The Catladies Who Read: Recent Episodes
Under The Bed Productions
Catladies Who Read is a conversation between sisters Luami and Vasti Calitz about what they're reading and whether their cats would like it.
On Day 55 of lockdown, Vasti and Luami revisit a recording done in mid-March, when they felt the misguided need to prepare for an apocalyptic world. This episode features chats about survival and lockdown reads, as well as Hannes from Real Fresh Veg on how to grow veggies for survival, and a special playlist for the end of the world prepared by DJ Helz Belz.
Recommendations from this episode: 'Severance' by Ling Ma, 'Scramble for Africa' by Thomas Pakenham, 'Ducks, Newberryport' by Lucy Ellmann, '4 3 2 1' by Paul Auster, and 'The Parable of the Sower' by Octavia Butler.
Vasti interviews Luami about Adamastor City, a book written by Jaco Adriaanse that she illustrated. Pippin rating: 5 paws, for it being fun and fantastical. Hero rating - 4 paws for it being great but she's dubious that great literature comes with pictures. The book is available for purchase at The Book Lounge and other bookstores.
Luami explains the Kitty Scale and Vasti gives her Hero and Pippin picks of 2020 so far. Hero chooses 'Real Life' by Brandon Taylor, which she gives 5/5 paws and Pip gives 3/5 paws. Pip picks 'Weather' by Jenny Offill, which Pip gives 5/5 paws and Hero gives 4/5.