I don’t keep track of the number of books I checked out each year, however my finest assumption is somewhere between 150 as well as 200, as well as at least half of them have something to do with cats. I reviewed more than 30 books right here on The mindful feline this year.

I made a commitment to myself long back that I would never publish a poor book review. I feel that every author pours his or her heart as well as spirit into a book, as well as just since I don’t like a book doesn’t necessarily mean it’s not a great book. As a result, if you see a book reviewed right here on the site, it means that I truly liked it. This made it difficult to pick only ten favorites for this year end round up, particularly since the books cover such a wide range of genres.

Here are my ten favorites for this year, in the order in which I reviewed them.

Love saves the Day is a hauntingly beautiful, heart touching, as well as at times painfully raw story about grief, hope and healing. Narrated from three points of view, with the main narrator being Prudence, a brown tabby rescued from a deserted building site on Manhattan’s lower east Side, this is a book about the importance of memories, as well as of preserving a part of one’s past. It’s likewise the story of a mom child connection that shows that deep rifts can be mended even after death. however ultimately, this is a book about love, as well as exactly how one little cat, with her mere presence, can modification several lives.

Parrots prove Deadly, the third in Simon’s Pet Noir series featuring pet behaviorist as well as psychic Pru Marlowe is yet one more champion from this prolific author. This book has a bit bit for everyone. animal enthusiasts will enjoy Pru’s communications with the different animals. secret enthusiasts will enjoy the wild trip Simon takes the visitor on. romance enthusiasts will enjoy the establishing on again, off once again connection between Pru as well as her detective boyfriend.

Grey Dawn, Simon’s second new release this year, as well as the sixth book in the Dulcie Schwartz secret series featuring the Harvard graduate student, is one more satisfying checked out for enthusiasts of cat-centric mysteries. Simon masterfully takes the visitor with several plot lines to a surprising finish. There are lots of cats in this book: from ghost feline Mr. Grey, who keeps an eye on Dulcie and guides her with subtle as well as sometimes not so subtle messages, to Esme, who is maturing into a young adult with a strong sense of who she is, to an orange kitten rescued by the protagonist.

Cats as well as Daughters: They Don’t always Come When They’re Called is the long awaited sequel to Helen Brown’s worldwide bestseller Cleo: The feline who Mended a Family, about the bit black kitten who came into the author’s life after the death of her young son. After Cleo died, the author swore she’d never get one more cat, however the world had different plans when a little Siamese kitten with an intense blue look wrapped his paws around her hand in a pet store. Jonah came into Brown’s life soon after she was diagnosed with breast cancer, as well as the book chronicles Brown’s struggle with her illness, her daughter, as well as her rambunctious cat. This is a story of like as well as household – both two- as well as four-legged – with all the difficulties as well as flaws that are part of life.

Fifth Life of the CatWoman was the most unusual book I reviewed this year, as well as the most unforeseen treasure. history instructor Kat O’Malley is living the nine lives of a cat,  as well as her lessons come from four hundred years of underdog experience with witch trials, prejudice, intolerance as well as poverty. This is wonderful realism at its best. The book touched me deeply, as well as it’s one I will be rereading over as well as over. It is poignant, haunting, bittersweet, joyful, as well as thought-provoking. as well as the truth that a tortoiseshell feline cat appears throughout the book only added to my general pleasure of the book.
I fell in like with Bob, the ginger (orange) tom feline as well as his human, James Bowen, when I read  A street feline named Bob last spring. The story of a down on his luck street musician who was busking the streets of London with his feline caught my heart – as well as the hearts of millions of visitors around the world.  The world According to Bob: The further Adventures of One guy as well as His Street-Wise feline picks up where the very first book leaves off, as well as takes us all the method to the publication of the very first book as well as exactly how it altered the pair’s life.

Lil BUB’s Lil Book: the most extraordinary Life of the most remarkable feline on the world came as a surprise to me. I didn’t truly expect to such as this book. I liked Lil BUB, however I didn’t believe this little book was going to be all that special. I was wrong. Unlike the numerous pictures I’d senull