Greetings Humans! My Mommy didn’t do a single Top Ten Tuesday post in the last month. Guess it’s up to me to rectify that as soon as possible. Sometimes I really have no clue what she would do without me. Today’s prompt from our lovely host, Jana over at That Artsy Reader Girl, is Ten Books that made me laugh out loud. I see in my Mommy’s diary that she did start planning this, but it was written in pencil and incomplete. Perfect opportunity for me to get my claws on the eraser and make this post my own. Without any further ado, I proudly present to you: Now I’m not as proficient with typing as my Mommy, so I’m going to keep this short and simple. In case you might think I made some of these titles up, I will add links to all the titles and you can see for yourself that my innovation only goes that far. 1. Games you can play with your Pussy by Ira Alterman 2. Does God ever speak through cats? by David Evans 3. Why Cats paint: A Theory of Feline Aesthetics by Heather Busch 4.I could pee on this: And other poems by cats by […]

Greetings! Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Today we want to give a very big welcome to all the authors who got us through the dreadful year that was 2020. Choosing a new book and especially a “new” author, is like opening a box of chocolates. And just like in life, you never know exactly what you going to get. That’s why I’ve invited a very special friend to welcome all those new-to-us authors we’ve read in 2020.  There were a couple of authors I’ve encountered for the first time last year, but I am only going to list the 10 that I know I will devour again. 1. Chanette Paul  This is our cheat author. My Mommy’s read one of her books many year ago when she still wrote mostly soppy love stories. But then she changed her writing style… One of my Mommy’s friends brought her some of this author’s books during lock down (it was left at the gate, no contact) and she loved it. We’ve read 4 of her books last year. It’s in Afrikaans, but we are trying to read more Afrikaans so that was good! Raaiselspieël Lira Mirre Corali 2. Ruth Ware […]

Greetings. What a pleasure to spend this Tuesday with you. Please allow me to introduce myself. This is not your normal hosts for this blogspot. I had to hijack it for a couple of hours. You do know me, you just don’t know it yet. You have been in my embrace for the last 12 days and I really am trying my utmost best to make you feel safe and cared for.  Hijacking this blogspot was as easy as taking candy from a baby. I just handed the woman a book and a chocolate and off she went. The little snowball was a bit of a different story. Quite the curious little thing. No harm has been done to her, but she is snoozing nicely with her catnip-filled toy.  As you know, this week’s prompt for Top Ten Tuesday is goals and hopes for 2021. Tada – That’s me! 2021!! I thought it best to take part in this week’s TTT, just to show you that I also have hopes and dreams for you.  Through the ages, there’s been some awesome bands, but there has only been one ABBA. Yes, I know it’s been done before, but I would so love to […]

  Greetings! Can you believe it’s the last TTT for 2020? Not sure if we should be happy or sad about it. Aaah well, it’s still the prompt we are all waiting for the whole year, of any year. Your favourite reads! Me and Mommy has read 75 books this year (still counting, as I’m sure we can fit in at least two or three more), but our favourites weren’t hard to pick.  Just for a bit of fun, I’ve asked a few gorgeous fellow feline kings and queens to present our best reads for 2020. We can all do with a bit of glitz and glam and wearing a crown sure does add some sparkle to the last few days of this dreadful year.  So without any further ado, I present, on the Elza Reads Catwalk, our Top Ten Books read in 2020. As with any other countdown, we will start with Number 10 and work our way down to the winner.  Skarlaken deur Irma Venter – One of the best plots in a long time. So sorry it’s not available in English yet, but just be patient, it’s coming soon!  Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo – Chills and thrills […]

Season Greetings! I guess everybody is busy wrapping presents and starting preparations for all those delicious Christmas meals. What’s on your Dear Santa list?  For today’s Top Ten Tuesday, Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl asks us (with Santa’s permission of course) to show us your bookish wish list. Poor Santa, books can get very heavy you know and I guess the old chap’s back isn’t all that strong after 1750 years of carrying Christmas presents. Maybe we should just make sure he knows that we are quite happy with Amazon Kindle or any other e-book gift vouchers as well.  I know my Mommy’s list are quite longer than her Christmas groceries list, but we’ll just showcase the Top Ten.  1. The boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy (If this one can be in a paperback of hardcover, we’ll be ever so grateful) 2. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (Have I got a surprise for my Mommy. But shhhhh) 3. Ek wens, Ek wens deur Zirk van der Berg (It’s and Afrikaans book and if she can get this one in printed form as well, pretty please) 4. The Night Portrait: A Novel by WWII and Da Vinci’s Italy by Laura Morelli 5. Us […]

Greetings dear Humans! Today’s Top Ten Tuesday prompt is all about Thanksgiving. That time of year where you should give thanks for everything you have in abundance, or even just a bit of. Here in South Africa, we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving. This year, however, from a feline’s point of view, I do believe that all of humankind should celebrate Thanksgiving. If you are safe and healthy and all your loved ones too, you should celebrate it. It doesn’t matter what country you are from, or what your religion is. It’s not too difficult to find things to be thankful for. Just think of all your favorite things! Like:  1. Raindrops on roses – We should always be thankful for the rain. No matter where it falls. But it sure does look pretty on roses.  2. Whiskers on kittens – Let’s just be thankful for kittens in general. How dull the world would have been without us.  3. Bright copper kettles – If you have a bright copper kettle, it means you are able to feed yourself, your family and of course all your fury friends. Not everyone is as fortunate.  4. Warm woolen mittens – If you are fortunate enough […]

Now isn’t this a fun Top Ten Tuesday prompt! Aaah, thank you Jana and Nushu for this one. Characters I would name a pet after. As if you name your pets after anything but famous characters. Who does that? As you know, I share my house with 2 humans, 3 other felines and 2 Labrador Retrievers. We were all named after characters.  Except for Stinkie. Daddy named him and he is not the world’s most creative name-giver. Not that I think Stinkie would take kindly to be named after some or other random character.  So let’s start with the most important character naming of them all. Me, of course. In case you still haven’t noticed who I was named after from our blog templateand  name (although it is spelled a bit differently), I was named after the ultimate Snow Queen herself: Let’s stick to the felines and give honor and respect to those who came before us. My Mommy had a cat when they still lived on the farm in Malelane. Think Kruger Park. Think huge raptors and humongous pythons that eat cats, dachshunds and even Jack Russells. I kid you not. Lucy didn’t have a very long life, but she did […]

 Greetings all you beautiful human beings! I am so excited about today’s Top Ten Tuesday prompt. Today we get to share all the stuff we do that are non-bookish. Let’s get to know each other! What do you do that does not involve books or reading? Don’t you just feel like breaking out in song – “Getting to know you, getting to like you….”? If you are anything like my Daddy, you cringe now. But if you are like me or my Mommy, you will most probably watch The King and I tonight.  Yes, all of us here on the Bookish Blogosphere live and breath books. But we are so much more than just the books we read – we are all a collected work, just like The collected works of A.J. Fikry. I love that. So let’s have a look at what the content is of my and my Mommy’s collected works.  1. Educating children to lead the generations of tomorrow This heading is the motto of the school where my Mommy works. Yes, maybe work isn’t a hobby. But if you love your job as much as my Mommy, it’s more than a job or a hobby. She’s a teacher/librarian […]

 Greetings Humans. It’s time for Top Ten Tuesday and I have no idea why that little white ball of fluff thinks this is so much fun. She and Mother always rant and rave about this highly popular feature, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. If you’ve been following our blog over the last two weeks, you will know that blogging is not my idea of an afternoon stroll and I do not have Elza’s bubbly personality to set the tone. I don’t do tones at all. She however, refuses to do this week’s Top Ten Tuesday, because she is still scared of the books that might go bump in the night.  Seeing that I’ve tolerated hosted The Fraterfest Read-a-thon on this blog, Elza feels it’s my duty to pick my ten favorite scary reads for this annual readathon. Of course she still believes in the goodness of puppies and rainbows and that we’ve actually read 10 books. We only managed 3 books, 2 short stories, 1 audiobook and 1 graphic novel. The rest was nothing but a bit of hope in a dark and stormy night.  I just call them the Would have, Could have, Should have and Did reads for Halloween 2020.  The ones […]

Greetings!  It’s time for Top Ten Tuesday and I suggest you make yourself comfortable for the long haul. I do believe that a spoon fool of sugar might come in helpful as well. Today we are having a look at books with exceptionally long titles.  Most of you are acquainted with the rules of Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. My Mommy likes to add her own rules here and there. Number one, only use books I have read or at least desperately want to read. I thought it was going to take her ages to come up with titles, but she obviously enjoys books with long titles. She also likes long walks, talks and tall men, so I guess it figures.  In no particular order, here’s our 10 books with Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious titles: 1. The 100-year old man who climbed out the window and disappeared by Jonas Jonasson  – This book has made it to so many lists on this blog. It’s just such a fun, memorable read. 2. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer  – One of those “have-to-read” books. My humble opinion.  3. The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan  – I love this series. Light hearted […]