REVIEW
'Dogtripping' will make you laugh out loud
By AP's Kim Curtis
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[July 23, 2013]
NEW YORK (AP) -- "Dogtripping: 25 Rescues, 11 Volunteers, and 3 RVs on Our Canine Cross-Country Adventure" (St. Martin's Press), by David Rosenfelt
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When was the last time you laughed out loud? When is the last time you cried tears of genuine sadness? When was the last time you did both while reading a 260-page memoir?David Rosenfelt, who is best known for a series of mystery novels, has written a book-length love letter to his canine companions through the years. "Dogtripping" is a delightful romp through his adventures
-- and misadventures -- running a dog rescue along with his wife, Debbie, out of their Southern California home and their cross-country move.
As a dog lover, it's hard to know whether his stories will resonate with those less fond of his furry four-legged friends, but because Rosenfelt very well could be the funniest American author alive today, it's certainly worth a try.
He's charming, likable, self-deprecating, self-aware and utterly hysterical. Be careful where you read this one because you could invoke serious stares from strangers who may think you've lost your mind.
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On the cleanliness of the hotel rooms he wants to reserve with 25
-- mostly big -- dogs during their road trip from California to Maine: "I hadn't done the math, but I was pretty sure that we would be traveling with well over a ton of dog, so the cleaning deposit would probably be the GDP of a third-world country."
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![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2013/Jul/23/images/ads/current/library_lda071713.png) On the bedroom he shares with his wife and a half-dozen dogs: "The noises ... are unbelievable. Between the snoring, and the scratching, the collars jiggling, and all the other weird noises, it sounds like a jungle in Zaire."
On the dogs, most of whom are old: "They sleep the majority of the day. I've often said that the inside of our house seems like a Civil War battlefield when the fighting was over ... eerily quiet, with bodies lying everywhere."
If it's been too long since you enjoyed a funny, sweet, romantic tale, read this book.
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