Showing posts with label book club. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book club. Show all posts

Friday, 2 November 2018

Feline Fiction on Fridays #78 at Amber's Library featuring The Complete Series: **Eli Carter & The Ghost Hackers - Paranormal Mysteries Books 1-3** by Angela Pepper

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

What a week we've had, our pawty finally ended, Halloween is done fur another year and the winners of our Birthday Give-Away have been announced. And I'm feeling much better too, so great news all round! MOL


Oh, I have such exciting news, mew remember last month, when we got the Golden Ticket to go to the Manchester Pet Show and Bob the Street Cat was there?  Well mew'll neffur guess what... something furry wunderpurr happened aftur the P.A. and Dad left. As the queue was so huge to meet Bob in purrson, one of the fabulous organisers who the P.A. knows at the show furry kindly asked Bob to sign a couple of books fur me, and HE DID!!!! 

OH MY COD Bob, the main dude actually wrote my name, can mew believe it!!! I feel so humbled and blessed, in fact I thought Catmas had come early! MOL

The lovely lady got him to dedicate one to me purrsonally, which I shall cherish fur effur and effur and effur. 

AND I've got another one to give away to one lucky reader here. So later in the month we'll be having a little competition to win a signed copy of Bobs book, how exciting is that? EPICALLY EXCITING!

Bob, if mew effur read this; thank mew so much fur signing the books, mew have no idea how happy mew made me, oodles of purrs Amber.

  And aftur all that excitement, I shall peel myself off the ceiling and I think it's time to share this weeks top pick.

This week I'm sharing

Complete Series: Eli Carter & The Ghost Hackers - Paranormal Mysteries Books 1-3

by

Angela Pepper


Here's a little snippet of the book blurbs:

BOOK 1:

Eli Carter is a smart (yet strange) guy trapped in a dead-end career.

When he meets smooth-talking Khan Hart, a self-proclaimed necromancer, he's given the opportunity to become a hero.

BOOK 2:

Former delivery driver Eli Carter has a new job hunting ghosts.

His boss, smooth-talking Khan Hart, assures him their first official case is an easy one. A slam dunk. A home run.

BOOK 3:

Eli Carter is enjoying his new role as a para-professional, ridding the city of unwanted Disturbances.

A flurry of bookings brings the team to the suburbs, where residents are overrun with poltergeists and tiny dogs. They love the dogs, but want the ghosts gone.

*    *    *

I thought I'd share a paranormal cosy mystery series this week and what a fun series it is.

The author, Angela Pepper has written quite a few books and I've reviewed others before which mew can find by clicking here

Mew know I don't do spoilers, but I will say its highly entertaining and quite comical at times. Eli, the main character is a total oddball who has a rather bullish girlfriend and is stuck in an unsatisfactory job, until one day fate intervenes and opens up a whole new career path fur him.

Now mew may be wundering is there a cat in this series? Yes there is, but not in the conventional sense; the kitty character is a spooky cat-wraith, who while not having a huge role within the story, does pop up here and there.

I'm giving this series four and a half paws, fur the simple reason I wished it was longer as I felt it could have gone on fur at least another few books; by the end of book three the characters/plotline were starting to get really interesting, but that aside it is a fab little bite-sized series, which if mew love the paranormal vibe, mew'll really enjoy this.

*    *    *
Complete Audio Book Series: 10 hours and 34 minutes 
  • Print Length: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Angela Pepper Publishing

The Amber Biblio Rating System Fur Offurall Enjoyment:

Ratings of:

Eli Carter & The Ghost Hackers

Offurall Enjoyment

& half paws

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

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

*    *    *

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, plus if mew'd like an exclusive Library Card fur speshal access to my library, just email me at:

deardrbasil @ gmail . com

Happy reading or listening until next time

Soft purrs

Amber xox








Follow Us @BionicBasil on InstacatTwitter and Facebook


 graphics created with paid licence www.canva.com and www.pizap.com

Friday, 26 October 2018

Feline Fiction on Fridays #77 at Amber's Library featuring my **Top 10 Feline Halloween Books**

Welcome To


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


Supurr spooky salutations pawesome furriends

*waves paw and broomsitck*

The Witching Hour is almost upon us! 

MUWAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAHAAAAA

Now I've got the obligatory cackling out of the way, let's talk books...

I've been searching fur the ultimate kitty Halloween novel fur ages and ended up compiling a modestly small list at Amazon; so I thought rather than just share one Halloween book, I'd share a list of all the one's I have paw-marked fur my library.  But before we dive into my Top 10 Feline Halloween Books, I thought mew all needed to see me in my uber cute orange costume; I make a purrfect familiar fur The P.A. MOL MOL [But don't tell her I called her a witch! MOL MOL] 
Quickly before we dive into book-wurld, I'll just mention that our joint Birthday Pawty is still raging in the bunker if mew want to stop by and have some cake, a drink or two and enter our fab Birthday Give-Away. We have a few pawty stragglers left in the forest but Deezul is doing his rounds and will herd them them up in no time!  I did warn them not to drink Smooch's Mind Bender Nip Cocktail; see what happened here on New Years Eve when we had some, and I've just had new intel that since then Smooch has tweaked the formula! EEEK! OOPS! MOL!



Now I think it's time to share my top reads fur Halloween 2018

**Top 10 Feline Halloween Books** 

Sorry we had to remove the links



Have mew read any of them? And if mew have, tell me all!!!

Just before I go and get snuggled in front of the woodburner fur the foreseeable future; many apologies from all The B Team that there wasn't Clockwurk Labyrinth Chapter this week, the Catnip Pumpkins and Spooky Haunted House Crafting with Cats project took precedence, but neffur fear we will begin the epically exciting conclusion next week!

And finally, Fudge will be here in the morning sharing our special Halloween Edition of Crafting with Cats.

*    *    *

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, plus if mew'd like an exclusive Library Card fur speshal access to my library, just email me at:

deardrbasil @ gmail . com

Happy reading or listening until next time

Bestest witchy purrs

Amber xox








Follow Us @BionicBasil on InstacatTwitter and Facebook

 graphics created with paid licence www.canva.com and www.pizap.com
Sparkly pumpkins and Halloween banner  www.glitter-graphics.com   

Friday, 19 October 2018

Feline Fiction on Fridays at Amber's Library featuring ~ **Petula, Circus Cat ** by Marylouise Sholly Review #76

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.

Oh my gosh I am laughing and laughing and laughing today!  And I bet mew want to know why?  Did mew see yesterdays post, Supurr Smooch versus Supurr Fudge? Cape Wars is upon us! MOL


At the moment - Thursday 1pm - Smooch is in the lead by 2 votes and Fudge is not a happy camper as he so wants the cape. Several of mew suggested that the P.A. make another cape, and yes, this will be happening only apparently she's now going to make one fur each of us, but in the meantime, Smooch and Fudge have until the voting closes on Caturday to see who wins the cape. Who did mew vote fur?

#TeamSmooch or #TeamFudge

In all honesty, while I love Smooch in the cape, I think that it suits Fudge tremendously, especially with his mask on too!

So if mew haven't already, purrlease go cast your vote at the Polling Booth and hopefully Fudge's dreams will come true. The Cape Winner will be announced on Sunday's selfies post.

And before I furget, I'm supurr excited about my birthday next Wednesday, as Pandora and I are having a joint pawty...



We've got a Halloween Extravaganza planned, so get your spookiest costume on and join us fur a fabulous fright-fest and give-away... Muwahahahahahahaha!!!

It's going to be epically epic, so mew won't want to miss it.

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

This week I'm sharing




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


Here's the book blurb:

"Bright lights, big city" may sound exciting, but sometimes the quiet life is better, especially if you are a shy little cat.

Petula, a black and white cat, is happy at home, but her pet-parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bumble, may have other plans.

Petula can do a trick and the Bumbles want to take her on a world tour, so Petula can make lots of money for them.

Mrs. Bumble wonders if making Petula a star is what Petula wants.

This Story also touches on the transforming power of love. 

Mrs. Bumble's affection brings Petula out of her shell, while Mr. Bumble gives up his dreams of fame and fortune for Petula's happiness.

*    *    *
Today I'm sharing another uber-cute book fur younger readers. The story is lovely, and tells of a stray cat who appears one day at Mr and Mrs Bumbles house; though Mr Bumble isn't too impressed until he sees that Petula can walk on her hind-paws, but I'm telling mew the plot!

So what did I think of Petula's story?  I thought it was a well designed and thought out read with a subtle message fur younger readers; that fame and fortune aren't necessarily impawtant, what is impawtant; is home, family and happiness.

Would I recommend Petula, Circus Cat to mew?  Of course, I would because it's a really cute story and the accompanying illustrations are just adorable. 

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 for sending me a copy of Petula, Circus Cat, thanks so much guys, it is a wunderpurr book! 

*    *    *

  • Paperback: 35 pages
  • Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers (30 Aug. 2018)


The Amber Biblio Rating System Fur Offurall Enjoyment:


Ratings of:

Petula, Circus 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?

*    *    *

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, plus if mew'd like an exclusive Library Card fur speshal access to my library, just email me at:

deardrbasil @ gmail . com

Happy reading or listening until next time

Soft purrs

Amber xox








Follow Us @BionicBasil on InstacatTwitter and Facebook


 graphics created with paid licence www.canva.com and www.pizap.com