Hello, gorgeous library guests
and
Welcome to the Mewton-Clawson Library at BBHQ
Thank you for joining me in the stacks today.
Gosh, I miss the heat from my summer jollies, and to be honest, I may have to flee the U.K. if the cold weather keeps looming!
Are mew ready for more of my Egyptian adventures? Of course, mew are! MOL
🏛 My Egyptian Adventure #7: Colossal Cats & Ramses Rendezvous 🐾
Location: Abu Simbel, gazing up at Ramses II’s monumental temples
Time: Sunrise, when the desert blushes gold, and the statues awaken in light
Dahlings, today I traded moonlit ripples for monumental stone. My paws padded across the sands of Nubia until the colossal guardians of Abu Simbel loomed before me, four towering effigies of Ramses II, carved with such audacity that even the sun itself pauses to admire them.
“I was expecting colossal cats? Clearly an oversight. Luckily, I’ve corrected it.”
I arrived at dawn, draped in a flowing scarlet robe with a sapphire sash, my crescent‑moon pendant gleaming against the rising sun. A new hat, of course, a wide golden headdress adorned with lotus motifs, because one must match the grandeur of the gods.
The air was crisp, tinged with sandstone and history. As the first rays pierced the temple’s inner sanctum, I sipped a chilled catnip espresso from a gilded chalice and whispered, “Amber, mew are eternal.” The statues didn’t blink, but I swear one smirked.
My Morning Essentials Included:
🐟 A platter of Nile perch pâté with pomegranate glaze
🍷 A sparkling nip‑tonic infused with desert herbs
📜 A scroll of Ramses’ victories annotated with my paw‑written commentary (“Too much ego, dahling, but fabulous execution”)
🐾 A silk fan painted with Bastet’s likeness, fluttered dramatically at key moments
I wandered through the temple halls, hieroglyphs dancing in the dawn light, cats carved into eternity alongside pharaohs and gods. The grandeur was overwhelming, yet I remained composed. After all, I am Amber, head librarian of BBHQ, and I, too, command legacies (and snacks).
The desert may hold echoes of kings and conquerors, but today it held me: a cat of legend, strutting beneath colossal stone, sipping cocktails, and rewriting history with impeccable taste.
Mood: Majestic, monumental, and slightly smug (but only because my hat was bigger than Ramses’ crown).
Quote of the day: “Grandeur is not measured in stone, but in the paws that walk among it.”
✨ Next week, I’ll be surprising mew with a mystery location. Expect masks, mystery, and more cocktails. 😸🌙🍸
Anyhoo, let's look at this week's top book pick.
1. The easiest one on my Christmas shopping list to buy for is _________________________.
2. The toughest one in my Christmas shopping list to buy for is _____________________.
3. I try to spread Christmas cheer by _________.
4. When it comes to _________, I’m a bit of a Scrooge.
The P.A.'s answers are...
1. The easiest one on my Christmas shopping list to buy for is all of The B Team; catnip, toys, treats… basically anything that crinkles or jingles.
2. The toughest one on my Christmas shopping list to buy for is my parents, who somehow need nothing and everything at the same time.
3. I try to spread Christmas cheer by avoiding festive, crowded, heaving places. Nothing kills my holiday spirit faster than being trapped between a stressed shopper and a rogue tinsel display.
4. When it comes to sharing my blanket on the sofa, I’m a bit of a Scrooge. Unless it’s one of The B Team, in which case I become a human heated cat bed.
Let's see what I've got to show mew this time!
Mewton-Clawson Library Copy
Hemlock & Silver
by
T. Kingfisher
📚 This Week’s Paw‑Approved Top Pick: Hemlock & Silver
Curl up in your cosiest nook, tail tucked, and ears perked, because this week’s read is a whisker‑quivering fairy‑tale retelling that proves cats aren’t just companions, they’re sharp‑tongued familiars who can claw their way right into the heart of dark magic.
❓What's the Genre?
This is a darkly whimsical fantasy stand‑alone that blends fairy‑tale retelling with gothic humour and a dash of feline mischief.
🕵️ What’s the Story?
Anja, a healer with a knack for poisons and stubborn courage, finds herself tangled in a deadly curse tied to a mirror and a queen. Alongside her unlikely allies, including a sardonic, talking cat who refuses to be mere background fluff, she must navigate a world of enchantments, secrets, and shadows. What begins as a quest to save lives becomes a battle against the twisted reflections of power itself.
⚔️ What I Loved:-
🔥 The Vibes: Imagine Snow White meets Practical Magic, but with more poison bottles, more wit, and 100% more feline commentary.
🐾 The Cat: Grayling the talking cat is sly, sarcastic, and scene‑stealing, the kind of companion who’d roll their eyes at your potion ingredients but still save your life when it counts.
🍸 Anja: A heroine with grit, compassion, and a refusal to bow to fate. She’s the kind of woman who’d heal your wounds, hex your enemies, and still have time to argue with her cat.
🎬 The Fairy‑Tale Twist: The author takes the bones of Snow White and reshapes them into something darker, funnier, and far more unpredictable.
🏚 The Setting: A world of cursed mirrors, shadowed castles, and dangerous magic, painted with a blend of eerie atmosphere and sly humour.
📖 My Final Thoughts:-
This is a fantasy that purrs with wit, hisses with danger, and sparkles with fairy‑tale menace. Anja is the kind of heroine mew’ll want to follow through every poisoned apple and shattered mirror, and Grayling is the purrfectly snarky sidekick #epic! I read it faster than a kitten chasing a laser pointer, and it’s a magical, mischievous tale that’ll leave mew yowling for more enchantments! MOL
Available in audiobook and print, so grab your catnip cocoa or nip gin, a blanket, and let the magic and the cat sarcasm begin!
A Top Paw Read!
**And at the time of posting, the Kindle edition is available for 0.99p**
Paperback: 368 pages
Audio: 11 hours & 50 mins
My Rating Scale
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Hemlock & Silver
This one’s got claws in all the right places, a TOTALLY TOP FLUFF read that’ll enchant mew from page one!
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Until next time...
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Amber
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