THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN * THE ODD LIFE OF TIMOTHY GREENE

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein - Finally.  The best book I've read in a long long time, and I recommend it to anyone.  First and foremost, like all the best stories, this one is about love, enduring and unconditional love.  It's also about a dog, a race car driver and race car driving, and those elements come together to get our hero through some very tough times.  Enzo is the narrator, and he tells his story with exceptional detail and emotional intelligence.  The funny thing is, I'm not a dog person, and race car driving is really loud and repetitious, and Seattle, although beautiful, is rainy and overcast.  With all that being true, this is still the best book.  


The Odd Life of Timothy Greene - Somehow I just had to see this movie with the great trailers.  It's a sweet movie about a sweet couple and the sweet boy who appears in their lives just when they need him most.  It's all good, but not as good as some of the Oscar contenders, because I was able to doze off, wake up and still follow the story.  It didn't need a special rental night of its own; this would have been a good one to watch on an airplane or on the iPad.