Meg Cabot: Pets

It's that time of year again—no, not to break out the snow boots and shovels...to say hello to Princess Mia and her friends as another installment of the Princess Diaries hits bookshelves today!

But this edition is special, and not just because Princess Diaries, Volume IX, Princess Mia has a shiny red, newly re-designed cover (with a companion turquoise paperback--Princess Diaries, Volume VIII, Princess on the Brink--released on the same day)!

No, in Princess Mia our heroine hits new heights—and depths—of comedy as she deals with a break up, a betrayal, a royal mystery, and a possible new romance...all while juggling an eleventh grade class schedule and princess lessons...not to mention psychotherapy, into which Mia is lovingly pushed by concerned family and friends when she begins devouring every meat-based product she can find in her refrigerator when she succumbs to depression over the direction her life has suddenly started heading.

Hey, who hasn't been there? Leftover Chinese pork dumpings...yum!

Fortunately Mia has Fat Louie, her beloved cat, to help her through the tough times. I know my cats, Henrietta and Gem, are always there for me when I'm feeling down….which is why I made the video blog below (okay, Gem wasn't really a stray cat, but the family she originally lived with had a bunch of other pets, including roosters and iguanas, and Gem couldn't handle not being the center of attention. So she migrated over to our place, where she pretty much rules the roost).

Enjoy...and don't forget: Pets—and books—both cure the blues!

Love, Meg

Meg Cabot
Author of The Princess Diaries books, the Mediator series, the 1-800-Where-R-You series, All-American Girl, How to Be Popular, Pants on Fire, and Jinx, among others.