Your Literary Pets

In the past we have shown you some of your favourite authors and their pets such as William S. Burroughs and his cat Ginger, Dorothy Parker and her dog, and Charles Dickens and his pet raven named Grip. This blog, however, is dedicated to you, our Reading Addicts, and your pets.

Animals have such a positive influence on people, and Reading Addicts are no exception. We love to read about animals in both fiction and non-fiction, and books that feature animals have proven to be so popular that they’ve inspired EIGHT of For Reading Addicts’ quizzes!

Having a furry friend by our side can be comforting and, at times, relaxing despite cats being so obsessed with sitting on books and papers… The pleasure of having your furry hot water bottle right with you releases all the right chemicals in your brain so you can relax and disappear into a book properly.

We know so many of our Reading Addicts have furry book buddies so we asked you for your literary pet photos on our Facebook page; here are the first twelve of your adorable fur babies.

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Perhaps he has come to a reflective moment in his book?

With thanks to our fellow admin, Jacqui, for sharing her literary doggo.

It makes you wonder what he is reading, doesn’t it? 

Thank you to our Reading Addict, Sue Matthews, for this perfect example of a literary pet!

A bed time story for this old man… Perhaps something by James Herriot? 

For Reading Addicts’ Kath is this bookish pooch’s friend and food-giver. 

Molly the literary dog loves nothing more than a good book and a juicy bone.

Thank you to Reading Addict Kyra Wibier who sent this picture of her book buddy.

It seems Charlie has spent the last ten minutes looking for his reading glasses while wearing them all along. Oh, Charlie. 

Thanks to our Reading Addict Nancy Miller for Charlie’s photo! 

Doodle doesn’t suffer fools gladly, and enjoys time to herself. 

Her human is another of the For Reading Addicts team- Rosie (me!). 

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Glitch has been featured on For Reading Addicts before in a blog about why cats make the best reading companions.

The human he owns is one of the Reading Addicts family- Shan. 

Either Juniper is getting a good nose-full of that lush book smell, or she is trying to rub her scent on it and claim it as her own.

Thanks to longtime Reading Addict, Heather Dunn, for this one!

Typical cats- always needing attention when you want to read or work.

Thanks to mregina on Instagram for their pet picture all the way from Buenos Aires.

“Wherever there is a book- there must be my human!”

This gorgeous picture was from Mark Cobbold, one of our Twitter Reading Addicts.

Simba, books are for reading- not sleeping beside!

This second picture was also via Mark Cobbold on Twitter.

…And it is usually when she has just sat down to read her book.

Thanks to Miriam Flores at our Cwts Club on Facebook, for her pretty literary pet picture!

We hope you enjoyed those purrrrfectly literary pets!

If you would like your pet to feature in our next instalment of For Reading Addicts’ literary pets then send your pictures to [email protected].