Monday, November 16, 2020

Top Ten Tuesday - Books with Pets on the Cover - 11/17/2020

 


Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Joood - Hooligan of Platypire reviews bossed me into doing this, so I guess this is a thing I do now. 

This week’s theme is Character's I'd Name a Pet After. But I don't really find myself wanting to name pets after specific characters in books. The closest we've come, is that our actual cats are Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Leia, and our dog is Captain Phasma, but we adopted the cats because of the names they'd already been given, and when we got the dog, she obviously needed a name to go with the theme. So instead, I'm going to feature ten books that have pets on the cover. Here we go. 


Christmas in Harmony Harbor by Debbie Mason


Walk Me Home by Liza Kendall



Bad Bella by Ali Standish


Gun Island by Amitav Ghosh


Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs by Jennifer Finney Boylan


Modern Family by Marc Freeman


Summer on Honeysuckle Ridge by Debbie Mason


The Christmas Keeper by Jean McKinlay


The Devil in the Saddle by Julia London


Al Dente's Inferno by Stephanie Cole

This list was a little bit harder to compile just by looking at my bookshelves than last weeks list about song titles, although some of that is because I had to look at the covers of all my books to find ones with pets. And I don't care what you say about that snake, snakes can absolutely be pets. 

What is your favorite book cover featuring a pet? - Katie 

If you're stopping by from the linkup, please be sure to drop a link to your post below. I'd love to see what book characters you'd name your pets after, or whatever twists you've applied to this topic. 
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15 comments:

  1. Anne@HeadFullofBooksNovember 16, 2020 at 11:05 PM

    I don't think I can read a book with a snake on the cover. Eek! I had a lot of fun this week creating my list because I've had a lot of pets named for literary charactersMy TTT List

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    1. Just Another Girl and Her BooksNovember 17, 2020 at 12:28 PM

      I found one book with a spider on the cover (which could also be considered a pet, but that's a great big NOPE from me, so I left it off the list).

      Thanks for stopping by. - Katie

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  2. P M PrescottNovember 17, 2020 at 2:13 AM

    An interesting take on the topic. Made me think of Zane Gray's 30,000 on the hoof. What a cover that would make. https://pmprescott.blogspot.com/2020/11/ttt-111720.html

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  3. AstilbeNovember 17, 2020 at 4:47 AM

    Bad Bella has such a great cover.

    Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.

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    1. Just Another Girl and Her BooksNovember 17, 2020 at 12:34 PM

      Right! It's pretty clear what the book is going to be about.

      Thanks for stopping by. - Katie

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  4. Nikki @The Night is Dark and Full of BooksNovember 17, 2020 at 5:13 AM

    I love that cover for Bad Bella. That's just the perfect innocent face on a dog haha. Also I don't think I've read many books with animals on the cover... I can only think of the Hunger Games books.

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    1. Just Another Girl and Her BooksNovember 17, 2020 at 12:43 PM

      I haven't actually read any of these books yet, they're on some of my yet-to-read shelves. I also can't think of books off the top of my head that I've read with animals on the cover, but I'm sure there are some.

      Thanks for stopping by. - Katie

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  5. Elza ReadsNovember 17, 2020 at 5:33 AM

    No cats???!!! How is that even possible! Just about every second cozy mystery cover features a cat. I believe it should be a pre-requisite requirement for those covers.

    That's Elza speaking, little madam who believes the world should revolve around her. Good Boy's cover is done so nicely and Bad Bella seems like fun!

    Here's our TTT: I was named after

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    1. Just Another Girl and Her BooksNovember 17, 2020 at 12:21 PM

      This is just the first ten books I found with pets on the cover (and the vast majority of my books are in boxes in the basement waiting for me to have the time and energy to get them put up on the bookshelves down there (I only have two bookcases by my desk). I knew if I was just searching books on Amazon I'd find a lot of cozies with cats on the cover (which I was prepared to do as a last resort), but I was really hoping to feature a more diverse list of books than strictly cozies.

      Thanks for stopping by. - Katie

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  6. LydiaNovember 17, 2020 at 5:52 AM

    All of these dogs looks so cuddly.

    My post.

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  7. Deanna @ A Novel GlimpseNovember 17, 2020 at 9:16 AM

    Pets on the covers are so cute. I like them.

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  8. Christopher @ Plucked from the StacksNovember 18, 2020 at 10:12 AM

    I took a similar approach with this week's theme. As fun as it sounded, I've never really named a pet after literary characters. So I love your twist! I've always liked that cover for Bad Bella—too cute.

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