Wordy on Wednesday with Biblio-Kitty Amber #54 featuring Black Cats Tell All: True Tales And Inspiring Images

Welcome To

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

Supurr salutations pawesome furiends

*waves paw*

Happy New Year!

Welcome to the furst review post of 2018!

Today I have something rather special fur mew, so I won't drivel on about how Basil got stuck in a tree on New Years Eve and that Pandora and Fudge got covered in tree-sap trying to assist him.

He says it was all part of their Kitty Kommando Training, but I say 'NAH Basil, mew were off your chops dude and mew got stuck! MOL'

Readers, I would have loved to help, but mew know that when someone says things like:

Mew need a diet Amber

and

Amber mew're a little hefty, I don't think mew should eat all that food

and

calling mew names like:

AmberZilla etc...

Doesn't make me feel like I need to assist mew at all.

Say something nice like:

Oh Amber mew look tres fabulous!

or

How slim mew look Amber!

and I would have been there to help in a heartbeat!

So the moral is, be nice, play nice and neffur effur mention a lady's weight.

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

This week I'm sharing

Amber's purrsonal copy

 Black Cats Tell All 

True Tales And Inspiring Images  

edited by

Layla Morgan Wilde

from

Cat Wisdom101

Here's the book blurb:

"The heartfelt, beautiful tales in this collection speak eloquently to the great good fortune of those of us lucky enough to be owned by a house panther. Read and rejoice!" ~Gwen Cooper, NY Times best-selling author of Homer’s Odyssey.

At last, a celebration of black cats to reverse negative stereotypes and superstitions. This collection, the first of its kind, narrated by the cats will move and amuse you with their tell-all stories, fun purrsonality profiles, and stunning photography.

The gorgeous full-colour anthology features over 100 black cats from all over the world including YouTube stars like Cole and Marmalade and Instagram influencers.

See them lounging, working, enjoying outdoor adventures, playing and celebrating holidays– through all four seasons.

The nonprofit book is a welcome gift and treasured keepsake for cat lovers everywhere. For black cat lovers, it’s a must-have.

It’s the gift that gives twice: pleasure for the reader and a portion of every book sale is donated to help shelter cats.

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Black Cats of the Wurld Unite!

What did I think... I think it's brilliant and even better still since our furry own House-Panther, Parsley is featured... 

... see how marvellous he looks!

This book is brimming with the most beautiful, black kitties sharing their own purrsonal stories from around the wurld and we actually do know many of them!

Not only is the book filled with the most stunning pictures, some of my favourites are Rufus from Germany playing in the snow, the fabulous Cole from Cole and Marmalade is featured too and our pawesome pal, Ernie from The Island Cats is here too, I could go on and on but then there'd be no need fur mew to buy it! MOL  

Seriously there are so many beautiful pictures and stories mew'll want to read it again and again.

In closing, if you love black cats mew'll just love this so much, get a copy and see fur yourself how amazing it is, and don't furget it is fur a furry good cause too!

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Softcover: 196 pages 

• Publisher:  Layla Morgan Wilde (16 Oct. 2017)

The Amber Biblio Rating System Fur Offurall Enjoyment:

Ratings of:

 Black Cats Tell All 

Offurall Enjoyment

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

...and if mew've read it already, who was your favourite black kitty?

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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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Wordy on Wednesday with Biblio-Kitty Amber #53 featuring The Blogging Cats Weekly Planner fur 2018 & Thank Mew ALL!

Welcome To  

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

Supurr festive greetings pawesome furiends

*waves paw*

I do hope that mew're all having a great week and are OM-ing the stress away as we're on the final count-down to Catmas.  If mew need any help managing your stress levels, don't furget mew can stop by Mondays post anytime and do our little breathing exercise.

I also need to say a huge thank mew fur all the beautiful Catmas cards that have arrived here at BionicBasil HQ from all corners of the wurld; I give special thanks to The Crotchety Cougars Club, Cat Scouts and of course to all our amazing blogging buddies from far and wide.

As without mew, there would be no Bionic Basil Blog, so it is most impawtant that WE say a massive

Thank Mew 

to all our loyal readers, commenters, supporters and followers, mew're the greatest and know that we will put our best paws forward in 2018 to continue; to uplift, to inspire, to create and do our furry bestest to entertain mew each week.  And if there's anything mew'd like us to share let us know or if mew have any cool kitty idea's that mew'd like to see us make on our Crafting with Cats segment do shout out!

Also, we'll be sharing our Catmas card post next week, so don't miss that, and on that note, I think it's time we move on to this weeks book pick.

This week I'm sharing the most pawesome and ultimate year planner that a blogging kitty could effur need.

Blogging Cats Weekly Planner 2018

by 

Paula A. Greg & Ann Adamus

from

www.sweetpurrfections.blogspot.com   &   www.zoolatry.blogspot.com

available to buy from LULU

So here's how it went down at BB HQ

and BTW...

"The lady doth protest too much!" said Basil.

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Ahem.. OOPS... sorry, I didn't know that last bit was going live! 

Anyhoo lets stop the screaming match, and I'll tell mew all about how truly exceptional this planner is:

I bought ours a few weeks ago, so I've had plenty of time to paw through effury page and read effury wurd.  It's a 100 pages of pawesomeness that mew seriously need in your life if mew're a blogging kitty.  It doesn't matter if mew blog-a-lot or blog-a-little, this planner is fur mew.

Inside at the beginning of each month mew get to meet and greet some of your favourite bloggers who are sharing tips, idea's and all things cat - how great is that? So utterly great!

Then on effury other page there's pictures of our amazing blogging buddies, and actually some we haven't met yet - though we will definitely be changing that in the New Year.

We are actually featured straight aftur the hilarious Glogirly.com and just before the terrific amyshojai.com on Halloween week, YAY fur Halloween week! 

All in all, Aunty Paula and Aunty Ann made the most pawesome planner mew could effur wish fur, get one, mew won't be disappointed.

Paperback: 100 really useful pages 

Publisher: Sweet Purrfections 2017

The Amber Biblio Rating System Fur Offurall Enjoyment:

Ratings of:

The Blogging Cats Weekly Planner

Five Paws is The Best Rating Effur!

I do hope mew enjoy this planner if mew decide to get one fur the New Year... 

...and if mew've got it already, what do 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 x

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Wordy on Wednesday with Biblio-Kitty Amber #52 featuring All Hands on Pet

Welcome To  

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

Supurr salutations pawesome furiends

*waves paw*

Hello fabulous furiends and welcome to my furst December post, mew may remember last year when I thought I'd wear my cute little red Kitty Claws outfit.

****Time goes all swirly as we go back to 21st December 2016****

Woo Hoo it's nearly Catmass!!!

So the other day I thought I'd get my cutest little red Kitty's Claws outfit on and really get in the festive mood, what I didn't realise was, I've put a bit of weight on since I last wore it and it was just a smidge, let me repeat that, an eency weency smidge too tight.

The other memfurs of The Heathen Horde thought this was most funny, hilariously funny... I howeffur, did not.

****Time goes all swirly as we arrive back to present day****

Mew may be wundering why I'm sharing this with mew, well mew know that I am now a proud memfur of The Crotchety Cougars Club, we did a Catmas Card exchange and I needed some really, really luffley beautiful cards to send out to my besties.

So Smooch and Parsley appeared in the library office with young Fudge hot on their heals while I'm mulling offur my card dilemma.

"What's up Amber?" Parsley asked. "Mew look like someones just put a book back in the wrong place!"

I harrumphed loudly, as is customary when mew're as crotchety as me and replied. "I need a truly magnifique card to send to my sisfur-hood fur Catmas and I can't think of anything to send!"

Smooch whispered in Fudge's ear and Fudge began to snigger. 

"Amber we'd love to make mew a truly epically epic card, leave it with us!" Smooch beamed.

"Really, mew'd do that fur me?" I asked happily.

"Sure!" Parsley said.

"No wurries!" said Smooch.

"It'd be our purrleasure!" Fudge added.

"That would be pawesome, mew have until lunchtime," I grinned and curled up on my luffley library and started to snooze.

*A short while later*

"Amber we made your card and it's EPICALLY EPIC!" Smooch said trying not to laugh.

I gave him a suspicious glance and then turned my attention to Parsley and Fudge who were borderline hysterics at this point.

"What did mew do?" I asked through gritted teeth.

"THIS!!!!!!!" came the response followed by riotous laughter as they showed me this...

The front

 The Back

I was speechless, it was beautiful and purrfect and so freaking crotchety I couldn't believe my eyes!

"It's just purrfect!" I managed to choke out as my emotions got the better of me. "Dudes mew did a truly epically epic design job and I can't thank mew enough!"

The three heathens stared at me as though I'd just sprouted antlers with jingly bells on.

"Mew like it?" Smooch asked sobering up faster than mew could say, 'and a partridge in a pear tree!' "Like, mew really like it?" 

I nodded and beamed happily. "This is going to be the bestest Crotchety Catmas effur!" I whispered.

The three heathens went into an emergency group huddle. "Dudes she likes it!" Smooch said in shock.

"Yep, we heard!" Parsley mewsed.

"But she was supposed to throw a total fit!" Fudge said. "So we could film it and then it'd go viral on Cat-Tube!"

"Dudes, we need better pics fur next year!" Parsley said. "Let's go back through the photo archives and see what we can come up with!"

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And that's how my truly luffley card came to be... Thank mew Heathens and good luck fur next year! MOL

And now I think it's time we move on to this weeks book pick.

This week I'm sharing

[Image Amber's Purrsonal Copy]
All Hands on Pet

Your How-To Guide on Home Physical Therapy Methods for Pets

by

Susan E. Davis

Book Blurb:

Susan E. Davis has been dubbed “Doctor Dolittle of the PT World,” by Northwestern Medicine Magazine, a publication of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

All Hands on Pet! Your How-To Guide on Home Physical Therapy Methods for Pets offers safe and effective actions pet owners can apply through the animal’s entire life spectrum. Information provided applies to multiple species: canine, feline, avian, exotics and farm animals (non-equine).

Includes 38 photos with directional arrows, plus informative explanations in an approachable style.

Fills the gap where the demand for physical therapy services for pets outweighs the availability of qualified providers.

Cross-references to Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation for Animals: A Guide for the Consumer.

Prudent tips, techniques, and advice typical of that given to the author’s own clients
Real stories of courage from the author's actual patient caseload.

All Hands on Pet! is a must-read for pet owners everywhere!

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**FYI I received this book in exchange fur a fair review**

What did I think to *All Hands on Pet... 

Well, some of mew may know that we are all fur alternative complementary health purractices here at BionicBasil HQ, so it was fabulous to receive a copy of this book to review.

I thought it was furry well written, though not the sort of book mew can read and do other things at the same like time like watch tv, mew need to focus to learn the techniques.

There are lots of pictures which explain how to do and use the techniques, which is great as it's always better to watch somepurrdy demonstrate so mew can get your own technique down paw.

It's not just fur cats either, it covers all anipal furiends, so whether mew're like Noah on his Ark or just a single kitty getting on with things, this book has info fur effuryone.

I really liked chapter 6 as that focused on Seniors, and as myself and Basil have now reached the dizzying heights of 15+, the author talks about a lot of different ways to assist us seniors in a variety of ways!

All in all, I would say this book would make a fabulous addition to the anipal health section in your library.

Audio: N/A

Paperback: 250 pages 

Publisher: Joycare Onsite, LLC (12 Sept. 2017)

The Amber Biblio Rating System Fur Offurall Enjoyment:

Ratings of:

All Hands on Pet

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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