cover image Living a Dog's Life: Jazzy, Juicy and Me

Living a Dog's Life: Jazzy, Juicy and Me

Cindy Adams, . . St. Martin's, $19.95 (225pp) ISBN 978-0-312-32377-6

Adams, gossip columnist for the New York Post and author of The Gift of Jazzy , would like everyone to know that she doesn't need a man. After all, she has her Yorkshire terriers. They—Juicy and Jazzy Junior—dominate her life, and she loves them for it. Repeatedly, they teach Adams that "life is good," and she often relays this truism to the reader. Life indeed may be too good to fritter even a few hours on this throwaway read. As in her column, Adams writes in a fast, talkative style, dropping names, telling tales and returning again and again to the better companion dilemma: man vs. dog. The gist is this: the dogs are cute, they love her, she loves them, everyone loves them, she knows famous people, the dogs embarrass her in front of famous people, she loves them more, men approach, men retreat, she loves them even more. Repeat. Although Adams is genuinely heartfelt about her dogs—especially about the death of Jazzy, the star of her last book—240 pages is an awfully long love letter. Adams's fans, Yorkie-philes and celebrity gossip junkies may glean a bit of frivolous fun. Anyone else will likely feel they've been suckered into yet another empty sequel. (Mar.)