Paws-itive Reads Episode #1

Hey guys, welcome to Paws-itive Reads a bi-weekly segment where we highlight animal-centric books. From middle grade, YA, New Adult, and Adult!
So let us get started with this weeks read!

The first book that we are highlighting is actually an adult mystery series called the Cat Who series by Lillian Jackson Braun.

From GoodReads:
"Jim Qwilleran is a prizewinning reporter who's been on the skids but is now coming back with a job as a feature writer (mostly on the art scene) for the Daily Fluxion. George Bonifield Mountclemens, the paper's credentialed art critic, writes almost invariably scathing, hurtful reviews of local shows; delivers his pieces by messenger; lives with his all-knowing cat Koko in a lushly furnished house in a moldering neighborhood, and has a raft of enemies all over town.

He offers the newcomer a tiny apartment in his building at a nominal rent, and Qwilleran grabs it, surmising the deal will involve lots of cat-sitting. Meanwhile, a gallery whose artists get happier treatment from Mountclemens is owned by Earl Lambreth. The acerbic critic has praised paintings there by a reclusive Italian named Scarano; the junk assemblages of Nino, who calls himself a ``Thingist,'' as well as works by Lambreth's attractive wife Zoe.

It's Zoe who, one night past closing, finds her husband stabbed to death in the vandalized gallery. Days later, Qwilleran, guided by an insistent Koko, finds Mountclemens's knifed corpse on the patio behind his house."

My Thoughts:

The series spans 29 books and each story can be read as a standalone. The storyline follows a man by the name of Jim Qwilleran who is a journalist that has a mustache for mysteries. He along with his two precocious Siamese cats, Koko and YumYum tend to find themselves in some pretty sticky situations but Koko can generally help to find the way out of danger.

I actually started reading this series when I was 13 so I would say that anyone age 13 and up would like this if they enjoy a good mystery that is a quick read.
However, there is some blood and death so I wouldn't recommend for anyone younger than 13 or 14 years old.

That being said I found that the interactions between Jim and the cats offer a light-hearted break while we are trying to find out whodunit!

I give this series 5 paws up!
A purr-fect read!

If you have any suggestions for future books or series or if you have read any books in the series please tell me in the comments below!

See Y'all next time!
        Lynn