Welcome to 12 Months of Reading! Each month in 2024, I will host a different reading challenge category. These categories are broad, and, chances are, whatever you’re reading may fit in them.
I adore animals, and I love books! The October category of our 12 Months of Reading Challenge is pawfect. (See what I did there?)
At the beginning of the year, I had hoped to have a special cover to reveal to you with this post. Unfortunately, I’m still struggling with a final title for my animal tales book, so I haven’t been able to recruit my awesome cover designer.
Soon, though. I hope!
Until my book is ready for you, check out these fantastic reads with animals on their covers.
The Wolf Prince by Claire M. Banschbach brings another delightful tale in the Faeries of Myrnius series. Set long after the events in Adela’s Curse, readers get to revisit a few familiar characters while falling in love with a whole new cast. Killian, Lars and Rose make an unlikely trio on an extraordinary quest to break a double curse and stop a wicked sorcerer. If you like faeries, quests, troubled princes and the intrigue of a curse, this book may just be a new favorite for you. See my review on Goodreads.
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot is a book I adored as a child. As an adult, I have loved experiencing these true stories of a country vet through the PBS series. I’ve also loved watching my daughter enjoy the book, and I have been wanting to reread it. I recommend this to anyone who loves true stories told in an engaging manner. Get your copy from bookshop.org.
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle centers around the last unicorn and the unlikely traveling companions she attracts along her way to find any remaining of her kind. This is a tale of beauty and wonder and belief and hope in the darkest of nights. It’s a story of knights and heroes (including the most unlikely among them), love and loss, humanity and immortality. The Last Unicorn is a story for all ages … in both senses of the phrase. Get your copy from bookshop.org.
The Everywhere Girl by my friend Julie Mayerson Brown is a delightful read. Rebecca might be my favorite main character yet in the Clearwater series, and I’m so happy she got her own book. Her surrounding cast was phenomenal, and I can’t wait to see which character headlines in the next one! Anyone who loves Hallmark- or Lifetime-style movies or who adores imperfect characters who are perfectly relatable will love this book. Get your copy from bookshop.org.
Whether you read one of my recommendations or come up with your own, I’d love to hear about it! Drop a comment below to let me know what you’re reading. Mark your calendar for October 3 and plan to join my virtual LAM Book Club to share your choice with fellow readers.
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