Literary Pun Names for Cats

BuzzFeed, you have done it again!!! You’ve taken two of my most favourite things-books and cats-and mashed them together to create a wonderful list of literary pun names for cats. Why is this important you may ask? I counter that question with another question-how is this NOT important?

I’m not sure if I’m focused on this inevitable connection between cats and books before in this blog, but I know I’ve mentioned it to my friends before, and I’m 100% sure I’ve mulled over it in my own head as well. This is a completely made up statistic, but I’m going to guess that 80% of book lovers are also cat lovers. At the very least,  I have the facebook friends to prove this.

Why is this such an obvious connection for people (largely woman, but some men)? Well, quite simply, and again these are my completely made up theories based on nothing but personal experience, I believe reading and interacting with your cat is something of a pastime,  I would even argue that doing one enhances the other, so it’s a natural connection for people to enjoy having a cat on their lap while they read a book. Other reasons that cats and books go so well together include:

• Cat people and cats like sitting down. If we didn’t like settling into a reclining position, we would have dogs. It’s just as simple as that.
• Cats are independent creatures, and so are readers. I’m not saying that all readers are shy people, because that certainly isn’t the case, but we do like being by ourselves for long periods of time, and we all know cats are the same way.
• Cats don’t like being pet constantly. They like a few rubs every once in a while, but they’ll let you know (typically by biting you) that they’ve had enough, which is perfect for readers, because our hands are busy holding up a book and turning the pages.
• Cats don’t take a lot of time to take care of. Which is nice, because readers would rather be reading.

Are those enough reasons for you? Because I’ve included two percentages in this blog, I feel as though I’ve dove into this issue deeply enough already.

My most dedicated readers will know that I try to include a photo of one of my cats with a book whenever I take a ‘shelfie’ for this blog, and it’s no coincidence that my views go up one those particular days that Pearl or Smokey make an appearance here. So, here you go-if my cat rant wasn’t enough to get readership, I’m sure these portraits below will be.