Cat Love Letters: Collected Correspondence of Cats in Love

This book encompasses six collections of correspondence between six sets of cats – Tonya & Peach, Snowball & Spitfire, Shasta & JB Whitesocks, Nefertiti & Boo, Mindy & D.W.Y. and Mabel & Grouch. There is an author’s note at the end that tells the reader that the cats’ stories are based on some of the 30 cats he lived with in Colorado at the time of the book’s publication. (I read a more recently published book a couple of weeks ago – Rutledge seems to have moved to Key West and lost two of his cats.) The stories are their love lives as he imagines them and he freely admits that the stories are made up out of whole cloth. I hesitate to be specific as to what the content and result of the cats’ correspondence is for then I show more fear there would be nothing left for an interested reader to read. This book is that thin. There are nice illustrations at the beginning of each story showing the cats in question. Also, each individual letter is shown on the pages that follow the artwork. The stationary and font for each cat’s correspondence is different and the letters are not limited to the two principals in the story – some of them are written by other cats who come into the story and are important to it. It is a pleasant little book – almost coffee-table bookesque – and can be read in an hour. I did not like it as well as I did the other Rutledge book I have read. That one – Diary of a Cat - had more substance to it and so was more interesting to me. show less

I love this book and have read it many times over the years. (Takes less than an hour.) It's clever, funny, and sometimes poignant. If you're a cat lover, try to find a copy of this.

This was a last re-read before I gave it to a cat-loving young friend.

A series of love letters written by cats to other cats. Delightful and laugh out loud funny. It's just too bad that it's out of print.

Such a cute book. A very comedic look at love letters. A book for all cat lovers.