June 2020 – Page 2 – My Cat Jeoffry Bookstore and Cat Lounge

A Couple More Beautiful Picture Books: LOST IN THE LIBRARY and LADYBUG GIRL AND THE RESCUE DOGS

By TJ June 9, 2020Books, Dogs, Fiction, Picture Books

A couple more beautiful picture books I picked up at the recent Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators conference in Arizona. LOST IN THE LIBRARY tells the sweet story of the lions who sit guard in front of the main library in New York. In real life, of course,…

My Cat Rhea’s Experience With Stereotactic Radiosurgery

By TJ June 9, 2020Cats, Personal

First posted here, on November 7, 2018. My cat, Rhea, recently underwent stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). I thought I'd write a post about it since, after the oncology vet recommended it, we tried to research it online but found very little. Especially about SRS and cats. SRS is a new…

Review of A DOG’S WAY HOME by W. Bruce Cameron

By TJ June 9, 2020Books, Dogs, Fiction

e absolutely loved this book, and were so happy to be able to meet W. Bruce Cameron at the Best Friends National Conference over the summer, which is where we got a copy of A Dog's Way Home. Above, our very dog-like cat, Rhea, who is always at my…

Two Lovely Picture Books: RESCUE & JESSICA and BEFORE YOU WERE MINE

By TJ June 9, 2020Books, Dogs, Fiction, Picture Books

We bought these beautiful picture books while at the Best Friends National Conference two weeks ago. The first, Rescue & Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship, written by Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes is based on a true story. In the book, Rescue, a service dog, befriends Jessica, a double-amputee. The…

Review of THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON by Kelly Barnhill

By TJ June 9, 2020Books, Fiction, Middle-Grade

Normally, I focus on books about or starring animals as main characters, but this middle-grade novel was too brilliant to pass up! And, it has a couple of fantastical animals - a sweet little dragon named Fyrion, and an equally endearing huge swamp creature named Glerk. Both characters stole…

Review, DEWEY: THE SMALL-TOWN LIBRARY CAT WHO TOUCHED THE WORLD

By TJ June 9, 2020Books, Cats, Memoir, Nonfiction

I can't believe I hadn't read this memoir when it first came out in 2008! I'd somehow missed it, but found an updated edition from 2017 on kindle and just finished reading it as an ebook. This version has some added later content, updating us on the lives of…

Best Friends Animal Society National Conference 2018!

By TJ June 9, 2020Animal Activism, Animal Rescues, Animal Sanctuaries, Books, Cats, Conferences, Dogs, Fiction, Nonfiction

Note: originally posted July 2018 before this site was updated. Just got back from the Best Friends National Conference and I am so invigorated and inspired and amazed at all the good work being done out there on behalf of animals! It was my first time at this convention…

Review of GOOD DOG by Dan Gemeinhart

By TJ June 9, 2020Books, Dogs, Fiction, Middle-Grade

This is a time when I wish I had a good book club for animal lovers because I'd so love to discuss this one with others! GOOD DOG is a middle-grade novel by well-regarded author Dan Gemeinhart. The book begins with Brodie having died and gone to a place…

Happy Adoptaversary, Katusha!

By TJ June 9, 2020Cat Adoption, Cats, Personal

Five years ago today, we added Katusha to our household! She is one of the inspirations behind the My Cat Jeoffry "cat bookstore" because of her penchant for snuggling up next to me in bed or curling up in my lap on the couch and letting me read to…

Review of CHESTER AND GUS by Cammie McGovern

By TJ June 9, 2020Books, Dogs, Fiction, Middle-Grade

Absolutely loved this middle-grade novel by Cammie McGovern. Chester, a chocolate lab, has failed his certification as a service dog due to his fear of loud noises, to his mother's dismay. Chester feels badly at displeasing his family so. But his trainer, Penny, says he may still serve as…