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October Adopt-a-Dog Month Book Giveaway

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Did you know that October is Adopt-a-Dog month? Me either. However, I can say that I’m a big fan of adopted dogs. We’ve had two. Our first one had some issues, but we loved her. Grace was that that dog before kids who IS your kid, so she made us a family. We’ve had Shadow for about ten years now. You’d never believe that she’s that old, and everyone agrees that she’s the best dog ever.

We are definitely fans. If you are looking for a pet, check out your local shelters.

Hachette Publishers always puts together great themed giveaways, and this is no exception:


Katie Up and Down the Hall By Glenn Plaskin

Oogy By Larry Levin

GoD and DoG By Wendy Francisco

Dog Tags By David Rosenfelt

How to Be Your Dog’s Best Friend By The Monks of New Skete

Click through the links to see more about each book at Hachette’s site, including excerpts, author info and more. You can buy these books in any store or at amazon.com. Wouldn’t some of them make great gifts for the dog lovers in your life?


Please leave a comment below if you’d like to win. One winner (U.S. and Canadian addresses only) will be announced on 10/25 here in our 5 Minutes for Books column.

The giveaway of Jill Kelly’s book about her son’s illness and her marriage and her faith is still open for another week: Without a Word: How a Boy’s Unspoken Love Changed Everything

  • The quick giveaway for Laura Linney’s new play on Broadway Time Stands Still is #2 Gina.

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  5. Every one of these books sounds fantastic. We are a big dog family (3) so we can relate to the love a of a dog or two, or three….:)

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  8. Both of our dogs and our cat are rescues adopted from shelters. I am thankful that I could give them a life that they might not have had. The return for our family in terms of loyalty and companionship is certainly a three-fold blessing!

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  9. We had our adopted dog :”Licorice” for 13 years and she was the sweetest thing ever! We adopted 2 kittens this summer and love them to pieces 🙂
    someluckydog at gmail dot com

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  14. What a great giveaway! I’m looking for a rescue dog right now. Please count me in. Thank you!

    nfmgirl AT Gmail DOT com

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  16. We have 3 “pound” puppies, ane I have never regretted a moment of rescuing them. I’d like to win these books.

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  18. That is so funny… I JUST ADOPTED A DOG… AND IT IS OCTOBER! We had to put our amazing 14 year old dalmatian Dottie down in September. This past Saturday we adopted a rescue – Emma, a deaf dalmatian. We are learning how to work with a deaf dog, slowly but surely, and training is CERTAINLY around the corner…. so nice to see this contest!

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  19. I am a firm believer in pound puppies – we have had 4. 2 lived to 12 yrs old and we still have 2 – one is 10 & the other is 16. I love my pound puppies!

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  22. Oh would I love to win these! Our whole family are pet lovers & dogs have always been a part of my life & now my sons & grandchildrens lives. Long ago when I was a little girl,my Dad would pack up my sisters & I every Sat. & we would go to the local animal shelter ( which was the ASPCA) & walk dogs & clean cages & just help out in any way we could. And believe me that was long before many people were aware of the plight of shelter dogs & cats. Please,please adopt a shelter dog!

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  23. I’m a dog lover and so is a lot of my extended family. Would love these. Thanks, Maureen (jnomaxx at hotmail dot com)

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  25. Oh we had a very special dog whom we had to have put to sleep due to a inoperable tumor. We miss him dearly. My kids have been hounding (no pun intended) to get a new dog.

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  26. We’ve had a couple of very special dogs in our family, both rescues of a sort… would love to read these books and pass them around to members of the family.

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  29. What a great set of books and wonderful way to recognize Adopt a Dog Month. We are huge dog lovers. I don’t think I’d know how to live or manage a house without several of them around.

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  31. I would love to share these with my best friend Laura – we have 3 adopted dogs between the two of us! 🙂

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  32. I am so tickled to find out that Oct is adopt a dog month! We are adopting a dog this week! And we love books in our family of seven!

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  33. We are winding down in the senior years of my second hand dog. Now that she is old, deaf and half blind she has ALOT less issues socially! We love her but wow it has been a long journey teaching us alot about patience and forgiveness.

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