I fell asleep reading a book and woke up to the sound of orange chaos:
In Purrsy Bysshe Shelley’s defense, I think we’ve all wanted to crawl into a book after devouring it.
And speaking of books, if you’re a member of the Fantastic Strangelings Book Club you’ll be getting The Children by Melissa Albert and if you’re a part of Nightmares From Nowhere you’ll be getting Muñeca by Cynthia Gómez. They are both deliciously good as evidenced by Purrcy who seems to have developed a taste for books and smiled so wide before literally biting directly into this one while making full eye contact with me like a tiny psychopath:
Need more than one book to get through the month? Me too. Here are some of my favorite new books:
Muñeca by Cynchia Gómez– A surreal, gothic about a queer, Latine, working-class with who sets out to rescue a cursed heiress to Spanish colonial wealth.
The Children by Melissa Albert– In which the estranged adult children of a legendary author, written into their dead mother’s beloved fantasy series contend with the vine-like creep of legacy, memory and magic.
The Reimagining of Thornwood House by Jaleigh Johnson– If you are looking for pure cozy, feel-good, escapism magic, this is it. Like a Hallmark movie melded with witches and houses on legs.
Green City Wars by Adrian Tchaikovsky – Crime noir but with talking animals and cybernetics. Inventive sci-fi sends a raccoon detective out to search for a missing mouse and goes deeper than expected.
The Sane One by Anna Konkle – An emotional and authentic coming of age memoir by the co-creator of Pen15.
Lore Olympus: Volume Ten by Rachel Smythe – I adore this graphic novel about Hades and Persephone and I haven’t read this volume yet but I’m so ready for it.
Headlights by CJ Leede – Seemingly innocent people are waking up on the side of the highway, with no memory of how they got there, wearing the skin of victims they’ve allegedly never met. And they each share one haunting detail: a strand of a stranger’s hair is tied around their tongue. Creepy as hell.
Don’t Call It Art by Austin Kleon – 10 ways to create like a kid again. Excellent for restarting your art habit.
My latest is called “Use This as a Coaster”. Because it doubles as a functional beverage coaster.
I had a wonderful flame point male kitty (RIP) who was totally addicted to perforating soft cover books! I think he just enjoyed the sensation of his canine teeth popping through the cover stock, just like many people enjoy popping bubble wrap. I have a couple of books that I will NEVER part with simply because their covers were thoroughly punctured, and because of that they have enormous sentimental value.
I also once had a cat who loved to destroy paper. Named her Buffy the Paper Slayer.
As long as he’s not judging the book by the taste of its cover.
now that’s a voracious reader!
My mom used to collect authentic Civil War diaries. Our dog at the time thought that they were delicious. Her name went from Savannah Belle to Baby Hideous, which stuck for the rest of her life.
this cat was clearly designed by the universe for you.
My tuxedo Josephine had a nickname of Hole Punch. She loved leaving her toothmarks. On a book, and the end of a belt, ripping up some paper. So cute!
Now you need to have an option for us to get books “signed” by him!
Purrsy is ridiculously cute, as most young oranges are. Glad to see he’s enjoying literature, even if it’s mot the same way we do.
Purest is a rascal – but that face and those eyes…. ❣️❣️😍
Stop giving me so many good books to read! I can’t keep up with all the books I want to read, and you keep making wonderful suggestions.
Purrsy Bysshe Shelley is a book worm! Glad to see he’s settling into his role as your book critic.
I had a cat who punctured the cover of only one book: The Stress Reduction Workbook. I guess it worked.
You need to make a book club where Purrsy chooses the books himself!
Kinda worried about you for a hot minute. Hadden’t seen a post for a while. Thought abought it and figured you were busy with the new beast. Yup, nailed it.
Dave
Love those orange cats. I had one named Dashiell Hammett. He loved to chew books, but also socks 😳. Now we have a black cat called Wednesday Addams, who attacks scratching posts and cardboard boxes via tooth AND claw. Both very sweet cats despite their snacking choices.
Maybe his name should be Purrsy Bites Shelley 🙂
Purrcy is absorbing knowledge by being a Book Eater. There is a book about this. The Children is up next for me. I still need to read the ALC/ARC. I’m embarrassed I’m this late. I’m almost never late for reviews but BookCon in April took it out of me!
If you ever want some true laugh out loud, cozy, Slice of Life Scifi, check out Jack Bodett’s No Stress Space Express series. The audiobooks are a hoot. The narrators, Neill Thorne and Rebecca Winder, make it sound like an ensemble cast. I’ve had so much fun with them.
My Vulcan’s late cat (yes, she was HIS) was a crazy Norwegian Forest Cat that enjoyed tormenting me with such antics as laying her fuzzy ass on specifically black and/or velvet clothing and screwing with whatever projects I had out. She was a cardboard chewer and in her frenzy one day she chewed on a cardstock poster I had kinda laying on top of a box. Appropriately, she chose to chew up the edge of a reproduction of an ancient ad for “80 EXOTIC GIRLIE PHOTOS! LIFE-LIKE BREATHTAKING PHOTOS! THE KIND YOU’VE BEEN WAITING FOR!” with photos of Bettie Page in bondage. I had to trim it a little bit to hang it up. Cat was weird.
Your Pal,
Storm the Klingon
I still maintain that board books for babies should be vitamin infused and flavored. Now I think that should be done for pet books.