**FELINE FICTION FIX** Book Reviews with Amber at The Mewton-Clawson Library #319 featuring **Whiskers and Lies ~ Magical Cats Book 14** by Sofie Kelly **PLUS** Friendly Fill-Ins + Photo Fails Blog Hop **Starring Supurr Smooch**

Hello furbulous library guests 

and 

Welcome to the Mewton-Clawson Library at BBHQ 

Thank mew for joining me in the stacks today.

It's been a supurr busy week in the library and all around BBHQ, so sadly there's no Prudence update again today, though I will say it's got pretty wild on the cruise according to my sources. I'll try my hardest to make it happen next week.

But in the meantime, here I am just having a quiet moment of contemplation.

And look, an epic sun spot just for me! MOL

The P.A. is also joining in Friday Fill-ins Blog Hop with the pawesome 15 & Meowing and Four-Legged Furballs.

1. ________________________hurts my feelings.

2. Things on my not to do list include _____________ and _____________.

3. _________ is an inanimate object that cheers me up.

4. I wish I could hire someone to _________.

The P.A.'s answers are...

1. ________________________hurts my feelings. Ooooh, I'm not sure I've not got any feelings to hurt at the moment. 

2. Things on my not to do list include; not being around people, and avoiding people like the plague. As you can tell, I'm not feeling very people-y at the moment! LOL Cats are where it's at!

3. Hermantrude is an inanimate object that cheers me up. Remember the Highland cow from my Scottish Jaunt last year, Hermy makes me smile! 

4. I wish I could hire someone to do the garden, cook and clean, only for a week, while I regroup and get my time back, which has been my biggest bug bear for the last 2 and half weeks. Spitting brimstone is where I'm at right now due to external sources creating a mammoth amount of admin work that had already been done and completed months ago, but due to the level of utter incompetence by third parties, it's turned into a total cluster fluff of epic proportions.

As it's the last Friday of the month, we're also joining in the furbulous...

Do stop by meowvellous Mudpie's blog at www.mochasmysteriesmeows.com to join in.

Supurr Smooch from October 2018.

Long time readers may remember the Supurr Hero Cape we made in 2017. Oh we did have fun, and Smooch loved running around the garden in it, until he tripped on the cape, no more cape after that! #ohdear MOL

Let's see what I've got to show mew this time!

Mewton-Clawson Library Copy

Whiskers and Lies

 

Magical Cats Book 13

by

Sofie Kelly

       Here's a little snippet of the book blurb:      

Librarian Kathleen Paulson is always willing to help a friend, but to save one from a wrongful arrest, she'll need magical backup from her affectionate cats in the newest installment of this New York Times bestselling series.

Baker Georgia Tepper has been hired to provide delicious and spooky cupcakes for the Reading Buddies Halloween Party at the library, and she and Kathleen are meeting to finalize the menu of festive confections. Unfortunately, once Georgia's former mother-in-law ambushes her at the library and threatens Georgia with legal action, the afternoon of fun is soured.

Mew may remember that earlier last year, I rediscovered this pawesome series. I was on a mission to review the entire Magical Cats Mystery series before the end of 2024 - NOPE, that didn't happen! MOL  I'm now going to say that by the end of the current review season in July 2025, that should give me plenty of time and I'm almost there! MOL

Here are my previous reviews:

Curiosity Thrilled The Cat ~ Book 1

Sleight of Paw ~ Book 2 

Copycat Killing ~ Book 3

Cat Trick ~ Book 4

Final Catcall ~ Book 5

A Midwinter's Tail ~ Book 6

Faux Paw ~ Book 7

Paws and Effect ~ Book 8

A Tale of Two Kitties ~ Book 9

The Cats Came Back ~ Book 10

A Night's Tail ~ Book 11

A Case of Cat and Mouse ~ Book Twelve

Hooked on a Feline ~ Book 13

If mew’re in the mood for a cozy cat mystery with a dash of Halloween magic, (yes I know it's only April, but who cares, let's start supurr early this year MOL!) Whiskers and Lies is your go-to read! This charming 14th installment features librarian Kathleen Paulson, who jumps into action to help her friend Georgia when her former mother-in-law threatens her and later turns up dead. With the adorable magical cats, two of my most favourite fictional dudes, Hercules and Owen, by her side, Kathleen is determined to prove Georgia's innocence. The mix of spooky cupcakes and library festivities creates a delightful setting that perfectly complements the mystery. The writing shines with lighthearted humour and small-town charm, making the characters come to life. Themes of friendship and loyalty are beautifully woven into the plot, keeping mew engaged and invested from start to finish. This installment is a whimsical romp that will have mew turning pages and craving Halloween treats, yes, mew can eat Halloween candy in April, because I say so! MOL Whether mew’re new to the series or a longtime fan, this book is a delightful escape, and it's the purrfect Sunday afternoon read!

Another Totally Top Paw Read ~ I Just Adore This Series!

A truly pawesome addition to this wonderpurr series. That's fourteen down and two to go - I'm almost there - woooo hooooo! MOL

Paperback:  304 pages

Audio:  7 hours 29 mins

My Rating Scale

Ratings of:

Whiskers and Lies

Overall Enjoyment

Other Fun Blog Hops to Join in Today

          Brian's Home   Catblogosphere    Feline Friday   Nature Friday    Flashback Friday   Friendship Friday          

I really hope mew enjoy the book if mew decide to give it a whirl!

It's time for me to say BFN or bye-for-now as mew know the drill, so many books, so little time and I'll be back next week with another specially paw-picked book just for mew, and don't forget that all my previous reviews can be found on my Book Review page.

Until next time...

Keep calm and read more books

Amber 

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The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ~ Fudge Is Not Pleased, Neither Is Smooch, Pandora Pointing Out A Pruning Error, and Melvyn's Wearing This Weeks Top Pick Bandana

 Epic Greetings Furiends

Welcome to the BBHQ midweek news round-up!

Oh my goodness, very many apologies for the news being late this week. It's been a total fluffer for the last two and half weeks, and then yesteday the P.A. put the desktop on at home when she got back from work, and a weird icon had mysteriously placed itself in the centre of screen one. It wasn't there two days ago???

So, as mew can imagine the ethernet cable was promplty removed, the wifi turned off & airplane mode was activated on the PC just to be on the safe side, and then the scans began. After much research she couldn't find a thing about this bizarre little icon which was called 'hero-variant-a' - she even booted up an old laptop to ask Chat GPT about it, but even that came up blank. All the scans came back clean, and after much umming and arrrring this morning she finally decided to turn it back on, run another scan, and it's still clean, so we figured we're finally good to write today's post.

Oh, and many apologies for missing out on all the blog hops too, it's just been so hectic and things going wrong; it's like the Mercury retrograde we just came out of on the 7th of April decided to hang around and keep on giving, and NOT in a good way. Paws crossed things will improve, the P.A. will get a bit more time again, and normal service will resume, as mew know we're not ones for fluffing around with our schedule.

Thank mew all so furry much for all the meautiful Easter Greeting cards, we will reply as soon as we've caught up with everything else, but know, that they really brought a smile to BBHQ and were like rainbows, unicorns and glitter in the turmoil we've been going through, so thank mew for that. Our appreciation and gratitude for such thoughtfulness is off the charts!

Also, more apologies for no sign of Chapter Twenty Four of The Purrminator today, yep it got that bad. However, we will endeavour to get 24 and 25 written for next Thursday and Caturday respectively, and 25 will be the final chapter, finally! MOL It's been a tough but fun adventure to write, so at least next week, the end is in sight!

 Anyhoo, here's some tulips to brighten your day!

We are loving the pink and white one at the front, OMC in real life, mew can't catch your breath at its meauty!       

First up in the news this week...

 Fudge Is Not Pleased

Mew may remember that Fudge was rather hissed off about the slow progress of the catmint in various locations around the BBHQ garden.

This was him after another check, he was Not pleased!

Grouchy much? MOL

Next up in the news...

 Neither Is Smooch

Fudge, then conferred with Smooch about the lack of growth, and after Smooch went to check on the plants, he too was rather hissed off.

So much so, that he found the P.A., told her that 'it's just not cricket' and she should do something to make them grow faster. Yep, he really said that! MOL

In other news...

Pandora Pointing Out A Pruning Error

And as if it hasn't been fluffed up enough for the P.A., Pandora then pointed out that she hadn't pruned one of the climbing roses properly.

Yep, we can't believe Pandora did that either. Needless to say the P.A. returned indoors and was found later hiding under the duvet upstairs! 

And finally, this week

Melvyn's Modelling The Top Bandana Pick

It was a tie between #1 and #3, so Melvyn made the executive decision and picked #3!

He's looking epically epic this week, and next week he's got an update on W.D.G., so stay tuned for that.

Which one should he model next?

Here's the brand new April Bandana collection, hot off the sewing machine in the BBHQ Craft Room. These were made on Monday teatime under the expert eye of Fudge, who was hanging around the craft room and needed a distraction.

 As spring is now officially here, we chose some more colourful and bright bandanas for this month. 

The April Collection:

1.  Ballooning with Furiends ~ Blue 

2. Spring Freshness

3. Peony Purrfection 

4. Cute Pink Cats

5. Blooming Marvellous

There's only one left for April, so Melvyn will model that next week!

That's us done for today. 

Amber will be back tomorrow with another pawesome book, and if mew missed any other posts, here are the links:

 Easter Selfies

Easter Brain Training with Cats

Amber's Easter Book Review

Check out the latest episodes of The Purrminator, and we'll be back with Chapter Twenty Four next week in Melvyn's epically epic supurr exciting origin story:

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

     Chapter Twenty One     

Chapter Twenty Two

Chapter Twenty Three

Hoping mew have a furbulous day, and remember to always...

Wing Commander Basil & The B Team 

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The Magical BBHQ Annual Easter Egg Hunt on The Sunday Selfies Blog Hop and Caturday Art Blog Hop

Furbulous Sunday greetings furiends

Here's our epic B Team Easter selfie. 

The Magical BBHQ Annual Easter Egg Hunt  

 

We were totally blessed on this year's Magical Easter Egg Hunt as a mini portal opened and the Aqua-Aurora butterflies emerged; this is a highly auspicious omen, which hasn't happened in decades.

We're also joining Athena's Fabulous Art Hop so do stop by and show off your pawesome arty-farty skills.

We love this ethereal, dreamy, arty effect!

The effect was created with Befunky - AI Enhancer, Gouache 4 + changes to brush size, smoothness, plus a vignette border.

We also turned this fab arty-farty picture into a puzzle, so stop by the puzzle page and take the Puzzle Challenge. See if mew can beat our time of 10 mins 28 secs. 

Anyhoo, it's time for us to go and be total heathens on the garden, and make sure the P.A. and Cat Dad find the eggs we've hidden! MOL MOL

We do hope mew have an epic day, and we look forward to your company in the morning when we're back with more supurr fun Easter Brain Training with Cats.

In the meantime...

Wing Commander Basil & The B Team

Don't forget to join in the pawesome Sunday Selfies Blog Hop with

 Angel Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo, Cooper Murphy and Sawyer ~ visit them at their pawesome blog:

www.thecatonmyhead.com

Link up coming later.......

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