pickIf the title doesn't warn you, bring out the tissues 🥹 Our bookclub loved the Travelling Cat Chronicles and decided to read this book of short stories by the same author. It was nice to visit with a few cats and their families, including some familiar faces. The POV switched between cats & humans and each story had a unique premise
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I totally wept over the title story while Casey slept on beside me, oblivious to my FEELINGS. Pets, man.
I came close to DISASTER yesterday when I realized at almost the last minute that I had to pick up my library holds by the 25th, not the 26th like I thought. Good thing they‘re open until 8pm on Thursdays.
I‘m especially excited for the tagged book. THE TRAVELLING CAT CHRONICLES was one of my faves a few years back and I can‘t wait to see what Arikawa does with short fiction.
pickA collection of heart-warming cat-related tales from the author of The Travelling Cat Chronicles. The first story made me blub. Two of the stories feature Satoru, the main human character in Chronicles, ones prequel, the other a sequel. Based on the last sentence, I think Satoru‘s, and his cat Nana‘s, story, will feature further in another book. Which, of course, I will read!
Book #5 of #ReadAway2024
Book #1 #JoyousJanuary
My planned reads for January for my own personal #5AMonth #ReadingChallenge:
IRL Book Club - Welcome to Hyunam-Dong Bookshop
Online Book Club - Heaven My Home
Physical TBR - The Goodbye Cat
E-Book TBR - Murder For Christmas
New release: The Queen of Poisons
I received this as a gift from my mother in law! I can‘t imagine having to say goodbye to Tux 💔😞 is this going to break my heart?
pickAll the feels! OMG I truly loved this book and yes, there are moments of sadness but at the same time it's truly a heart warming book if that makes sense. #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks
For today‘s #wintergamesphotochallenge we have a book with green font that I fell in love with the cover of in a bookshop the other day!
#wintergames #snowangels @Clwojick @StayCurious
Not sure starting out the week with a sad-ish book is a good idea, but here goes.
pickThis book of short stories was as heartwarming & sad as Arikawa's The Traveling Cat Chronicles. I shed a tear at the title story, and was pleasantly surprised that several stories were about Satoru and Nana from TTCC, though in 'alternate history' versions, which was interesting. Love & bereavement are again main themes.
There's a suggestion that a third book of cat stories may be in the offing: well, if you've got a winning formula, why not? 😺
I thought I'd read something a bit lighter to refresh my reading palate, and these seven stories about cats by the author of The Traveling Cat Chronicle seemed to fit the bill.
Then I remembered how much I cried at the end of that book, so now I'm not sure that all seven of these cats are making it! Hold my hand, someone! 🐈⬛😿😭🫱🏻
Stumbled upon this new book today and decided to try it since I really liked his previous cat book! 😺💕
The Goodbye Cat | 
