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Lots of cat pictures and cat things

Cat by Leila Jarbouai, Hannah Shaw, Phaidon

April 18, 2026 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

This one I picked up for the cover. Cartoon style black cat curled up, title simply “Cat”. It’s an art book, over 200 pages of cats in painting, photograph, wood cut, and objects over time. Each page has an image and the museum description (although not always where the original currently lives). There’s almost a little bit of everything, from graffiti, to an Hermes scarf, to a Garfield strip (had to wait a while for that one) to Nyan-cat to Warhol and Doré to da […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, art, Books, cartoons, cat, Cats, felines, Hannah Shaw, Leila Jarbouai, Leila Jarbouai, Hannah Shaw, Phaidon, movies, objects, painting, Phaidon, sculptures

CoffeeShopReader's CBR18 Review No:19 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, art, Books, cartoons, cat, Cats, felines, Hannah Shaw, Leila Jarbouai, Leila Jarbouai, Hannah Shaw, Phaidon, movies, objects, painting, Phaidon, sculptures ·
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Road trips, miscommunication and untruths

The Halifax Hellions by Alexandra Vasti

February 25, 2026 by Malin Leave a Comment

Novella 1: In Which Margo Halifax Earns Her Shocking Reputation (3.5 stars) Novella 2: In Which Matilda Halifax Learns the Value of Restraint (4.5 stars) Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin’s Press for this ARC. My opinions are my own. This book collects two previously self-published novellas of Alexandra Vasti’s, and includes an additional epilogue which has never before been available. Margo and Matilda Halifax are identical twins, the wealthy younger sisters of an Earl and have basically been seen as outrageous scandals for […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: Alexandra Vasti, art, cat, cbr18, historical romance, Malin, Netgalley ARC, road trip, scandal, Sisters, The Halifax Hellions, twins

Malin's CBR18 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: Alexandra Vasti, art, cat, cbr18, historical romance, Malin, Netgalley ARC, road trip, scandal, Sisters, The Halifax Hellions, twins ·
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Sailing with a cat, dog, parrot, rat and some humans

 Trim Sets Sail  by Deborah Hopkinson

Trim Helps Out  by Deborah Hopkinson

Trim Saves the Day. by Deborah Hopkinson

Trim Sails the Storm  by Deborah Hopkinson

January 12, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

#CBR16SweetBooks  Binge (four books same series/read back-to-back) Recently I accidentally found myself bingeing a series when I found (in my old) online reading links to copies of Trim Helps Out and Trim Sets Sail by Deborah Hopkinson (the author of way too many wonderful books to name here) and illustrated by Kristy Caldwell (illustrator of some delightful other books such as two I enjoyed, Away with Words: The Daring Story of Isabella Bird and Flowers for Sarajevo). Both of the new found titles are from October 2023, and I read them out of order (as […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History Tagged With: adventure, boats, cat, Cats, CBR16SweetBooks, Deborah Hopkinson, friendship, Helpfulness, Intermediate Reader, Kristy Caldwell, ocean, sailing, self understanding, Ships, Social Themes, Transportation

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:19 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History · Tags: adventure, boats, cat, Cats, CBR16SweetBooks, Deborah Hopkinson, friendship, Helpfulness, Intermediate Reader, Kristy Caldwell, ocean, sailing, self understanding, Ships, Social Themes, Transportation ·
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Continuing Adventures of a Mischievous Kitten (CBR11 Bingo)

Chi's Sweet Home, Part 2 by Kanata Konami

July 7, 2019 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Since this is only the second manga I’ve read, ever, I thought it would count nicely for the CBR11 Bingo square Not My Wheelhouse. When I read Part 1 last month I was taken with Chi and her family and since my library had Part 2 available, I requested it. Why not spend a little more time with this precocious kitten? On the whole I’m glad I picked up the next phase in the story, we follow the family as they move into their new […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: All Ages, cat, cbr11bingo, Chi's Sweet Home, faintingviolet, Kanata Konami, manga, Not My Wheelhouse, read harder challenge, read women, works in translation

faintingviolet's CBR11 Review No:32 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: All Ages, cat, cbr11bingo, Chi's Sweet Home, faintingviolet, Kanata Konami, manga, Not My Wheelhouse, read harder challenge, read women, works in translation ·
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Still couldn’t stop the words from pouring out.

June 30, 2017 by borisanne Leave a Comment

The Great Passage is the first that I’ve actually read of the many, many “Kindle First” books that I’ve downloaded for free in the past year or so since I became aware of the Amazon program. I can’t ignore the opportunity for a free book, but I’ve been so on top of my library queue and meeting self-imposed reading deadlines that I just haven’t gotten to any of these, which I mostly choose either based on the description being the least irritating of the group […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #food, cat, dictionary, Japan, Marriage, Miura, publishing, Shion Miura, undertaking, Workplace

borisanne's CBR9 Review No:24 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #food, cat, dictionary, Japan, Marriage, Miura, publishing, Shion Miura, undertaking, Workplace ·
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Elvis is the best

February 5, 2016 by NVVN Leave a Comment

Shop owner Sarah is cleaning out a hoarder house for appraisal and sale when she (well, her cat, Elvis) finds a body in the kitchen. The rest of the story details how Sarah and her friends try to solve the murder. Does that sound like I’m bored? I was bored and I don’t know why. It’s a perfectly capable cozy mystery, but I just didn’t care about the mystery.  I guess because I figured out the who and why during the first few chapters, so […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: cat, cozy mystery, senior citizens, wine

NVVN's CBR8 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: cat, cozy mystery, senior citizens, wine ·
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