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#12BooksOf2021 My 12 favorite books of 2021, in no particular order. #7

A young woman vet student who is a burglar and an empath with animals ( except the humankind ) makes a long journey towards adulthood. Her father thieves to pay her tuition; her mother abandoned her as a child; and her backstory is too much for the boyfriend. This novel allows the chips to fall as they do in real life- with clatter and chaos and uncertainty.
This is an unusual story, brightly told, but a tad shallow.

After five decades of reading I believe I have bailed on only 10 books. While I cannot say that this was a horrible book since I didn‘t finish it I can‘t say that I could never get to the point where I trust that what it had to say would matter. No patience left for mediocrity.

GREAT novel! Raised by her burglar father, La La, who is one year shy of graduating from veterinary school, starts robbing houses in order to pay off her father's legal fees. But she only robs the houses of people who aren't properly taking care of their pets, and she gives those pets veterinary treatment while she's in there.

https://wellreadneck.wordpress.com/2020/12/04/other-peoples-pets-r-l-maizes/

What a lovely, complicated story about a father and daughter.

http://obsessedbookaholic.com/2020/08/28/other-peoples-pets-mini-book-review/

La La Fine relates to animals better than she does to other people. Abandoned by a mother who never wanted a family, raised by a locksmith-turned-thief father, La La looks to pets when it feels like the rest of the world conspires against her.

Other People‘s Pets examines the gap between the families we‘re born into and those we create, and the danger that holding on to a troubled past may rob us of the future.

Held this review for #caturday because it‘s a perfect book for animal lovers. Maizes balances themes like loneliness, abandonment, and obligation with endearing characters and the pets factor. MC La La (short for Louise) is an animal empath / veterinary student whose dad gets arrested at work because he‘s a burglar. It‘s a feel-good novel that‘s never schmaltzy.

Full review http://www.TheBibliophage.com #thebibliophage2020 #thanksnetgalley

This one drops on 14 July, so I‘m anxious to read and help promote it. So far, I‘m charmed by the story and main character. Plus, I loved the author‘s short story collection last year, so I have a feeling this will be a win for me. 🤞🏻

Loved this sweet and quirky novel. #Edelweiss #ARC