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The Cat Who Moved a Mountain (Cat Who... #13)
Qwill's on top of the world when he rents a house on Big Potato Mountain. The owner, J.J. Hawkinfield, brought real estate development to the once-peaceful Potatoes. But Hawkinfield paid a steep price for his enterprise: He was pushed off a cliff by an angry mountain dweller. Qwilleran, however, suspects the man is innocent--and Koko's antics have him convinced something's...more
Paperback, 272 pages
Published
October 1st 1992
by Jove
(first published February 1991)
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To be frank, I don't know why people love these books.
+ Specific to The Cat Who Moved a Mountain:
- If I have to hear one more variant of "potato" used to name a place, person, group, or item, I might scream. "Spuds" vs. "Taters"... really? How can anyone read this without snorting?
- As another reviewer mentioned, we don't even meet the key characters in the crime until either late in the book or never at all. Why should I give a damn about some guy in prison if all I hear about is decorations...more
+ Specific to The Cat Who Moved a Mountain:
- If I have to hear one more variant of "potato" used to name a place, person, group, or item, I might scream. "Spuds" vs. "Taters"... really? How can anyone read this without snorting?
- As another reviewer mentioned, we don't even meet the key characters in the crime until either late in the book or never at all. Why should I give a damn about some guy in prison if all I hear about is decorations...more
I still cherish the day I was going through a dusty box of books at my local charity store, and picked up three or four of Lillian Jackson Braun's wonderful books. I was instantly drawn to the idea of a crime solving cat, and decided to give them a go. I have since hunted down and read most of the series, despite the fact that they are difficult to find in both secondhand stores and libraries. I adore the world created; Qwilleran is life life with his faults, his assumptions, his delights in sma...more
Jim Qwilleran has completed his 5 year residency requirement in Moose County and the Klingenschoen inheritance is his. At the party to celebrate the event, friends are speculating what he will do next. He doesn't know until guests tell him about the wonderful vacation they'd taken in the Potato Mountains. Qwill wants a chance to get away are think about what to do next and, on a whim, decides to spend the summer there. After finding a place available that will let him have the cats, he packs up...more
I found this at the library paperback exchange (they put the paperbacks on shelves and you don't have to check them out, you just write down how many you want on the clipboard, and you can bring them back whenever you want, or bring different ones back, or keep it, or whatever--somehow it works) while looking for books I could read without encountering explicit love scenes or swear words. I enjoyed the book very much. The cats' antics made me laugh out loud several times, and I enjoyed Qwilleran...more
I enjoy these books because they are harmless and quick reads - a nice little mystery, 2 cats and a man (who is always interested in the women around him,) and they are squeaky clean. This installment in the series was a little different. Braun took a bit of an environmentalist tone - a rather political stand that she has never done before that I can remember. And she portrayed Qwill in a less generous light in 2 instances in this book - both in restaurants. I think she was trying to show some d...more
Feb 25, 2008
Mary
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
All readers who love to escape into a book!
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Qwill has lived in Moose County for five years, and so has fulfilled the requirements of his aunt's will and is officially the heir to the millions (or is it billions) that were left to him. To celebrate, he takes the cats to the Potato Mountains, 4 days' drive away, where he has rented a huge house (it used to be a holiday home) called Tiptop, located on the very top of Big Potato mountain. After arriving, he learns that the owner of the house was murdered by falling from his deck. There is a l...more
Qwill goes to a different part of the country - the Potatoes (do they really exist or is this a real flight of fancy) where he gets annoyed by the bigotry of the better off residents when they are talking about the residents who are more in tune with the environment. KoKo helps him to solve a miscarriage of justice after which he decides to go home just as the exploitation of the hills causes an environmental disaster. His week long visit feels like a lot longer - he certainly packs a lot in.
This particular, the readers could quickly read without having to encounter with explicit love scenes or swear words. As usual, the cats' antics made me giggle from time to time, and I enjoyed Qwilleran's ability to quickly make friends and figure out a mystery. On interesting note, Braun displayed a bit of an environmentalist tone - a rather political stand that she has never done before that I can recall. The ending was a bit peculiar - not all the loose ends were wrapped up.
BOTTOM LINE: In this 13th in series, Qwilleran takes a vacation to The Potato Mountains and, as always, things become rather difficult for him. This has a good pace, and not too many coincidences, which makes it a good entry in this long series.
Another entertaining visit with Qwill and the cats as they spend a couple of weeks in a big old house on the top of a mountain, solving a murder that occurred there a year ago and for which the wrong man was convicted.
Being set in a slightly different s...more
Another entertaining visit with Qwill and the cats as they spend a couple of weeks in a big old house on the top of a mountain, solving a murder that occurred there a year ago and for which the wrong man was convicted.
Being set in a slightly different s...more
Listened to June 2011
George Guidall is great as a narrator.
PS I didn't know Braun had died. :(
Sometimes in a series this long and loved, you enjoy a book just because it has your friends in it.
This example though has one's friends in Qwill Koko and YumYum but this one has a bit more. I was going to say believable, but I don't know if that's quite the case. Perhaps, more willing to suspend disbelief?
George Guidall is great as a narrator.
PS I didn't know Braun had died. :(
Sometimes in a series this long and loved, you enjoy a book just because it has your friends in it.
This example though has one's friends in Qwill Koko and YumYum but this one has a bit more. I was going to say believable, but I don't know if that's quite the case. Perhaps, more willing to suspend disbelief?
This was a good one although I thought that Braun should have included more interactions with the murderer throughout the story - when it was revealed I felt as though it was a character that had only been mentioned in name and not really one who was part of the story. Also I could do without the repeated references to how much better Qwill's mustache is than everyone else's...we get it already.
I have read almost all the books in this series but found this one I hadn't. I loved these books from the first one I found at my local library. They are a fun, not serious, read. Cats solving mysteries are in themselves a mystery. I know there will be no more of these and that makes me very sad. I recommend these to everyone.
Another quick & easy murder mystery starring Qwill and the intelligent Koko & Yum Yum -- this one in the incongruously named Potato Mountains. With not quite a complete resolution to the mystery and further dangers ahead, this book leaves several questions in the reader's mind, leading into the next book in the series.
Qwill rents a house on Big Potatio Mountain. The owner who used to grow potatoes there has gone into real estate and winds up being pushed off a cliff. The man blamed for the death Qwill and the cats think did not do it and they work on the mystery.
J. Robert Ewbank author "John Wesley, Natural Man and the 'Isms'"
J. Robert Ewbank author "John Wesley, Natural Man and the 'Isms'"
This was a fun read. It took me a while to get into the book, but once I did I really enjoyed it. I love all the attention giving to the location surroundings. I could picture the mountain, roads, etc. clearly in my mind.
If you’re looking for a quick fun read that takes you on a journey, this would be a good pick.
If you’re looking for a quick fun read that takes you on a journey, this would be a good pick.
Marginally bearable. More time is spent with the main character picking out gifts for his ladyfriends, redecorating his house, and thinking about his mustache than is spent developing the mystery -- or even the cats! We never even meet the falsely accused character or the murder victim so it's very difficult to care.
I enjoyed the escapism as I have the others in the series, and I liked the change of scene to Potato Mountain and away from Pickaxe, as there's probably not alot of mystery left in Pickaxe now! The wonderful cats were on the ball as usual, and I am looking forward to the next installment.
Lilian Jackson Braun writes wonderful books. I'll admit that I haven't re-read this in a few years. But even so, I can pretty clearly remember the plot. That, in my view, shows how impressive Braun's writing can be, especially as she's writing an episodic mystery series.
I don't Qwinn ever finishes a vacation. He is always going off alone for the summer and heading back home within a week. This summer is no different. I did like the names given to people and places in the Potato Mountains. Quirky as usual and entertaining as a quick read.
I like this Cat Who novel the best of the collection so far. Jim Qwilleran goes off to the Potato Mountains to rethink his life plans. He doesn't do much of that as he becomes very interested in the issues of the mountain people, the Taters vs. the Spuds.
This book has been sitting on my shelf for years, so I finally decided to give it a shot. Let's just say that I would have enjoyed it more as a pre-teen, but now, as an adult, the barrage of exclamation points and adjectives just really ruined the whole thing.
These are charming and fun mysteries. I went through a binge of everything in the series when I was younger, but haven't touched them since. I remember really enjoying them, though, and both liking the main character and the twists to the stories.
A fun read. I'd heard of this series but hadn't read any of the books until now. Having catsat two Siamese and now living with two barn cats, I enjoyed the comic relief and plot twists that Koko and Yum Yum provided. Good brain candy for a sick and stressed grad student.
What do you want out of this book? It's easy to follow, I spend time with characters I know and the narrator is one of my favorites. With so much else going on in my life, I need to keep the books easy.
While I love these simple books, I really want to get back to the books I need to read.
While I love these simple books, I really want to get back to the books I need to read.
Sep 23, 2011
Sharon
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1st one in the series I read, bought it used at thrift shop. Anyone who knows me knows I hate to read books out of context. Liked the book good enough that I looked up the rest of the series at the library and read it.
One of my favorites of the series. Qwill spends summer on Potato Mountain, in huge rented old hotel, where the owner had been killed. Political storyline - old environmentalists against rich condo-builders.
My first "Cat Who..." mystery- given to me by a friend, who thought I might like some light reading. While mystery is not a genre I usually enjoy, I have found this series strangely addictive.
I have no idea why I like these book so much (Qwill is quite a snob and don't even get me started on Polly), but I really do, and this was possibly one of the best that I've read so far. I also liked how it was a lead in to Braun's next book. That was fun and smart - it definitely made me want to read the next.
I love these books--the main character is funny and really understands how cats think. I also enjoy these stories because they are mysteries, my favorite genre.
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Lilian Jackson Braun was an American writer. She is well-known for her light-hearted series of The Cat Who... mystery novels. The Cat Who books center around the life of former newspaper reporter James Qwilleran, and his two Siamese cats, KoKo and Yum Yum in the fictitious small town of Pickax located in Moose County, "400 miles north of everywhere." Although never formally stated in the books, th...more
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