Every Dog has His Days... (and today just isn't it)
A boy obsessed with books is killed defending a woman during a robbery. He refuses to die before reading a particular book, and so is reincarnated as a dog. He’s found by the woman, who can now hear his thoughts. Obviously, since this annoys her, her solution is to kill him... So, after she learns he saved her life, instead of killing him, she lets him live with her. Oh, and it turns out that the woman is the author of the book he wants to read