Chapter One Hundred Eighty-Five: Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World

So after years of meaning to read Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World, the true story of a library cat in Spencer, Iowa as written by his loving library director, Vicki Myron, I decided I would listen to the audiobook by way of having something cheery and wholesome to enjoy while in my car.  In this regard, Dewey was an excellent choice!  A quick listen (only four discs long), this memoir of an abandoned kitten's transformation into a well-loved and world-famous library cat is heartwarming without ever quite veering over the edge into sentimentality (though it sometimes comes perilously close).  Like any cat, Dewey gets up to plenty of antics, and this book is peppered with them, which cat-lovers will surely appreciate.  It was definitely worthwhile to violate my general ban on books with animals on the cover to listen to this one.  Now obviously, if you're looking for a deep and serious work of Great Literature, Dewey is not the book for you, but if you're already pre-disposed to having your heart warmed, look no farther than Dewey.