Solo's Journey appeared in 1987, according to the copyright date in my hardcover copy, before the Warriors series made the concept of talking cats in feral cat clans wildly popular among kids. Sometimes I regret that the hunger for narrative pulls me through the pages so fast, but I am also a re-reader, and sometimes after finishing a novel, I will go right back to the beginning and read it again, allowing me to savor the writer's skill. Some books are consumed in multiple smaller gulps, but Solo's Journey shoved life aside temporarily. Not all books get devoured in one session, since life inevitably interrupts. Gulping books is part of my pattern, since I'm naturally a fast reader. I picked up Solo out of curiosity, but ended up devouring it in one evening. I don't usually read other cat fantasy books, since I write the Ratha series, and I like to keep my slate clean, so to speak. Intending to sample the first few chapters, I found myself drawn in to the story of Solo, a feral kit who loses his mother and has to find his own way in the feral cat colony. A few days ago, to take a break from the laptop, I picked up Solo's Journey.
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