White Fang | 
pickThis book shows you how a wild wolf thinks and how its treatment affects its behavior. He takes more than his share of abuse. White Fang‘s dark experiences make him a violent outcast. He becomes the alpha, but at what price? Can a ravenous murderer find a happy ending? Some may be offended by the calling of humans gods from perspective of animals.
August 14 #BookBinge Involves Animals one if my teen reads and I loved it. @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
so-soYet another brutal Jack London book. Not as brutal as White Fang imo..but still.. I think maybe I'm not a Jack London fan. Lol. The story of a wolf-dog as he fights to survive all man and nature can throw at him. And it's a lot.
so-soI‘m glad so many people enjoy this story. It probably deserves it‘s place as a classic. Unfortunately it didn‘t work for me. I found the writing very plain and I wasn‘t crazy about the P.O.V. Of the animal. I was sort of bored. 😑
pickThis is a very special book. I was totally invested in White Fang‘s journey.
pickThis is my first Jack London. I love animals and nature so, I suspected I would appreciate his work. I was apprehensive as the description mentioned White Fang‘s cruel owners. Reading about the abuse White Fang endured hurt my heart and it made me love him more. I was hopeful he would find a human that would love and treat him the way he deserved. This is an incredible story of endurance and perseverance; I loved it from beginning to end.#MountTBR
pickMy first encounter with a full length book by Jack London. I've read his shorter novels, some twice. Now it was finally time to try his longer stories as well.
As we know from Jack London, he's sometimes hard to read. He shows us the hard life of the north, where kill or being killed matters. Sure, his descriptions of wolfish life isn't up-to-date anymore, but he was one of the first who really tried to get into animal behaviour. ⬇
There's an infamous story in my friend group about one of us going to see #ThePassionOfTheChrist and afterward, overhearing a fellow audience member say, "I haven't cried that hard since White Fang!" Even today, repeating that is guaranteed to make us burst out laughing, and these two things are now forever, incongruously, linked in my mind. ? #MoviesInApril #ThePassionOfChrist
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pickShort but enjoyable classic, illustrations in this version are interesting
True story...way back when in primary school!
But to be honest, we probably set ourselves up for failure...naming ourselves "The White Fang Gang" after the titular book! ???
pickQuite enjoyed this in the end, took me a while but made me smile at many points towards the end 🙂
1. Yes.
2. No, but there's snow in the mountains east and north of us.
3. Here winter is the green season, which is refreshing after the dry summer and fall.
4. Hot spiced cider, although I rarely have it.
5. ⬆️
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Ringo and Kira - cousins
pickI am not so much of a classics reader. I LOVED this book. I love White Fang and the whole story lead me on a roller coaster of emotions.
so-soFirst finished book in my new home. I liked that the perspective was that of the wolf-dog White Fang. Enjoyed it while I was reading but not something that I can see myself picking up again.
What else would I be up to...? Relaxing with S.
#beatthebacklist2019 #booksandtea
Now that I‘m basically all moved in (leaving some things packed till we have a bigger space) maybe I can get caught up on my reading.
#beatthebacklist
Working on Care of Magical Creatures
#OWLsreadathon2019 #beatthebacklist2019
pickTwo beasts made to hate.
One gave in; One learned to love.
Love wins with a flash.
I really enjoyed this book! It was a compelling story showing that although a person‘s or Wolf-dog‘s life may shape him or her towards a morose, solitary and hateful disposition, it is never too late as long as someone is willing to extend a hand. Plus, I find London‘s portrayal of the wild and the domestic captivating.
It was a placing of his destiny in another's hands, a shifting of the responsibilities of existence. This in itself was compensation, for it is always easier to lean upon another than to stand alone.
Books: White Fang; Winter‘s Bone; In the Bleak Midwinter
Movies: The Mountain Between Us; Winter‘s Bone
Song: Baby, It‘s Cold Outside
#ManicMonday @JoScho
Half of this book is basically a dictionary 😂 There are over 200 hundred definitions counting all of the footnotes and honestly I find myself distracted by finding all those little numbers while trying to finish a sentence. 😥
I'm revisiting an old childhood favorite while I wait for my car to get ready. I bought and read this book as a kid because it had a wolf on the cover. 😂
According to the blurb on the back of the book, London committed himself to writing a 1000 words a day for 16 years!!
pickThis book was beautifully written. It follows the life of White Fang from puppyhood up to fatherhood. I can 100% understand why this is a favored book for younger readers! 💖
I've set my new reading goal for the year and will hopefully have the first book done in a couple days. Last year, my goal was 36 and I read a total of 68!
pickALWAYS been a special place for this book with me. I collect any copy I can get my hands on.
pickDefinitely not a cuddly puppy story. Brutal lives and weather. While this was a decent survival story for teenagers, it felt lacking in many ways. We got a pretty shallow view of the characters. Good or evil or indifferent with very little background info.
I decided I needed the #Scholastic paperback edition of #WhiteFang to go with my edition of #TheCalloftheWild I posted a couple of days ago. Love!! 😍 #bookmail #TBR
I love how White Fang perceives humans and is it not sooooo true...all our potential-and-passion-and-wrath. All our love-and-mystery-and-power!!!😍😍😍😍😍
Starting these two today!
Both are #readingwithfriends books. I have read White Fang way back in primary school (Ages and ages ago) and it was a major part in a ‘gang‘ we had back then...so re-reading this for old time sake along with one of the original gang-members @Greensapphirine
I think the gang was called DIE WITWOLF (the white wolf) or it was my gang name...🤔
Ah good sweet innocent times!
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Novel was jealous that he didn't get a picture too, so
To my fellow northerners, stay warm out there!
pickJack London has an incredible capacity to write from a dog's point of view. This story is about survival, the devastating effects of abuse, and the healing power of love.
White Fang is a wolf who is one-quarter dog. He grows up in the wild, learns its harsh lessons - eat or be eaten. Then he becomes a dog, and is beaten and abused, which makes him distrustful and savage. Until he encounters kindness and love - which slowly changes him. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Love the straightforward but evocative writing.
One of my girls brought her beat-up copy of The Call of the Wild & White Fang to me. She knows I'm not a fan of books from the POV of animals. (I don't know why. I've always found them soooo boring.)
She asked me to give Jack London another try. So here I am, with White Fang on print and audio.
Thankfully John Lee makes everything possible 🙌🏻 Years after I read this for the first time, I finally care about this book. This is so exciting to me.
"Human kindness was like a sun shining upon him, and he flourished like a flower planted in good soil.
And yet he remained somehow different from other dogs. He knew the law even better than did the dogs that had known no other life; and he observed the law more punctiliously; but still there was about him a suggestion of lurking ferocity, as though the Wild still lingered in him and the wolf in him merely slept." #whitefang #jacklondon
pickSuch an amazing read! Warning though for graphic descriptions of violence against animals.
Finished White Fang tonight for bedtime with my son. First Jack London I actually liked.
Tiny apt here, so I can only love on others' dogs. Here's one of my folks' aussies - we gave the alpha her choice of toys, and she went right for the dark side, such a sweet(ish) little darth wolf! #puppylove #booklove17
