Thrilled you’ve taken the name of PoodleRat! Would love to hear what you think of the book, The Curious Misadventures of Feltus Ovalton.
Best,
Jo

Actually, I heard about the book from my best friend, who worked as an intern at Lobster Press, and bought me a copy. I fell in love with RinMal and Saldemere Ogg and the rest of the PoodleRats right away.

I have tried subscribing to your blog, but I can only reach the html code for the blog. Any help here? I am a librarian in Australia and am interested in your content.

@Dona: It’s been a while since you commented, so I don’t know if you’ll see this, but to subscribe to the site, you need to be using a feed reader program of some kind, like Google Reader.

For more about what feeds are, how they work, and how to use them, try this article at Wikipedia or this one at mezzoblue.com.

Hope that helps!

And thanks—I’m glad you’re enjoying the blog.

I attended the ‘Rape of Nanking’ Conference at Princeton’s Wilson Center of International Studies with the late best-selling author, Iris Chang when I researched my novel, “The Gook Lover.” She encouraged me to write my book even as she was at the peak of her too-short brilliant career.

“The Gook Lover” is a very pro-Asian, anti-Imperialist story of Tomi Tomigawa, a young Japanese officer who lost his soul at the Rape of Nanking and other war crimes he was forced to commit. Americanized during the Occupation, Tomi eventually builds the world’s largest car manufacturing company. Acclaimed as “modern Japan’s Henry Ford,” Tomi fails to obey the last part of the ancient Chinese adage: “Think. Organize. Do Good.”

A casual glance in a Manhattan book store window ignites his latent shame and
changes his life and possibly, that of Japan’s denial of its war crimes.

May I send you a complimentary copy? There is no obligation, but would appreciate a review..

Website with my c.v. and motivation is: ronwulkan.com

Thanks.

The Gook Lover ISBN 978-0-615-15455-8
Trade paperback published by Putnam, St. Clair & Wyeth
Available at Amazon, website and selected bookstores..

Dear Poodlerat:

My name is Laura and I work in the Store Operations department of Indigo Books & Music Inc. Your blog was recently brought to my attention and I wished to contact you, for two reasons:

First, as a book lover myself, I wanted to compliment you on your informative and inspiring reviews. I took the liberty of reading a few of your recent postings, and your love of books and a “good story” comes through loud and clear. Several of the reviews that I have had a chance to read have intrigued me, and I look forward to seeking out the titles in-store, and to reading future postings.

Secondly, it was a particular blog entry which was forwarded to my attention, and to that end I wished to offer my services. In your review of Freaks! Alive, on the Inside! (March 3, 2008) you make mention of the shelving at Indigo of this title.

At Indigo, we do classify books in a Teen section (for readers 13+) which is separate from Young Readers (aged 9 to 12). Like you, I also enjoy visiting the Teen section for reading ideas. This particular title is categorized for Teen readers, and would generally be shelved in a section apart from Young Reader titles. As you discovered this title or others under the 9 – 12 classification, this shelving may be particular to the shelf layouts at the store you visited. If you feel it warranted, it would be my pleasure to bring this to the attention of the store manager. If so, please feel free to contact me at storeexperience@indigo.ca (please note the two “e’s” in the middle) and I will follow up on this for you.

Sincerely,
Laura Blight
Indigo Books & Music Inc.

Hey PoodleRat,
can I link to your book blog? Wanna link to mine?
-Jo

Jo, absolutely!

Hi Poodlerat,
Do you accept book submissions for possible review?
I’m helping get the word out about A Dog Among Diplomats (released April 29), the second book in J.F. Englert’s Bull Moose Dog Run Mystery series. If you might be interested in reviewing the book for your blog, I would be happy to send you a complimentary review copy (as well as a copy of the first book in the series, A Dog About Town). It takes place in NYC, so although that’s not a terribly foreign culture, maybe that aspect would appeal to you - It’s also a book that takes you to another place in that the story is told from the perspective of a black lab-cum-detective (the first-person narrator).

The first book in the series, A Dog About Town, was recognized with the 2007 fiction award from The Dog Writers Association of America (DWAA).

Unbeknownst to his owners, Randolph is both sentient and literate–even well-read, spending much of the time that he has to himself at their Upper West Side apartment immersed in books. A year before the first novel opens, Randolph’s mistress Imogen disappears without a trace, leaving behind a broken-hearted and mystified boyfriend and dog.

In A Dog About Town, the object of Randolph’s ability to read and to reason turns from private past time to undercover detective work as he gently prods his less-enlightened owner, Harry, toward the answers behind a suspicious death–which also holds clues to Imogen’s disappearance. Combining his powers of reasoning with his superior sense of smell (100,000 more powerful than that of humans), he is able to literally sniff out the trail, as well as the guilty parties.

In A Dog Among Diplomats, Randolph dedicates himself to a second murder case—this time one with ties to the U.N. and in which Imogen is implicated as a possible suspect.

Although A Dog Among Diplomats can be enjoyed on its own (it begins with a recap of the first novel), I would also be happy to send you a copy of A Dog About Town so that you can start at the beginning of the series. (Both books are quick reads.)

Best,
Eleanor
adogabouttown@gmail.com

Advanced praise for A DOG AMONG DIPLOMATS
Englert’s droll mix of mystery, philosophical musing about man and beast, political doings at the U.N. and the mysteries of love make this an elegant, funny and inspiring romp in the park. - Publishers Weekly

LibraryThing members on A DOG AMONG DIPLOMATS
“This book reminded me of two things, both very disconnected: the old-time movie serials where the heroine is always left in utmost peril until the next sequence and P.G. Wodehouse.”

“the writing is sharp and witty”

“I couldn’t help but fall in love with Randolph.”

“a marvelous study of character, especially the dog’s, and has some of the funniest writing I’ve ever read in the genre.”

“Like Wodehouse, [Englert] often throws off phrases that you want to reread just for the sheer pleasure of it.”

Great list, ..
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