Thoughts from one of my favorites Lisa Scottoline while gave me even more insight on this talented author it wasn't what I would have expected. It's rather slow and somewhat predictable. Her heart for her animals and her family is true. Lisa leads an exciting life yet also very settled in. She seemed to really want this book to across with much humor. I would have enjoyed hearing more of just her. ( )

Some truly wonderful ones, others merely passable. Great descriptions of family. ( )

I listened to this as an audiobook and while Lisa Scottoline was funny and easy to listen to, it felt like I'd heard all of this before after reading a few of her other books. Dnf. ( )

My daughter got me this book, once again proving her talent for finding the perfect gift. As soon as I saw the pets in the author's photo on the back cover, and learned that Scottoline's a NYT bestselling and Edgar award-winning author who also writes a column called "Chick Wit" with her daughter, I was hooked. Her descriptions of golden retriever personalities were spot-on hilarious. Clever puns keep you smiling throughout relatable tales of being a female at every age, the dynamics with her daughter, exes and her aging mother, her memories of being raised in an Italian-American family... secrets and guilt women don't usually admit to out loud. I recommend this to my sis-in-law, friends Virginia and Julie because of the chapters about raising chickens, and to anyone else who needs a laugh. Released in 2009, a few passages are a bit dated, but still funny because the topics are timeless. ( )

Light and entertaining memoir read by Lisa Scottoline (pronounced "lini" at the end) herself. While I've read some of her fiction, this is eye-opening, as I really didn't picture her as a Jersey "dago" -- her word, but it's there in her accent all right. She recounts numerous humorous events involving her 3 dogs, her intrepid mother, her gay brother and her aspiring writer daughter who puts in some verbal guest appearances reading her own perspective on some of the incidents. Scottoline has heart and it comes through in the events she chooses to share as well as her feelings about them. ( )