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Editorial Review:
Hip-hop megastar Snoop Dogg and award-winning playwright David E. Talbert join forces to bring you the unforgettable saga of an aspiring young rapper who finds himself at several crossroads at once, where everything, including himself, is about to suddenly change.
The year is 1989, Long Beach, California. When Ulysses Jeffries's mother decides to move her family from the drug-infested East Side to what she believes is safer North Long Beach, Ulysses and his little brother Bing are hurled into a world like none they've experienced before. Instead of moving on up, they've just moved on over.
From a classically trained piano-playing gangster named Buddha, to the next-door neighbor, a foster mother turned basehead named Crazy Betty, to Uncle Mike, a freeloading relative who has a knack for showing up when times are good and a knack for leaving just before they turn bad -- these characters and more take you on a journey like never before. With growing conflicts in the streets, and at home with his mother, Bing, and his mother's new live-in boyfriend Harvey, Ulysses is forced to make decisions that will forever alter his life. It's clear that his only chance of survival is through close friends, family, and the music he loves.
Love Don't Live Here No More is the first in a drama-filled series of novels called Doggy Tales that takes readers from the unforgiving streets of Long Beach to the bright lights of show business. The novel also comes with an original single that provides the backdrop to this compelling tale.
Love Don't Live Here No More: Book One of Doggy Tales Reviews:
Pleasantly surprised 
2009-06-10 - Picked this up at the bargain shelf at a local bookstore for a buck. It was right next to a book that had caught my eye. The other book speaks about growing up in the Chicago projects. I figured, for a dollar, I couldn't go wrong. Glad I went with my judgment. The other book is still here, unread while I tore apart Love Don't Live...
Love Don't Live Here No More reads like a memoir. It was a short, interesting read. I would recommend it to anyone who is interested in growing up in the lifestyle that the author speaks of in this biographical novel.
Fans of Snoop Dogg will likely find fault with the fact I only gave this four stars. I felt that for it to receive a full five stars it should have been a bit longer/detailed or sold to the teen audience. It was not quite clear what age group the authors were reaching for.
Waiting for Volume II
2008-10-20 - I think this was a good read. Just not sure how many of Snoop Dogg "rap followers" actually read this book. Non-followers may think it is not a book of their class - too thugged out. I guess this is why I found this book in the bookstore, hardcover, for $5. If marketing would have gone into it, it would easily have become a bestseller. The book is definitely a good easy read and at times, funny as HECK! I loved the characters, especially, sweet Bing, and I could flow with it. I'm just wondering, because, perhaps, of the low sales of this 1st volume, will another come out? The end of the book leaves you hanging. Come on Snoop, at least give the characters a good ending!
Alot better than I thought it would be
2008-03-31 - I picked this book up at work one day when a co-worker left it on their desk. I read the whole book in one shift. Its a easy read and the end leaves you wanting more.
Not exactly what I expected 
2008-01-27 - This book was an easy read. I was surprised by the writing style,Snoop and David seem to work well together. However even though the story is not new it is given an interesting twist. Also, with my copy I received a free cd which ia an added bonus.
Doggy Dog World
2007-07-15 - This book was a quick read, you learn about Ulysses's life living poor with his mother and borther in Long Beach, California. Ulysses looks up to a local pusher and starts selling drugs at and young age. He watches his mother struggle just to get by, He wants to help but don't know how, he has dream of being a rapper but must first learn how to survive. This is Vol. 1 of the Doggy Tales so I must know what will be next.
