Adorable collection of poetry and pictures.
Highly recommended. ( )

What I Lick Before Your Face ... and Other Haikus By Dogs
by Jamie Coleman
This is such a wonderful, witty, and charming book! Anyone who has dogs will relate to these haikus! The photos are heartwarming and hilarious too! Perfect for each poem. The book is just right for gift giving or setting out on a side table or coffee table. Definitely a conversation starter! ( )

As the proud owner of 4 rescue dogs, I totally needed this book! Not only is it filled with doggie wisdom in poetry form, but it also has lots of awesome photos as well. Fun and entertaining!

This collection of 64 Haiku covers just about everything Dog from drinking out of the toilet to turning in circles before laying down. The verses are funny, cute and sometimes disturbing. Who wants to think about what a dog licks before it licks your face? :) The photos are adorable and picture dogs of all sizes, big and small.

My favorite is this gem:

An Offering
I do not have much

But what little that I do

I place in your shoes


I have had many an early morning's awesome discovery of slobbery dog bones tucked lovingly into my shoes for safe keeping. There is just nothing like the slick feel of partially eaten Nyla bone on bare toes. *Shudder*

As I read these poems I kept chuckling to myself. Yeah, my dogs could have penned each and every one of these little snippets of doggie joy. :)

I highly recommend this book for dog lovers! It would make a great gift to anyone who loves their fur babies, or just for a fun, cute read for anybody!

Full marks from me! Great fun!

**I voluntarily read a review copy of this book from Atria Books via NetGalley. All opinions expressed are entirely my own. My dogs approve this review. Woof, woof!**
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Poems About Poop (and True Love!)

(Full disclosure: I received a free e-ARC for review through Netgalley.)

If my dog could write haikus, I'd like to imagine that he'd wax poetic about his undying love for me: his human, his nurse, his cheerleader; the one constant in his chaotic (albeit tragically short) life. The one person who's stuck by him, through better and worse (and the absolute worst). In reality, it'd probably be a lot of poop talk, interspersed with odes to his favorite noms and a thinly veiled death threat or two for the cat.

Oh, and oodles of anxiety, a la Hyperbole and a Half. He and I, we're simpatico, you see.

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What I Lick Before Your Face ... and Other Haikus By Dogs pairs haikus - presumably channeled through author Jaime Coleman by his canine friends - with black and white photos of the very best 12/10 puppers you've ever seen. Spoiler alert: there is a preponderance of bathroom talk, along with a weird (though not altogether unwelcome) fixation on Boston terriers.

The haikus range from silly and whimsical to tender and downright tearjerking. To wit:

Grass
Why do I eat grass?
Perhaps today is the day
It is sausages

Best Friend
The definition
Of friendship must surely be
You, a bag, my poop

Rubs
It hurts my feelings
When you avoid stroking there
Nipples are me too

The Lead
You make me bring you
This harness of oppression
In my own damn mouth

Going to Live on the Farm
Guys, there is no farm
I wish there was, but there is
Only nothingness

I will never skip your nips, sweet doggo. NEVER.

Anyway, What I Lick Before Your Face would make a great gift for people who love poetry or dogs, and the best gift for those who heart both (and really, who doesn't?).

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