Tag: cats

Talking Cats—and Dogs

Thoughts on human-pet communication, after listening to a 2-part series about Elsie the talking cat on The Allusionist.

News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News Bookstores and libraries are both affected by Hurricane Harvey flooding, and helping out. See how you can help. (Shelf Awareness) And check out the… Read more »

Happy 37th Birthday, Harry!

26 years ago, a giant stepped through a door and told a small, unloved boy, “Yer a wizard, Harry.” Happy 37th birthday to the Boy Who Lived. Twitter Facebook 0 Pinterest 0 StumbleUpon 0

R.I.P. Thomas-cat (Sunday Post – 7/09/2017)

The Sunday Post is hosted by the wonderful Kimba, the Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news, recap the past week, take a look ahead, and showcase our new treasures — I mean books! Farewell, Thomas It’s been a sad week for us. Wednesday, we had to say… Read more »

Ten Characters I’d Name A Pet After

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Ten Characters I’d Name A Child/Dog/Cat/Car/Etc. After. I’ve always loved the idea of naming pets (or cars, or computers) after book characters, whether human or animal. In fact, all our computers are… Read more »

News & Notes – 5/28/16

News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News New Marvel comic reveals Captain America has been a secret Hydra agent all along (TIME magazine)—and the Internet erupts in vociferous (and often humorous) protest…. Read more »

Love Saves the Day, by Gwen Cooper (review)

Love Saves the Day by Gwen Cooper Published by Bantam on January 15, 2013 Genres: Fiction Pages: 336 Format: ARC Source: Goodreads giveaway Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads Also by this author: Homer’s Odyssey From the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Homer’s Odyssey comes a tender, joyful,… Read more »

Homer’s Odyssey, by Gwen Cooper

Homer’s Odyssey by Gwen Cooper Published by Delacorte Press on August 25, 2009 Genres: Memoir Format: Hardcover Source: the library Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also by this author: Love Saves the Day Once in nine lives, something extraordinary happens… The last… June 25, 2010 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 0 ★★★★

Catalyst, by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

Catalyst by Anne McCaffrey, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough Series: Tales of the Barque Cats #1 Published by Del Rey on January 5th 2010 Genres: Fantasy Format: Hardcover Source: the library Add to Goodreads DNF Also by this author: Restoree, The Dragonriders of Pern Pilot, navigator, engineer, doctor, scientist…ship’s cat? All are… January 30, 2010 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 0 DNF