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I read the Alice books as an adult and wasn't impressed. I don't remember reading them as a child.

A young politician from Louth... Had his chest tattooed ‘Nil By Mouth’

There once was a yak from tibet, Tied up his long hair in a net He really felt cold

A wolf made a classic mistake When one day, upon her lunch break She dressed as a sheep At the stile made a leap... and broke all her nails which were fake There was a young man from Cirencester

The Desolations of Devil's Acre by Ransom Riggs. Sixth book in the Peculiar series, I have read the other five. It's a long one!

A clueless young gent from the coast Had a woman named Maureen as host.... He let down her hair

A young man by the name of Sid Bater Decided to buy a large freighter It sprung a big leak He started to freak

A young man by the name of Sid Bater Decided to buy a large freighter

You are welcome. However, it comes with The Nutcracker now but if it was a children's picture book it might not necessarily have come with The Nutcracker.

Could it be The Mouse King by E T A Hoffman? usually comes with The Nutcracker. Fabulous stories both. There were so many that I couldn't narrow it down to just one - I loved the Brer Rabbit stories too, The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, Naughty Amelia Jane, The Wishing Chair, The Silver Brumby Series ........... and on

I agree wholeheartedly. I look at these lists with interest because I'm always interested in what other people are reading and what they find interesting and then I carry on reading what I enjoy and want to read.

Always I heard as a suggestion that you use the time that you would normally be commuting to read. Easier said than done I think but just a suggestion.

From Amazon because they can do it better than me : Young, attractive and very ambitious, George Duroy, known to his admirers as Bel-Ami, is offered a job as a journalist on La Vie francaise and soon makes a great success of his new career. But he also comes face to face with the realities of the corrupt society in which he lives - the sleazy colleagues, the manipulative mistresses and wily financiers - and swiftly learns to become an arch-seducer, blackmailer and social climber in a world where love is only a means to an end. Written when Maupassant was at the height of his powers, Bel-Ami is a novel of great frankness and cynicism, but it is also infused with the sheer joy of life - depicting the scenes and characters of Paris in the belle epoque with wit, sensitivity and humanity. I didn't like this as much as his other work but it was well written, well plotted and had believable characters.

A writer of SciFi once tried To eat eggs that hadn't been fried

There once was a goose with a cold Whose libarary book was on hold

A BCF member said "Look!" Whilst looking up from their book A penguin walked by While sucking a fly

I did that Meg, it's just that the first line isn't in bold.

A BCF member said "Look!" Whilst looking up from their book

I just finished two books by Katherine Arden and keenly await this year's third to make the trio. All three were aimed at 10 - 12 year olds. I read them anyway and they are great. Good writing is good writing and I don't see why the children/YA should have all the fun.

Me too and if I don't get it I start twitching.

I'm glad that you are both alright

Well, I read more than I anticipated over the w/e. I like - need! - to read 50 pages a day and got up to that over the weekend. If I don't read 50 pages a day I start twitching! Does anybody else do that or is it just me?

I'm new here and thought I'd resurrect this thread because it's interesting. I'm an extrovert. I also like quiet me time and I don't like going to parties. I don't mind having a chat with a stranger and I don't mind a room full of people. I can be loud - depending on your bench-mark - and I seem to terrify shy people for some reason (I don't do that deliberately). People say that I talk too much, which is probably true. Obviously this thread took place before lockdown. I'm coping well, how are all you introverts?

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