneaking Max to work for a while, she finally has an opportunity to officially bring him to the museum for "Pug Night," an event honoring a very wealthy donor. Amidst classical music, champagne flutes, and a fully- More...
Hope McNeill has a good life, complete with an amazing boyfriend (Ben), an adorable pug (Max), and an incredible job at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Though she's been sneaking Max to work for a while, she finally has an opportunity to officially bring him to the museum for "Pug Night," an event honoring a very wealthy donor. Amidst classical music, champagne flutes, and a fully- More...
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Apr 26, 2011
Beth
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This is by far Alison Pace's best book to-date. Her quick wit and penchant for writing humorous tales revolving around dogs and art have come together in this magnum opus.
While I loved and adored Pug Hill, what left me wanting more from that story was that the pugs of Pug Hill were not in it enough. A Pug's Tale most certainly remedies the problem of not enough pugs. While Hope is the protagonist of this story, her pug Max is most certainly the star, for without Max, it would be More...
While I loved and adored Pug Hill, what left me wanting more from that story was that the pugs of Pug Hill were not in it enough. A Pug's Tale most certainly remedies the problem of not enough pugs. While Hope is the protagonist of this story, her pug Max is most certainly the star, for without Max, it would be More...
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May 23, 2011
Rose
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Yeah! Thank you Ms. Pace, Penguin Group, and Goodread's for making me a first reads reader. I can't wait to read this book.
What a great read! Pugs and an art heist makes quite the page turner. I really loved Hope (our amateur detective) and Max who are accidentally involved in an art heist. Great clues, a few read herrings, and it comes together quite nicely. A quite satisfying detective read and I can't wait for Hope and Max to solve another crime. If you like mysteries an More...
What a great read! Pugs and an art heist makes quite the page turner. I really loved Hope (our amateur detective) and Max who are accidentally involved in an art heist. Great clues, a few read herrings, and it comes together quite nicely. A quite satisfying detective read and I can't wait for Hope and Max to solve another crime. If you like mysteries an More...
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Sep 08, 2011
Samantha
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As a huge dog lover, I was immediately smitten with the cover of A Pug’s Tale by Allison Pace. And I’m happy to report that I was just an enamored with the story as I was with the cover. The heroine, Hope, works at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, has a boyfriend that is currently living in Africa with Lawyers without Borders, and is starting to get lonely. She only has Max to talk to- which is her boyfriend’s pug that she is in possession of until Ben returns back to New York. While attending a
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Aug 06, 2011
Linda
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I hated this author's previous pug-themed book, Pug Hill, because it was a total bait and switch: get people to buy a book because of pugs, and trick them into reading one of those lame modern novels about an uninteresting person and her unbelievably trivial problems. You will note from my other reviews that I mostly read genre fiction, and this is because in genre fiction, writers have to have imagination. They can't just drone on and on about people's feelings and have nothing in particular ha
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Jul 11, 2011
Cristine
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What would you do if you found that a priceless painting was stolen from the famous Metropolitan Museum of Art? Who would you turn to while trying to solve the mystery? What if your closest confidant was your adorable pug, Max?
These are just a few of the issues that Hope McNeil, the heroine of A Pug's Tale faces in the latest novel by Alison Pace.
A Pug's Tale has been my summer read. It is a cleverly crafted mystery that incorporates intrigue with art history and New York More...
These are just a few of the issues that Hope McNeil, the heroine of A Pug's Tale faces in the latest novel by Alison Pace.
A Pug's Tale has been my summer read. It is a cleverly crafted mystery that incorporates intrigue with art history and New York More...
Jun 13, 2011
Jessica
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Hope McNeill has a great job at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a sweet and loving boyfriend, Ben and the cutest pug, Max.
During "Pug Night" at the Museum, Hope finds out that one of the famous paintings has been stolen and replaced with a copy. She soon starts receiving mysterious emails that give her clues and send her on a scavenger hunt throughout the museum.
I really loved this book! It was a fast read but had enough mystery to keep my attent More...
During "Pug Night" at the Museum, Hope finds out that one of the famous paintings has been stolen and replaced with a copy. She soon starts receiving mysterious emails that give her clues and send her on a scavenger hunt throughout the museum.
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May 29, 2011
Cheryl
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Hope McNeill works at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She is caring for her boyfriend’s pug, Max, while he is gone.
Tonight in honor of famous celebrity and philanthropist, Daphne Markham; the museum is hosting “Pugs Night”. This will be the first time that “officially” Hope will get to bring Max to the Met. Though, if it was not for this party and the fact that Hope got to bring Max, she would be at home. Hope is more of a home body. After a disastrous situation involving Max and Da More...
Tonight in honor of famous celebrity and philanthropist, Daphne Markham; the museum is hosting “Pugs Night”. This will be the first time that “officially” Hope will get to bring Max to the Met. Though, if it was not for this party and the fact that Hope got to bring Max, she would be at home. Hope is more of a home body. After a disastrous situation involving Max and Da More...
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May 16, 2011
Tracy
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What does a high society New York philanthropist, a highly secretive art heist, and a lovable, black pug have in common? They all come together in the making of a charming story called, " a pug's tale."
Hope McNeill, a Met Museum employee, and her pug, Max, find themselves involved in the search for a very impressive piece of art that suddenly comes up missing in the middle of a gala event called Pug's Night. Now being a big fan of pugs myself, I could definitely imagine th More...
Hope McNeill, a Met Museum employee, and her pug, Max, find themselves involved in the search for a very impressive piece of art that suddenly comes up missing in the middle of a gala event called Pug's Night. Now being a big fan of pugs myself, I could definitely imagine th More...
Apr 23, 2011
Megan
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There was some definite tail-wagging at my house when this book arrived. I've read and enjoyed Alison Pace's other books (although I'm keeping my copy of If Andy Warhol Had a Girlfriend unread and waiting for a rainy day when I know I need a good read), and when I won a copy of her latest months before its release, I may have danced in glee.
A Pug's Tale was a charming, enjoyable read. It was a love song for a girl and her dog as well as for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, wrapped up More...
A Pug's Tale was a charming, enjoyable read. It was a love song for a girl and her dog as well as for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, wrapped up More...
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Jun 04, 2011
Karen B
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This book (which I won last week) was a delightful read. Hope is a very smart lady with one very smart pug companion. Anyone who enjoys cozy mysteries and pets is sure to love this. The description of Max (and the other pugs) made me want to go out and adopt a pug! The love that Hope has for this dog will certainly have a familiar ring to anyone who has loved a pet or pets. It was great light reading and I read this in two days.
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Jul 06, 2011
Julie H.
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A Pug's Tale had all the elements of a great mystery: missing painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, bevvy of pugs in attendance at the Museum's "Pug Night" event in honor of an impending "signficant gift" from philanthropist and pug-loving eccentric Daphne Markham, and art conservator/heroine/would-be investigator Hope McNeil. While I had high hopes for a complex heist a la the still-unsolved Isabella Stewart Gardner robbery in Boston, and likewise had Patricia Cornwel
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Jun 20, 2011
Now I have been looking forward to this book for awhile! The cover is just so adorable it just makes you want to read the book! A mystery involving pugs is just to cute! I love mysteries that involve animals! I'm an animal lover and a few of my favorite series have animals as main characters in the series- The cat Who and Mrs. Murphy of the top of my head!! Can't wait to read this!
My aunt reviewed it as a quick, cute read!! :) Now I'm even more excited!!
My aunt reviewed it as a quick, cute read!! :) Now I'm even more excited!!
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May 31, 2011
Laurel-Rain
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When Hope McNeill, a long-time employee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, participated in “Pug Night” at the Met, to honor a deep-pocketed donor, she had no way of knowing how her life would turn upside down afterwards.
For on that very night, someone seemingly whisks away an expensive painting, replacing it with a fake. The substitution is discovered the next day when the fake appears in the Conservation Studio where Hope spends her days.
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For on that very night, someone seemingly whisks away an expensive painting, replacing it with a fake. The substitution is discovered the next day when the fake appears in the Conservation Studio where Hope spends her days.
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Jun 07, 2011
Digna
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A bubbly unique tale of suspense, intrigue and Pugaliscious delight.
Oh the sweetness of this unique tale! I loved this story from the beginning and Hope the main character has the cutest personality ever. I love how Hope was in love with her boss Elliott, yet tries to convince herself she no longer is. Well Hope does have a boyfriend, even if he is half way across the world. Pace has a easy going smooth writing style that had me flying through this book in no time at all, or was it tha More...
Oh the sweetness of this unique tale! I loved this story from the beginning and Hope the main character has the cutest personality ever. I love how Hope was in love with her boss Elliott, yet tries to convince herself she no longer is. Well Hope does have a boyfriend, even if he is half way across the world. Pace has a easy going smooth writing style that had me flying through this book in no time at all, or was it tha More...
Jun 02, 2011
LAURA KAY
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Hope McNeill works at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where they are throwing a Pug party. The party is in recognition of the very generous donor and pug lover, Daphne Markham for anticipated donation which is to be significant. Hope’s sweet pug, Max suddenly starts barking at the guest of honor—chaos ensues. Hope takes off up to her office, where she finds a painting not where it should be. A quick onceover she realizes she has stumbled onto a fake! The real masterpiece has been stolen!
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Mar 11, 2011
SheilaRaeO
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I was so excited to receive this follow-up book to Alison Pace’s Pug Hill and I was not disappointed! A Pug’s Tale was everything I was expecting and more. I love the combination of the art world, New York’s Central Park, and of course the pugs. Readers will not be left out in the cold if they haven’t read the first book featuring art restoration expert Hope McNeill. This is a great story on it’s own with minimal references to the first. However, I am sure that new readers will fall in love with
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Nov 29, 2011
Sherrie
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Hope meets Daphne, a fellow pug owner, at a pug party at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. A painting goes missing. The fake ends up in the art restoration office. Hope's boss decides not to go to the authorities and takes matters in his own hands. Hope thinks she is a suspect. Hope doesn't have anyone to confide in. Her boyfriend is in Africa. After a few random meetings, she ends up confiding in Daphne, who is thrilled with the idea of a mystery that needs to be solved. When I was asked to read
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Nov 12, 2011
Carissa
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I picked this up because, on recommendation of a friend who knows I miss my dearly-departed pug, I had read Pace's earlier book, "Pug Hill." This book was fantastic because almost every page was filled with wonderful, snorty, squirmy pugginess. But it was terrible, because I am not willing to abandon all credulity and believe the story could have happened at all, period. With minimal knowledge of the museum world, it is possible to break pug-sized holes in pretty much every detail. To
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May 30, 2011
Klee
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If I had not won this book I would not have read it and that would have been my loss. While the glitzy high society setting of Manhattan is hardly what one would think of as the backdrop of a "cozy," the warm main characters (humand and canine) definitely make it just that. The author accurately nails some of the lesser known workings behind the scenes in museums as well as the workings of the human heart and head in a long distance relationship. This was the first book I had won an
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Jun 10, 2011
Alycia
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A Pug's tale is a fun and fast read about Hope McNeill, an art restoration worker, who is caught up in the mystery of a disappearing piece of very old and expensive artwork.
Hope is also a pug owner and her black pug Max (who she sneaks into work with her when she can) helps in finding the thief. He doesn't have any special powers, but he does help her in solving the mystery. But this book isn't just about pugs; it's a cozy mystery with a pug as a side character.
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Hope is also a pug owner and her black pug Max (who she sneaks into work with her when she can) helps in finding the thief. He doesn't have any special powers, but he does help her in solving the mystery. But this book isn't just about pugs; it's a cozy mystery with a pug as a side character.
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Apr 28, 2011
Jennifer
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This book is a sequel to "Pug Hill," though you could read and enjoy this without having read that one. I won this book through goodreads first reads giveaways, though I would have bought it myself had I not won, since I have read and liked all of Alison Pace's previous books. Sorry to say that this was not my favorite of her books, however. A little different from her other books, in that rather being focused on relationships and/or the inner life of the character, it was more of a
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May 27, 2011
Amy
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A Pug’s Tale by Alison Pace (Berkley Trade, 2011) follows Hope McNeill who works in the Conservation Studio at the Metropolitan museum of Art. When a valuable painting comes up missing (mysteriously, with a fake left behind) Hope and her colleagues decide to try to find it on their own. They hire a detective but do not go to the police. Hope suspects everyone and feels like everyone suspects her as well.
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May 16, 2011
WifeMomKnitter
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As a pug owner, I was excited when I found out that I won an uncorrected proof for review for Goodreads' First Reads program and really looked forward to receiving it.
I thought it was a good book, not great. I did enjoy Hope's interactions with her pug, Max, and Madeline, the pug owned by the "larger-than-life society heiress" described above. The author obviously is either owned by a pug or has been around them for a long time. She definitely captured the quirkiness More...
I thought it was a good book, not great. I did enjoy Hope's interactions with her pug, Max, and Madeline, the pug owned by the "larger-than-life society heiress" described above. The author obviously is either owned by a pug or has been around them for a long time. She definitely captured the quirkiness More...
May 17, 2011
Kara
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I first want to mention that I won this is the goodreads giveaway and I am so glad that I did! A Pug’s Tale is a good follow up to Pug Hill. This was a fun book to read and as a pug lover, it was even better to curl up with my pug to read it. I love how Alison Pace described Max throughout the book and I can relate to all the noises a pug makes especially the snorting. I even chuckled at some parts. It was a good story line from the missing painting in the museum to her relationship with Be
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Aug 23, 2011
Robin
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A Pug's Tale describes our heroine Hope McNeill, and her effort to solve a mystery: the disappearance, from the Met, of Pansies, a painting by Henri Fantin-Latour. Hope narrates the tale, describing a life that sounds pretty good: a boyfriend (albeit in Africa for the time being); a dream job at the Met; a charming pug. But overarching all this is the problem of that missing painting, and the need to find it and clear her name (and save her job!). Reminiscent of Lilian Jackson Braun's The Cat Wh
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Aug 05, 2011
Kaye
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It's pug night at the New York Metropolitan museum of art in honor of Daphne Markham, one of the museums largest donors and a celebrity socialite in her own right. Hope McNeill, one of the museum's restorers, is in attendance with Max, her boyfriend Ben's pug. She's dog-sitting Max while Ben is working out of the country.
When Hope discovers the painting, Pansies, on her work table and not on the wall, she knows something is very, very amiss. After speaking to the director, he c More...
Jul 04, 2011
Danielle
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All is right in the world. Hope has found the perfect boyfriend who also happens to be a Democrat, she has a job she loves at the Met and best of all she now has a pug of her own to care for, Max. Unfortunately there are a few snags in Hope’s near perfect world including the fact that her boyfriend, Ben, happens to be on the other side of the world doing service for Lawyers without Borders leaving her questioning their relationship on a near constant basis. In addition to her love life hanging i
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Jul 03, 2011
Susan
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I won A PUG'S TALE by Alison Pace from GoodReads, and I'm so glad I did! It was sweet and fun, pretty much everything I could ask for in a summer read. The main character, Hope McNeill, works in the restoration department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Her boyfriend is away for three months doing legal work across the globe, and Hope's dog-sitting with his pug, Max. The story begins to unfurl at a museum bash for a wealthy patron named Daphne, also a pug owner (her "
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