Pup fiction? Pugerback writer? Anyway. Adorable illustrations in this fun little jam of a read. The generally underwrought plot (and that's fine) has to do with Mochi being a puppy and then coming to that tough time for any pet owner: your best friend's first surgery, let alone in the Covid era when you can't even step inside the vet's office with your bonded canine.

The storytelling sometimes comes off a bit precious for my taste, though I would follow Mochi to the moon and back. (Yes, if most pets cross some rainbow bridge at their end of days, I feel pugs probably go to the moon. Don't even try to change my worldview.)

I've followed @157ofgemma on Instagram for some time, as have my own @wunderpugs, and her illos are always spot on about The Pug Life. (Yes, we're those people with a dogstagram account. We're basic, we love it, and we make no apologies.) I spotted this breezy book in Indy Reads Bookstore and decided I had to have it. In time, we'll collect more of Gemma's pug tomes. In closing, support your local indie bookstores, people!