Jeremy Greenberg

Sorry I Barfed on Your Bed Again by Jeremy Greenberg
Source: NetGalley and Purchase
Rating: 3/5 stars

**MINI-REVIEW**

The Bottom Line: I got exactly what I expected out of this book! As a neurotic human who constantly concocts conversations in her head with her pets (2 cats and a dog!) I can get behind the purpose and premise of this book and series. Greenberg has taken those neurotic conversations and applied them to pictures of real animals and their stories. As you should expect, there are show more some laugh out loud moments and some “OH! YIKES!” moments, but in all, the book is just entertaining.

Highlights include:

Letter from Ovid: “ . . . . unfortunately we can’t got to the vet at the moment because I have unexpectedly died. . . . . Please call the vet and tell her the bad news. Let her know the cause of death is hating the kitten-print scrubs her assistants wear.”

Letter from Zero: “How do you expect to get a girlfriend if your apartment smells worse than a cat? As a rule, your butt should never be dirtier than mine.”

Letter from Morgan: “ . . .the thing that makes you cry every time you stand on it seems to think I’ve gained a pound.”

Letter from Meshuggah: “ . . . I bet you never thought you’d get the opportunity to use your fire insurance.” show less

I expected to be more entertained by this than I was (i.e., not at all.) It’s a book of cat photos (some of which are too dark on my e-reader, even when the brightness is adjusted to maximum) accompanied by letters from the featured cats to their owners. As the title suggests, there’s so much barfing (defecating, urinating, drooling, dropping and breaking objects, and lecturing owners about their messiness and bad habits) that it all becomes tedious very quickly . . . and decidedly show more un-funny. I found only one letter amusing—from a cat who’d rather use up one of his nine lives (that is, play dead) than go to the vet. Almost all the letters are overwritten. The author tries way too hard, and with a few exceptions the cats really don’t sound different from each other. The idea for the book is cute enough, but the work itself is poorly executed and the photographs are not of good quality. In fact, many look like generic calendar pictures.

Overall, a disappointing product that I can’t recommend. show less

This little book is filled with page after page of beautiful cats, and each lovely photo has a corresponding letter. These letters are quite witty, showing great insight into the minds of all kinds of felines. Author Jeremy Greenberg must have spent much time observing cats, because obviously, he has looked deep into their soulful eyes and seen the workings of their kitty brains. Filled with humor, this book is the purrfect addition to everyone’s library.

Absolutely adorable and hilarious, along the lines of the Bad Dog books, but with much more personality. The author perfectly captures the essence of a dog. Particularly these dogs, if their pictures are anything to go by. It's hard being a dog when your Alpha dog doesn't speak your language!