review

SHAKE CATS – CARLI DAVIDSON

Shake CatsShake Cats by Carli Davidson
My rating: 5/5 cats
One StarOne StarOne StarOne StarOne Star


 photo IMG_1108_zpsdsvkcqpf.jpg

is there any creature more dignified and majestic than the cat?


 photo IMG_1117_zpsq4snrvky.jpg

such grace, such poise, such … moistness


 photo IMG_1107_zps2dwfht0f.jpg

carli davidson is the genius-goddess who brought us both Shake and Shake Puppies, two excellent and hilarious books. but as everyone knows – everything that is good with dogs is even better with cats.


 photo IMG_1111_zpsjcursazm.jpg

of course, getting cats to comply is the trick. you can toss a dog into a kiddie pool and it’ll be happy as pie to shake it off and still be your pal. cats are typically less interested in water and being … discomposed. and they hold grudges, boy.


 photo IMG_1121_zpskilqbabp.jpg

but carli davidson is – again – a genius-goddess and she came up with the solution: rather than “dumping water on them,” which you can totally do with dogs, but you do it to cats at your own risk, she brought in a professional who administered ear cleaning fluid to these little kitties and then ….SHAKE!!!


 photo IMG_1118_zpsxp1efqm2.jpg

so they got their ears cleaned, which considering most of the cats in the book were shelter/rescue cats and had been living on the mean streets, was actually good for them and not just a trick to make them make goofy faces for our amusement


 photo IMG_1106_zpsbvwj0eau.jpg

but that – yes – also had the result of making them make goofy faces for our amusement.


 photo IMG_1113_zpsiskusm1y.jpg

as davidson says, It’s amazing what you can achieve with some catnip and a laser pointer. like turn cats into straight-up zombies rarrrrr


 photo IMG_1114_zpsilie3avp.jpg


 photo IMG_1124_zpsre4xfe6o.jpg


 photo IMG_1125_zpscsobdrfw.jpg


 photo IMG_1105_zpsb0pqgtgf.jpg

the book contains 64 cats in the middle of 128 shakes and it is both adorable


 photo IMG_1115_zpsjnugp1i0.jpg

and grotesque


 photo IMG_1119_zps5wl98cre.jpg

and it also contains plenty of reminders about how grateful and sweet shelter cats, particularly older shelter cats, are and reminders about spaying and neutering and having lots of cats to love, even if some of our longings are never to be:

When I was a child, I walked into my local animal shelter and with all the self-assurance of a seven-year-old requested its largest cat. What I really wanted was a tiger, but when I learned the unfortunate truth that my parents were unable to support this dream, I figured I’d settle for the next best thing.

if you can’t have a tiger, having lots of cats is a pretty good substitute because maybe one day you will walk in on them and discover they are secretly transformers and it’ll be like having one giant cat with SO MANY FACES. which i don’t think is horrifying, but maybe it is. oh, well.

here are more cats shaking!


 photo IMG_1123_zpswu2ejy0j.jpg


 photo IMG_1112_zpsxpomyi0d.jpg


 photo IMG_1116_zpsiiz5rb9f.jpg


 photo IMG_1120_zps1pqijsrm.jpg


 photo IMG_1109_zpswdzqezqc.jpg


 photo IMG_1110_zps4imf2828.jpg

now go out and buy this book and buy a bunch of cats and do cute things with them and make a book of you doing cute things with them and i will review it!

read my reviews on goodreads

previous
next
Click to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Amazon Disclaimer

Bloggycomelately.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon properties including but not limited to, amazon.com, or endless.com, MYHABIT.com, SmallParts.com, or AmazonWireless.com.

Donate

this feels gauche, but when i announced i was starting a blog, everyone assured me this is a thing that is done. i’m not on facebook, i’ve never had a cellphone or listened to a podcast; so many common experiences of modern life are foreign to me, but i’m certainly struggling financially, so if this is how the world works now, i’d be foolish to pass it up. any support will be received with equal parts gratitude and bewilderment.

To Top