Furry Feline Friend

My third book took place much nearer to home in the streets of London. ‘A Street Cat named Bob’ written by James Bowen.

This book I finished in a day, I could not put it down. For all those animal lovers which admittedly I have a certain soft spot for kittens…this book is the one for you! It is a true story of how a young man who busked on the streets of London got very lucky to find this furry feline friend and his life was changed for ever. Not only did Bob show him love, companionship, dedication, he also helped this young man make more of an earning for him to make a better life for the both of them.

At times, it truly makes you question the morality of people when it comes to the attitude and treatment of animals; however it opens your eyes up to be thankful for the people who truly are kind hearted for humans and animals too. There are a few follow up books after this one and I intend on getting my hands on them, this book was lent to me by someone close and I am so glad they did. It opens your eyes as to how valuable, lovable and even loving animals are. Bob is very clever and certainly represents how you don’t need a human to sleep next to at night to know that you have someone looking out for you. They say cats are intelligent, and after having met and grown to adore Bertie (my boyfriends’ cat) I have to say I agree.

A heart-warming feel good book which opens your mind to things you may never have considered before. In honesty, I hadn’t considered a lot of the things that were found in the pages of the book that unfortunately James experienced, hopefully one day I may have the pleasure of coming across these two partners.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to prepare for my next visit to see Bertie. I would like to give the little man a cuddle J

Zoe Sugg's long awaited novel

My second adventure of 2015 took place in Zoe Sugg’s novel ‘Girl Online.’

Having travelled to Paris, Amsterdam and the likes of Europe in Nicholls’ novel, this time I ventured to New York from sunny Brighton. Quite obviously this book was aimed at younger teens therefore I have to say it was difficult for me to relate at this point in my life. I don’t have that boy in class whom I love because he’s the hottest boy in class…I also am not clumsy…or at least as clumsy as Penny….

Although there was controversy about this book being ‘ghost written’ I thought I would give it a go as I frequently watch Zoella’s videos and thought it may be a good read and although it has been a little over a month since I read it, I have yet to come to a conclusion as to my final opinion on this particular book. Whilst at times I was intrigued and eager to find out what would happen next, this book was definitely a typically far-fetched book.  Isn’t it what every girl dreams of, to go to a foreign country and become someone’s ‘inciting incident’? (For those who don’t know an inciting incident is essentially the person or thing that changes the story heading for something good or usually bad to happen, everything before becomes the back story and after is exciting so to speak.) I found it cringy personally when Noah referred to Penny as his inciting incident … for me it didn’t sit well. While the plot line was interesting, it was too much of a teenage fantasy than a believable novel… its much like me meeting my favourite male celebrity and then him becoming the love of my life. As I said, it was obviously aimed at younger teens.

Whilst it may have been a little out there, to say the least, it was a good read, one which I didn’t put down in a hurry and managed to finish in a little under two days. For those wanting an easy read, with a love story that for the most part is guided by luck and coincidence, I would recommend. It may just find its way back into my hands when I want a feel good story that makes you think that sometimes, just sometimes, things work out the way you want them to.

Girl Online, Going Offline

(I couldn’t not end it that way, credit to the author Zoe Sugg.)