Book Review: ***^Short and Tall Tales: Moose County Legends Collected by James Mackintosh Quilleran. (2002)

***^Short and Tall Tales: Moose County Legends Collected by James Mackintosh Quilleran.
I like short stories, and the stories in this book are enjoyable.  Some of them have been in the "Cat" books I have read.  There are railroad stories, stories of the coal mines, stories of feuds, a story of buried treasure buried in town.  There is a story of a ghost story who gets pegged in the nose with a can of pork and beans, and his nose is broken.  I think that one was my favorite.  Another is a story of curses and lastly an explanation as to why there are no more scamadiddles to be found.

Book Review: ****The Cat Who Blew the Whistle (1995)

This book was very enjoyable.   This book is number 17 of the "Cat Who" books.
I really like how the old fashioned train stuff is included, and the old story of a train crash.  In this case the obvious murderer is not.  I guess that is how these things often turn out.  The Quilleran relations within the community are very enjoyable.  For such a rural community, it is amazing how many murders and happenings there are.

Book Review: The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell

** The Cat who Dropped a Bombshell
Is is my least favorite of the Cat books I have read.  It left a lot of dangling ends and made broad assumptions.  When it concludes it presents the theory of how the murder took place, but never verifies.  It also leaves another murder in the air.  It has the usual style, but doesn't deliver.  This book is the 28th in a series, and maybe the author is getting old and forgetful.

Book Review: ***^The Cat Who Smelled a Rat

This is my first experience with a Lilian Jackson Braun book, and this is obviously not the first.  Inside the cover it has 25 other "Cat" books. This was published 2001 so there are likely more, however Sheri says the author has now passed away. Since we are now cat owners, I figured I would give it a try.

This book tells the story of a semi retired columnist.  He still writes his column, but seems to be independently wealthy.  He has two Siamese cats.  The cats sense something is wrong.  The fires are not accidental.  And so we have a mistery which the columnist helps to figure out, with the aid of the cats.  The clue they need is discovered by one of the cats.  I don't think there is a moral or theme to the book, other than having a good time--which I needed this week.

I think I enjoyed this enough to venture to some more books.  Sheri says she has read them all.