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Another cat book on the way
This time from my e-mail friend Bob Tarte in Michigan.
Bob and I have been virtual friends since about 2001 when we met on a poultry group. This is his 3rd book - I think Cheryl read his 2nd one as she posted here to ask if I was the person he mentioned in his "I'd like to thank..part - I was. This is the first one about his cats and is called "Kitty Cornered" He tells me it is just out and is in the top 50 non-fiction books sold already. He sent me my copy on Saturday and I am looking forward to getting it and reading it. He writes in a Bob Bryson style which may not suit everyone. http://www.bobtarte.com/ I deserve a free copy of it, indeed them all, for the amount of emails of support he had all these years while he was writing these books ;-) He is a dear man. Very sensitive and kind. Tweed |
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Another cat book on the way
Christina Websell wrote:
This time from my e-mail friend Bob Tarte in Michigan. Bob and I have been virtual friends since about 2001 when we met on a poultry group. This is his 3rd book - I think Cheryl read his 2nd one as she posted here to ask if I was the person he mentioned in his "I'd like to thank..part - I was. This is the first one about his cats and is called "Kitty Cornered" He tells me it is just out and is in the top 50 non-fiction books sold already. He sent me my copy on Saturday and I am looking forward to getting it and reading it. He writes in a Bob Bryson style which may not suit everyone. I bought his book "Enslaved By Ducks" because of your recommendation. I like his writing style a lot, although I don't know who Bob Bryson is. And I have to admit that I have yet to read most of the book (I did read the first chapter). It's not because I wasn't interested. It's just that I seem to have a much greater desire to read fiction at the moment. I'm sure that'll cycle around again (I go through fiction/non-fiction phases) and I'll read more of it. -- Joyce "Riveting reading that keeps readers reading." -- The Midwest Book Review |
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Another cat book on the way
"Bastette" wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: This time from my e-mail friend Bob Tarte in Michigan. Bob and I have been virtual friends since about 2001 when we met on a poultry group. This is his 3rd book - I think Cheryl read his 2nd one as she posted here to ask if I was the person he mentioned in his "I'd like to thank..part - I was. This is the first one about his cats and is called "Kitty Cornered" He tells me it is just out and is in the top 50 non-fiction books sold already. He sent me my copy on Saturday and I am looking forward to getting it and reading it. He writes in a Bob Bryson style which may not suit everyone. I bought his book "Enslaved By Ducks" because of your recommendation. I like his writing style a lot, although I don't know who Bob Bryson is. And I have to admit that I have yet to read most of the book (I did read the first chapter). It's not because I wasn't interested. It's just that I seem to have a much greater desire to read fiction at the moment. I'm sure that'll cycle around again (I go through fiction/non-fiction phases) and I'll read more of it. Um, I meant Bill Bryson. embarrassed Tweed |
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Another cat book on the way
Well, the book arrived today. I am halfway through it and I love it. I think it's his best book yet. He has a wonderful turn of phrase and is perfectly attuned to his cats. He just mailed me with some pics of the cats that are the stars in his story http://www.bobtarte.com/Books/KC/PagesKC/Photos.html Tweed |
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Another cat book on the way
Christina Websell wrote:
Well, the book arrived today. I am halfway through it and I love it. I think it's his best book yet. He has a wonderful turn of phrase and is perfectly attuned to his cats. He just mailed me with some pics of the cats that are the stars in his story http://www.bobtarte.com/Books/KC/PagesKC/Photos.html I clicked this link and read about the book - it looks great. Then I noticed a link on the site to his music reviews, and clicked that. This resulted in at least 2 hours reading reviews and checking out various artists he was writing about. We have some tastes in common! He's hilarious. -- Joyce Hi, this is the Sylvia stress reduction hotline. At the sound of the beep, repeat after me: "This week, let someone else strive for excellence." -- Nicole Hollander |
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Another cat book on the way
"Bastette" wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: Well, the book arrived today. I am halfway through it and I love it. I think it's his best book yet. He has a wonderful turn of phrase and is perfectly attuned to his cats. He just mailed me with some pics of the cats that are the stars in his story http://www.bobtarte.com/Books/KC/PagesKC/Photos.html I clicked this link and read about the book - it looks great. Then I noticed a link on the site to his music reviews, and clicked that. This resulted in at least 2 hours reading reviews and checking out various artists he was writing about. We have some tastes in common! He's hilarious. Bob & I became accidental e-mail friends about 10 years ago. I wanted to check out the difference between the USA & UK interpretation of the word "quite" and he seemed the nicest American on the group we were both posting to at the time for me to ask. (As in quite nice or quite ill) Over here on the island - as N refers to the UK - quite nice is a little bit less than nice whereas Bob told me it kind of means very nice and quite ill means very ill. We got on so well that we have been e-mailing each other ever since. He hadn't starting writing when I first knew him but he said he'd always wanted to be an author, so I gave him a lot of encouragement to go for it. We have only spoken on the phone once. I could understand him perfectly but he had difficulty with my English accent! He kept saying "pardon me?" and admitted he couldn't understand at least a quarter of what I said. I don't have an unusual regional accent that is hard to decipher, so I teased him by saying "is English your second language, Bob?" I also spoke to his wife, Linda. My, how that girl can talk ;-) my brain hurt after 20 minutes so I asked her to put me back to Bob. I'm amused that you read his music reviews and am not surprised that you spent two hours sinking into his craziness with these. He is a wonderful friend to me. Simon (my ex-counsellor, now friend) read his first & second books and said when he brought them back "You do realise that he is mad, don't you?" If that is mad, I want more mad friends. I might be seen as promoting this book because my friend has written it, but I have stopped reading it half way through and am going to ration myself to a chapter a day because I don't want it to end. Tweed |
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