Welcome to Litsy!

Many of you have seen Sherlock in my posts. He has been by my side for my entire health scare/issues journey. He‘s my snuggle buddy, calming force & so much more.
This weekend we found out he has his own issues. He needs to see a specialist (currently booking a month out! 😤) but things look bad.
It‘s been a horrible, emotional and stressful weekend. I‘m a mess. He‘s amazing as usual.
Please keep him in your thoughts. I‘d really appreciate it.

This book has its sad moments but it‘s a funny and light hearted read. What is it like, not just in the day of a dog‘s life—but in its heart? That‘s what this book presents. Too often we take our closest companions for granted, and still, they never stop loving us. The Buddha once said if you want to understand love, start with animals first, because they‘re easier. He also said animals die sooner than us, because when we come into the world⬇️

This was a challenging semester. Yesterday was the last day and I didn‘t have many students, but the ones I had were great! I had one stay with me for the last three classes of the day, with permission from her other teachers so she could read the tagged book in the corner of my room that has cushions. We build Lego in AP, and two even brought their grade to passing. Now time to relax and read! 🥰

I loved it. The imagery was incredible, reading it felt like a movie.

#withdog #temptingtitles @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Today is a rough day. Have to say goodbye to my best friend and reading buddy, Lady. She's been in my life for over 15 years. She loved balls and loved to show them to everyone. Everyone and every animal was her best friend. She liked snuggling up in a warm blanket and listening to me read. I'm going to miss her so much, but I know she won't be suffering anymore.

When you work at a library, sometimes you get to take some discarded books home #bookhaul

The day 10 prompt of "Any animal in title" for the #BigJuneReadathon #photochallenge is represented by a dog, squirrel, oyster, bird, falcon, serpent, bees, and fireflies. These are all on my shelves.

@Clwojick

10/52: A Dog‘s Purpose

Cry, sobbing, throwing up, this book was so good and had such a sad and happy ending. All the perspectives got to me in so many ways. Beautiful story.

#Litsy #ReadingChallenge #Books #Dogs

I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book, there are some sad moments but it‘s a good read.

Spending this evening in double furry company with Delilah Bard snoozing on my lap while I read this story told from a dog's perspective. #caturday #pets 🐱🐶📖

@Cuilin #fridayfeelings on Saturday. Thanks for the tag, @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm

I might be a 🤖 compared to others, but sometimes a precious moment will cause a little eye leakage.

My big weakness is dogs. A Dog's Purpose and Lily & the Octopus made me ugly cry so hard that Sarah Mclachlan is playing in my head as I type this just thinking about them.

Want to play? @BookNAround @DaveGreen7777 @candc320

Last night I lost my favorite reading partner, Tatum. She was so much more than a dog to me. She loved our peaceful reading sessions away from the two wild boy toddlers. She always attempted to lick away my tears if I were crying. She had saint like patience. She was strong and stark and sweet. I really love the theory of A Dog's Purpose and hope more than anything that my sweet Tatum is a bleary eyed puppy somewhere warm in this world. ❤❤❤

#wondrouswednesday

1. I‘ve loved dogs my whole life and I really hope this book is right about what happens when our fur babies leave us. We humans really don‘t deserve dogs! 🐶❤️
2. 🍂🍁🍂🍁
3. Hard to pick just one...Hocus Pocus, The Lost Boys, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Ghostbusters are all faves! 🎬

If you want to play, consider yourself tagged! 🤗

Tagged by our #wondrouswednesday host @Eggs

1. As a dog lover, I want to believe in this story. I ugly cried more than I wasn't during the reading.
2. I have a few items up all year, but this year I added cheap garland & gourds to the big window.
3. I like them scary: Trick R Treat, The Devil's Rejects, Sleepy Hollow, & for balance, Beetlejuice. Dutch makes me think of Thanksgiving.

@Sweetkokoro @Bookzombie wanna play?

#3books that made me cry.

Ugly cry
Ugly cry on multiple occasions
A few sweet tears

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

I love my little reading buddy 💕 When my toddler naps, we have some books and playtime at our beck and call ☺️

I cried so much because it‘s all so real and made me miss my dog so much.

Normally, if I‘m working on my yard the dogs get to come out of the fence with me. But neighbors are doing something that involves multiple cars. Well they have spent the last hour trying to get through the fence. Flib (the grey one) succeeded. Demon is bigger and can not fit through the small rungs flib can. They chewed the wire ties holding up the chicken wire and dig between the partially barried rail. All so she can sit under the swing.

I enjoyed reading from a dog's perspective, especially when the dog describes his reasoning behind getting into the garbage, chewing shoes, and how he feels about cats, lol! There were both heartwarming and sad parts of the book, and the overall story was great.
#ReadWithMrBook #NarratedByAnimal @MrBook
#BookSpinBingo

I laughed; I cried. It‘s such a beautiful and heart warming story about the world‘s most loyal dog. Immediately after finishing, I had to snuggle my own three dogs.

It was a great book! I watched the movie and wanted to read the book. I am not a big fan of dogs but I loved these books and movies!

I don't even know where to begin with this book. I laughed and cried. I felt everything from overjoyed to heartbroken. As a lifetime dog owner, I see my dog in a whole new light. She has made me, given me comfort and watched over my babies. It is a must read.

It took me a bit to get through this one. My daughter loves the puppy‘s purpose series. Written from the dog‘s perspective, the writing is a bit simple. It just made it difficult for me to listen to it for long stretches. Glad I finished it, but I couldn‘t imagine diving into the next one any time soon. My daughter did mention that Bailey‘s story and Ellie‘s story were similar to this book.

On the last few pages..... Sweet, written to tug the heartstrings 😭😭😭😭😭 My Rosie dog isn't bothered 🐶❤️
#dogsoflitsy

#nextup I watched the movie with one of my boys a while ago so I know I'm going to sob like an idiot 😭😭 Blame @TrishB who sent me this gift 😘😘😄

A review from my 10 year old who feels so accomplished to have finished this 319 page novel.
She says ~ There was kindnes, gratitude and happiness in this book. He had happy lives. The ending was a mixture of happiness and sadness.

With all of my dads health issues he hasn‘t seen his dog in 3 weeks... today we were able to bring bubba to see dad and I got to witness the power of how healing an animal can truly be... they were so happy to see each other!!!

Be Here Now.💖

Believe it or not, I did not cry! But there were moments...lots of them...what a great book, and though the end is sad, it is also satisfying.
#SadButSatisfying

Oh my goodness, this book is wonderful...and awful!
It also makes me wonder, do my dogs understand ANYTHING that I say? 🤣💜

It might be National Book Lovers Day, but I decided I needed to watch the companion movie to the last book I finished before cracking open a new one.

🐩🐕🐶

Lately my dog‘s purpose has been destroying things! (He‘s only 16 weeks old!)

The job of a good dog was ultimately to be with them, remaining by their sides no matter what course their lives might take.

It‘s been a while since I‘ve had a Bookly accomplishment...feels good to complete one tonight! 📖💯📚

You know you‘re a disability etiquette and person first language advocate when you read something like this and internally are like “ it‘s PATIENT/PERSON WITH ALZHEIMERS, people!! Write it right!!”

A light read but oh so rewarding. You get way more than you think you‘re gonna get out of this book. If you think I‘m kidding then look at the pic.

Haven‘t read it, it‘s a story of a dog as it lives through several lives..the narration from the dog‘s POV.
“This story teaches us that love never dies, that our true friends are always with us and that every creature on earth is born with a purpose.”

#lilithjuly #wheredoesthegoodgo

Since I got so much love about this sweet boy, Church, I wanted to give you an update. We went to the vet yesterday and even though he was terrified he did great. He is on meds for his sores. He had a bath-it took two of us to bathe him. He doesn‘t know how a leash works and still cowers constantly but slept like a little angel curled up between my husband and I last night. We have a long way to go but he has already come so far. #dogsoflitsy

📚 A Dog's Purpose...so! so! sad! But amazing 😁
🎞 Marley and Me (also very sad 😢)
🎶 Who Let The Dogs Out 😂

#manicmonday
@JoScho

Loved it! Made you smile, laugh, and cry.

A few chapters in and I wasn‘t sure I liked this book, however it did grow on me and I found myself crying a few times throughout the book. It was a cute story. 3 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️

I loved this book sooo much. It made me laugh and cry and ugly cry. It tugged on my heart strings and if it were possible made me love the dogs in my life 10x more. In excited to read the sequel w. Bruce Cameron has a way telling this story so beautifully that i felt the needs and anxiety of the dog i adored this book so much

New to me book mail!
Drop a 🙋🏻‍♀️ or 🙋🏻‍♂️ in the comments if you‘ve read it and loved it!!

Dog's purpose

I wanted to like this one, I really did. It seemed repetitive and got boring after the first half.