A Dog's Journey

This book starts out with us meeting Buddy. He is a self proclaimed good dog. His previous master Ethan has died. He takes a liking to Ethan's granddaughter Clarity, who goes by the nickname CJ. Unfortunately Buddy dies before CJ grows up.

Miraculously, Buddy is reborn into another puppy's body. It is a different breed of dog. Somehow he is able to find CJ and become one of her pets. CJ has a lot of problems. She has an abusive mother. She seems to date all the wrong boys, which causes problems with the law.

Buddy dies a few more times in this book. However he keeps finding a way to reunite with CJ in his reincarnated puppy bodies. Eventually CJ gets old, sick, and dies herself. Buddy goes on. He has found his purpose. He is there to help people (and be a good dog).

This novel is by W. Bruce Cameron, who happens to be the author for the Repo Man series of books I like.

The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man

I picked up this book at a bargain bin in a bookstore. I think I had read a free intro on Kindle before. This book is about two characters. First we have Ruddy. He is a repo man. He is also a bouncer at his sister's bar and grill. Then we have Alan. Alan dies in the prologue of the book. He then proceeds to be a voice in Ruddy's brain.

Ruddy used to be a promising football star. Everyone though he would make it big. Then a car accident and the death of a girl in his car changed everything. He served time in prison, during which his parents died. Now he lives a simple life.

Ruddy's best friend Jimmy has some checks mysteriously mailed to him. Since Jimmy is a simpleton, he tries to cash the checks. Of course they bounce. Ruddy takes on the case to figure out who would be sending Jimmy bad checks. Ruddy also gets involved in solving Alan's murder.

Along the way, Ruddy meets a girl he likes who, unbeknownst to Ruddy, is Alan's daughter. Ruddy's sister gets involved with Kermit, who devises a plan to get the bar back into a profitable state. You know this plan backfires. The future of the bar is in peril. Ruddy is caught in between.

Highly entertaining book. I have already ordered the sequel. I also just bought another book by this author. I will post a review on it when I am done.