Fun Friday Find: Celebrity Cat Names by Christina Hamilton

One of a number of things that I love about Twitter are some of the connections that I have made there.

A few weeks back I was lucky enough to connect with author Christina Hamilton and learned that she had just published a book entitled Celebrity Cat Names. I was delighted when she mailed me a copy to read and share my findings with you, my dear readers!

From Christina: CELEBRITY CAT NAMES – CAT TALES OF THE RICH & FAMOUS by Christina Hamilton

Discover the sometimes strange and bizarre names of your favourite celebrities’ cats in a book bursting with photos, stories, poignant tributes, cat quotes and poems. From Cleopatra’s Charmain to Robert Downey Jr’s Dartanian; from Thomas Hardy’s Kiddleywinkempoops to Frank Zappa’s Fightey Bitey, these true tales of famous cat lovers, past and present, will make you realise you didn’t really know them at all!

Part I of Celebrity Cat Names is a collection of Famous Cat Lovers, all listed in alphabetical order with their names, the names of their cats and a little bio about the individual and their cat. In this section I was delighted to find people such as:

Halle Berry and her cat Playdough

I learned that Halle got Playdough to help her study the movement of cats for her role as Catwoman. Halle loved the cat so much that she ended up keeping it and the cat appeared as an extra in the film.

Beyonce and her cat Master P who was named after the rapper who was the first to promote her in the early days of her career.

Robert Downey Jr. and his cats Montgomery and Dartanian who were 2 male kittens that he rescued when he found them in a bush in West Hollywood.

I had known that John Lennon loved cats but until reading Celebrity Cat Names I never knew that his love of cats was deeper than I could have imagined. Throughout his life he lived with cats and demanded that he have cats, at one point he had 10!

Having difficulty finding a name for your new cat? 

No worries! Part 2 of Celebrity Cat Names lists Cat Names A-Z

Next to each name is the name of the celebrity owner. Here are some examples:

Ashley-Regis Philbin

Cake-Warren Beatty

Dancer-Walter Cronkite

There is also a section devoted to Fictional Cats. It is also alphabetized  and has snippets of information about the cats in this section. It features cats such as:

• Felix
• Figaro
• Garfield

Celebrity Cat Names is an almost 200 page book that should be in every cat lover's library. It's fun, informative and is a handy resource that I am certain you will refer to again and again. Just think of the interesting cocktail party conversations that you will be able to start armed with all of this interesting information!

 From Christina: "The name we give our cat is personal and reflects a private part of our personality."

To purchase Celebrity Cat Names  on Blackbird Digital click here

You can also find Celebrity Cat Names on Amazon in paperback form by clicking here

To download on Kindle click here

It is also at Smashwords for other ebook formats. Click here

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