Our Bookish Lives

Hello, humans. This is Stan Lee the most handsome furry god and the most awesome bookstore cat. I have 3 books I highly recommend for you. 1. Dreams of Darkness, by Elizabeth Burton I look spectacularly, incredibly, unbelievably handsome lounging next to this book, don't I? That's partly why I like it so much. I also like it because the main character, Randrik, sometimes seduces women. I related to him because I'm also good at seducing women. I like seducing them into petting me, giving me head scratches and catnip treats, and telling me how handsome and smart I am. The...

The Quelling by Barbara Barrow was something both Stan Lee and I liked. As soon as I brought it home from the Baltimore Book Festival three years ago, he sat on it, pawed it, and wouldn't let me touch it. Addie and Dorian are sisters who have spent most of their lives in a locked psych ward. They're clever and beautiful, but violent and diagnosed with a rare mental disorder called Reactive Attachment Disorder. Now that the girls are on the cusp of adulthood, Addie has a plan to start a new family, ostensibly to replace the one she lost...

Ah yes, the joys of having a furry, dark, and handsome cat park himself on a book you're trying to enjoy and read it by osmosis... While he simultaneously demands you worship him like the god he is. There's nothing quite like it. Here are 3 books Stan Lee enjoyed and read by osmosis. 1. No More Goddesses, by Kim Baccellia It's easy to see why Stan Lee liked this book. There's two goddesses, and he says Egyptian gods and goddesses are his peers. 15-year-old Jordan Lake finds a bracelet her favorite actress, Audrey Hepburn wore in a movie. She...

April is my favorite month of the year: my birthday and National Poetry Month both happen. Since it's National Poetry Month, here are 3 poetry collections you need to read. To see pictures of Zoey giving some of these books her cat butt stamp of approval, scroll to the bottom of the article. 1. Hello Darling, by Christine Higgins Stan Lee, my now retired bookstore cat, decided that Hello Darling is one of his favorite books that he's "read" in the last couple of years. After it arrived at the bookstore last year, he kept sitting on it and absorbing...