Feline Fiction on Fridays #119 at Amber's Library featuring a Valentine's Throwback Review to 2018 **Here Comes Valentine Cat** by Deborah Underwood

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With me, Amber ~ The Best Library Cat in the entire mewton-Clawson Parish

Supurr salutations pawesome furiends

*waves paw*

Furstly, sorry I'm late, the P.A. came down with a nasty cold on Thursday. But better late than neffur is what I say! MOL

Anyhoo, as mew know, it's the countdown to Valentine's Day this week, so I thought I'd share one of my favourite posts from 2018. When I was completely surprised by the arrival of several anonymouse Valentine's cards, read on to see what happened...

OH MY GOSH! OH MY CAT!  I'm so excited I can barely contain myself... mew'll neffur believe it, but I've neffur had a Valentine's card, like effur and then today I got five!  Can mew believe it?

I got five cards from mystery admirers, I'm speechless!

I could dream about that fur hours... Cloud cuckoo here I come!

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Meanwhile, Parsley and Basil were having a private conversation under the stairs.

"Dude, has she got the cards?" Basil asked in a hushed tone.

"Yes, and she thinks they're from her admirers at the pole-dancing club!" Parsley smiled.

"Brilliant dude, and is she happy?" Basil asked.

"Dude, she's on cloud cuckoo and began saying something about getting books instead of cards next year!" Parsley chuckled.

"That'd be right!" Basil replied grinning. "Let's see if she's this happy when we ambush her with an intervention next week!"

And just to share the love a bit more, here's Smooch and Fudge...

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

This week I'm sharing...

image Amber's purrsonal copy

Here Comes Valentine Cat

by

Deborah Underwood

Here's a little snippet of the book blurb:

Cat does NOT like Valentine's Day. It's much too mushy, and no way is he making a valentine for anyone- especially not his new neighbour, Dog. 

Dog refuses to respect the fence: he keeps tossing over old bones and a hitting Cat in the head! But just as Cat's about to send Dog an angry "valentine" telling him exactly what he can do with his bones, Dog throws a ball over the fence. 

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Now I don't think I've reviewed anything fur this age group before, normally as mew know I'm all fur a cozy mystery or two and a gritty thriller, or a bit of sci-fi or even some far-out fantasy adventure, but only if its got cats in.  But while I was purrusing Amazon looking fur something to share with mew today, I saw the cover and I was smitten immediately by it.

Even though book this is fur much younger readers, ages 3 - 5 to be exact, I thought it was the cutest thing effur!

Now call me an old grump; which until I received all my beautiful valentines cards this morning I was... so I could relate to Cat who's not a fan of the loved up day on February the 14th!

The books starts with the narrator asking Cat if he has any valentines day plans and Cat replies with a picture of a heart with a line through it. The 'script' is really sweet with a lovely message and Cat's pictures just bring it all alive.

The illustrations are so cute, in fact effurything about this book is adorably cute, so much so that I'm actually having a complete cuteness meltdown MOL, but seriously if mew have children or grandchildren, nieces, nephews or godchildren this little book is so much fun and really brings a smile.

If that's not wurth getting it fur, then I can't think of anything else to say.

Except that, there are other books in series, which no doubt I'll share with mew at some point throughout the year.

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Hardcover: 88 pages
Age Range: 3 - 5 years
Publisher: Dial Books (13 Jan. 2016)

The Amber Biblio Rating System Fur Offurall Enjoyment:

Ratings of:

Here Comes Valentine Cat

Offurall Cuteness

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

...and if mew've read it already, let me know what mew thought.

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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. And don't furget to stop by my book review page to catch up on any that mew may have missed.

Happy reading or listening

Purrs

Amber xox

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Feline Fiction on Fridays #93 at Amber's Library featuring **To Be A Cat** by Matt Haig

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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.

Happy Friday gang and how's your week been?  Mine has been relatively quiet in the library, the P.A. finally finished the big clear up and I'm purrleased to say that the new organisation of her stuff is much better, oh and I see that she's got the candle making paraphernalia out, so it looks like something is going to be happening imminently.  

Although, I do know that Pandora is keen fur the P.A. to get her Crystal and Magickal Supply Shoppe sorted as that is still in a bit of a mess and needs a lot of rearranging, plus a stock take.  Pandora has been looking for a shop counter on Fleabay, though most are far too expensive as she's aftur a vintage/antique vibe ~ yes Pandora does have rather expensive taste.  I did say to her just the other day, "Pandora, if I were mew and needed a rather lovely shop counter, I'd go sweet talk Parsley as he's the one with a credit card."

"Great idea Amber!" Pandora replied in her funny, little foreign accent. "I know vhere he keeps it, so I'll just borrow it."

"Pawesome!" I laughed just imagining Parsley's face when he sees his next credit card bill! MOL OOPS!

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

This week I'm sharing

To Be A Cat

by 

Matt Haig 

[copy belonging to Erin the Cat Princess ~ on loan to The Mewton-Clawson Library]

What would happen if a hooman could become a cat? Well, mew need to read this book to find out.

This is an absolutely fabulous read, Matt Haig is a veteran writer and tells the story of Barney Willow a rather unfortunate 12 year old, not unfortunate in his own right but unfortunate at the mercy of others. Bullied by other kids and even his headteacher, Barney thinks things can't get any wurse until one day he wakes up as a cat.

Now mew know the above paragraph had more info than I usually like to share, mew know the drill; **No Spoilers Here** but I had no option! MOL

So what did I think to, To Be A Cat? 

I thought it was fluffing brilliant; comical, witty, dark, mysterious and bucket loads of fun!

I don't know what else to say apart from this is my newest fav book of 2019.

But the burning question of the day is... would I recommend it to mew? Yes, indeedy I would, purrfect fur all ages and the illustrations throughout are sure to add much flavour to your read. 

A TOP READ!

Furry many thanks to HRH Princess Erin, fur kindly lending me her purrsonal copy, I have it nice and safe in the 'restricted access' part of my library so no other paws can get it!

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• Audio: 5 hours 29 mins
• Paperback: 320 pages
• Age Range: 9 - 11 years
• Publisher: Corgi Childrens (2 May 2013)

The Amber Biblio Rating System Fur Offurall Enjoyment:

Ratings of:

To Be A 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?

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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 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

Happy reading or listening until next time

Soft purrs

Amber xox

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Feline Fiction on Fridays #81 at Amber's Library featuring **Don't Call Me Princess** by Kate Evans

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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

Furstly I have to announce who won a copy of Happy Cats from last weeks review.

And the winner is:

Memories of Eric and Flynn

Congratulations guys, I know your mum will love this!  If mew can email me at: deardrbasil @ gmail . com with your snail mail address, I'll get the copy sent post-haste.

In other news, it's been rather chilly the last couple of days, so last night I got on the P.A.'s lap fur a cuddly snuggle and then look who came and got on the front row!

Yep, Smooch was right there up in my grill, PFFFFFT!

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

This week I'm sharing

Don't Call Me Princess

by

Kate Evans

**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:

Are you fed up of Fairy-Tale Princesses waiting to be saved?

And do you want some decent heroines who aren't so well-behaved?

What if we gave The Little Mermaid, Sleeping Beauty and Snow White some brand new Happy Ever Afters… and an up-to-date rewrite? 

Kate Evans's refreshing retake on traditional tales is destined to become an instant classic. Essential reading for all ages. 

'Kate Evans's brilliant new book is filled with creepy kissy princes and tough little girls. She's turned fairy tales on their heads, bringing us better stories of long long ago and far far away. For girls who aspire to more than finding their happiness in a prince.' Henny Beaumont, author of Hole in the Heart

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Now, I know exactly what mew're thinking, where's the cat? Well actually I have a little confession, there are no cats whatsoeffur in this book! **SHARP INTAKE OF BREATH** OMC!!!

Well dearest readers, I thought it would be rather nice to mix things up fur mew this week and keep mew on your toes! MOL  But seriously this book is really fun, and let's younger gurls know that they're the master of their own destiny, furget about all the fairy tales about princesses and the happily effur afturs, as in all honesty those tales when mew read this book highlights the absolute ridiculousness of being a princess!

 The illustrations throughout are highly entertaining, and the style is fabulous.

I love the message of empowerment fur our younger female generations; be strong, be kind, believe that mew can do anything, be self-reliant, take charge of your purrsonal happiness, remember that effuryone is beautiful in their own unique way and know that mew have the power to be who mew want to be.

A lovely book fur daughters, nieces and granddaughters, plus with Catmas just around the corner this would make the purrfect gift.

The P.A. said aftur I insisted that she read it aftur me, "You know Amber, I would have loved a book like this when I was younger!"  

"Did they have printing presses 3 bazillion years ago?!" I asked with a smirk.

I can't repeat what the P.A. said, but I bet mew can guess! MOL

And just before I pop off, I'd like to say a special thanks to New Internationalist fur sending me a copy of, Don't Call Me Princess.

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• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Age Range: 6 years and up
• Publisher: New Internationalist (25 Oct. 2018)

The Amber Biblio Rating System Fur Offurall Enjoyment:

Ratings of:

Don't Call Me Princess

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 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

Sweetest purrs

Amber xox

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