Welcome to Our Mid-Week News Round-Up and Hot Gossip on The Pet Parade & Today's Headlines are ~ Happy Thanksgiving, The Woodland Furiends Snuggle Mat Set and Why Is Fudge Calling Catline?

Epic Wednesday Greetings Furriends

Welcome to the Pet Parade and our weekly news round up!

Furst up in the headlines this week is...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

And for those celebrating here in the U.K. there's always plenty of turkey to go around at BBHQ, but be quick because young Melvyn and Parsley are both on bulking sessions right now! MOL

Wherever mew are, and howeffur mew celebrate, we really hope mew all have a pawesomely supurr day tomorrow!

Next up this week, The Woodland Furiends Snuggle Mat, Catnip Kicker and Catnip Cushion Set will be winging their way across the pond to a lovely new home later this week, and we thought what a delightful set to share for Thanksgiving.

As it's been shipped to the USA we've used catnip spray instead of using our homegrown dried catnip in the kicker and cushion as the last thing we want is for it to get stuck in customs and confiscated, and the kitty who it's destined for to be cheated out of it on a technicality.

And to be honest, we can't find out whether or not mew can ship dried catnip to the USA anywhere, so we're erring on the side of caution, and going the no dried catnip route! 



What to mew think to the fabric, isn't it absolutely adorable?



Finally this week, Fudge was caught on our BBHQ CCTV sneaking out to the TTTB aka Time Travelling Telephone Box early one morning to make a call.  And yes, the TTTB is still a fully functional call box, so anyhoo apparently he made a call to Catline.

For those of mew who don't know what Catline is; it's a dedicated call centre where cats can ring 24/7 and voice their grievances regarding purrsonally purrceived injustices (P.P.I.'s) with the hope of 3rd pawty intervention to help resolve said grievances, and speed up the process when in-home talks and negotiations are no longer viable or wurking.



Fudge must have forgotten about the auto-voice-recorder on all the phones at BBHQ as we managed to get a complete transcript of the call.

"This is Catline, how may I help mew today?" asked the Catline Opurrator.

"Er yes, this Fudge at BBHQ and I've got a massive purroblem!" 

"Oh dear, can mew give me the details?"

"Yes, I'm being deprived of my usual all-access, 24/7 dried food buffet and this abhorrent and heinous deprivation has been going on for the last 2 weeks, 2 days, 4 hours, 32 mins and 15 seconds!" Fudge replied.

"Ahhhh, I think mew have a solid case let me transfer mew to the D.F.D.D. or Dried Food Deprivation Department," the Opurrator said politely. "One moment sir, while I put mew on hold and transfer your call."

"Thank mew," Fudge said, hearing a distinct click and then some rather relaxing mewsic. A few moments later, a recorded messaged said. "Purrleaase stay on the line, your call is furry impawtant to us, although mew have called at our peak time and are held in a queue." The mewsic kicked in again. 

Five minutes later, another recorded message said, "We're sorry to inform mew all of our opurrators are now on their regulated catnap breaks and won't be back for at least an hour, purrlease stay on the line to keep your place in the queue and we'll answer your call as soon as we wake up, thank mew for your patience."

Guys, we'll have to continue the transcript next week, as he was still on hold 4 and a half hours later, OH DEAR!

Who loves fresh laundry?

Do mew like fresh laundry too, especially when something comes out of the dryer, and it's so warm and tempting? 

Melvyn is sitting on some warm towels, lucky him! MOL

If mew've missed any of the posts over the last week, here are the catch-up links:

Book Reviews with Amber #145

Product Review featuring The PetSafe Dancing Dot Laser Cat Toy

Melvyn's Seasonal Selfie

Colouring with Cats #104 

We'll be back on Friday with Amber's Book Reviews so we do hope mew can join us then and don't furget to hop along on the Pet Parade below.

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Book Reviews with Amber at The Mewton-Clawson Library #144 featuring **Beyond the Gravy, The No. 2 Feline Detective Agency** by Mandy Morton PLUS Friendly Fill-Ins

 

Hello gorgeous library guests 

and 

Welcome to the Mewton-Clawson Library at BBHQ 

Thank mew for joining me in the stacks today and many apologies for being a tad late in opening up the library. Though as mew will know if mew saw our previous post, the reason for our tardiness is because there was a new floor being put down and we had no access to the puter in the room as it was all a total jumble for a few days.

It should have been done in a day but there was a bit of a fluff up and the wrong colour quadrant was ordered for the edge of the room, so we had to wait another couple of days with all the furniture pulled out until the right colour arrived and was fitted.

Anyhoo, it's all down now and looks lovely so we're really happy with that. And the P.A. is waiting for the shops to open again so she can go and get a couple of new rugs as the original ones in there were ordered online and the wrong ones came, so she just lived with them as it was too much trouble to ship them back to the store, but she has never really liked them and she plans to move them into the craft room. She has her eye on some lovely soft rugs instead of the natural jute/seagrass style that's here.

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

1. I like being _____________________________.

2. I don’t want to __________________, but I have to.

3. I’m counting down the days until _________.

 4. _________ is a lot like _________.

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

1. I like being at home more with The B Team. It's pawesome spending more time with all the kitties, even when they tread on the keyboard and try to delete blog posts! LOL 

2. I don’t want to decorate the bathroom, but I have to. Luckily it's only the ceiling and woodwork that needs a quick refresh, and we are putting a new floor down too. Why is it that when you do one room, it ends up being the entire house? I also just refinished the kitchen table this week, and have the sideboard, dining chairs and wine cupboard to do next, and after that, the sitting room furniture needs a quick spruce too, as the paint I used last year wasn't suitable and basically I just created myself more work by using the wrong stuff instead of waiting to get the right paint.

3. I’m counting down the days until 21st of December, the shortest and darkest day. Then after that, the nights start drawing out again wooo hoo! 

 4.  Living with lots of cats is a bit like living in a madhouse at times, all the different purrsonalities all wanting different things and sometimes at the same time which then creates a hiss and spat, life is never dull in a multi-cat home and I wouldn't change a thing I love it!

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

This week's top book pick is...

Mewton-Clawson Library Copy~ Audio Version

Beyond the Gravy

The No. 2 Feline Detective Agency

by

Mandy Morton

       Here's a little snippet of the book blurb:      

Psychic cat Irene Peggledrip is being visited by a band of malevolent spirits who all claim to be murderers. Not only is their message disturbing, but they cause chaos with indoor snowstorms, flying books and the untimely demise of a delicious Victoria sponge. Irene calls in Hettie and Tilly of the No. 2 Feline Detective Agency to help, but they’re not sure how far their skills reach into the spirit realm.

This is book is number 7 in the No. 2 Feline Detective Agency series. The other reviews for this series can be found on my Review Page.

So what did I think to Beyond The Gravy? I listened to the audio version of the book and as with the previous books I wasn't disappointed at all, the narration was flawless and highly enjoyable.

The main characters keep evolving and revealing more about themselves and the supporting cast was very entertaining, this time there was a whole host of weird and wonderful cats including one obsessed with the ancient practice of hanging, but that's as much as a spoiler as I'm going to give.

Mandy Morton writes a fabulous cat mystery, and I hope she keeps on writing this fun and entertaining series for a long time to come.

I'll be reviewing book 8 soon, so do stay tuned for that and in the meantime, I'm sure mew'll love this book.

Audio Version: 6 hours 39 mins

• Publisher: Farrago  Paperback: 224 pages

My Ratings Scale

Ratings of:

Beyond the Gravy 

Overall Enjoyment

I really hope mew enjoy the book as much as I did if mew decide to read it.

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 for mew, and don't furget 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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Book Reviews with Amber at The Mewton-Clawson Library #143 featuring **Introducing Gertrude, Gumshoe** by Robin Merrill PLUS Friendly Fill-Ins

Hello gorgeous library guests 

and 

Welcome to the Mewton-Clawson Library at BBHQ 

Thank mew for joining me in the stacks today, and furstly I'd like to say a big concatulations to The Whiskeratti Crew who won my birthday giveaway and to let mew know that the P.A. is sending your goodie bag next week.

In other news, it's been a bit quiet in the library this week, in fact thinking about it I haven't really seen anyone, oh I did see that HRH ERin is doing some pawesome book reviews on Sundays at the Palace library in Upper-Much Mousing, so do go check out what's hot and what's not at the Palace. 

Melvyn is avoiding me like mew wouldn't believe as I want him to start moving books into the Bunker, yes I did get Level 7 as part of my birthday pressie which was pawesome though the other not so glamorous part was a trailer load of flat-pack shelving. Anyhoo I'm not a DIYer so I'm trying to devise a plan wherein I get The B Team to build all the shelves without them actually realising they're building my library, so if mew have any idea's leave them in the comments below! 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 never thought I would say this, but _________.

2. I can't believe _________ is _________.

3. _________ is how I deal with stress.

4. Now is the perfect time to _________.

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

1. I never thought I would say this, but I feel lower than a snake's belly in a wagon rut with a top hat on, this week.

2. I can't believe 2021 is almost here, wow, it's scary how fast time is going by at the moment.

3. Exercise is how I deal with stress.

4. Now is the perfect time to hibernate until the Spring, in fact I'm thinking at least mid-April just to be on the safe side! LOL

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

This week's top book pick is...

Mewton-Clawson Library Copy

Introducing Gertrude, Gumshoe

by

Robin Merrill

       Here's a little snippet of the book blurb:      

WARNING: Gertrude can be a bit of a crank!

She shoots from the hip, is unburdened by tact, and likes things done her way. Yet, people adore her.

It's a mystery.

Speaking of which, Gertrude never set out to be a sleuth. She was just minding her own business among her many, many collections (including her cat collection), when her neighbor went missing. With no one else around to help, Gertrude stepped in to solve the case--and found out she's got quite a knack for snooping.

This old gal, Gertrude is as crotchety as us cougars so mew know I'm going really like her immediately! MOL  

Mew may have seen that I only gave it a four paw rating, that's because not only do I have the large print version as in the pic above, but also the audio and if I'm honest I wasn't too smitten with the narration hence the loss of one paw - it's not bad but not 5 paws, so probably if I'd read it, it would have five paws for sure. 

Anyhoo, the book is funny, and Gertrude has oodles of cattitude and doesn't give a fluff what anyone thinks or says, she is her own women and loves her many, many cats, solving mysteries and getting her own way. In fact, she is a force to be reckoned with.

If mew're looking for a new cozy mystery series this is definitely one to add to your list, the audio version which I got from Audible is a 6 book box set so well worth the one credit it cost. Just don't focus too much on the narrator and it'll be fine. 

Try it, if mew love your mysteries this is a must-have.

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: New Creation Books (21 Jun. 2019)

My Ratings Scale

Ratings of:

Introducing Gertrude, Gumshoe

Overall Enjoyment

I really hope mew enjoy the book as much as I did if mew decide to read it.

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 for mew, and don't furget 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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