The Devious Book for Cats: A Parody
by Anita Serwacki, Chris Pauls, Janet Ginsburg, Joe Garden, Scott Sherman
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Author: Anita Serwacki, Chris Pauls, Janet Ginsburg, Joe Garden, Scott ShermanEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-10-28
ISBN: 0345508491
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Villard
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Book Review: You just KNEW there was a secret handbook like this for cats...
Summary: 4 Stars
If you have a cat, you know they live their lives by a set of rules that are uniquely their own. And more than once, you've probably wondered what's going on in that head of theirs. I don't know that this book answers it, but it's good for quite a few laughs... The Devious Book for Cats: A Parody by Fluffy and Bonkers (with the assistance of Joe Garden, Janet Ginsburg, Chris Pauls, Anita Serwacki, and Scott Sherman). I'm sure the only reason they needed help was the whole opposable thumb thing. Regardless, Devious is a funny look at a cat's life through the eyes of a cat, and I had a great time reading along.
Devious goes all over the place, and has far more laughs than duds in the different chapters. For instance, you learn that cats really have no word for "mistake," as everything they do is correct and on purpose. So when your cat falls into the fish tank, he's merely demonstrating to the fish that they aren't safe regardless of where they hide. Fall off the couch? They just didn't want to ruin their nails with a layer of dust that's on the floor. Did you know that cats have a variety of napping techniques depending on the situation? There's snoozing, dozing, resting, catching some z's, catnapping, the siesta, and shut-eye. It's only us uninformed humans that think it's all just sleeping. Oh, and if you declaw your cat, they still have plenty of ways to maintain their quality of life and destroy your home... :)
While reading The Devious Book for Cats, it was hard not to keep an eye on my cats and wonder how much of this just might be factual. I know I saw Snoogie and Baxter in a number of the pages, and I wondered just how much they collaborate at night to create mayhem during the day...
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Summary of The Devious Book for Cats: A Parody
Cats have nine lives. Shouldn?t they be lived to the fullest??Domesticated? does not mean ?docile.? The ho-hum routine of sleep, eat, eat, and sleep is no way for any creature who ruled Egypt for a millennium to spend her day. It?s high time felines everywhere woke up from their cat naps and grabbed life?s strings with both paws.
The Devious Book for Cats offers today?s discerning kitties words of wisdom and advice on everything they need to know, from in-depth guides on cardboard boxes and catnip to a brief history of the Felinism movement. It provides fail-safe tips on waking a human when you want to get fed, choosing the purr-fect gift, staring like a pro, and making the most of superstitions. It also explains the undeniable allure of the Window, the terrifying specter of the Vacuum, and how you can groom properly in just the scant twenty-four hours allotted each day.
Cats: Discover the devious fun you can have when you?re the one in charge!
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