Walking in Circles is a perfect beach book. Nothing serious, nothing too contemplative, just a fun, easy read.

This book fell a bit short of my expectations. A family made up of people with little ambition and even smaller accomplishments. Divorced parents composed of a self-serving mother and a father who thinks himself a playboy and balanced by two grown daughters who appear to have attended a school promoting small business opportunities for underachievers. The highlight came about 80 pages into the story when Dawn (a dog walker, bather and sitter) began hearing her canine clients speaking to her. Now THAT was comical. I found the story a bit shallow with the strongest characters being the dogs. Dawn has a habit of making poor decisions when it comes to relationships and after 3 failed attempts, finally heeds the advice and opinion of one of her dogs. And like a dog that will usually make 3 circular motions before lying down for a long nap, sometimes we have to follow the circles of life before we find our comfortable spot in life. I can't say that the book left me pondering the mysteries of life, but it did make me want to communicate with my dogs -- especially when I ask them who chewed up a newspaper in the middle of the floor and they all three look the other way.