Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
http://www.thatartsyreadergirl.com/top-ten-tuesday/
This week‘s topic: Animals (Real and Fantasy) in the books, on the cover or in the title…
Ok, animals in books, no problem…. there are plenty of werewolves and dragons in my reading past… the tricky part will be to find books that I haven‘t mentioned here before. Let‘s see…
Animal Farm — read in the 80s or 90s…?
by George Orwell
I read this a long time ago. It was good, I don‘t remember all that much. Maybe time for a re-read of this classic fable about communism.
Animal Dreams — read in 2006
by Barbara Kingsolver
I liked “Poisonwood Bibel” and loved “Prodigal Summer”. But this one wasn‘t for me. It bored me at the time and I didn‘t like the main character. It has an animal in the title though!
His Majesty’s Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
by Naomi Novik
This was fun. Set in an alternate universe during the Napoleonic wars, the British and the French not only fight each other with their powerful Navies, but also with aerial combat — the captains not flying in planes, but riding on dragons. Well written, it reads a bit like a mix of Patrick O’Brien and Anne McCaffrey.
Still Life With Crows (Pendergast, #4) — read in 2004
by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
A serial killer starts killing in a small Kansas town. The corn is high, the heat is hot and the agent, that appears out of nowhere, dressed all black, is really weird….
If you are into graphic violence, this is for you. Really nasty murders, with a lot of detail! Ewwww. I sort of made my way through that book in small doses. Pretty gruesome. And that agent was really very weird.
Red Rabbit (Jack Ryan, #2) — read in 2005
by Tom Clancy
I like Clancy and Jack Ryan is one of my favourite characters. With only slightly over 600 pages this is one of Clancy’s shorter efforts. It was ok at the time. But I do not recall any of the storyline, which usually means that it was nothing special.
At the end of the 19th century our main characters travel to Africa to make their fortune and search for their father, who disappeared into South-East Africa several years previously. They encounter the British Navy, slave traders, African kings, elephants, treasures, witches, buffalo, malaria, love, betrayal, loss and their destiny… To be continued in the next book… 😉
My next and last two offerings are colouring books! I have the German versions, but both have originally been published in English.
Animorphia – Phantastische Tiermotive: Eine atemberaubende Welt zum Ausmalen
by Kerby Rosanes
I couloured in this last time in 2018. I should probably get out my art supplies again….
A quick and messy watercolor…
The whale was fun…
The elephant was a bit simpler…
[
And my favourites, the owls!
Nordische Wildnis: Ausmalen und entspannen
by Claire Scully
Here I stayed in one colour…
And here it is black and white with some highlights…
And the snake was a lot of fun:
Ok, that‘s only eight books, but I am done for today! 😏
Cathy's Reading Bonanza 