Hello there!
Do you have a favorite genre of literature? A subject
that you just can’t get enough of, or a favorite book that you just can’t stop
reading over and over again?
If so, welcome to the club! I’m sure we’d have t-shirts
if we could just pull ourselves away from our favorite media for long enough to
make them.
My name is Chammy, and I have a personsal addiction to
anthropomorpic media.
If you’re unfamiliar with the term, anthropomorphic means
something along the lines of “giving human-like traits, often to non-human
things”. Bugs Bunny is an anthropomorphic rabbit, Mater (from ‘Cars’) is an
anthropomorphic truck, Ronald MacDonald is an anthropomorphic clown (they only
LOOK human to fool you…), and so on. When I use it in this blog, though, I’m
almost always talking about anthropomorphic animals.
I have a real passion for books and comics with animal
protagonists. The Wind in the Willows, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH,
Redwall… These are among some of my favorite books to read. I suppose it comes
from a childhood spent watching Disney and Don Bluth movies, playing Sonic the
Hedgehog games, and generally being surrounded by fluffy, or even scaled, media
figures.
It’s because of this passion that I’ve started this blog!
My goal? To read anthropomorphic fiction that I have never read before, and to
muse lightly on it and see what can be learned or enjoyed. Why am I so set on
doing this? Well, as I said above, this type of media is my passion. However,
my other reason is that I am a writer of anthropomorphic fiction myself. If I
wish to improve on my craft, I need to see other examples of it, both good and
poor! Stephen King says that a writer needs to read often in order to stay on
top of his craft, and I agree.
There won’t be much of a strict model to this blog, but
it does take me a little while to read most books. My plan is to post some
general thoughts on the subject matter, post an update of what I’m reading (and
why), and then post my thoughts on the book as a whole and hopefully recommend it
to any readers we gain along the way here!
I do hope that any who read this enjoy the ride and are
willing to suggest new books for me to check out, as well as share their own
thoughts on whatever we’re reading at the time. Think of it like a Furry
Reading Group!
Best of luck to you all, and good reading!
-Chammy
Book currently being read:
Treasure Planet by Hal Colebatch & Jessica Q. Fox
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