The World Is Your Litter Box: Deluxe Edition Review

The World Is Your Litter Box: Deluxe Edition: A How-To Manual for Cats by Steve Fisher

A cat classic reissued....

Quasi is back with more wit and wisdom for his fellow felines in this expanded version of The World Is Your Litter Box. Disguised as a cute cat book so human cat lovers will buy it, The World Is Your Litter Box: Deluxe Edition is actually a how-to manual for cats, written by one of their own to help make the lives of all kitties even more pleasant, entertaining and enjoyable than they already are.

The World Is Your Litter Box: Deluxe Edition includes: The original version of The World Is Your Litter Box in its entirety Six chapters from The World Is STILL Your Litter Box The best (and funniest) posts from Quasi's blog

Smart, meow-out-loud funny and loaded with "cattiude," The World Is Your Litter Box: Deluxe Edition is sure to please even the most finicky cat (and human) readers. Prepare to laugh your tail off! Cover Photo Courtesy Maia Coimbra Cat Illustrations by Prawny Vintage

 

 

Paperback, 172 pages

Published March 6th 2013 by iUniverse.com (first published May 6th 2008)

 

I was asked to review Steve and Quasi book the reissued edition, and I was happy to do so since this was a book for cats. . .  MMM I wonder what my cat would learn from this? That is if he read books like I do.

 Now this review is going to be slightly different from my usual review because I'll have my cat Buddy joining me on this review since this is a manual for cats and I'm sure he has some things to say.

 

Me: I found TWIYLB very funny, and some of the helpful tips and hints for Cats gives me flashbacks of what Buddy would do

 

Buddy: Like What?

 

Me: Can you let me finish? (Buddy scowls at me) Anyways, I never read a book that was a manual for cats! I mean I've heard of manual or Dummy books of how to raise/take care of a cat.

 

Buddy: HA! Yeah Right, what do humans know about cats besides our breed types? Buddy huffed

 

Me: Buddy . . . So yes this was a humorous books for all cat lovers and I'm sure if cats could read they would love it as well

Buddy: Whose said Cats can't read?!?!

 

Me: Buddy do you want the floor now?

Buddy: Sure but first I need a treat . . . Captain's Catch Mix Ups Please?

(Kat reach for the bag and hands him four pieces)

Buddy: (Munch Munch) Alright now I can start . . . Yes this book was good it provided a lot of helpful hints to us felines and to the kittens that are just starting out. I know I'd cause a couple mayhem when I was just a kitten . . . wasn't I mom?

 

Me: Yes you were but now no pun indented you gotten a little cranky as you got older

Buddy: Its the way of life, and I can be cranky for many reasons. one not getting my beauty rest, two when was the last time you fed me turkey? thirdly You always bother me!

Me: That's my job

 

Me: I give this 4 Cat Tails Up, this book was a very easy read and I recommend it to all cats lovers! You may just find out a few secrets and helpful hints with your own cat.

Few moments passed . . .Ramble Talk

Me: Buddy why don't you tell my readers what you like about the book? You know ramble about it

Buddy: The Cuteness Ploy Ha! Now that was funny, although some do work my personal favorite is the Upside Down Turtle since that is my most popular cuteness. I like to give my servants (I called them) the Evil Eye just for the heck of it. Then we got the Intellectual, one paw over the other talk about being high class and sophisticated.

Me: Yes you do show quite a few cuteness pose even when you're tired or bored even sleeping mode, so let's talk about the Food . . . How to get your favorite type and how to get it at anytime. Now Buddy is already 15 pounds but he grazes during the day, but we still try to put him a diet even when the vet said you need to lay off the food grazing.
But the thing is Buddy acts like he is starving when we tried to put him on a diet, so therefore we blew the diet thing out. However he does have a little bit of flubber but that is just how he grew. But then we have the problem of him being picky just like me with human food.
So we add different treats flavors into the mix when we find new ones and are on sale. Now his "food" that he eats during the night is another story, we tried Science diet and he apparently doesn't like that food so we spent a lot of money for that bag because we wanted to help him with his eating habit and diet. MISSION FAILED

Buddy: I'm happy with my treats, especially the seafood variety and I love my Purina Cat Chow Naturals. Oh! and turkey!

Me: Buddy were there tricks that were in the book that you haven't tried?

Buddy: The 50-yard dash . . . but I would never be down for it because it involves me to run mindlessly and I rather do my running when I chase something away or stalk it.

Me: Yeah you'll take off randomly and chase away other cats because I know you don't like them but what the deal with the dogs? That one time you were going to show that poor 6-month old lab pup that you meant business when he/she was close to your yard. I've never seen you do that . . . waltz right up to a dog or dogs.

Buddy: Ha I laugh at danger Ha Ha Ha and dogs need to know my yard is my yard just like I tell those other trespassers.

Me: He's not kidding, he'll make any kind of sounds in the world that you don't ever hear from a cat and he uses his entire body for language.

Well there you have it guys! Maybe Buddy will come back and join me again but it would have to be on his time . . . I have my own schedule you know!

 

Buddy will share some of his favorite things that he does naturally (Note He did not volunteer)

 

 My Laid Back Days, I do this on a regular basi

 

 

 

 

Mom took me on my regular walk but I didn't think she had taken a photo of my butt but she claims she didn't know that the camera took a photo.

Here's me playing with my hoops toy and I'd prefer it on the sleepingbag blanket. Watch me I can slide!

Kitty and The Dead Man's Hand Review

Kitty and the Dead Man;s Hand (Kitty Norville #5) By Carrie Vaughn

HONEYMOON IN VEGAS?


Already the alpha pair of Denver's werewolf pack, Kitty and Ben now plan to tie the knot human-style by eloping to Vegas. Kitty is looking forward to sipping fru-fru drinks by the pool and doing her popular radio show on live TV, but her hotel is stocked with werewolf-hating bounty hunters. Elsewhere on the Strip an old-school magician might be wielding the real thing; the vampire community is harboring a dark secret; and the irresistible star of a suspicious animal act is determined to seduce Kitty. Sin City has never been so wild, and this werewolf has never had to fight harder to save not only her wedding, but her very life.

 

Review

WOW talk about Kitty getting hitched! But getting hitched was the least of her problem, after arriving at the Olympus and Casino. Kitty knew that part of her trip involves a live televise of her radio show "The Midnight Hour" but what she did not expect was there to be a gun show on the very same weekend. After everything that happen in Washington, Kitty been more on edge. So what does Las Vegas has to present her? Her intital plan was to sit by the pool and drink frilly drinks but that doesn't happen when she discover a stage show of shifters, an magic show and Ben getting into a poker tourament? She meet the vampire leader of Las Vegas DOM she also meet Balthasar the owner/leader of "King of Beasts" even a magician named Odysseus Grant who believes every secrets of magic should be kept secret.

Something will always cause mayhem for Kitty

 

 I give this Five Cat's Tails Ups

 

Ramble

This book was freaking Cat's Tails Ups Amazing! I love the pace of this read compare to last one and having to only focus on a few characters rather than tons by name. You read the interaction with the characters better and Does Kitty make enemies in this book? That I was unsure of except knowing that Balthasar was label as the "bad guy" character along with his pack and a female vampire. Carrie's visual aspect of Las Vegas was probably what Las Vegas is if I were to ever go there.

Now there was suppose to be a wedding right? Well that did eventually happen even though there were a few roadblocks getting to the alter. In the end it turns out that your standard magican was the one to help out and making a few hunters friends might also not be so bad.

But does everything stay in Vegas?

 

Until Next Time Kitty Norville . . . Where will Trouble come from next?

With All My Soul Review

WITH ALL MY SOUL by Rachel Vincent release in the U.S. March 26, 2013, in paperback and eBook formats.

Published by Harlequin Teen, print edition is 384 pages . . .

With All My Soul is the seventh and final full-lenght book of Rachel Vincent's series "Soul Screamers"

Goodreads Description

What does it mean when your school is voted the most dangerous in America? It's time to kick some hellion butt...
After not really surviving her junior year (does "undead" count as survival?), Kaylee Cavanaugh has vowed to take back her school from the hellions causing all the trouble. She's going to find a way to turn the incarnations of Avarice, Envy and Vanity against one another in order to protect her friends and finish this war, once and forever.
But then she meets Wrath and understands that she's closer to the edge than she's ever been. And when one more person close to her is taken, Kaylee realizes she can't save everyone she loves without risking everything she has....

So you heard me be giddy about this book on my Don't Let It End!Currently Reading Post . . . Now I will give you my review.

REVIEW

With All My Soul is stunning conclusion of Rachel Vincent’s Soul Screamers series, duly noted that this is her longest series consisting of three novellas “My Soul to Lose”, “Reaper” and “Never To Sleep” along with two anthologies, “Fearless” and “Niederwald” Plus a short story found in Before I Wake “A Day With Tod In the Afterlife”.

I believe that I’ve been with this series since my late teens and during my early adult years. I’ve watch Kaylee Cavanaugh go through so many ups and downs as a teen but also as a bean sidhe “Banshee”. When its time for someone to die, Kaylee will be the one screaming for their souls but now? What’s next for Kaylee and the gang?

After suffering a terrible loss of a friend and a freaky body neck snap, someone coming back from the dead but not in their own body. But now it’s WAR and PERSONAL, Kaylee will do anything to make sure her family and friends are safe . . . AT ANY COST.

Now you remember Avari, the Hellion of Greed . . . he is out for Kaylee’s soul no matter what, so what does he do? Steal the one person that most important to her. But what can she do? What will she do? Trying to figure out a solution wasn’t coming as quick as she hoped until the Hellion of Wrath comes along.

This Hellion of Wrath, IRA just might be the key to taking down Avari but not without a price . . . a hefty price. The gang gets together to figure out how to rescue one of their own but the risks have become greater and higher when your enemy is one step ahead of you.

Kaylee makes some huge sacrifice in this final book, and sometimes it just might have to end up making a deal with a Hellion. Yes a deal with a Hellion, will it be worth the deal and sacrifice for Kaylee or will it end in turmoil?  

I give this an out of this Cat's Tails World! More than Five Tails Up!

Ramble

I love everything about this book! from the first page to the last . . . I mean how could I not? After being a huge reader of this series, I spent my late teens to early adult years with this series and its characters.

Rachel truly went above and beyond with ending WAMS, it was action-packed, love-worthy, and truly some heartbreaking moments. If being a writer means putting your character through HELL then so be it! As long good overcomes evil.
 

Now it's time to say goodbye, but hey I can still go back and re-read this series all over again :)

 

A LOT HAPPENS in the book, more than I think readers could handle! Think about it with Emma's dramatic body change, Nash and Sabine officially a couple, Brendon and Harmony (Say what?), Tod and Kaylee's Afterlife, and of course you can't just have those without a little bit . . . no a lot of Hellions around.

 

So what's really happens? Read Before I Wake to find out or if you haven't read the series GO START! In short summary, WAMS deals with Kaylee making the ultimate sacrifice for the one she loves, for everybody she loves. But not with out making some deals with a few people and making BIG promises.

 

Favorite Moments

 

Kaylee and Harmony shared a moment when Harmony explains just how truly Kaylee's parents were meant for each other. Kaylee never truly understood about her parents love but now she did and it pains Kaylee to realizes that her dad will always forever suffer the loss of her mom because they each shared part of their soul. Until somehow Kaylee's mom soul would ever be found, that emptiness and pain will always linger.

"Kaylee, your parents were soul mates." ~ Harmony pg 179
 

Nash and Sabine certainly finally coupled up, even though Nash still struggle with the betrayal and heartache when his brother Tod and ex-girlfriend Kaylee coupled up. But now when Sabine get injured during a shift run looking for one of their own people, he now feels guilty that he never said the things he wanted to say to Sabine.  

"I've wasted so much time. And so many words. What if I don't get the chance to make it right?" ~ Nash pg 230


 

Here's one of my favorite moments, the part where Nash is told the real TRUTH . . . Of course this was suppose to be between Kaylee, Tod and Harmony but the spur of the moment arise. Kaylee tells Nash that he's the one that died, not Tod (Read Reaper to get the back story) but of course Nash denies it but when Kaylee starts explaining. Now Nash begins to feel guilty for his actions. . . All of it.   

"I'm saying that when you died, your brother started shouting for the reaper to show himself. He demanded to be take in your place.He died way before his time so you could live. So you could go on and make something of your life." ~ Kaylee pg 217
 

Meeting the Hellion of Wrath IRA, I was expected to meet another hellion but to meet one that was willing to help out? No in order for a hellion to help out, there is always a price to pay. When Ira first meet Kaylee for the first time, he is quite fond of her . . . by fond I mean his fond of Kaylee’s growing anger. Ira gave Kaylee his calling card if and when Kaylee want to speak to him. Ira has  a few nickname for Kaylee like “little flame” or “little fury” this pleased him knowing that he feeds off of anger and he would do just about anything to get a taste of her anger.

"Oh, no, my little fury, don't be scared. I enjoy your fear, true, but I'd much rather have your anger." ~ Ira pg 153

 

Tod and Kaylee "Minor Fight" I always find little fights or arguments a little amusing among couples that don't normally fight. So after everything Kaylee tries to do to reach out to the person she relies on the most, she doesn't get much luck. So when she fought back and forth about summoning Ira, Hellion of Wrath . . . was it really worth it? Tod knows that once Kaylee has something set in her mind, there no chance of changing it but Tod wasn't too pleased with what was the price for a little information.

“Just. . .in the future, save all the good stuff for me okay?” ~ Tod pg 163

 

The ending! oh how about that ending!!!! I had to admit I was worry about just how this was going to end but thankfully Kaylee thought ahead of time and gave very specific instructions even though time was lost as the result of her huge sacrifice. The reunion was bittersweet, I don't think we could have imagined it in any other way. Every character has a happy ending, and Kaylee is happy that everyone got a life free of hellions, and the Netherworld.

"The universe owes us forever. And our eternity starts now." ~ Tod pg 377

 

Favorite Passages

"Someday soon, reaper, your mouth will be the source o your own destruction." ~ Avari Pg 188

 

"Ira's M.O. seems to be fictionalized flashbacks designed to thoroughly piss you off, so he can feed from your anger." ~ Kaylee Pg 246

 

"And what we've learned from his little episode is that Kaylee and Nash are like those rock ancient cave people used to make fire. Bang them together, and you get sparks." ~ Sabine Pg 283

"I just basically wished him a lifetime of good fortune and sex. It doesn't get much better than that." ~ Tod Pg 301

Lush By Lauren Dane

LUSH (Delicious #3) By Lauren Dane

Goodreads Discription:
USA Today bestselling author Lauren Dane delivers a second serving of sexy in her new Delicious novel, in which taste and temptation make up a sweet recipe…

Mary Whaley has her hands full running a successful catering company and overseeing her supper club. She has everything she ever wanted—or so she thought. When she meets ridiculously hot and very dirty rock star Damien Hurley at her friend’s engagement party, the attraction she feels is overpowering—and she isn’t about to deny herself.

Damien is used to a hard and fast life. He and two of his brothers started a band when they were fresh out of high school—then they hit the big time and stayed there. He’s also a legendary madman on the stage and in the bedroom. But when he meets Mary, something clicks, and the bad boy starts thinking he may have finally found something good.

What begins as a series of fleeting trysts soon gets much more complicated. Damien can’t figure out why Mary doesn’t want more from him. And before long, it’s Damien who wants more from Mary. But it turns out Mary is no stranger to celebrity news, and he’s got a very big job ahead of him: proving that he’s worth more than a one-night stand…

Review
This sugar and spice book was one of my favorite book to read, how can you not like an concept where there's an ordinary woman and a rock star guy that are drawn to each other. Mary met Damien through a friend's party and one look, one conversation drew these two together. But it wasn't the party that drew Damien to Mary, it was her delicious cooking skills and her passion for food. Damien and his brothers are in a band so good homemade food are hard to come by unless they're back home. But this was suppose to be a one time fling right? But both Mary and Damien just can't deny the chemistry between them and agreed to have a casual thing. Yeah nothing is causal about Damien, he's in the spotlight most of the time and is photographed with dozen of women that will do just about anything for his attention. How does Mary handle that? She keeps reminding herself that it normal and expected but what's a girl going to do when she soon admits that she is falling in love with a Rock Star? Damien has to prove Mary in many ways and surprises her in many ways to show his devotion to Mary but that could all change when the world know about Mary and reporters are making up stories that seem to real to deny. Will Mary and Damien's love survive this spotlight or will it faltered.

I give this book a four tails review . . .

Ramble

I've been a fan of Lauren Dane's de La Vegas Cats and I was hoping to buy more of her other books but I haven't gotten that far. But thankfully NetGallery was providing her "Delicious" series number 3 although I am guilty that I haven't read one or two yet. But a little indulgence doesn't hurt anybody and this one was a sweet and intimidating. Mary has her life in order and is career-driven with her catering and supper club but when Damien a rock star appears during an mutual party . . . staying in the kitchen show you can handle the heat. Damien's love life was always in the spotlight and can be complicated. I like that Damien wanted a normal relationship even if it was a causal thing but I believe both Mary and Damien wanted more. They had common interest, they could talk comfortably and they both enjoyed company (if you know what I mean) They had a near perfect relationship until one photo turn Mary and Damien world into a downhill spiral.  I really hope that their relationship would come back together and it did thankfully. I was also glad that it was Damien that made the move to fix the relationship when Mary did all she could to try to close herself away from Damien. In the end the two were able to work things out and Damien found his dream girl. Mary was finally happy with her life, her career and her relationship with Damien that ended with a proposal.

Where to Buy

Amazon

Barnes and Noble

About the Author

Lauren Dane has been writing stories since she was able to use a pencil, and before that she used to tell them to people. Of course, she still talks nonstop, and through wonderful fate and good fortune, she’s now able to share what she writes with others. It’s a wonderful life!

The basics: Lauren is a mom, a partner, a best friend and a daughter. Living in the rainy but beautiful Pacific Northwest, she spends her late evenings writing like a fiend when she finally wrestles all of her kids to bed.

The Host Review

As a promise to one of my BFFs I did in fact read it before the movie which comes out March 29, 2013. So now I will present you my review on The Host

The Host by Stephenie Meyer, first released in May 2008. Now with mass paperback cover released in January 2013. Published by Little, Brown, and Company. Print edition 864 pages

Goodread Description

Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of human hosts while leaving their bodies intact. Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, didn't expect to find its former tenant refusing to relinquish possession of her mind.
As Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of Jared, a human who still lives in hiding, Wanderer begins to yearn for a man she's never met. Reluctant allies, Wanderer and Melanie set off to search for the man they both love.
Featuring one of the most unusual love triangles in literature, THE HOST is a riveting and unforgettable novel about the persistence of love and the essence of what it means to be human.

 

 

REVIEW

The human race is now nearly extinct, the aliens or"souls" have taking over our body and mind. But there are still fewthat fight back. Melanie Stryder's mind and body has been taken over by a"Soul" named Wanderer and Melanie becomes a soul. However Melaniefights back, her will still hold on as well conceal her thoughts and anyinformation about where the human resistance lies. But Wanderer is overwhelmedby Melanie's memories and emotions. Now Wanderer is on search for the humanresistance, more importantly follow Melanie's memories and her emotions. Now inthe middle of the desert, Wanderer is lost but soon to be found by Uncle Jeb.Although one look at Melanie's eyes, Uncle Jeb and others of the humanresistance knows that she isn't Melanie. Now Melanie/Wanderer are now in theresistance hideout, not that the resistance are happy that she still lives butwith Jared being irrational and Ian being the mediator, things are not as theyseem. Wanda/Melanie begins to work together with the resistance and Wandabecomes the most unusual soul the resistance has met. A new romance bloomswhile Melanie struggles to cease to exist in her own body and struggle to seeJared torturing himself thinking she’s no longer there. A new outlook comewhere Wanda said that there is a way to bring back Melanie and possibly othersif they survive the initiation of a soul being place in them. Something goodwill come from Melanie/Wanda return.  

Ramble

As much I love Meyer's Twilight Saga's, it was one of the series that made me read more books and find other wonderful authors. I really like her writing in this book, maybe because it science-fiction, or that it doesn't deal with so many life/death situation like Bella seems to run into, or I like how Wanda/Melanie have their own conversation with one another. I think this is one of the most science-fiction book I've read and like it. There's no love triangle as some people would say, but this is how Jake Abel and Max Irons puts it "There's two of us as the base of triangle but technically there's two of her" That makes a lot of sense boys thanks for pointing that out. So the romance is much more complex than a triangle, Wanda loves Ian and Melanie loves Jared.  I like the concept of the book where aliens invades our body and mind even with the change where you could disappear forever. I hope that Stephanie bring out the second book soon even though she is writing it but I'm curious what next for these people in the next book.

 

Team Jared or Team Ian?

From the beginning I didn't know who I was going to like, from the pages of the book Melanie has memories of Jared while Wanda sees them. So Jared at the beginning I like him and I like the love story between Melanie and Jared. But then when Melanie becomes Wanda and Jared is now part of the human resistance and one of the leader . . . he was just irritating. I kept trying to figure out what he was going to do during those times he has the gun and then he can't think beyond. Then we have Ian who is very collected with himself and see beyond what most humans see of the souls. Then Ian see Wanda and see more of her rather than what she really is as a soul. So now there's conflict between Ian and Jared because to Jared, it his love that's been invaded and had believe she was forever gone until Wanda said that she is still here. Jared starts making the rules toward Ian cause he knows that Ian taken an interest in the love of his life. However Ian doesn't care about who Wanda is hosted in but more of her personality and who she is as a soul and as an individual. So who would I chose? I would choose Ian over Jared just because Ian was more together, had a clear mind and had a goal while Jared lost all sense of who he was when Melanie return and was tortured by the fact she had returned but been invaded.  Now Jared and Ian have to work together to help Wanda/Melanie to stop the seeker and the souls from taking what is left of the Human Resistance.

 

Favorite Quotes

"It was a miracle - more than a miracle - when I found you, Melanie. Right now, if I was given the choice between having the world back and having you, I wouldn't be able to give you up. Not to save five billion lives." - pg 78

 

"What?" Ian asked "Is there something you want to say to me Jared?"

"The girl in there . . ." Jared said slowly

"Yes?"

"That body doesn't belong to her"

"Your point"

Jared's voice was hard when he answered

"Keep your hands off it"  - pg 383

 

"I need you to help me Ian." My voice was strained, frantic.

"Whatever you need. You know that."

I put my hands on either side of his face, staring into his eyes. I could barely see a glint of their blue in the darkness.

"I need you to kiss me, Ian. Now. Please" - pg 426

The Movie will be released to theaters March 29th, 2013

To find more about the movie go to: http://thehostthefilm.com/

To become a SOUL go to: http://thehostthefilm.com/becomeasoul/

Movie Trailer

 

 

Where to go buy this book . . . Prices/Editions varies at each locations

Amazon

Barnes and Noble

Books-A-Million  

 

About the Author . . .  Stephenie Meyer

In my words: The best selling Author of the Twilight Saga, and Movie Producer. She written a short story that was featured in "Prom Night From Hell". Right now she is in the process of writing the second book of "The Host" in an interview she said that the title of the second book would be called "The Seeker"