a. an animal in the title of the book
b. an animal on the cover of the book
c. an animal that plays a major role in the book. a main character that is or turns into an animal (define that however you’d like ;>)).
2. The animal can be any type of animal (real or fictitious)–dog, cat, monkey, wolf, snake, insect, hedgehog, aardvark…dragons, mermaids, centaurs, fairies, vampires…you get the idea…
3. Challenge runs from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009. You can still sign up after July 1st as long as you can get 6 books read by June 30th ;>).
4. Books can be fiction or nonfiction.
5. You may make a list of books at the beginning of the challenge or just list them as you find them.
6. Books may be swapped out at anytime (assuming you made a list to begin with).
7. Crossover books with other challenges is permitted and encouraged.
8. You don’t have to blog or write a review, but you can if you want to.
9. Sign up with
Mr. Linky at Kristi's place. Please sign up with the specific post announcing the challenge if you are a blogger. If you do not blog, sign up with your name and leave the URL field blank. Thanks!
10. Have fun!!
Books:
1. Cat Pay The Devil by Shirley Rousseau Murphy review here The main character is Joe Grey, a mystery solving cat.
Cat in the title, mountain lions in the book
A pig is the main character.
Spider in the title
Winter Study refers to an ongoing study of wolves, wolves are on the cover.
Do werewolves and a coyote shapeshifter count?
Birds on the cover, various animals in the story.
This mini-challenge, the John Steinbeck Mini-Challenge, is for the 2009 year. It will be from January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009.The goal of the challenge is to read TWO books by John Steinbeck. (Audio books are welcome.) One movie can be substituted for one of the books if you prefer.
At this late date, I have decided to join a couple of Mini-challenges at 
