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Its time once a year for my librarys Winter Reading Challenge and my chance to score a FREEEEEEEE coffee mug.
Yes, I am the cheapest date you could ever imagine, This years theme
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Basically any book that became a movie or television program.
It turns out this is apparently the list of recommended reads I grab onto each year because I had read a bigly portion of the suggested titles and had less than zero interest in some of the others.
I had put A Dogs Purpose on the wait list after seeing the preview when I took my kids to see Sing a movie everyone else apparently loved but I thought was super.
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My eternal hold finally ended and it was my turn at the perfect time so I read this book on Dayof the challenge.
And pretty much looked like, .
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The entire flippin time I was reading,
The story is about a dog who, . .
“Was seized with an inexplicable question, a question of purpose, This didnt seem like the sort of thing a dog should think about, but I found myself returning to the issue often.
Why Why did I harder a nagging feeling that as a dog there
was something I was supposed to do”
Which leads to discovering that.
“Of all the things Id ever done, making laugh seemed the most important.
It was, I reflected, the only thing that gave my life any purpose, ”
And then,
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Followed by the dog being reincarnated only to discover,
“This was, I decided, my purpose as a dog, to comfort the boy whenever he needed me.
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And, .
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But not only did the dog provide comfort,
“My purpose, my whole life, had been to love him and be with him, to make him happy.
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And oh my god, .
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Then the dog came back AGAIN and began to question,
“Could a dog have more than one purpose”
Leading to.
“I was a good dog, I had fulfilled my purpose, ”
By this point I looked like I had been punched in the face and my family was like.
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But the story wasnt over yet and I bet Kleenex stock prices went through the ROOF this morning.
I dont often have emotion other than happiness and anger, but when I do everyone should watch the eff out.
Please note I realize this is not necessarily a “good” book its written from a dogs point of view so its pretty simple and it definitely is designed to make you feel all of the things, but I give zero shits.
I love dogs and I hate almost all people so it worked great for me,
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Bookofin my annual quest for a new mug.
sitelink A lovely book about a dog looking for his purpose in life.
He goes through four births/rebirths as the same soul in a different dog, adding his experiences and knowledge through the ups and downs of life as a dog.
He wants to serve his human owners to the best of his ability even if they are cruel and thoughtless.
His joy in being a dog shines through with his delight in running and explorng, his disdain of cats who have no purpose that he can see and his love for the special boy in his life.
A charming book, especially for dog lovers,.stars
A Dog's Purpose is the story of a dog with a deep affection for people and his search for his purpose in life.
He begins life as a feral dog but is soon reborn and finds himself with an eightyearold boy named Ethan.
This book has the perfect balance of sentiment, humor, and suspense, Once I picked it up, I could not put it down, I love the ideas that everyone comes into each others' lives for a purpose and that the love continues even after death and the hope that we'll be reunited eventually.
Be prepared to boohoo, though, Highly recommend.
"My purpose, my whole life, had been to love him and be with him, to make him happy.
" Wystarczy, żeby książka była o psach i już jestem zachwycona, Każda historia sprawiała, że wyłam jak małe dziecko, Prepare your heartstrings
I had never bothered to consider that there might be such a thing as a boy, but now that I had found one, I thought it was just about the most wonderful concept in the world.Ahhh, snap goes one heartstring right away,
The more I read this book, the fewer heartstrings I had completely touching and absolutely wonderful throughout.
Cleaning the dishes was where the boy would put a plate of food down and I would lick it.If you haven't guessed already, our narrator is a dog but he isn't a typical dog he keeps getting reincarnated.
It was one of my jobs, but only when Mom wasnt watching,
Whether it be as Toby, Bailey, Ellie or Buddy, he always finds a way back.
He's lived as a stray, as a treasured pet, as a service animal and so much more but what he hasn't found was why he has so many lives.
Why does he keep coming back Could it be that, . . somehow, someway, he has a very important purpose
Sweet and heartbreaking in his innocence Bailey just wants to find his purpose.
If you can't already tell, I absolutely adored this book,
I was really impressed with the way the dog's consciousness was handled,
In the perspectivefromadog books I've read, there's always been plot holes where the dog would understand a difficult or abstract concept but not be able to communicate back to the humans because of.
. . reasons.
Within this novel, there was a marked difference between what was told to the audience and what Bailey understood.
For example:
“Baileys a hero, now, Todds leg took eight stitches, ” At the mention of my name, both Duchess and I froze, Dog biscuits, maybeThe only thing that kept this from being astar book was the ending.
It wasn't a terrible ending in fact, it ended better than I thought it would but it just missed its mark for me.
So much build only for things to quit like that,
The job of a good dog was ultimately to be with them, remaining by their sides no matter what course their lives might take.SNAP! there goes my last heartstring,
All I could do now was offer him comfort, the assurance that as he left this life he was not alone but rather was tended by the dog who loved him more than anything in the whole world.
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