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Summary: At last! Essence of Cat...
Review: I've been a fan of Brooke McEldowney's "9 Chickweed Lane" for some time, and have been hoping it would show up in book form - especially the "Hallmarks of Felinity" sub-stream. Fans of the strip need only know that the book contains Hallmarks 1 through 46 (since the current count is around 119, I hope another book's in the offing), and that you want this.To cat-fans who don't know the strip, I recommend this book; each of the "hallmarks" encapsulates an all-too-familiar attribute of our feline companions, as illustrated by the winsome Siamese, Solange. Some of the hallmarks are charming, some exasperating, some hilarious. (See Hallmark #12, "Grace" - depicting oblivious cat strolling along mantelpiece as bric-a-brac tumbles behind her... Well, OK, maybe that one's hilarious when it's somebody else's bric-a-brac.) It would have been nice if there were more strips included in the book, but it's still a charming, funny collection that I consider a must-have for the cat-humor section of the bookshelf. [What do you mean, you don't have a cat-humor section?!?]
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Summary: An enjoyable, humorous book of cat "cartoons"
Review: Ms. McElddowney has captured the sometimes mystical ways of our feline friends in this delightful collection of cartoons. She presents the behavioral eccentricities of cats in this charming book. Anyone who is owned by a feline pet will surely relate to the crazy, adorable antics these wonderful creatures are capable of. An amusing, thoroughly enjoyable book. I plan to buy more of her works.
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Summary: A must have for cat lovers
Review: Not only has Brooke McEldowney captured the pure essence of 'cat' but Solange is without a doubt one of the most expressive cartoon cats I have ever seen. What a wonderful little book.
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Summary: A must have for cat lovers
Review: Not only has Brooke McEldowney captured the pure essence of 'cat' but Solange is without a doubt one of the most expressive cartoon cats I have ever seen. What a wonderful little book.
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Summary: A Wink and A Nod to Cat Owners
Review: Own a cat? Get this book! You'll find yourself going "yup" and "that's m' boy!" and wonder why you didn't write it yourself and make a few bucks! Very, very funny.
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Summary: Covers the silly and serious nature of the feline
Review: This book does well in capturing the essence of the cat. Any cat lover would appreciate this book as a gift. Brooke McEldowney (who is a man, by the way) has great talent- and I can only hope to see a comprehensive 9 Chickweed Lane book in the future. Other fan of McEldowney's work should be sure to look for his other comic strip: Pibgorn
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Summary: All the strips, puleeeeeeeeeeeze!
Review: This book is fine, but there is SO much more in 9 Chickweed Lane than just Solange.
Attaching characters, scenarii with a perfect balance of disrespect and good taste, wonderful drawing...
M. McEldowney you're really one of the best. Long live "9 Chickweed Lane" and booh to the editors who make us waiting this long for a complete collection of all the strips.
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Summary: Hallmarks of Felinity
Review: This is a wonderfully visual compilation of funny "Cat-dom". We all know who the "culprits" are! Mr. McEldowney unerringly hits home with his feline personality profiles. I only wish the book was longer, and hope he plans to let us see more!
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Summary: Cat Fans Will Adore It!
Review: Those fans who've been waiting for McEldowney's first book will be first in line to pick up this small but highly humorous book and its perfect for the cat lover on your gift list. If you're familiar with the strip-- its only the first 50 Hallmarks of Felinity, it does not include the other daily or weekend strips. I would have liked to see that but this is great for a first book. I look forward to more work by McEldowney and remain a devoted reader.
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Summary: Barbie-O-Rama
Review: Too bad there are no books ever published on "9 Chickweed Lane" other that that little one about a vain Siamese kitty doing silly kitty tricks without even emitting a single balloon.
Just shove him aside with the foot and I will talk about the strip itself. It seems to be all about female vanity. All it features is flaunting how perfect and limber that blondie teen's body is as well as how young and sexy her mother still is. I think the girl is a slut-wannabe rubbing up against her nerd boyfriend and trying to make his hormones shoot off like fireworks. At least the grouchy old granny is there to break up the dreamy, wide-eyed fantasy world of prancing and galloping bimbos and their equally limber kitties.
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