Hello furbulous library guests
and
Welcome to the Mewton-Clawson Library at BBHQ
Well, mew could have dipped me in cream, rolled me in catnip and I couldn't have been any more surprised than I was on Monday!
If mew're wondering what's been happening at the Mewton-Clawson Library, click here to catch up on all the events.
Anyhoo, there I was minding my business in my private reading room with three of the library mice, namely Snitch, Chedds and Nibbles, as we were, well, they were cataloguing some new acquisitions under my expert guidance.
When, all of a sudden, the door burst open and Oswald stood there with his tiny paw about to hit the mobile panic alarm signalling a CODE RED!
"WHAT THE FLUFF!?" I yelled.
"Miss Amber, come quick!" Oswald squeaked in panic.
Being told to move quickly at my age is one HUGE joke, as I got up off my rather comfy sofa with built in heating at a glacial pace and then proceeded to ground level via my supurr handy portable steps on wheels, and yes they do have a safety braking system, so no fear of accidentally rolling away.
"What is it Oswald?"
"There's some crazy old mummified cat insisting that Melvyn is theirs and it wants to know where he is right now!" he gasped. "Then it stumbled off into the stacks."
Oh for fluffs sake, I knew exactly who IT was. It was PRUDENCE, although my description is much better; she's older than me, has no teeth and looks more like a hundred-year-old moth-eaten taxidermy specimen than a real live cat.
"Where is she?"
"In the main library and she's got Melvyn cornered down the W aisle," Oswald squeaked. "And he's terrified!"
Sighing loudly, I knew this was going to get ugly, not for me, because ugly and Amber are two words that would never go together, like EVER!
I straightened up, marched into my library, and stomped noisily all the way to the 'W' stack just briefly stopping by my desk on the way past, and I found Melvyn cowering next to:
Weapons of Mass Destruction by I. Shudnothavecreatedthat
With crusty dustbag Prudence looming over him, in a most threatening and intimidating manner.
And while normally, Melvyn is more than capable of taking care of himself these days after extensive B Team training and the like. However, since his Valentine's run-in with Prudence, Melvyn has not been himself, and seeing her in this threatening manner really, truly, honestly just flipped something in my furry brain.
I hissed and growled most menacingly. "Step away from my library employee, mew old moth-eaten fur sack."
Her head snapped up, milky white eyes locking with mine, and she hissed. "He's mine now, and mew should be the one to step away!"
OH MY COD!
She didn't really just talk to me like that, in my own library? Oh yes she did!
Well, that switch just flipped onto MAXIMUM.
"Prudence," I snarled stepping forward, and then I revealed my lovely Uzi, fully licensed of course, and I pointed that muther fluffer right at her. "BACK AWAY FROM MELVYN."
She gasped in shock. "Mew can't point that at me!"
I grinned. "Say what?"
"Mew can't point that at me!"
"I can, and I am! My library, my rules, now turn around and fluff right off before mew have more holes in mew than Swiss cheese!" I growled. "Oh and your library card is REVOKED, purrmanently."
Prudence stumbled backwards, and I reached Melvyn, putting a paw on his shoulder and whispered. "Get up dude, it's all going to be okay!"
Tootles, Flora, Ardvaar and Lumie, who'd been keeping watch from the top of the bookshelf, abseiled down and landed silently on the shelf next to Melvyn.
"Library mice, take Melvyn to my private reading room, now."
I kept my Uzi pointed at Prudence as I stalked forward. "MOVE IT CRUSTY!" I instructed.
She spat at me and shuffled towards the door. As she stepped outside into the courtyard, she turned and growled. "This isn't over, that cat is mine!"
"Prudence, I'm only going to tell mew this once; if mew ever step one paw on BBHQ property ever, ever again," I paused for dramatic effect. "Mew'll wish mew hadn't, now get the fluff out of the gates!"
And that was my Monday. Needless to say, anonymous hate mail has been arriving every hour since.
So now I have one hissed off cat, who's got a thing for Melvyn, and Cod knows what's going to happen next???
Anyhoo, I hope your week was better than mine! MOL
Today, the P.A. is also joining in Friday Fill-ins Blog Hop with the pawesome 15 & Meowing and Four-Legged Furballs.
1. I can’t ___________________ since ___________________.
2. ________________________ since ____________________.
3. _________ was my first ever job.
4. _________ is my best advice for _________.
Here are the P.A.'s answers:
1. I can’t eat shop-bought bread since I read the ingredients list and one of them was liquid sponge. Yes, you read that correctly, liquid sponge, it's supposed to make the bread fluffier and lighter - NICE! This element baffled me somewhat, as I've never heard of sponge being liquid, what will they come up with next? LOL
2. Ever since I was a teeny tiny toddler, I've loved cats. My paternal grandfather and I used to spend a lot of time together on the farm, and he fed about twenty ferals, and I loved them. There was a big ginger one, he was so cute, I can't remember his name, maybe he didn't have one, but he used to sit on the bails of straw and watch me pootle around the yard in my little red wellies and dungarees trailing after Grampa. Or perhaps big ginge was contemplating taking me down, like a predatory cat on the savannah?
3. Valeting cars was my first ever job at fourteen; the pay was lousy, and the work was lousy, but I can clean cars with the best of them. Back in the day, when the new registration came out on August first, I used to be surrounded by about fifty to sixty brand new cars all covered in the post factory wax, that needed T-Cutting off the vehicle before they were polished and prepped for delivery, it would take me all of July to get them ready. And while that may not sound bad, there were no power tools to assist me back then so it was pure elbow grease, grit and determination.
4. Just do it, is my best advice for writing. When writing any B Team adventure, I know the beginning and the end, though the ending may change slightly due to what unfolds along the way, and all the stuff in the middle just evolves and reveals itself chapter by chapter until it's done. I think my method of writing is labelled 'panster writing', as I just wing it. But then, that's what The B Team does best! LOL
As it's the last Friday of the month, we're also joining in the furbulous...
Today's fail comes courtesy of Smooch's Big Roll Over in the garden in September 2022!
Please don't ask me what on fluff he was doing, although I do suspect catnip was playing a big part! MOL
Let's see what I've got to show mew this time!
Mewton-Clawson Library Copy
Empyrean Book Two
by
Rebecca Yarros
Here's a little snippet of the book blurb:
“The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity." Xaden Riorson
Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College-Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky.
Now the real training begins, and Violet’s already wondering how she’ll get through.
Today, as it's Fiction on Friday, it's my NON-CAT book choice of the month.
And mew may remember back in November I reviewed Fourth Wing by Recca Yarros, and I must admit I was so smitten with it, so much so, that I got my own fluffing dragon, yep it's true. His name is Maximus Inferno the Sixth, but I just call him M.I.6. for short.
We make a great team! MOL
Hold onto your dragon reins, folks, because Iron Flame is a wild ride through fire and fury! The second installment of the Empyrean series picks up where the heart-stopping first book left off, and if mew thought Violet Sorrengail had it tough during her first year at Basgiath War College, just wait until mew see what this year has in store for her!
Rebecca Yarros has a knack for crafting characters that feel as real as the flames they face. We dive back into Violet's world, where survival is a brutal game, and our heroine's determination is put to the test in the most agonizing ways imaginable. With a new vice commandant whose sole mission seems to be breaking Violet's spirit (with a side of betrayal for good measure), the stakes couldn’t be higher.
The story brilliantly captures Violet's evolution. She might start out feeling like the underdog, but her combination of wit and steely resolve is what truly shines. With each grueling challenge she faces, mew can't help but cheer for this fierce dragon rider who’s determined to turn the tables and make her own rules. Plus, the tension with Xaden Riorson keeps the romance alive, giving readers just enough swoon-worthy moments to balance out the devastation of war.
The world-building is absolutely stellar; mew can practically feel the heat of dragon fire licking at your heels as mew turn those pages. The secrets lurking at Basgiath War College add layers of intrigue that promise even more explosive discoveries as the series progresses.
Book Two is a fast-paced, heart-pounding, roller coaster adventure filled with loyalty, betrayal, and the kind of courage that comes with knowing mew have nothing left to lose.
If mew loved the first installment, this sequel will leave mew despurrate for the next chapter in Violet’s journey. Just make sure mew have some time set aside—as once mew crack open this book, mew won’t want to put it down until mew’ve devoured every last word!
So, saddle up and get ready for an unfurgettable flight!
An epically gripping read that will have mew furiously flipping pages to find out how she’s going to outsmart her captors.
A Totally Top Paw Read! Really Top Paw!
I finished the third book in the series back in late January, and after that, I was very happy to learn that there are two more books in the series. This purrleased me greatly, as when I got to the end of Onyx Storm, I thought, there's no fluffing way that can be it, there has to be MORE! MOL
Paperback: 639 pages
Audio: 28 hours 16 mins
My Ratings Scale
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I'm off to read next week's books and pick the best, as mew know the drill, so many books, so little time!
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Until next time...
Keep calm and read more books
Amber
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