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The Unadulterated Cat: A Campaign for Real Cats | Terry Pratchett, Gray Jolliffe

I had to laugh at that comparison, only little girls can get away with doll clothes, carriages, and carrying a cat around like a baby doll....just like unicorns.😊

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LauraJ Truth! 5y

zsuzsanna_reads And then comes the day when you are suddenly magically too old and they stop putting up with it... 5y

Dragon 😻💕🦄 5y

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa @zsuzsanna_reads No longer a young maiden,so your power is gone! 😂 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @zsuzsanna_reads Yep, this line stuck me, because there is a lot of truth in there...they can sense the harmless love dress-up, verses let me take you to the vet for your own good. 5y

Kimzey Ha! I have photos with my childhood cats dressed in doll clothes. I can‘t imagine any of my current three kitties putting up with that! 🙀🙀🙀 5y

Gdsjenny Ooh. I have not read this one yet 5y

AlaMich That‘s great! I never thought about it but it‘s totally true! 5y

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Finished, just barely on time! I liked it, it was a quick fun distraction...not the Pratchett wit I‘ve come to expect necessarily, but definitely fun for a cat owner.

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The Unadulterated Cat: A Campaign for Real Cats | Terry Pratchett, Gray Jolliffe

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Welcome to the #OokBOokClub open discussion for #TheUnadulteratedCat! Feel free to discuss anything! Don't forget to tag each other in the comments so your friends can see your reply. Have fun!

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julesG I'm going to confess up front, I have not finished reading the book. 5y

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa @julesG I should be finished very shortly! 😉 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Finished! I liked it, it was a quick fun distraction...not the Pratchett wit I‘ve come to expect necessarily, but definitely fun for a cat owner. 5y

julesG @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I struggle with Pratchett's non-Discworld books. But as a cat owner I will finish it. 5y

Karkar I totally skipped this one. 😮 5y

Gezemice This was a fun short book. I have enjoyed where he comes from when he writes of Greebo... and of course, Death, who likes cats. I was also informed by a British friend who said that “Campaign for Real Cats” was a take on “Campaign for Real Beer”, which was a thing in the 80ies in Britain. Pratchett is always a follower of pop culture. @Riveted_Reader_Melissa (edited) 5y

gossamerchild @Gezemice thank you for explaining that! I figured it was a parody of something, but was too lazy to look it up 🤣🤣. I enjoyed this. Some of the things he said really b struck my funny bone, and some things were very meh. It's always interesting to read works of his with which I'm not familiar. 5y

julesG @gossamerchild @Gezemice Learn something new each day. 😉 5y

julesG @Karkar Which is completely okay. (really, even if auto-fill-in said it's "completely unacceptable") ? 5y

Gezemice @julesG haha, I have turned off my autocorrect a long time ago. It is better to type gibberish than something that I never intended! 5y

julesG @Gezemice Autocorrect is drunk 24/7. Especially when I try to type British English and it corrects to American English spelling although my settings are for UK English. 😵 5y

Gezemice @julesG You converse with Americans too often. 😉 You are being assimilated. Resistence is futile!! (edited) 5y

julesG @Gezemice I fear you are right. Even my team leader said I'm sounding more American. (I examined spoken English as a Second Language today and my TL had to monitor me for quality management. I hate being monitored. But I'm good. I was spot on with my timing and my marks.) 5y

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The Unadulterated Cat: A Campaign for Real Cats | Terry Pratchett, Gray Jolliffe

#OokBOokClub @TricksyTails

Hello friends! Open discussion is in the FOLLOWING POST marked as a spoiler. Find The Unadulterated Cat post & tap "show me" on the spoiler tag to join in the discussion. Join in whenever you can! Today. Tomorrow. Next month! The post will always be up so just tag each other & we'll jump in to discuss with you. Feel free to chat about anything!

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The Unadulterated Cat: A Campaign for Real Cats | Terry Pratchett, Gray Jolliffe

That sounds about right!
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Purrsistently ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 5y

MayJasper Fabulous 5y

JazzFeathers Definitely cats 😆 5y

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The Unadulterated Cat: A Campaign for Real Cats | Terry Pratchett, Gray Jolliffe

Smut indeed... or technically in this case S mutt.😳🤭

Pratchett who knew you would sneak in a dirty joke in your cat book.😂 Now you know I‘m going to looking for others as I read the rest of this.🧐

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LauraJ 😹 5y

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The Unadulterated Cat: A Campaign for Real Cats | Terry Pratchett, Gray Jolliffe

Started this one this morning while sitting in the waiting room, looks cute so far. Good thing it‘s a short one since I waited until the last second to start this month‘s selection. Oopsie...😬

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julesG I still haven't read it. 😵 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @julesG Great minds think alike... including waiting until the last second.😂 5y

julesG I've about 36hours left to get it done. 😉 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @julesG We got this!!!! 5y

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The Unadulterated Cat: A Campaign for Real Cats | Terry Pratchett, Gray Jolliffe

Oh shiitake mushrooms, I missed #manicmonday yesterday 🤦🏻‍♀️

📖 The Unadulterated Cat

🖋 Luis Alberto Urrea

📺 Ugly Betty

🍋 Ugli Fruit

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JoScho 💕😊 5y

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SconsinBookyBadger

The Unadulterated Cat: A Campaign for Real Cats | Terry Pratchett, Gray Jolliffe

Rescued from a Nebraska Goodwill store and clearly lived up a few lives, The Real Cat has made its way to its fur-ever Wisconsin home.

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Gezemice

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Sir Terry pours his experience with Real Cats into this silly book in his usual whimsical style, illustrated by Gray Joyliffe in a fitting fuzzy manner. Now we know where Death‘s love for cats come from... ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
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TK-421

The Unadulterated Cat: A Campaign for Real Cats | Terry Pratchett, Gray Jolliffe

Trying to get a picture of my #bookhaul from the used booksale & of course Minerva had to be involved! She's claimed the tagged book as her own, of course. #CatsofLitsy

AlaMich She‘s a sassy one! 😻 5y

TK-421 @AlaMich Yes she is! 😸 5y

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The Unadulterated Cat: A Campaign for Real Cats | Terry Pratchett, Gray Jolliffe

I'm on a roll.

Just discovered this as an audiobook. I'll probably be done with folding the laundry before the first chapter is over, but there is a sock to be knit, a scarf to be woven, a Sudoku puzzle to be solved. 😉

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BeansPage Go girl go! 5y

Andrew65 Look at you go! 👏👍😊 5y

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Well, that was perfectly ridiculous and wonderful 🤣🤣. #huxleythecat, pictured here, is definitely a Real Cat. He jumped off the bookcase right onto my bladder this morning to wake me up. Totally a Real Cat 🙄

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AlaMich I HATE when cats do that! 😼 5y

gossamerchild @AlaMich yeah, he's... Well, an asshole 😹😹 5y

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The Unadulterated Cat: A Campaign for Real Cats | Terry Pratchett, Gray Jolliffe

#OokBOokClub-ers, our #SirTerryPratchett adventure continues TODAY with #TheUnadulteratedCat!

Looking forward to our discussion next month!

Happy reading!

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rubyslippersreads I‘m behind on the other Pratchetts, but my cats insist I read this one. 😹 5y

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julesG @rubyslippersreads 👏👏👏 5y

SconsinBookyBadger Ordered my copy on amazon since it‘s not available through any local library. It should be arriving next week! 😺 5y

julesG @AnansiGirl Good! You're ahead of me. I still need to get a copy. 5y

Gezemice I got my copy from the library. Good old Pratchett fun it looks like 5y

Iblu I am only 2 months out but determined to catch up. Audiobooks to the rescue!! 5y

julesG @Iblu You can do it! 5y

Iblu @julesG indeed! This was a quick divertissement. Enjoyed it and now moving on!! 5y

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The Unadulterated Cat: A Campaign for Real Cats | Terry Pratchett, Gray Jolliffe

I do believe this is my new favorite dedication page 🤣🤣🤣. Also, the name of my next cat.

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Smrloomis 😂😂😂 5y

zsuzsanna_reads Brilliant name. I want a cat call Sockrates with paws that look like they have socks on them. Sadly my husband dislikes cats (his only real shortcoming) and I own a 100pound dog that's terrified of cats and I don't want him to spend the rest of his life under the kitchen table. 5y

gossamerchild @zsuzsanna_reads Sockrates would also be awesome! 5y

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The Unadulterated Cat: A Campaign for Real Cats | Terry Pratchett, Gray Jolliffe

#OokBOokClub. @TricksyTails

Just a friendly reminder that next month we'll be reading #TheUnadulteratedCat! Dig out your books, put in your library holds, or place your orders! The next Pratchett adventure continues on November 8th! Woohoo!

If anyone wants to be tagged/untagged for future posts please let me know! Happy to oblige!

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RaimeyGallant What a big group! 6y

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Tamra @julesG could you untag me? I wish I had time for these buddy reads, but I don‘t! 😩 6y

julesG @Tamra Sure! And please feel free to join us at any time. 6y

Tamra @julesG thank you! 6y

rubyslippersreads I'll have to join in on this one; my cats will insist. 😹 6y

julesG @rubyslippersreads Yeah! 6y

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quietlycuriouskate

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This fine piece of silliness by the Campaign for Real Cats was just the antidote I needed for a bad day pity-party.

We don't currently share our home with a cat but I'm left in no doubt that those cats I have loved (and been exasperated by) were all very Real.

I wonder what #KAL would make of it?

AmyG I love that second paragraph. Ha! 6y

Tamra 😸 True! 6y

readordierachel Spot on. 😂 6y

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quietlycuriouskate

The Unadulterated Cat: A Campaign for Real Cats | Terry Pratchett, Gray Jolliffe

So... having spent the afternoon pushing myself through the yearly ritual humiliation (i.e. tax return), I reckon I'm due some feline foolishness while the dinner cooks.
It is precisely for days like today that I have been saving this book! 🐈

Balibee146 Yay... I need to get my SA tax return done too... Gah! 7y

rockpools 🍷🍪👏 7y

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Today has been a pile of fetid weasel turds!
Thank you @Balibee146 for cheering me up with surprise #bookmail
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Jas16 Hope tomorrow is better 7y

merelybookish Things must go up after weasel turds! Or I hope so! 7y

Balibee146 Awww hope today is better..... Files away that description xx 7y

Lesliereads I‘m sorry to laugh at your expense, but “pile of weasel turds” 😂. No doubt but that today will be better. 7y

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No surprises I loved this funny, irreverent look at what it takes to be a Real Cat. Miaow #read2017

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#speakhisname Classic Pratchett

tpixie Funny!! Glad the turtles we picked up on the side of the rode growing up stayed in the back seat!! 7y

LauraBeth 😂😂🐢 7y

monkeygirlsmama I need to read something of his. Everyone always has good things to say, and this bit made me chuckle. 7y

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The Unadulterated Cat: A Campaign for Real Cats | Terry Pratchett, Gray Jolliffe

Well after a strange introductory section, this got good quickly. Pretty much everything on this page 😀😀🐱🐱🐱

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Thought I'd read something very short and very light. I've had this for years, untouched. So far it is.... weird!

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