Book Feature and Give-Away:A Letter to My Cat: Notes to Our Best Friends, Created by Lisa Erspamer

Many of you have seen this book featured on other cat blogs, for those who have not, here is another touching cat book that should be added to your feline "Must Read List." Everyone who has ever  lived with or loved a cat, will be able to relate to this meowvelous book.

A Letter to My Cat

Notes to Our Best Friends

Created by Lisa Erspamer

photo courtesy of A Letter to My Cat

From A Letter to My Cat:

As the second book in the series of, 'A Letter To...' comes 'A Letter To My Cat', a charming collection of heart felt letters written by celebrities showing their gratitude and love for their pet cats.

With stunning photographs and heart melting words, this book is a must have for anyone who has a cat, had a cat or is looking to adopt one.

A Letter to My Cat is a tribute to the alluring, elusive, and always mysterious feline. This heartwarming book features beautiful photographs and deeply personal letters written by a variety of cat lovers to their beloved four-legged friends. It's a celebration of the unconditional love these kitties bring into our hearts and homes.

With contributions by celebrity cat lovers such as Dr.Mehmet Oz, Mariel Hemingway, Stacy London, Gina Gershon, and Dita Von Teese, as Jackson Galaxy, a soldier returned from Iraq, and a fourth-grader, these notes and photographs-by turns moving, thoughtful, and sometimes downright hilarious-celebrate the devoted friendships we share with our felines.

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FROM CAT CHAT WITH CAREN AND CODY: When I post a book as a "feature", it is just that, a book "feature" that gives you information about a book that we feel is worth reading, it is important to note that when I use the word "feature" it is NOT a "book review." 


YES I AM DOING A GIVE-AWAY!!
I had wanted to do a give-away for this book but the publisher was unable to grant one at this time....

 BUT....I HAVE GOOD NEWS!

I have decided to give away MY copy to ONE LUCKY WINNER WHO RESIDES ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD!!!!! ENTERING IS EASY! JUST ENTER ON THE RAFFLECOPTER BELOW! GOOD LUCK!
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I was not compensated for this book feature. I was sent a complimentary copy of A Letter To My Cat.

Winners!! How to Make Your Cat an Internet Celebrity by Patricia Carlin

Thanks to all who entered our give-away for

How to Make Your Cat an Internet Celebrity:

THE THREE LUCKY WINNERS ARE:

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HUGE CONCATULATIONS!!!!!!

PLEASE EMAIL MY MOM YOUR

COMPLETE MAILING ADDRESS

BY MONDAY, MAY 5TH TO;

cgittleman at mi dot rr dot com

Cats! You Must Read How to Make Your Cat an Internet Celebrity by Patricia Carlin-World-Wide Give-Away!

Well, well, well, it's Cody, and here I sit, my tail between my legs, feeling like NOTHING, a BIG silver-gray tabby pile of NOTHING. No, it's not the Monday Blues, nope, not at all. It's my MOM. My lazy, good-for-nothing, poor excuse of an Assistant, MOM.  Why is my fur standing on end because of HER? I'll tell ya why, and trust me, it's pitiful.

I was pawing around on my Mom's desk this weekend and found this:

My loser Mom stole this photo from the publisher's website

Let me ask you this kitties, WHERE WAS THIS BOOK FOUR YEARS AGO when Mom I started this blog? WHERE WAS IT? For the past four years I have had to endure the unbearable pain of witnessing my Mom work on post after useless post, much of it drivel. I have watched her haphazardly insert unacceptable photos of ME, do you hear me? ME on our MY blog.  I have watched her struggling to take videos, with the sun blaring in her face (any idiot knows the sun should be BEHIND you), or shooting videos in a room darker than the Black Hole, and she WONDERS WHY no one has a CLUE who I am? If Mom had had this MUST READ book, I might have been, be still my kitty heart, FAMOUS by now!

"Oh I blog because I love cats" she says, or, "I'm not in this for the money" she says...c'mon, cut the "Holier than Thou" routine lady! If someone knocked on our door offering us movies and endorsement deals like Grumpy Cat  (by the way, I was GRUMPY way before that 2 year old cat ever came onto the scene, but I live with a LOSER who never dreamed of capitalizing on that!!!), she would be all over it, like me on one of my catnip toys!! CUT THE CATNIP WOMAN!! YOU ARE "being forced to admit that despite owning both a cat and a computer during this legendary Golden Age of Cat Videos-you ARE the only cretin in the world who is failing to cash in!!!"

See this photo? It's at least 2 years old!
BEFORE THE GRUMPY CAT ERA!!

Yeah she posts on Twitter, does a few obligatory things on Facebook, Pinterest, and a few other sites,  (just a few of a myriad of invaluable tips that this book offers,) but the WOMAN HAS NO CLUE.

Now, adding insult to injury, while pussy footing around the Internet I ran into reviews of  How to Make Your Cat an Internet Celebrity written by The Conscious Cat and Sparkle. I hung my head in shame and began frantically kneading the closest blanket. The fact that THEY read this book and reviewed it is like giving ICE to an Eskimo!!  THEY ARE ALL FAMOUS!  THEY ARE ALL ALREADY DOING MANY OF THE THINGS THAT THE BOOK SUGGESTS THAT WE DO!! In fact, Sparkle wrote about how upset she was that all of her trade secrets were revealed in this book! Imagine that! Me? My darn Mom can barely scratch two nickles together to buy kibble AFTER GOING ON FIVE YEARS of having MOI as her MUSE!

I HAD TO READ THIS BOOK AND FAST! Maybe SOME semblance of pride could be restored and I had to do it  before Katie and Waffles from  Glogirly , and that text-crazed cat known as "Mittens" from Texts from Mittens,   (created by Angie Bailey of Catladyland and Whiskerslist fame), get their paws on it!!!

These people  understand that, as How to Make Your Cat an Internet Celebrity clearly states:

 "NO FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITY WILL GIVE YOU A GREATER RETURN ON INVESTMENT THAN YOUR CAT"

We all know that NONE OF THEM NEED THIS BOOK! WHY? I'LL TELL YA WHY!  

THEY ARE ALREADY UTILIZING ALL OF THE SUGGESTIONS IN THIS BOOK!

I AM THE ONLY SORRY-BUTT LOSER WHO ISN'T!

From the Publisher: With How to Make Your Cat an Internet Celebrity, readers can unlock the secrets of grooming your kitty for success, creating a terrific viral video, managing your cat’s burgeoning stardom, and much more. Packed with practical tips and helpful diagrams, this indispensable resource shows how ordinary housecats can follow in the venerable pawprints of the Internet’s brightest stars.

While many of the tips are written in a "tongue-in-cheek" manner, there are MANY tips/suggestions in this PURRFECTLY POWER-PACKED PAPER-BACK BOOK that can be put into practice NOW! DO YOU HEAR THAT MOM! I SAID "NOW!!!"

Now kitties, I don't want to reveal ALL of the tips in this book, heck, if NO ONE made it EASY for ME to make any BUCKS I'm certainly NOT going to do that for you, hehehe! 

 Trust me, you and your HUMANS NEED THIS BOOK if you have any hopes of hitting the big time and having some extra loot for more noms and toys!

To learn How to Make Your Cat an Internet Celebrity, you will have to do a couple of things on your own:

1) BUY THE BOOK

Available as an ebook

E-Book ISBN: 

9781594746840

ISBN: 

9781594746796

Book Price $12.95

2) ENTER TO WIN A COPY!!!!! YEP!! THIS LOSER CAT WAS OFFERED A WORLD-WIDE GIVE-AWAY BY THE PUBLISHER!! 3 LUCKY (OR LOSER) CATS LIKE MYSELF WILL WIN A COPY OF THIS MUST READ (OVER AND OVER AGAIN), GUIDE BOOK!! IT'S A PAYCHECK AT YOUR PAWS!!! AND....THEY ARE GOING TO EACH WIN A POSTER TOO!!! 

You do realize the Publisher must have felt sorry for me and my Mom when Mom asked if we could do a give-away and they agreed, right? Well, we'll take anything thrown our way, and you should too! 

ENTER ON THE RAFFLECOPTER BELOW!
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In Full Disclosure: (of course there was no money given to us for this review because if you remember, my LOSER MOM DOESN'T DO THIS FOR THE MONEY!!!!), we were given a copy of the book to review and the publisher will send a book and a poster,  to each of our 3 winners.

Fun Friday Find: Celebrity Cat Names by Christina Hamilton

One of a number of things that I love about Twitter are some of the connections that I have made there.

A few weeks back I was lucky enough to connect with author Christina Hamilton and learned that she had just published a book entitled Celebrity Cat Names. I was delighted when she mailed me a copy to read and share my findings with you, my dear readers!

From Christina: CELEBRITY CAT NAMES – CAT TALES OF THE RICH & FAMOUS by Christina Hamilton

Discover the sometimes strange and bizarre names of your favourite celebrities’ cats in a book bursting with photos, stories, poignant tributes, cat quotes and poems. From Cleopatra’s Charmain to Robert Downey Jr’s Dartanian; from Thomas Hardy’s Kiddleywinkempoops to Frank Zappa’s Fightey Bitey, these true tales of famous cat lovers, past and present, will make you realise you didn’t really know them at all!

Part I of Celebrity Cat Names is a collection of Famous Cat Lovers, all listed in alphabetical order with their names, the names of their cats and a little bio about the individual and their cat. In this section I was delighted to find people such as:

Halle Berry and her cat Playdough

I learned that Halle got Playdough to help her study the movement of cats for her role as Catwoman. Halle loved the cat so much that she ended up keeping it and the cat appeared as an extra in the film.

Beyonce and her cat Master P who was named after the rapper who was the first to promote her in the early days of her career.

Robert Downey Jr. and his cats Montgomery and Dartanian who were 2 male kittens that he rescued when he found them in a bush in West Hollywood.

I had known that John Lennon loved cats but until reading Celebrity Cat Names I never knew that his love of cats was deeper than I could have imagined. Throughout his life he lived with cats and demanded that he have cats, at one point he had 10!

Having difficulty finding a name for your new cat? 

No worries! Part 2 of Celebrity Cat Names lists Cat Names A-Z

Next to each name is the name of the celebrity owner. Here are some examples:

Ashley-Regis Philbin

Cake-Warren Beatty

Dancer-Walter Cronkite

There is also a section devoted to Fictional Cats. It is also alphabetized  and has snippets of information about the cats in this section. It features cats such as:

• Felix
• Figaro
• Garfield

Celebrity Cat Names is an almost 200 page book that should be in every cat lover's library. It's fun, informative and is a handy resource that I am certain you will refer to again and again. Just think of the interesting cocktail party conversations that you will be able to start armed with all of this interesting information!

 From Christina: "The name we give our cat is personal and reflects a private part of our personality."

To purchase Celebrity Cat Names  on Blackbird Digital click here

You can also find Celebrity Cat Names on Amazon in paperback form by clicking here

To download on Kindle click here

It is also at Smashwords for other ebook formats. Click here

Like Celebrity Cat Names on Facebook here

Follow on Twitter: @Celebcatnames