Showing posts with label Halloween Trail of Spooky Weirdness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Halloween Trail of Spooky Weirdness. Show all posts

Tuesday 31 October 2017

Wordy on Wednesday on Tuesday again...with Biblio-Kitty Amber on the Halloween Edition featuring Cats on the Run (Tuck & Ginger)

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The Halloween Edition with me, Amber ~ The Self-Appointed Biblio-Kitty


Supurr spooky salutations pawesome furiends

*waves paw and broomstick*
                       
Furstly thank mew so much fur all the beautiful birthday wishes last week, I had the bestest day effur thanks to mew all my fabulous furiends, oh and before I furget let's do the give-away draw, as I know mew'll all be wanting to know who's won the Epically Epic Goodie Bag.

Here's effurypurrdy who entered.

And here's the draw... and the winner is...



Many congratulations to ERIN!!!!!!!

WOOOO HOOOOOO we'll be contacting mew shortly fur your snail mail address.

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Anyhoo, mew remember that before my birthday we're on the Halloween Trail of Spooky Weirdness throughout this month showing mew pictures that the P.A. has taken around our little village in Nowheresville, and last time I asked mew what mew thought of the blue glowing radio-active wurm alien thing, though it's still not as creepy as the week before with the face in the tree but still it was purretty weird.  Well this week, the picture was taken at tea time.... yep broad daylight...


Thursday, 28 September 2017 17:37

So what do mew think caused the rainbow cloud and the blue orb on the left of the photo?

There was nothing that mew could see with the naked eye at the point in the sky and when the P.A. zoomed-in no other clouds had the rainbow effect.


Weird huh?  That orb isn't small either.... spooky or what?

So while mew ponder on the mystery of another blue orb, I think it's time fur this weeks book, so let's get to it...




This week I'm sharing

Cats on the Run 

(Tuck & Ginger)


by

Ged Gillmore

Here's a little snippet of the book blurb:

Watch out! This book is so funny you'll probably pee your pants laughing. It's bonkers and barmy but blooming brilliant. There's no need to tell you what it's about because you can probably guess. (There are these cats, right? And they're, like, on the run.) But you should prepare yourself for kidnappings, stolen taxis, exploding old ladies, and witches with farts so toxic they bring down big trees.

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Do mew know how hard it is to find a suitable book fur Halloween, one that has just the right ingredients?  Witches, Cats, brooms, eveeel intent, bad things happening, good things happening, bad things happening some more, but then good thing happening again, etc.... etc.... 

Let me tell mew its been no mean paw to find one but as pure luck would have it I came across Cats on the Run and it actually did have all the right ingredients.  Although supposedly a kids book, furget that, kids would not get half of the subtle jokes, this was written fur adults but disguised as a kids book.

So where to begin, this book is actually hilarious at times. The narration is fabulous and Tucks character is the main source of the hilarity - his accent is absolutely brilliant - though I'm not going to spoilerize it fur mew but I was in stitches at times, yes it's true I almost MOL'd my fur off! 

I even had to ban the P.A. from listening to it while she was driving as she was laughing so hard she couldn't see - it should come with a warning - DO NOT LISTEN AND DRIVE!

That aside this is my new fav book fur Halloween, but mew have to listen to the audio version, as reading it yourself just won't be half as much fun, and the good news is there's another book in the series called Cats Undercover but the bad news is, there's not an audio version yet... arrrrrrrggggghhhhhhhhh!!!

[Note to self: Must write a letter to author to find out when audio version fur book two is available asap...]


 Audio: 6 hrs 48 mins    

Hardcover: 258 pages 

  • Publisher: Ged Gillmore (22 Jun. 2015)


The Amber Biblio Rating System Fur Offurall Enjoyment:


Ratings of:

Cats on the Run (Tuck & Ginger)

Offurall Enjoyment



I hope mew enjoy this book if mew do take the plunge and buy it... 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 join us when we'll be back on Thursday with Professor Basil's Brain-Training and don't furget that I'll be back next week with another specially paw-picked book just fur mew!

Happy reading or listening

Bestest biblio purrs and kitty kisses

Amber xox




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Tuesday 24 October 2017

Wordy on Wednesday on Tuesday with Biblio-Kitty Amber #49 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!! Featuring My Pawty, A Give-Away & Catnapped: A Klepto Cat Mystery

Welcome To


With me, Amber ~ The Self-Appointed Biblio-Kitty


Supurr salutations pawesome furriends

*waves paw*

If mew hadn't guessed already, it's my birthday today and I'm 15 -  WOOOOO HOOOOO - and furry quickly before we get this pawty started I must show mew my most wunderpurr pressie effur in the history of the cosmos, my Crotchety Cougars Hat!  

Thank mew so much to Angel Phoebe from the truly pawesome blog 15&Meowing who furry kindly asked me to join the most prestigious, invite only, exclusive club in the known universe all those months ago... I do hope mew can see me from the Rainbow Bridge doing your red crotchet bonnet proud.

So here's a quick look my birthday photo shoot in my totally fabulous red bonnet... and I got a surprise orange crotchet pumpkin too, which is amazingly pawesome as it's orange!! MOL 

Thank mew effurypurrdy at 15&Meowing, MEW ARE EPIC!!! XOXOX


And furry many thanks to Pipo fur my fabulous birthday card, it's just beautiful! XOXOX

So grab a hat, I've already got mine! MOL



Get some cake!

The Nip Bar is OPEN
Have a drink! 


Help yourselves to nibbles!



Get some pudding!


LET'S PAWTY!


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Now onto the Give-Away


Furstly it is open world-wide too!

And all mew need to do to enter is LEAVE A COMMENT below and we'll pick a winner out on next weeks  post!  

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And if mew still have the energy here's this weeks book review or if mew need to chill we have allocated the Crystal Room as the zen-zone, so mew can have a snooze, take five or just crash out!

This week I'm sharing

Catnapped


A Klepto Cat Mystery ~ Volume 1


by

Patricia L. Fry


Here's a little snippet of the book blurb:

When Savannah Jordan agrees to help her aunt while she recovers from a broken foot, she doesn’t expect to walk into a mystery, become part of a not-quite-legal surveillance team, be kidnapped by a deranged stranger and meet a steaming hot veterinarian. 

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This is the furst novel in a huge series, the 25th one was published only last month so this is a mega-series fur sure.  

If I'm honest I didn't love the narration too much on this one, the main character Savannah sounds very whiny and it's rather off-putting, that aside the plot was good, the story was good and I can't fault it all.  So my recommendation would be to read it rather than listen to it.

The characters are solid, it has a pleasant mix of action, a little romance, some mystery and of course cats, so my fabulous furriends I recommend it fur a light Sunday afternoon read.

Audio: 6 hrs 48 mins    

Hardcover: 250 pages 

  • Publisher:  Matilija Press; 1 edition (15 Jan. 2014)


The Amber Biblio Rating System Fur Offurall Enjoyment:

Ratings of:

Catnapped: A Klepto Cat Mystery: Volume 1


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 don't furget that I'll be back next week with another specially paw-picked book just fur mew.

Happy reading or listening

Bestest biblio purrs and kitty kisses


Amber xox



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Wednesday 18 October 2017

Wordy on Wednesday with Biblio-Kitty Amber #47 featuring Cats Can't Shoot: A Pru Marlowe Pet Noir

Welcome To


With me, Amber ~ The Self-Appointed Biblio-Kitty


Supurr salutations pawesome furriends

*waves paw*

Welcome to another wunderpurr Wednesday on the blog.  I'm so excited as my supurr exclusive Crotchety Cougars Red Bonnet arrived on Monday from 15andMeowing - now this is such a great honour as mew can't join The Crotchety Cougars Club until mew are 15, which as of next Tuesday I will be, but appurrently until then I'm not allowed to see, touch, wear or even sniff my new bonnet on the P.A. orders.  

She said and I quote, "Amber it's not your birthday for another six days, you have to wait!"

"PHOOOOEY!"  I harrumphed and stomped off to my library in sheer disgust.

But let me tell me I will get to sneak a peek in that envelope when the Tyrannical Overlord aka the P.A. isn't looking! MOL 


Oh and moving on now, mew remember that we're on the Halloween Trail of Spooky Weirdness throughout this month and today I'm sharing another picture the P.A. took on October's full moon while she was stood in the courtyard.  It's not as creepy as last weeks but still....


OMC what's that blue thing above the clouds?  And it's purretty big... EEEEEEK...  It wasn't in the previous pictures either, as the P.A. always takes 2 or 3 of the same thing - don't ask why, I don't know, she's just a bit nuts! MOL

And no it wasn't a satellite, or a plane, or a helicopter, or a radio-active wurm, or even a big glowy blue-burd!

Idea's anyone?

While mew ponder on the mystery of the blue orb, I think it's time fur this weeks book, so let's hop to it...


This week I'm sharing

Cats Can't Shoot 


A Pru Marlowe Pet Noir 


by

Clea Simon

Here's a little snippet of the book blurb:

When Pru Marlowe gets the call that there's been a cat shooting, she's furious. Animal brutality is the one thing that this tough animal psychic won't stand for, and in her role as a behaviorist she's determined to care for the traumatized pet. But when Pru finds out that the cat "did" the shooting - accidentally setting off a rare dueling pistol - she realizes something else is going on. 

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Cats Can't Shoot is the furst in the Pru Marlowe Pet Mystery Series and it didn't disappoint at all.  Pru can read the minds of animals, which is a gift I wish the P.A. had then she'd know exactly what I want and when I want it without me having to find her and tell her in purrson! MOL

But seriously this book has it all, suspense, drama, really good characters, a nice plot to lead mew along and keep turning those pages or in my case binge-listening.

Pru's cat Wallace is a great character and I'm hoping as the series progresses becomes more front and centre, and it's read by one of my favourite narrators too, Tavia Gilbert.

If mew haven't read or listened to this, I really think mew should, mew won't be disappointed.

Audio: 8 hrs 38 mins    

Hardcover: 267 pages 

  • Publisher:  Poisoned Pen Press (3 April 2012)

The Amber Biblio Rating System Fur Offurall Enjoyment:


Ratings of:

Cats Can't Shoot

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 don't furget that I'll be back next week with another specially paw-picked book just fur mew.

 Next week I'll be doing Wordy on Wednesday on Tuesday as it's my BIRTHDAY - WOOOO HOOOOO!

Happy reading or listening

Bestest biblio purrs and kitty kisses

Amber xox




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