6/30/2023 0 Comments Baa baa smart sheepThe repetitive back-and-forth between the turkey and the sheep (which is almost the entirety of the text) has the percussive resonance of stage patter and offers entertaining possibilities for performance as well as reading aloud. Turkey gobbles the pile down only to have his worst fears confirmed (“It IS poo!”), whereupon Baa Baa slyly tells him, “See, you’re getting smarter already!” This is an amusing early shaggy dog (sheep?) story that will elicit a delighted groan at the punchline and that is all the cleverer for making the poo-eating part of the build-up rather than the joke itself. They smell a bit like poo, too”), but Baa Baa’s fast talk overcomes his reservations. Turkey is suspicious (“They look a bit like poo. When Quirky Turkey stops by, Baa Baa engages the bird in banter when Turkey asks what the mound of brown, organic-looking pellets next to Baa Baa is, Baa Baa tells him that they are “smarty tablets” that will make their consumer more intelligent, and that they are free to turkeys. Little Baa Baa is bored, and that means trouble.
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6/30/2023 0 Comments Book the nature of fragile thingsThat’s fine by Sophie, who wasn’t looking for a sweeping romance. When she arrives in San Francisco, she marries widower Martin Hocking that same day – he’s extremely handsome, but also very withdrawn and doesn’t seem particularly interested in her. She’s an Irish immigrant living in New York City and the conditions in her tenement are so awful that she figures trading it in for a warm house and enough food is a safe enough gamble. The book centers around the massive San Francisco earthquake of 1906, but the story begins a few years before that fateful morning when Sophie Whalen answers a newspaper ad for a mail-order bride. I just finished listening to it a few days ago and I really enjoyed it! The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner So when I saw that she had a new book, The Nature of Fragile Things, coming out this year, I added it, unread, to the 2021 Everyday Reading Book Club lineup. I read her phenomenal book, As Bright As Heaven, a couple of years ago and although it took me a bit to get into the story, by the end, I couldn’t read fast enough and I understood why people love her so much. When I ask about favorite historical fiction writers, Susan Meissner is one of the MOST mentioned names. 6/30/2023 0 Comments Trahie by Karin AlvtegenTranslated in 2003 and published in the United States in 2009, the novel was nominated for the 2009 Edgar Award for best novel by the Mystery Writers of America. Four of her books have been translated into English: Missing, Betrayal, Shadow and Shame.Īlvtegen's second novel, Missing, was awarded the premier Nordic crime writing prize the Glass Key award in 2001. Alvtegen's psychological thrillers are generally set in Sweden. Karin Alvtegen (born 8 June 1965, Huskvarna, Sweden) is a Swedish author of crime fiction. |