Cute, but not a whole lot of substance.

I knew when I saw the title Careers for Your Cat (by Ann Dziemianowicz and illustrations by Ann Boyajian) I would have to check it out. Mr. CR and I have spoken frequently about our own little furry freeloader, and how it's just about time she went out and made the living for us, as she has been sponging free food and lodging off me for fourteen years now. Which made this, in the introduction, all the funnier:

"I've seen it for far too many years. It's always the same scenario. You're toiling away at your job, putting in the overtime to bring home the bacon--and the Fancy Feast--and what is Fluffy, your freeloading, fat cat, doing?...

I'll tell what she isn't doing, she isn't raising one paw to help you." (p. 1.)

This is actually kind of a cute little gift book, consisting of the introduction, some questions under the heading "The Meowers-Briggs Career Test," and then a list of Career Options. The Career Options pages consist only of the job title and a few of the job attributes (Librarian: Polite and reserved, but not unfriendly; likes to curl up with a good book), plus great illustrations of kitty cats. Really, the pictures make the book. If you're the sort of person who's amused by drawings of fat cats wearing ties and other career-appropriate clothing (and I am) then you might still be charmed by this book; otherwise, there's not a lot of content here.

Comments

[Molly]

Ha! Kitties with ties and briefcases! I love animals with careers. If only we could train our pets to chauffeur us around.

I'm in love with a new manga series called Neko Ramen by Kenji Sonishi. A former kitty fashion model starts his own ramen shop. It's very cute. I have a terrible time reading from right to left, tho. My brain really needs to work at it.

[Citizen Reader]

Oh, Molly, Kitty Chauffeurs! Like Toonces the Driving Cat! How awesome would that be, seriously?

Thanks for the manga series suggestion--I've always wanted to read something manga-ish but have never gotten around to it.

[Venta]

My husband also complains about the canine freeloaders. I'm trying to convince him that if I stayed home I could work on their modeling careers.