I was a huge fan of the first Dewey book, so I couldn't resist this one when I saw it at the library. Another fabulous read, a wonderful, heart-warming, tear-bringing collection of stories about cats and their humans. It makes me so glad to be a cat owner again. :) Highly recommended for all animal lovers and especially cat people!

Trite, not well-written.

I read this book after the lead-in of Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World, which I enjoyed as a cat and library enthusiast. This collection tells the stories of a handful of cats who served important roles in the lives of their guardians and the people in their communities. Since it was more akin to a short story collection than a continuous narrative, I thought it wasn't as successful as the first book. It certainly impressed upon me the valuable role that pets play in the lives of people, especially when they are suffering or grieving.

A couple of the stories weren't as captivating as the others too, so those just washed over me. Of course, now that I have read Dewey and the follow-up, I am getting an endless number of animal narrative recommendations. My wife is reading Inside of a Dog to better understand our relationship with our boxer, and I picked up The Art of Racing in the Rain from a library book sale. I think the challenge with my perception of most of these books is that they are crafted to appeal to a very wide audience, so they can come off as too sanitized for me to really appreciate the underlying stories that aren't being told. The author becomes a little too careful with his or her own image and gets in the way of the story. Most of the rough edges are sanded off the narrative is converted from a gritty R-rated drama to a made-for-TV movie.

These books have also been peppered in with some edgier contemporary essay collections that I've been reading, so that is coloring my opinion, and I'll leave it at that for now ...

This book hits at an interesting time. I've wanted to read it for a long time because I loved the original Dewey, there aren't enough books about cats! Many of the stories in this Dewey are very emotional. Even more for me, still very sad about losing my beloved tess 7 months ago. It was good to cry and remember, feel solace with others who have loved in the same way. The stories were well selected, wonderfully told. I'd read another 9 lives with Myron.

Hmm, unfortunately, I didn't like this book a much as the original Dewey book. Maybe it's becuase it was a collection of 9 short tales, and I'm not a fan of short stories. Nonetheless, it was heartwarming to read stories about the amazing connection between kitties and humans, and how much they enhance our lives and bring us happiness. As a devout cat lover, I truly believe in the joy my pets bring me, and couldn't imagine living without them!

The first book featuring Dewey, the cat that won millions of readers over was such a huge success that author Vicki Myron was not planning on writing another book but knew she could not just leave readers hanging. This time as most of Dewey’s story was told in the first book, Mrs. Myron decided to show case nine stories from readers and their cats.

The stories were endearing and some sad. It was nice to get to read about other readers’ stories and to get to know their cats. Cats like any other animal are people in my eyes too. While, I thought the stories featured were interesting I never fully became immerged into the stories. Though, I can assure you that I will never forget Mr. Sir Bob Kittens, Spooky, Cookie and all the rest of the cats. The pictures of the cats are great. There is one thing about this book and that is Dewey and his magic lives on in all of us.