Fun & Furry, Fit & Healthy Blog Tour First Stop- Kol's Notes

The Fun & Furry, Fit & Healthy Blog Tour has begun! We're doing a lot of celebrating for our new book, The Dieting with my Dog Guide to Maintenance and Weight Loss, including a great gift pack giveaway all month long! And the first stop on our tour today!

Also coming up, your chance to win a free copy of the book as well.
All this month we'll be touring all around blogville, visiting your favorite blogs where they'll ask me some questions about the book, slimming down and getting fit with your furry best friend. (Kelly and Ike have gotten out the flashcards and are quizzing me now!)

The first stop on the tour today is Kol's Notes. I can't think of a better place to start. Kol is my co-host for K9 Kamp (along with You Did What with your Wiener) and committed to helping others keep fit and healthy with fun activities together (our next Kamp is coming up in October!). So please stop over today and find out more about the book, including what fitness activity we love...and what one we hate.

Here's the rest of the tour schedule!

 The Dieting with my Dog Guide to

Weight loss & Maintenance

by Peggy Frezon

9/9 Launch giveaway!

9/11- Kol’s Notes

9/13- Pet Health Care Gazette

9/16- Rumpy Dog

9/18- Heart Like a Dog

9/19- The Dog Ring

9/20- I Still Want More Puppies

9/23- Cindy Lu’s Muse

9/25- My GBGV Life

9/27- Pooch Smooches

9/30- Fidose of Reality

The Dieting with my Dog Guide to Weight Loss and Maintenance is available on Amazon. 

Want more positive pet tips, good news, and special offers? Fetch my free newsletter, Pawsitively Pets. Kelly and Ike hope to see you there!

 

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Brooks Books-- Enchanting Lily

Brooks here, with another book review, this time about a cat. I know, I know...Brooks usually likes to chase cats under parked cars in the neighborhood, not read about them. But, in this case he happily made an exception.

READ ON to ENTER to WIN one of TWO COPIES of ENCHANTING LILY  by Anjali Banerjee!

If you like fiction, and cats, and a little bit of romance, then this book is for you. I love fiction, and I like cats, but I am also really surprised that I liked this book because it is a little bit quirky...it involves ghosts and spirits and such.

Brooks and I are not fans of ghostly type stories, but this was done in such a gentle way, not spooky and scary, but almost matter of fact. Because of that, we didn't mind that part at all. Plus, it is the cat--not the people-- who senses these spirits and seems to understand what they are feeling. I thought that the cat parts were sweet and touching, adding an interesting depth to the tale. Brooks says it figures that a cat would get all weird about spirits and such.

The story is about a young widow named Lily who needs a new start in her life. The setting in the Pacific Northwest is vivid and beautifully detailed, as are Lily's vintage clothing boutique and the residents of her new little town. Then a mysterious white cat with one blue eye and one green eye arrives.  "Lily thought she saw an aura, a subtle rainbow of color surrounding the cat, as if the creature was not of this world..."

Thus Lily begins a journey of healing. Saved by the hidden graces of others, she even allows herself to fall in love again. Brooks gives Enchanting Lily 4 out of 5 wags. I think this is partially because there was not a major dog character.
  

If you're looking for a bit of a quirky read, that is light, well-written, imaginative, and hopeful, then pick up Enchanting Lily. The book will be released on August 7th... but you could win a copy here right now! Just leave a comment below and tell me why you'd like to win this book. I'd be delighted if you also  followed this blog and liked my facebook page too, if you haven't already. Tell me that you did and you'll get another entry. Thanks! And good luck! Two winners will be announced on Wednesday's blog.

About the Author: 

Anjali Banerjee was born in India, and raised in Canada and California and received degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of seven previous novels.  Banerjee lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband.  Visit her website at www.anjalibanerjee.com.

*I was provided with a review copy of this book. The opinions expressed here are 100% my own. And Brooks'. 

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