While National Kitten Day was on July 10th, WPL Reference Staff still wanted to celebrate the cats of the library! Below are staff cats and books recommended by their owners, based on their furry one's personality or name. Click the links to see if it is on shelf or to place a hold!
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Clove |
Fun fact: Clove was named after the character in The Hunger Games. Katniss and Prim were on the table, but we ultimately decided on Clove because of her claws and her tenacity. Now at 13 years old, Clove loves to secretly play when no one is looking, acts as Food & Health Inspector in the kitchen, and stress eats when she can.
Book Recommendation: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Stevie
Stevie
Stevie
Stevie had several names prior to landing on Stevie. We cycled through May, Azula, Penelope, and Maggie. But after listening to one of my favorite Fleetwood Mac songs, the name Stevie dawned on me. Stevie Nicks played constantly in the house growing up, so it felt only natural to name my very spirited and very spunky cat after Stevie Nicks. Stevie likes to play with only yellow toys, jump scare Clove constantly, and works OT in the biscuit factory.
Book Recommendation: Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Miso
Miso
Miso
Miso is a soft-spoken diva with a strong sense of personal boundaries and a deep love of sunbeams. She prefers quiet company, thoughtful conversation (via slow blinks), and sipping water only from glasses she’s not supposed to. She has a dramatic flair for vanishing right before dinner and reappearing when she hears a can open. Miso is independent, opinionated, and oddly comforting—just like her favorite book.
Book Recommendation: Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Keira
Fionnoula
Keira & Fionnoula
Keira
Fionnoula
My personal recommendation would likely be a true crime...but my cats Keira and Fionnoula both loved cuddling up with me while I read a good cozy mystery. They would recommend a series that involves mystery solving cats and magical book stores. Something like Crime and Poetry (A Magical Bookshop Mystery Book 1) by Amanda Flowers. Keira (a tuxedo cat) would recommend that series because it starred a tuxedo cat named Emerson and Fionnoula loves sleeping on books so she would recommend anything in a bookstore.
Book Recommendation: Crime and Poetry (A Magical Bookshop Mystery Book 1) by Amanda Flowers
Gigi
Gigi
Gigi
Gigi is a bossy 11 year old female cat. This morning my son was petting her on the couch. He got up and went into another room. She walked over, sat outside that door and meowed loudly until my son followed her back to the couch so that he could continue to pet her there. She doesn’t put up with anything she doesn’t like and is very demanding. I think her book recommendation would be the Agatha Raisin series by M.C. Beaton. Both she and Agatha are bossy older females with nice slender legs, but a bit stout in the middle as well as being vocal about what they want and very determined.
Book Recommendation: Agatha Raisin Series by M.C. Beaton
Esther
Esther
Esther
Esther is a very rambunctious 1-year-old who spends her days guarding her family and playing tug of war. Her favorite toy is the Kong Teaser Curlz Cat Wand, so much so she's managed to break 2 in the last 6 months. She recommends, Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It by Adam Savage. It's a little bit memoir and a little bit of a pep talk, plus there's an entire chapter dedicated to glue, which may or may not be helpful when trying to make your Kong Teaser Curlz Cat Wand last a little bit longer.
Book Recommendation: Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It by Adam Savage
Clover
Clover
Clover
Clover is a 10-year-old menace who loves playing with anything string-like, biting the corners of laptops, and hogging the TV! Her favorite video to watch is a backyard livestream of birds, chipmunks, and squirrels.
Book Recommendation: Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach
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