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I'm in for two.1. Fever Dream - finished 10/10/2018
2. The Bear and the Nightingale - finished 10/14/2018
I will keep track of progress here and please let me know if I make any mistakes or miss anything. Good luck everyone!Amanda (msg 16) 0/3
Brittany (msg 3) 2/2 ✅
Cindy III (msg 15) 0/3
Debra (msg 11) 3/3 ✅
Dlyn (msg 12) 0/6
Kristin (msg 7) 5/4✅
Lindsay (msg 10) 3/2✅
Lynnette (msg 18) 2/2 ✅
Marissa (msg 14) 1/6
Octothorpe Reader Leora K (msg 13) 4/3 ✅
SarahKat (msg 8) 2/2 ✅
Tania (msg 2) 6/5 ✅
Ziggy (msg 5) 3/3 ✅
I will try for at least 2.1. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. None on the cover but from what I've read so far, there's a lot rats.
2. History of Wolves or Starfish possibly
Welcome everyone. I am going to try for 2.1 Speaker for the Dead for the piggies best represented in this cover
2 Animal Farm more pigs
3 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Fawkes the Phoenix, Fang the dog, Hedwig and Friends the owls, etc
put me down for 3 books1.
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3.
I’m in for 21. A Beast (half-human, half beast):
2. A Beast (half-human, half wolf):
3. A Beast (half-human, half beast):
4. A Beast (half-human, half beast):
Completed 4 Books
Increased Goal: 3 Books
**Challenge Completed :D :D
I'm in for threeMENAGERIE
Duration: October 1-31, 2018
Readers love animals, and this is evident by their popularity in and on books. For this challenge, you will create your own menagerie or animal sanctuary by reading books about animals or those that feature animals in the title, cover, or as an essential part of the story. As a bonus, utilizing our yearly and monthly themes, you may also include extinct and imaginary animals.
Tip: Show us your collection of animals by using the cover option under the add book/author link.
The Water Dragon’s Bride, Vol. 7 10/30
Really hoping to manage this one. Put me down for 2- Fantastic Mr Fox
- Pop Goes The Weasel
With a possibly of Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone and Marley and Me but we shall see how much of life gets in the way
Congratulations on completing your challenge Ziggy and also SarahKat for completing your first book. Hope you both enjoyed your reading.
Update to message 18: Fantastic Mr Fox. Animals added to our Menagerie foxes, badgers, rabbits, moles, weasels and a rat. My son couldn't stop laughing at certain parts of this story, especially when I did the voice of the rat.
Update to message 3 I finished Fever Dream there was a horse on the cover. The book was, confusing, to say the least but there was also talk of worms, ducks, dogs, and horses.
Update to message 18Book 2 finished: The Good Mother by Sinéad Moriarty. Both horse and butterfly were major parts of a sad storyline
Lynnette wrote: "Update to message 18Book 2 finished: The Good Mother by Sinéad Moriarty. Both horse and butterfly were major parts of a sad storyline"
Well done for finishing already Lynnette.
2/2Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls- Frog face on the cover, although after reading the book it's more of a humanoid, but I'm still counting it.
SarahKat wrote: "2/2Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls- Frog face on the cover, although after reading the book it's more of a humanoid, but I'm still counting it."
Well done for achieving your target and we're not even half way through the month.
Kristin wrote: "Update to msg 7. 4/4 books read!"Congratulations on finishing your challenge with a pretty good menagerie!
Tania wrote: "Update to message 2, COMPLETE 6/5My goal was 5 books for the month and I completed 6"
Well done for beating your goal!
Books mentioned in this topic
The Water Dragon's Bride, Vol. 7 (other topics)The Beast Within (other topics)
The Beast Within (other topics)
The Beast Within (other topics)
The Bear and the Nightingale (other topics)
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I am in for 5.
Progress: 6/5
✓- dog: Lassie Come-Home by Eric Knight (finished 10/2), my review is here
✓ dragon: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (finished 10/8), my review is here
✓- wolf: The Wolfling: A Documentary Novel of the Eighteen-Seventies by Sterling North (finished 10/10), my review is here
✓- mountain lion: Lion Hound by Jim Kjelgaard (finished 10/22), my review is here
✓- horse: Golden Sovereign by Dorothy Lyons (finished 10/24), my review is here
✓- pig: Swine Not? by Jimmy Buffett (finished 10/26), my review is here