27 - a book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature

[Darci]

Read Jurassic Park last year, so I'll do The Lost World for this one.

[Emily]

Erin wrote: "I'm considering The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break for this one, or a re-read of my childhood fave Into the Land of the Unicorns.

For graphic novels I'm considering:
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I'm cracking up reading the summary for The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break. I think this will be my pick for the prompt!

[Raquel (Silver Valkyrie Reads)]

Isabel María wrote: "What about The War of the Worlds? Does it count?"

I would count it. Even if you believe there could be life on other planets, this interpretation of aliens/Martians is completely imaginary, and creature seems to be a very broad term that could include intelligent beings.

[Courtney]

I'm going with Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde. I'm in the middle of the Thursday Next series and so far, a dodo has been in them. It's the main character's pet along with mom, i believe.

[Therese]

Milena wrote: "Tina wrote: "Does anyone know about this book... The Monsters of Templeton . I think it might work for this prompt.. I believe there is some sort of lake creature involved.. Ha! I ha..."

Maja wrote: "The Last Unicorn has been on my TBR forever, time to do something about it!"

Highly recommend both The Last Unicorn and The Monsters of Templeton-both work well for this prompt and are lovely works of fiction.

[Haley]

Elephant Secret features an extinct animal. Great middle grade read!

[Jonathan]

I'll be reading The Lies of Locke Lamora since I just barely started it towards the end of last year, planning on finishing it this year.

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I'm reading The Last Unicorn.

[Rachel]

I read Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and I chose this one specifically because it was the first time the Care of Magical Creatures class was introduced, which had quite a few imaginary creatures. Plus the hippogriff played a pretty big role.

[Melissa]

Somehow I got Practical Magic for this prompt and am about halfway through and don't love it -- and I'm not seeing how it fits the prompt either! Anyone else read this?

[Ketutar]

Melissa wrote: "Somehow I got Practical Magic for this prompt and am about halfway through and don't love it -- and I'm not seeing how it fits the prompt either! Anyone else read this?"
I have read Practical Magic, and I don't remember any extinct or imaginary creatures in it. It was mostly about magic and potions and beliefs and people, as far as I remember.

[Stephanie]

Is Bird Box too much of a stretch for imaginary creatures?

[Stephanie]

Would Bird Box work for this? Too much of a stretch?

[Ashleigh]

I read The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World for this. Excellent 5 star non-fiction all about dinos.

[Lisa]

Would Elves, leprechauns and trolls work for this prompt? I’m reading Artemis Fowl And was originally going to use it for a different prompt but thought it might work here. I was originally going to use The Minotaur takes a Cigarette break for this but am not enjoying it.

[Tracy]

Ashleigh wrote: "I read The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World for this. Excellent 5 star non-fiction all about dinos."

Oh cool! Good to know. I have this as one of my choices. I was inspired by my 7 year old daughter. She's obsessed with dinosaurs :-)

[StefanieFrei]

How about an imaginary friend? I just finished a psychological thriller where the little daughter - well she either has an imaginary friend or might be haunted by her dead auntie who might have been killed. As there is neither the imaginary friend nor ghosts... I hope it fits.

[Lorry]

The Rook

Loved The Rook and look forward to reading its sequel Stiletto!

[Jayde]

Melissa wrote: "Somehow I got Practical Magic for this prompt and am about halfway through and don't love it -- and I'm not seeing how it fits the prompt either! Anyone else read this?"

It would fit the prompt about families, as it's about two sisters.

[Marji]

I really liked this book. And yes, it's about two sisters, very different from each other, but very much alike.

[Britany]

Finished Sea Witch by Sarah Henning

My Review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Darja]

The speaking cat and speaking rats are imaginary creature, aren´t they? I would use The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents.

[Јована]

Going with Killing Commendatore since one of the protagonists is an Idea, and one of them is a Metaphor that don't appear to everyone

[Susan]

I'll probably use one of the Murderbot Diaries books for this. I think Murderbot would be considered an imaginary creature. I love that book series.

[Ketutar]

Darja wrote: "The speaking cat and speaking rats are imaginary creature, aren´t they? I would use The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents."

I think there is an imaginary - or at least mythical - creature in those books beside the talking cat and rats... so it would do.

[Ketutar]

Jayde wrote: "It would fit the prompt about families, as it's about two sisters."
and more than so - daughters, husbands, aunts, mothers... ancestors

[Marina]

Would The Song of Achilles work for this?

[Frogli]

I read The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World as well & enjoyed it.

I am determined to at least make a dent in my tbr list this yr!

[Ketutar]

Marina wrote: "Would The Song of Achilles work for this?"

Yes. There's at least a centaur in it.

[Brittani]

Fire & Flood has the pandoras. This book was ok but I don't recommend the series

[Nadine in NY]

Azrah wrote: "Can anyone tell me if either or fit this prompt?"


I'm a good month and a half too late here, but I don't see that anyone else replied about "Hunted" - yes, Hunted has imaginary creatures in it.

[Novels and Neckties -]

i am reading The Magisterium (Black & Clare) atm for a school project and i noticed the have that Elemental Beasts in it. Anyone here who has read The Magisterium? Does that count for this prompt ? THX

The Iron Trial

[Alix]

I'm doing Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets since I plan to read the series again anyways. I would say Dobby, the basilisk, those giant a** spiders, etc. are imaginary?

[Jackie]

Alix wrote: "I'm doing Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets since I plan to read the series again anyways. I would say Dobby, the basilisk, those giant a** spiders, etc. are imaginary?"

Look, if the giant spiders aren't imaginary, I do not want to know.

[Debbie]

I'm going with The Neverending Story by Michael Ende. Falkor!

[Marie-Eve]

I might finally go with The Neverending Story
Or Where the Wild Things are..

Im pretty sure both feature imaginary creatures ;)

[Elena]

I love The Neverending Story. Read that book to pieces when I was a kid!

[Johanne]

I also love the Neverending Story. I might read it for 'reread of favourite' or 'nostalgia'.

[Sherri]

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer for a book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature. Also the book has a plant on the cover.

[Jaclyn]

Jonathan wrote: "I'll be reading The Lies of Locke Lamora since I just barely started it towards the end of last year, planning on finishing it this year."
I read it in December and loved it! I am hoping that the sequel has some of the imaginary creatures in it too because that's what I'm currently reading and I wanted to put it down for this prompt.

[Jenny]

Would zombies count as an "imaginary" creature? :)

[Johanne]

Well, zombies are actually a real part of voodoo (or so I´ve read), but most zombies in zombie books are definitely imaginary.

[Nadine in NY]

Jenny wrote: "Would zombies count as an "imaginary" creature? :)"




yes!

[L Y N N]

I apologize if this is repetitive, but An Absolutely Remarkable Thing would definitely work. For Carl as an imaginary creature. At least IMHO! :)

[Nikkinaboo]

I read Lumberjanes: Bonus Tracks and found that it has both imaginery and extinct creatures in it so counted it for this challenge.

[Soph ♡]

I've decided to go with The Bane Chronicles for this imaginary creature (warlock).

[Sydna]

I'm thinking Wrinkle in Time series for this - I'm reading the second one now. All kinds of imaginary creatures!

[Dakoda]

There is a few older books that fit this criteria, in case anyone is interested. Might be tricky to get your hands on a copy, but if you can I do recommend these, as they are short reads, but interesting enough to keep your attention:

The Mammoth Omnibus (3 books, sci-fi series, titled “Silverhair”, “Longtusk”, and “Icebones”. ) Written by Stephen Baxter. I got my copies off the website Thriftbooks.com, but check your library as well!

Raptor Red (Cool little introspective book into the life of a raptor living in the Cretaceous period.) Written by Robert T. Bakker. Again also found on Thriftbooks, but check your library.


This one is a little newer, but:

Age of Fire series (books about dragons, each told from a different dragon’s POV. Great fantasy read.) Written by E.E. Knight

[SadieReadsAgain]

I read The Book of Speculation for this, because mermaids...

This was an promising story about the history of a family tainted by tragedy from their travelling carnival past. Simon, living alone in his family's dilapidated clifftop home as it crumbles into the sea, is sent a mysterious book linked to his mother - the circus mermaid who drowned herself. He has to unravel the dark family secret in time to protect his sister from a similar fate. There was a lot to like in this story - I can't resist the lure of an old-time travelling circus, and am always fascinated by things like tarot cards. I thought it was well paced, though at points it did seem a bit slow. Although not a difficult mystery to unravel I did enjoy seeing it played out. I wasn't crazy about the characters though, something stopped me feeling very much for them. For having such interesting backgrounds and lives, they seemed a bit flat. I think that stopped the story having as much impact for me as it could have. Still, it was a decent read and good for those of us who like our fantasy a bit more real.

[Casey]

The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami is a short story collection that includes a few imaginary creatures. I don’t always love Murakami’s endings, but I mostly enjoyed these short stories.