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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
This book was so heart-warming. There's a dangerous line that can be easily crossed when an animal-lover writes a book about an animal. It's so easy to be sentimental, to gloss over the bad stuff, to make a cat or a dog into something they aren't: human. I'm an animal-lover myself. It's hard not to think of my cat as being a human, because I genuinely love him.
I'm so glad I read this book. It reminds me of those dogs that get to go into hospitals and play with sick kids. Animals are so therapuetic. That seems to be a proven fact, not sentimental weirdness.
It makes sense to me that a cat would have this kind of influence on the people in Spencer, Iowa. It makes sense to me that Dewey fell into the pattern of the library's daily rhythm.
I wish more establishments would have public pets like this. How great would it be to see a huge aquarium at your doctor's office? or a people-oriented dog who belonged to your local market? I know there are tons of people that are afraid of or are allergic to pets, but man, I imagine it'd still be great. :)
Is it sad that I cried near the end of this book? I don't want to think about my cat, Toby, (who's nicknames include: The Furry, Tobycat, meow-meow and The Evil, pronounced The EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEvil) dying. I don't want to think about having to take him to the vet to put him to sleep. That's horrible to think about. But inevitable.
I'd recommend this book to my favorite cat-people: Lauren Brookes, Traci Brookes, Meagan Brookes, Monica Stauffer and Gwen Elvy. I think they would like the read as much as I did.
I'm so glad I read this book. It reminds me of those dogs that get to go into hospitals and play with sick kids. Animals are so therapuetic. That seems to be a proven fact, not sentimental weirdness.
It makes sense to me that a cat would have this kind of influence on the people in Spencer, Iowa. It makes sense to me that Dewey fell into the pattern of the library's daily rhythm.
I wish more establishments would have public pets like this. How great would it be to see a huge aquarium at your doctor's office? or a people-oriented dog who belonged to your local market? I know there are tons of people that are afraid of or are allergic to pets, but man, I imagine it'd still be great. :)
Is it sad that I cried near the end of this book? I don't want to think about my cat, Toby, (who's nicknames include: The Furry, Tobycat, meow-meow and The Evil, pronounced The EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEvil) dying. I don't want to think about having to take him to the vet to put him to sleep. That's horrible to think about. But inevitable.
I'd recommend this book to my favorite cat-people: Lauren Brookes, Traci Brookes, Meagan Brookes, Monica Stauffer and Gwen Elvy. I think they would like the read as much as I did.
I love cats, I love libraries and I love cats that live in libraries or book shops. There is this little used bookshop in downtown Edmonton, Alberta, Canada that is graced with the presence of a feline. During my first visit to this shop I was kneeling down on the floor looking at some books and reached out to touch a big fluffy pillow which turned out to be one big fat fluffy cat, I was delighted!
When I heard of “Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World” by Vicki Myron I had to read it. The first chapter about the rescue of Dewey from the returned book bin on the coldest night of the year is touching and it brought tears to my eyes. I also enjoyed reading about Dewey recovering and loving everyone he meets, but after the first few chapters the book just stops being magical and pretty much becomes a story that any cat owner could write. I was not that interested in the author's life and wanted to hear more about Dewey and his antics.
When I heard of “Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World” by Vicki Myron I had to read it. The first chapter about the rescue of Dewey from the returned book bin on the coldest night of the year is touching and it brought tears to my eyes. I also enjoyed reading about Dewey recovering and loving everyone he meets, but after the first few chapters the book just stops being magical and pretty much becomes a story that any cat owner could write. I was not that interested in the author's life and wanted to hear more about Dewey and his antics.
Uplifting story of the cat a town library adopted.
emotional
hopeful
informative
sad
fast-paced
As critics point out, it's more biography of the owner & the Iowa town of Spencer than a book about a cat & a library, but I don't mind too much. I do wonder as a cat owner whether his behaviour was always correctly interpreted & whether his diet/ medical condition was adequately followed....
It wasn't until I was done reading this book that I realized that the author and owner Dewey the Cat had a co-author. In general, I don't like reading books with a co-writer, especially when you assume that the reason they had one is because they weren't used to writing.
This book didn't make me reconsider that bias I have. It was an OK read, but something was missing. The book never showed me how Dewey was loved in Spencer, it just kept telling me that Dewey was loved.
This could have been a much better book.
This book didn't make me reconsider that bias I have. It was an OK read, but something was missing. The book never showed me how Dewey was loved in Spencer, it just kept telling me that Dewey was loved.
This could have been a much better book.
Surprisingly touching-and I don't even like cats! Plus lots of library talk.
Summary: Traces the author's discovery of a half-frozen kitten in the drop-box of her small-community Iowa library and the feline's development into an affable library mascot whose intuitive nature prompted hundreds of abiding friendships.
Summary: Traces the author's discovery of a half-frozen kitten in the drop-box of her small-community Iowa library and the feline's development into an affable library mascot whose intuitive nature prompted hundreds of abiding friendships.