I struggled to get through this book. Other than a couple of humorous pet stories, this book left a lot to be desired. Not to mention the spelling errors throughout the book. Sorry, John. I liked your Marley and Me book, but I’m not a fan of your newspaper column.

I was disappointed by the this book . . . I LOVED Marley Me so I was really looking forward to this book. What you should know about "Bad Dogs": it's less of actual stories and more of a compilation of short musings on Family, Animals, and Life in general. Read if you want to be bored.

Divided into three sections, these essays by the writer of Marley and Me show off the mind of a man who has lived with an undisciplined dog. His essays run from humorous to serious to poignant to cute to thoughtful (and everywhere in between).Tackling the subject of family, animals, and life, his reprints of some of his columns makes the reader wish that a Philadelphia Inquirer was available everywhere. Some of the essays are laugh-out-loud funny; some will bring a tear to the eye; others will m...

I was expecting this book to be uplifting stories. Instead it was open-ended stories with not much resolution. 'Cat is lost in airport; family looks for him for a month; the end'. No update on whether the cat was found?Maybe these are more interesting as part of a daily newspaper column but they were very unsatisfying compiled the way they were.

Huh, I wondered why I felt like something was off with this one. I mean, the title should indicate that this book is about dogs,and coming from the author of Marley and me you think you're going to have a fun read that might get emotional. Not so, few of these stories are funny, and fewer still are about animals. I wondered why as I read; would John Grogan capitalize on the success he had before? Few people can get enough of Marley after all. Then I read a post by John himself; that he had no ha...

This is not a book of stories about bad dogs. As the subtitle says it is a collection of writings about several themes that John Grogan published in The Philadelphia Inquirer. Is it banking on the fame of “Marley and Me”? Probably. But let's be honest, you would try to do the same.Reading about the most mundane things in life can be very entertaining and sometimes will even make us look at things differently. However it all depends on the writer’s talent with words. We have to be sucked in the b...

Non-FictionFront Cover:"Bad Dogs Have More FunSelected Writings on Family, Animals, and Life from The Philadelphia InquirerJohn Grogan, Author of the #1 New York Times Best-seller, Marley and Me"Copyright Page:"The articles in this book were originally written by John Grogan and published in a beloved column in The Philadelphia Inquirer, which owns the rights to them.This book is being published through an arrangement with The Philadelphia Inquirer. Mr. Grogan has not participated in its publica...

This book is made up of John Grogan's (Marley Me)newspaper articles from The Philadelphia Inquirer. I didn't appreciate the short articles on what I felt were often forced topics to make a deadline. Read Marley and Me instead--it's wonderful.

You can't judge a book by its cover - or its title! Wouldn't one think this book was about dogs? I got this on CD so I could listen to something light. It is a reading from his articles that he writes in the paper - two were funny - Parenting 101 and the one when he is a suspected terrorist at the airport - twice in one trip.

Before reading Marley and Me, I frequently read John Grogan's columns in the Philadelphia Inquirer because he wrote about the common man and always found fascinating subjects for his columns. This book is a collection of some of those columns, published by the Inquirer, so while the work is Grogan's writing, it isn't a book of new writings and long-time readers of his columns have probably read it all before.For me, most were new, as I only read the Inquirer for 4 years while in college. This bo...

A book of his columns but pretty old so most of the columns are from the early 2000's so kind of dated. I thought it was all animals but just a part of it is. I hated his book, "Marley", but he wrote very movingly about what Marley meant to the family and the dog's death. Also, wrote about writing the book, "Marley and Me", and what happened and I may have to read the book again with those things in mind. I hated "Marley" and me because, as a dog trainer, there is no reason to have a dog as ill-...

The title was obviously chosen to sell the book, glad I didn't buy it. Just a collection of the author's newspaper columns. A tiny uninteresting selection of pet pieces. Not worth reading.

Once again, John Grogan was able to capture the world in his eyes and write down what mattered to him about it and the people who call it home. I have never been so interested in the life of someone who I have never met in person and only know through 3 other books I have read. The stories, or rather...columns, were so intriguing and entertaining to read. I felt as if I was living the life of the people described within each story. I could see, smell, taste, touch, what's the last sense? Hear! t...

Lots of mixed reviews in this but I guess it boils down to expectations. I read Marley and Me and, like almost everyone else, identified with the family and bawled while laughing (at times). I was not expecting another Marley....this was clearly a collection of columns. Since I am not from Philadelphia or south Florida, I never read his columns. So I just enjoyed them as they are...easy-to-read slice-of-life columns. I liked it.

Collection of short stories, some good some not. It is not about dogs but it does have a few new stories about Marley and about what happen after the book came out. Not a great book, just ok.

Cute stories from Mr. Grogan's time as a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Interesting and nice to read when you're feeling like something light.

This book was not what I expected. I thought it would be about cute dogs that got into trouble. It has nothing to do with dogs. Okay, maybe one short story about a dog. After reading other reviews I now understand that it past articles that John Grogan wrote for the newspaper he was working for. It is a fast read and enjoyable.

My mother bought me this book a few years ago after she saw a dog on the cover. I love love LOVE dogs. I have refrained from reading it because it's short articles about random things, not a lot about dogs. And it is clearly stated that John Grogan gets zero profit. Basically the publisher and the newspaper in Philly he worked for are profiting. Well.... I'm glad I read it. His writings are so thoughtful, some sad others are so uplifting​. This embodies what journalism is all about, telling stor...