Book Review: The Art of Racing in the Rain

This week’s mail has brought lots of good stuff. The first on Monday was a novel that I had seen the cover to and just felt like I had to read it. I haven’t read a lot of novels in the past 4 or 5 years. So it was strange for me to look at a book and feel like I just had to read it.

From the cover “The Art of Racing in the Rain has everything: love, tragedy, redemption, danger, and -most especially- the canine narrator Enzo. This old soul of a dog has much to teach to us about being human. I loved this book.” -Sara Gruen, Author of Water for the Elephants.

I opened the book, and started crying on the first page. It was so interesting to have a dog share with you the life experience of his owner’s family. A race car driver, I loved it. I stopped watching NASCAR when Dale Earnhardt died, I just couldn’t watch anymore not sure why. This book really brought back the feelings that racing stirs up in you.

It was a lovely book helped me get back into reading, and racing. It was an easy read. You don’t want to put it down. I finished it in two sittings.

Great book.