Feline Fiction on Fridays #96 at Amber's Library featuring **Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats** by T.S. Eliot

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With Amber ~ The Best Library Kitty in the entire Mewton~Clawson Parish

Supurr salutations pawesome furriends

*waves paw*

Hello gorgeous library guests and welcome to my private library.

So sorry to have missed mew the last couple of weeks, in fact it's been a disaster fur feline fiction, but anyhoo I'm here now and that's all that matters!

Mew maybe wundering why Fudge is guarding my books, well there's a new cat in town sniffing around and I thought he looked like he was taking a shine to that stack through the window the other morning early on, so I charged Fudge with being book security and as mew can see, he takes his job furry seriously!

I did draw the line at his suggestion of a tank outside the catservatory... these young mancats and their toys hey??!! MOL

And now I think it's time to share this weeks book.

This week I'm sharing

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

by

T.S. Eliot

Mew know I was reading my news feed on Thursday morning and a headline said; 13 Books to read before they're made into movies or released as movies, something like that, I can't quite remember now.  But anyhoo my interest was piqued and as I was scrolling through the list I came across today's book and what I didn't know was, that the mewsical Cats is based on it - I suppose the entire wurld but me knew that fact but then I have zero interest in mewsicals! MOL 

So aftur that completely useless factoid which mew guys already knew, what did I think to this classic? I thought it was epic and young Melvyn joined me again so we could have storytime and he agreed it was epic too!

We both absolutely loved rhyme time, and think effuryone should read this at some point. And just before I pop off, another completely useless factoid, my copy used to belong to a library in Hertfordshire, and know it's part of the Mewton-Clawson library, how fabulous. 

The Amber Biblio Rating System Fur Offurall Enjoyment:

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Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

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I do hope mew enjoy this book if mew decide to give it a try... 

...and if mew've read it already, what did mew think?

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Sadly it's time fur me to say BFN or bye-fur-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 fur mew. And don't furget that all my previous reviews can be found on my Book Review page

Happy reading or listening until next time

Soft purrs

Amber xox

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Feline Fiction on Fridays #95 at Amber's Library featuring **Ziggy the Rescue Kitty Gets a New Home** by Tama Ann Blake

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With Amber ~ The Best Library Kitty in the entire Mewton~Clawson Parish

Supurr salutations pawesome furriends

*waves paw*

Hello gorgeous library guests and welcome to my private library

Mew know I was thinking the other day aftur seeing some of Basil's throwback pics which he shares in his Brain Training posts, that I should have a little search through the old photo archives, so I did! MOL

This is me way back in June 2007, who knew 12 years could pass in the blink of an eye? Wow look, I don't have that little notch missing from my left ear, actually I remember that happened in June 2008 when Dad was away on business.

Anyhoo, I hope mew like my throwback to 2007, but now I think it's time to share this weeks book.

This week I'm sharing

Ziggy the Rescue Kitty Gets a New Home

 by 

Tama Ann Blake

**Furstly I have to let mew all know that I was given a free copy of this book in exchange fur a fair review**

Book Blurb:

Ziggy the Rescue Kitty is a fictionalized account of a snow-shoe kitten's rescue and trip to his new adoptive home. We travel along with Ziggy on his trip to the animal shelter, to the vet, and through his adoption day. Being chosen for adoption, he travels from the shelter to home where he meets his new family which includes a grumpy kitty brother and two great dane sisters.

So what did I think to this book?

I thought it was a lovely little story with the most gorgeous illustrations and would be absolutely fabulous fur younger readers to learn about kitty adoption.

Any book that helps younger generations learn the importance of animal kindness and adoption is a winner fur me, because all our anipal furriends need their own happily ever aftur! 

And even young Melvyn wants me to read it to him!

This book is great fur all ages, and I would recommend it without hesitation. So if mew're looking fur a little book with a pawsitive message, this is definitely fur mew and would make a purrfect gift fur younger children. 

I'd like to say furry many thanks to Austin Macauley fur sending me a copy of  Ziggy the Rescue Kitty Gets a New Home, thanks so much guys, it is a wunderpurr book! 

Available from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com or direct from the publisher 

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• Print Length: 18 pages
• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers LLC 

The Amber Biblio Rating System Fur Offurall Enjoyment:

Ratings of:

Ziggy the Rescue Kitty Gets a New Home

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I do hope mew enjoy this lovely little book if mew decide to give it a try... 

...and if mew've read it already, what did mew think?

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Sadly it's time fur me to say BFN or bye-fur-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 fur mew. And don't furget that all my previous reviews can be found on my Book Review page

Happy reading or listening until next time

Loud purrs

Amber xox

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Feline Fiction on Fridays #94 at Amber's Library featuring **97 Ways to Make a Cat Like You** by Carol Kaufmann

Welcome To

With Amber ~ The Best Library Kitty in the entire Mewton~Clawson Parish

Supurr salutations pawesome furriends

*waves paw*

Hello gorgeous library guests and welcome to my private library

Appurrrently I need to get my glasses purrscription updated, as the other day during Pandora's photo shoot I did this!

Then Fudge got in the way too, as appurrently my old lady-cat tail smells really nice! MOL

Pandora was really peeved at this point and is no doubt writing to Parsley with a seriously serious Pet Peeve! MOL! OOPS! MOL!

And now I think it's time to share this weeks book.

This week I'm sharing

97 Ways to Make a Cat Like You

 by 

Carol Kaufmann

Mew may remember a couple of weeks ago I showed mew my latest book haul, well today I thought I'd share the one off the top of the pile, as I was intrigued.

So what did I think of 97 Ways to Make a Cat Like You? 

If your hooman is completely new to being a CAT SLAVE then I highly recommend mew get this book stat!  It's full of furry useful hints, tips and tricks fur the newbie.

If your hooman is a moderately seasoned Cat Slave, then this could also be a great read as there'd be hints, tips and tricks that he/she may not know.

And finally, if your hooman is a veteran Cat Slave, then I think they'd purrobably know all of these hints, tips and tricks.

So depending on what level your hooman Cat Slave is at:

Newbie
Seasoned
or
Veteran

depends on whether or not mew need this book in your life so that my gorgeous library guests is entirely up to mew.  But I would definitely get it fur Newbies, without a doubt as it would save at least a couple of years of training.

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• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Workman 

The Amber Biblio Rating System Fur Offurall Enjoyment:

Ratings of:

97 Ways to Make a Cat Like You

Offurall Enjoyment

I do hope mew enjoy this book if mew decide to give it a try... 

...and if mew've read it already, what did mew think?

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Sadly it's time fur me to say BFN or bye-fur-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 fur mew. And don't furget that all my previous reviews can be found on my Book Review page

Happy reading or listening until next time

Bookish purrs

Amber xox

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Feline Fiction on Fridays #93 at Amber's Library featuring **To Be A Cat** by Matt Haig

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With Amber ~ The Best Library Kitty in the entire Mewton~Clawson Parish

Supurr salutations pawesome furriends

*waves paw*

Hello gorgeous library guests and welcome to my private library.

Happy Friday gang and how's your week been?  Mine has been relatively quiet in the library, the P.A. finally finished the big clear up and I'm purrleased to say that the new organisation of her stuff is much better, oh and I see that she's got the candle making paraphernalia out, so it looks like something is going to be happening imminently.  

Although, I do know that Pandora is keen fur the P.A. to get her Crystal and Magickal Supply Shoppe sorted as that is still in a bit of a mess and needs a lot of rearranging, plus a stock take.  Pandora has been looking for a shop counter on Fleabay, though most are far too expensive as she's aftur a vintage/antique vibe ~ yes Pandora does have rather expensive taste.  I did say to her just the other day, "Pandora, if I were mew and needed a rather lovely shop counter, I'd go sweet talk Parsley as he's the one with a credit card."

"Great idea Amber!" Pandora replied in her funny, little foreign accent. "I know vhere he keeps it, so I'll just borrow it."

"Pawesome!" I laughed just imagining Parsley's face when he sees his next credit card bill! MOL OOPS!

And now I think it's time to share this weeks book.

This week I'm sharing

To Be A Cat

by 

Matt Haig 

[copy belonging to Erin the Cat Princess ~ on loan to The Mewton-Clawson Library]

What would happen if a hooman could become a cat? Well, mew need to read this book to find out.

This is an absolutely fabulous read, Matt Haig is a veteran writer and tells the story of Barney Willow a rather unfortunate 12 year old, not unfortunate in his own right but unfortunate at the mercy of others. Bullied by other kids and even his headteacher, Barney thinks things can't get any wurse until one day he wakes up as a cat.

Now mew know the above paragraph had more info than I usually like to share, mew know the drill; **No Spoilers Here** but I had no option! MOL

So what did I think to, To Be A Cat? 

I thought it was fluffing brilliant; comical, witty, dark, mysterious and bucket loads of fun!

I don't know what else to say apart from this is my newest fav book of 2019.

But the burning question of the day is... would I recommend it to mew? Yes, indeedy I would, purrfect fur all ages and the illustrations throughout are sure to add much flavour to your read. 

A TOP READ!

Furry many thanks to HRH Princess Erin, fur kindly lending me her purrsonal copy, I have it nice and safe in the 'restricted access' part of my library so no other paws can get it!

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• Audio: 5 hours 29 mins
• Paperback: 320 pages
• Age Range: 9 - 11 years
• Publisher: Corgi Childrens (2 May 2013)

The Amber Biblio Rating System Fur Offurall Enjoyment:

Ratings of:

To Be A Cat

Offurall Enjoyment

I do hope mew enjoy this book if mew decide to give it a try... 

...and if mew've read it already, what did mew think?

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Sadly it's time fur me to say BFN or bye-fur-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 fur mew. And don't furget that all my previous reviews can be found on my Book Review page

Happy reading or listening until next time

Soft purrs

Amber xox

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