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Oliver Kitten’s Diary offers a close up look inside the life (and mind) of a kitten during his first year of life.Continue Reading
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Review: Hiss and Tell (A Mrs. Murphy Mystery)
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I’ve long been a fan of Rita Mae Brown’s Mrs. Murphy Mystery Series, co-authored with her cat Sneaky Pie Brown. Hiss and Tell is the 31st book in the series. The original Sneaky Pie was rescued by Ms. Brown at her local SPCA.Continue Reading
Review: Chasing Number 7
I’m a huge fan of Nic Tatano’s books, especially the ones that combine romance with cats. Confessions of an Angel Cat is a particular favorite that I’ve reread multiple times. I was delighted when Nic told me he just published a new short story, Chasing Number 7, featuring a tortoiseshell cat.Continue Reading
Review: The Cat’s Meow: How Cats Evolved from the Savannah to Your Sofa
One thing that makes cats such fascinating creatures is that even after milllions of years of evolution, our little hauspanthers are still only a whisker away from their wild ancestors. In The Cat’s Meow: How Cats Evolved from the Savannah to Your Sofa, evolutionary biologist and cat lover Jonathan B. Losos takes an in depth look at the evolution of the domesticated house cat and explores the science behind what this evolution means for the future of both cats and humans.Continue Reading
Review: Whiskers Abroad: Ashi and Audrey’s Adventures in Japan
Whiskers Abroad: Ashi and Audrey’s Adventures in Japan is one of the more unusual books I’ve reviewed. This travel and adventure fiction novel follows Audrey and her cat Ashi on a whirlwind trip through Japan. Continue Reading
Review: Remarkably Bright Creatures
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Remarkably Bright Creatures is not a cat book, although a cat is featured in it, but it is such a wonderful book, I just had to share it with you. It’s one of these books that will stay with you long after you read the final page.Continue Reading
Review: Heavenly Headbutts
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Grieving the death of a cat is a painful process, often complicated by the lack of understanding of just how devastating losing a beloved cat can be. Many of us find comfort in the thought that eventually, we will be reunited with our cherished cats, a thought so widespread that it gave rise to the well known phenomenon of the Rainbow Bridge. In Heavenly Headbutts: Reflections of Hope about Cats and Eternity, Allia Zobel Nolan offers photos, scripture, quotes, affirmations and anecdotes that support her belief that we will see our cats again in the afterlife.Continue Reading
2022 Cat Book of the Year
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2022 was a slow year for new cat books. I only reviewed six books all year long, so I’m skipping my usual “best cat books of the year” post and going straight to my choice for Best Cat Book of the Year.Continue Reading
Review: A Cat Café Christmas
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I enjoy reading reading well-written romance novels any time of year, but especially this time of year, when I look for holiday themed romances. I came across A Cat Café Christmas the other day. The author was not known to me, and romance novels can be hit or miss, but this one turned out to be a delightful surprise!Continue Reading
Review: YOU are PAWSOME! 75 Reasons Why Your Cats Love You, and Why Loving Them Back Makes You a Better Human
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I’m always looking forward to a new book by Gwen Cooper, because it guarantees hours of entertainment from an exquisite writer who loves and understands cats. YOU are PAWSOME! 75 Reasons Why Your Cats Love You, and Why Loving Them Back Makes You a Better Human is, in Gwen’s own words, her “open love letter to all the cat people out there – people who are, in my own humble opinion, some of the very greatest humans alive.”Continue Reading
Review: The Cat in the Christmas Tree
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The Cat in the Christmas Tree is a collection of stories celebrating the magic – and mayhem – cats bring to Christmas.Continue Reading