[simpleazon-image align=”left” asin=”0307953068″ locale=”us” height=”500″ src=”http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516-g8SigBL.jpg” width=”322″][simpleazon-link asin=”0307953068″ locale=”us”]Buddy: How a Rooster Made Me a Family Man[/simpleazon-link] by Brian McGrory
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Endearing, humorous and as much a story of family as of a pampered rooster named Buddy. The story was touching, sweet, and comical. It often had me laughing aloud. Recommended for fans of memoirs and animal stories.

Quotes:

“I never knew joy and sorrow could be so intricately entwined” (p. 161).

“Me defending Buddy. It was the start of something odd” (p. 181).

“If women were a mystery to me at my advanced age, take it as a fact that girls were a total enigma” (p. 229).

“Say this about that bird, his timing was impeccable” (p. 241).

“…I was about one more set of paws from completely cracking up” (p. 249).