Life in the Cat’s Lane - A Book Review by Isis D'Lynx

Life in the Cat's Lane

At first I was sceptical of this first paw account of life with a Chow Chow and a pretty poor excuse of an owner, but soon I found myself really enthralled by it.

You certainly get a good look at the workings of A.S. Cat’s brain as he works out how to use the invading foe (a.k.a. Dog) to his advantage. Not easy when faced with a dog who seems to be at least part cat, I mean it’s curious and very unpredictable for a member of the canine species! Though not once do you feel the need to pity cat (and a good job too and cats HATE pity), after all if Sooty had only but trained his alleged owner properly to start with, none of this would have happened surely…

Having pawed my way through the book, I feel I have learnt a number of valuable life lessons though. Firstly to extract a vow from Mummy, that I can have her committed if she ever so much as mentions the thought of bringing home a Chow! Secondly that given a good deal of training even the most scurrilous of owners or dogs might eventually be reformed. Lastly I am far more appreciative of Mummy now, seeing that she came to me well trained! ;)

The only bone I have to pick with A.S. Cat is over his misguided assumption that all pedigree cats or house cats are over breed and useless. This is far from the truth, especially where Abyssinians are concerned!

Isis D'Lynx
An Incredibly Superior Abyssinian Cat!

Winning Wednesday!

Wow, what a great response to my little Competition! I had Mummy put all the names on bits of paper and then put them in a bowl. Then I picked out (and run off with) the bits of paper I wanted most of all - though if I could I'd have let you all win a chance to get your paws on this book as so far I'm rather liking it - in that I'm feeling very sorry for poor A.S. Cat...

The results are as follows:
Sen-Chan - your name tasted really good, but Mummy could still read it! ;)
Kaze, Latte & Chase - it took a while for Mummy to rescue your piece of paper from under the sofa, but you're winners all the same! :)
Skeezix - I was a good girl and didn't yack up your bit of paper, but it did get batted a few times before I'd let Mummy have it back... You win too and will no doubt love the stylish pink and black cover - I'm pretty sure you can find a cute outfit to match it! ;)

Oh well off to e-mail the winners and make sure all the books get sent to the right addresses... Do you think I can now add secratarial skills to the list of my accomplishments? ;)

Terrific Tuesday Competition Time!

Ok everykitty it's time for a really cool competition here! Since quite a few of you have shown an interest in the book "Life in the Cat's Lane" that I'm reading at present (with a little help from Mummy), the nice Author lady has said I can have 3 copies to offer to my friends who'd also like to review this book by A.S. Cat. If you think you can and would like to read this book in the next few weeks just let me know and make sure that Mummy has your proper mailing address so that she can make sure the books get sent to them...

Just remember that you'll have to put paw to computer and write a review of the book, like it or hate it A.S. Cat needs to know as your feedback is invaluable. Should he really make more time available in which to train his human? Should he give up all hope of ever living a peaceful life again and make an effort to like the strange doggy creature? Or are his gut feelings right and has his human has totally lost the plot?! ;) Be as scathing as you like, just be prepaired to have your review go to print along with a photo of you (just make sure your human remembers to make it a good one and not the one of you after too much nip or a night on the tiles!)

Oh and have fun! :)

Media Monday...

Well I have set myself a new task it seems, with a little help from Mummy I plan to read this fascinating book about a poor cat who's forced to share his house with a dog. What's worse is the dog thinks it's a cat part of the time and I tend to think that his owner isn't a skilled communicator as she doesn't seem to understand poor A.S. Cat's complaints... Well having met her and given her a quick interview it's pretty obvious she doesn't listen properly to A.S. Cat, even if she's quite a nice person! I've started to wonder if she might be related to my poor dear friend Yao-lin's slave as their feline communications skills do seem to be of a rather similar and grossly inferior level... Oh well we shall see as I make my way through this book over the next week or so. Once I've read it all I promise to give you all a proper book review so you can find out what it's all about! :)

Ok time to go drag Mummy off to help me read this, well I do need someone to put the reading light on and turn the pages you know - it's that lack of opposable thumbs thing once more... Dratted evolution