Tag: #animalbooks

• Book of the Month: History of the World in 50 Dogs

  Most dog lovers know Fido and Laika, but how about Martha, Paul McCartney’s Old English Sheepdog? Or Peritas, Alexander the Great’s trusted canine companion? As long as there have been humans, those humans have had beloved companions—their dogs. From the ancient Egyptians mummifying their pups, to the Indian legend of the king who refused to…

  rachelbeerwoman

  January 30, 2026

  Book Suggestions, Book/Author Highlight

  #animalbooks, #dogbooks, #doghistory, #historyoftheworldin50dogs, #mackenzilee, #nonfiction, #rachelreads&reviews

• Kathryn Lasky Interview

  Kathryn Lasky is the prolific NYT-bestselling author of Guardians of Ga’hoole, Tangled in Time, Georgia O’Keefe mysteries and many other books in various genres. She graciously took the time to answer my questions about inspiration, world-building and more. Enjoy! It’s sort  of six in one half dozen of the other, but by and large, I…

  rachelbeerwoman

  May 19, 2025

  Interview

  #animalbooks, #faceless, #fantasy, #georgiaokeefemysteries, #guardiansofga’hoole, #historicalfiction, #kathrynlasky, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews

• Aug Books

  She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs by Sara Smarsh Who doesn’t love Dolly Parton? I mean, she can sing, has fabulous costumes, has an amusement park and still gives back to her roots. So it’s no surprise that Dolly has a few books written in her honor.…

  rachelbeerwoman

  August 31, 2024

  Book Suggestions

  #animalbooks, #autobiography, #dollyparton, #jennifers.holland, #musicbooks, #nonfiction, #rachelreads&reviews, #realisticfiction, #reneewatson, #scribner, #shecomebyitnatural, #simon&schuster, #unlikelyanimalfriendshipsdogs, #workmanpublishing, #YA

• Warriors: The Broken Code

  After a long break where the library constantly had one or all the books loaned out, I finally got to reading the last complete arc of the series, The Broken Code. Of course, after a months long break, getting back into Warriors can get confusing but the character list reacquainted me with the clan heirarchies.…

  rachelbeerwoman

  April 25, 2024

  Book/Author Highlight, Rankings

  #alightinthemist, #animalbooks, #darknesswithin, #erinhunter, #loststars, #rachelreads&reviews, #thebrokencode, #theplaceofnostars, #thesilentthaw, #veilofshadows, #warriors

• Ranking Hotel for Dogs trilogy

  Lois Duncan is best known for her horror and supernatural mystery work that has spawned countless movie adaptations like I Know What You Did Last Summer but after the tragic unsolved murder of her daughter, she pivoted to lighter fare in children’s literature. Most notably, the Hotel for Dogs trilogy, so let’s get ranking.

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 23, 2023

  Rankings

  #animalbooks, #hotelfordogs, #loisduncan, #lowergrade, #moviesfordogs, #newsfordogs, #rachelreads&reviews, #scholastic

• Warriors: Vision of Shadows

  I know, I know, it’s been awhile but someone keeps taking them out so I couldn’t read them in order. I guess it goes to show Hunter and the Warrior cats’ enduring popularity. Go them! Hunter’s next set of books pave new ground after the world-changing events of Omen of the Stars with Firestar’s death…

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 23, 2023

  Book Suggestions, Book/Author Highlight

  ##thunderandshadow, #animalbooks, #darkestnight, #erinhunter, #harpercollins, #rachelreads&reviews, #riveroffire, #shatteredsky, #theapprentice’squest, #theraginingstorm, #visionofshadows, #warriors

• Guardians of Ga’Hoole #11-15

  Well this series was not what I was expecting and so it absolutely blew me away with how Lasky was willing to go there. I already talked about it in my previous posts but Lasky doesn’t shy away from showing the terror and violence evident in living as a wild animal. But she also humanizes…

  rachelbeerwoman

  August 22, 2023

  Book Suggestions, Book/Author Highlight

  #animalbooks, #exile, #fantasy, #guardiansofga’hoole, #kathrynlasky, #rachelreads&reviews, #thegoldentree, #theriverofwind, #thewaroftheember, #tobeking

• Guardians of Ga’Hoole #6-10

  The second set of Guardians of Ga’Hoole books really leans into the World War II-esque/fantasy premise of the book by higghlighting the depravity of the Pure Ones and how one owlet manages to break free from the hateful ideology to help the side of good. That owlet is Nyroc, Kludd and Nyra’s sole son. And…

  rachelbeerwoman

  August 22, 2023

  Book Suggestions, Book/Author Highlight

  #animalbooks, #fantasy, #guardiansofga’hoole, #kathrynlasky, #legendofhoole, #rachelreads&reviews, #theburning, #thecomingofhoole, #thefirstcollier, #thehatchling, #theoutcast

• Guardians of Ga’Hoole #1-5

  After reading pretty much all the Warriors books in the library, I decided to get into another animal-based series that ccombines fantasy, comprehensive world system and survival of the fittest mantra. Yes, I’m talking about Lasky’s Guardians of Ga’Hoole series as if the title wasn’t enough of a hint. The series starts with Soren’s birth…

  rachelbeerwoman

  August 21, 2023

  Book Suggestions, Book/Author Highlight

  #animalbooks, #fantasy, #guardiansofga’hoole, #kathrynlasky, #rachelreads&reviews, #thecapture, #thejourney, #therescue, #theseige, #theshattering

• Warriors: Super Specials

  This forway into the Warriorverse was limited as the library only had 4 super specials but each offered deeper insight to the clans, characters and forshadow future events (or retcon them depending on your perspective).

  rachelbeerwoman

  August 20, 2023

  Book Suggestions, Book/Author Highlight

  #animalbooks, #bluestar’sprophecy, #bramblestar’sstorm, #erinhunter, #firestar’squest, #harpercollins, #interquels, #mothflight’svision, #prequels, #rachelreads&reviews, #superspecials, #warriors, #YA