One Hundred Secret Thoughts Cats Have About Humans

by Celia Haddon

One Hundred Secret Thoughts Cats Have About Humans [Paperback] Haddon, Celia

Genres: Cats, Nonfiction, Humor

96 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2003

About the author

"I have loved animals from as far back as I can remember", writes Celia Haddon. "As a child, I realised that some animals suffered at the hands of ignorant humans. To right this I have published several books about cats. Cats make me laugh. We humans don't really understand them, though. If we did, they would have a happier life.

For 20 years I wrote about companion animals (pets) for the Daily Telegraph. For 12 of these years I was a pet agony aunt and dealt with about 100,000 letters. My aim was to improve animals' lives by giving good information - and, with luck, to make my readers laugh at the same time.

I have also written several daily quotation books, now out of print, and a history of the first English Olimpick Games in 1612 - now republished in Kindle. My latest cat is Tilly and my latest cat book is Tilly: the Ugliest Cat in the Shelter. It tells the story of how I rescued Tilly from 18 months without adoption; and how she rescued me in the darkest moment of my life.

Tilly tweets at http://twitter.com/TillyUgliestCat

My former cat George lives on digitally and advises other cats how to train humans at http://george-online.blogspot.com

My website with useful animal behaviour information is www.catexpert.co.uk

- from Amazon

Reviews

[Helen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very entertaining read..

[Sophie-Mae · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a cute book for cat lovers made me laugh!!

[Eyehavenofilter · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book Elaine's how the superior cat, ( rescue or otherwise) seduces, cajoles, or hypnotized us into taking us into our homes. How they get us to feed them buy them toys, and in general rework our entire schedules around them
It also explains how, frustrated the cats have become with our inability to speak their language, wash our selfs effectively with our tongues and even use the letterbox properly.
It is illustrated with simple line drawings that are cute and to the point. A quick short read, that brought me to snickering several times.

[Shirin · Rating 5 out of 5]

10/10 best book I’ve ever read in my whole entire life. We don’t deserve cats.

[Mary Lou · Rating 3 out of 5]

This little book will bring a knowing grin to the face of all cat lovers

[Jess's Library · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars
Its a cute short book. There were some quotes that I found funny and/or accurate such as:
-"Young Tom humans occasionally behave how we do. They roam around making a nuisance of themselves, looking for sex and getting into fights."
-"Remember, pedigrees are purely for human, not feline pleasure."

However, there were quite a few quotes that portray cats as having a really mean personality, when I've seen the opposite to be true. This knocked the rating down for me.

[Sarah · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is a book written to make the most money for the smallest amount of effort. Literally anyone could have written this book, had they had the privilege enough to get it published. Anyone who has owned a cat will be familiar with some of these 'thoughts' but also anyone who has watched television or read any books or who has seen a cat meme on the internet. Do yourself a favour and just watch some cat content on the internet and save yourself the money.

[Lauren · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute and funny.

[CaroleHeidi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Could very much imagine my cat saying a lot of these 🤣🤣

[Lara]

Read it so it can go in the charity bag. Some stereotypes about people make it a bit dated and uncomfortable. The cat bits are fine. Probably exactly what you'd expect from a book like this.

[Marie De Coster · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun lttle book that any catlover would appreciate. However, do not expect anymore from a book like this. It is quaint but that as far as the humour goes.

[Charlotte Kane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant

Totally my cat

[Katie Sapphire-Star · Rating 3 out of 5]

A short, sometimes fun, read. But some of these thoughts make cats sound like arseholes when not all of them are!

[Paula (kotwksiazkach) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just... cute and funny. Wish it was longer 😆

[Chelsea May xxx · Rating 5 out of 5]

Omg this book is so funny with some of the facts it comes out about for cats it had me laughing me head off xx

[Jane Blake · Rating 4 out of 5]

Only a small book but I found some of it quite funny and enjoyable

[Bianca Howard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read and also very funny. An interesting insight into what cats think about us!

[Sophie · Rating 5 out of 5]

definitely deserves more than 3.5 stars average rating. Very funny. one of the better little cats books out there. Both me and carer were laughing out loud quite a lot. it is written from a cats point of view. good one to dip in to and keep returning to. (written 2013)

[Oz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another book from my stepmother’s bathroom collection. Why do people keep books next to toilets? How long are you spending in there to warrant reading? Why would you choose a book about cats’ internal lives? I liberated it from its home to read, and it was a decent read to pass the time with.

[Kate Millin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Little book of ‘Quotes’ quite amusing in a cat type of way.

[Grace · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this was really funny when I was a kid!

[han⚢ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another book I received in my Christmas stocking. A small gift that you could give to a friend who adores cats, I guess. It's pretty funny.