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During March, the (optional) challenge is to read a classic book or short story in which at least one animal is an important feature. The book may be fiction or non-fiction & the animal may be real, a toy or an imaginary creature.

Examples include Travels with Charley: In Search of America, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Black Beauty, White Fang. Some members may like to read a short children’s book with a child or grandchild, perhaps The Velveteen Rabbit or one of the many stories by Beatrix Potter.

The Template

As Mad as a March Hare!
March Challenge 2022
1/3/22 - 31/3/22
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I've listed 3, but of course you can choose how many you wish to read - from 1 to ?... Have fun!

Who's in?

Annette
Cosmic
✅ Cozy_Pug
J
✅ J.S.
Jacquie
✅ Jazzy
Karin
✅ Kathy
✅ Michaela
Nike
✅ Rosemarie
✅ Trisha
✅ Vit

Thank you Trisha, I'm in!



As Mad as a March Hare! - Complete!
March Challenge 2022
1/3/22 - 31/3/22
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✅1 A Cat, A Man, And Two Women (1936) - Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
✅2 The Tiger Who Came to Tea (1968) - Judith Kerr
✅3 Sirius (1944) - Olaf Stapledon a dog
✅4 Dumb Witness (1937) - Agatha Christie a dog
✅5 Island (1962) - Aldous Huxley mynah birds, snakes

I'm in and hoping to read at least two books.
Mad as a March Hare!

1.Die Häschenschule. Ein lustiges Bilderbuch by Fritz Koch-Gotha✅
2. Der Häschen-Schulausflug. Ein lustiges Kinderbuch by Albert Sixtus✅
3. The Stray Lamb by Thorne Smith✅

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I’m in, Jazzy!

As Mad as a March Hare!
March Challenge 2022
1/3/22 - 31/3/22

🔹1 Cats in May - Doreen Tovey
🔹2 The Silent Miaow - Paul Gallico

I want to read:


The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

Hm, wonder if Cat Among the Pigeons isn´t a metaphor... guess there won´t be an animal in it?

Dumb Witness is a Christie book with a dog in it!

Murder is Easy is a Christie book with a cat in it!

Thanks! I already read Dumb Witness, but will perhaps look after Murder is Easy. In the meantime only one book. :) Always so much to read, you know...

As Mad as a March Hare!
March Challenge 2022
1/3/22 - 31/3/22
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I am only planning to read one. I have a lot of books to read this month. But these are my choices and i will narrow it down when in a week or so.

1. The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus
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2. The Heart of a Dog

P.S. would love to buddy read one of these. Friend me if you are interested.

Whale… Fox… Ladybird… Smaller and smaller…

Herman Melville - Moby-Dick or, the Whale
D.H. Lawrence - Three Novellas: The Fox; The Ladybird; The Captain’s Doll

I'll read White Fang by Jack London

This is looking great! Lots of different ideas, so perhaps some of us will find more book recommendations from this challenge.

I'm about through with Moby Dick, but one doesn't merely read Moby Dick. I've studied taxonomy, evolution, and cetacean anatomy to better understand it. Since beginning it my interest has grown, and I've recently adopted a humpback whale named Salt through the WDC. In other words, it's a book that can greatly affect its reader.

I'll sign up but have no idea at this moment in time if I have something I'll be reading that will count or not. However, since it doesn't have to be the title I will probably have at least one. In February I read a book featuring twins, but it wasn't mentioned in the title, so c'est la vie.



As Mad as a March Hare!
March Challenge 2022
1/3/22 - 31/3/22
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1 rife with eagles, wolves, a man/bear and, of course, Smaug the Dragon. Finished on March 7
2 Vinyl Cafe Unplugged a FIVE STAR book, features more than one animal, including Arthur the dog--one section stars animals (not from their POV), but they are included in others. Mostly Arthur.
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I'm in! I have some books from other challenges that qualify.
2/4 read 🐇
Three possibilities are
1. My Friend Flicka
2. The Yearling
🐇 3. Anatole
🐇 4. Five Children and It
🦎 I had an extra book from my Mt TBR that I started but it came due at the library too soon: War with the Newts

This is really exciting! I've linked everyone up to here so just copy out the template in your post!

J wrote: "I'm about through with Moby Dick, but one doesn't merely read Moby Dick. I've studied taxonomy, evolution, and cetacean anatomy to better understand it. Since beginning it my interest has grown, an..."

Sounds like the way I read books and listen to music! Love it.

I'm in, now to find interesting options that may also be a mystery :-)

As Mad as a March Hare!
March Challenge 2022
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Sounds great Jacquie, just copy the template to your message and i'll link you now!

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March 2022 Challenge
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1). Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

It was already on my reading list! Thank you for the challenge!

Glad to have you along J.S.!

I don't know if this counts, but I just finished reading it and it was hilarious:
The Stray Lamb by Thorne Smith


The main character gets transformed into different types of animals unexpectedly, and just as unexpectedly back into human form.

I'm going to count The Hobbit when I'm done. So many important animals in this one!

Yes, rosemarie, link to your original post and mark completed please!

Sounds Great Karin!

I finished my first book, Island by huxley.

I am wondering if The Woman in the Dunes might qualify for this challenge? It features insects as a metaphor heavily. Not one type of insect.

Some very interesting book choices! Well done J.S., Rosemarie, Karin & Cosmic.

Jazzy, as always you are ahead of me - you’ve finished your first book while I’m still dithering about what to read!

As Mad as a March Hare!
March Challenge 2022
1/3/22 - 31/3/22

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1. Dumb Witness - Agatha Christie (1937) finished 3/23/22

Cosmic, I think so - What do you say Trisha?

Trisha, I'm reading 7 books at the minute, trying to balance all the challenges I have going on!

Fabulous, Kathy! i'm going to be reading that too - and you're linked!

Jazzy wrote: "Cosmic, I think so - What do you say Trisha?

For extra credit i looked up each insect mentioned.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Actually I was drawn to the book because of the metaphor of the insects!

Jazzy wrote: "Cosmic, I think so - What do you say Trisha?

Trisha, I'm reading 7 books at the minute, trying to balance all the challenges I have going on!

Fabulous, Kathy! i'm going to be reading that too - ..."

Yes, I agree.
I never read 7 books at once, that’s very impressive Jazzy!

Cosmic wrote: "Jazzy wrote: "Cosmic, I think so - What do you say Trisha?

For extra credit i looked up each insect mentioned.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/......"

Great research, Cosmic!

Well done Cosmic, you make me want to read it again!

I'm reading The Call of the Wild. Short book I've been meaning to read for decades.

Book Nerd wrote: "I'm reading The Call of the Wild. Short book I've been meaning to read for decades."

That’s a good choice! I was considering reading it again but have found other books that are suitable too & won’t have time to read them all.

Just setting mine up. We had Celebrate Dr. Seuss Week at my school. My class read The Lorax, then picked out one or two lines of text to illustrate.


As Mad as a March Hare!
March Challenge 2022
1/3/22 - 31/3/22
2/?

1 The Lorax by Dr. Seuss - enviromental degradation and the effects on animals
2 The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway - fishing and bull-fighting


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I would have loved to see the pictures!

The Call of the Wild was pretty good but it might be disturbing to anybody who loves dogs.
I might try to read White Fang this month too.

I actually liked White Fang better, Book Nerd. But I thought they were both good.

did you know that the dogs in both were based on himself?

When I was a kid no one cared if you were disturbed they just wanted you to read that book ahaha

Jazzy wrote: "did you know that the dogs in both were based on himself?"
Based on Jack London? Well I guess any characters somebody writes are based on themself to a point.

Well he used the dog to demonstrate his experiences.

Book Nerd wrote: "Jazzy wrote: "did you know that the dogs in both were based on himself?"
Based on Jack London? Well I guess any characters somebody writes are based on themself to a point."

Not necessarily :)! Many authors invent characters very different from themselves--I think there is quite a range.

Jazzy wrote: "I would have loved to see the pictures!"

I took your comment seriously, but do not think I can post any of the artwork here. The students put names on the front, there are privacy issues...yadda yadda. It was a fun activity. I was trying to get across the point that illustration should reinforce and add additional information to a text. Good illustrations are more than simply decorative.

I am sure that people who are more tech saavy than I am would know how to blur parts of pics and all....

Karin wrote: "Book Nerd wrote: "Not necessarily :)! Many authors invent characters very different from themselves--I think there is quite a range"
Whatever you do there will be some of you in a character you create.

Book Nerd wrote: "Karin wrote: "Book Nerd wrote: "Not necessarily :)! Many authors invent characters very different from themselves--I think there is quite a range"
Whatever you do there will be some of you in a cha..."

I suppose that opinions vary--but I can and have seen a few writing a character who is the antithesis of themselves, even if they aren't the protagonist. Not commonly, though, because few people have that kind of personal awareness, etc.

Books are read:
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Herman Melville - Moby-Dick or, the Whale
The whale and the captain – both crazy.
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 D.H. Lawrence - Three Novellas: The Ladybird, The Fox, The Captain’s Doll
Ladybird is cute and fox is sly.

Well done Vit!