poppy

flex of his claws and a swipe at Percy's nether .....

celeriac

Brave. A fun kid's movie. Any animated film character with Billy Connelly's voice has me at hello. Great end track by Mumford and Sons and Birdy, Learn Me Right.

catastrophic

Love Potion No. 9 ~ Elkie Brooks (not the original but she does a real nice bluesy take on it)

Sunshine of Your Love ~ Cream

Ferdinand

You Are The Sunshine Of My Life ~ Stevie Wonder

The Heart Asks Pleasure First ~ Michael Nyman (theme from The Piano, a very beautiful film) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dPS-EHl-FE

causing Percy to speak rather firmly to him, with the words......

catalyst

as he clawed his way up Percy's bare.....

Your favourite read of the year? The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Nighttime by Mark Haddon Your favourite author of the year? Nancy Mitford Your most read author of the year? CS Lewis The book you abandoned (if there was more than one, the one you read least of)? None The book that most disappointed you? These Foolish Things by Deborah Moggach ( the movie The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is based on this book but I enjoyed the movie far more) The funniest book of the year? Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford Your favourite literary characters this year? Bilbo Baggins, and Skeeter and Aibeleen from The Help Your favourite children's book this year? Coraline by Neil Gaiman Your favourite classic of the year? The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien Your favourite non-fiction book this year? Mere Christianity by CS Lewis Your favourite biography this year? The Mitford Girls by Mary Lovell Your favourite illustrated book of the year? A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness Your favourite re-read of the year? The Hobbit But I can't go without mentioning these books which haven't featured here, they were all excellent ....(sorry if I'm cheating, but I'm not terribly good with rules) The Boy in Striped Pjamas by John Boyne The Piano by Jane Campion The Book Thief by Markus Zusak I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Mr Chartwell by Rebecca Hunt

crumpet

Oooo .....not too many there I've read, only Dr Zhivago, the Nevil Shutes, Out of Africa, Of Mice and Men, Dorothy Sayers and a couple of the Bronte's and Austen's. Looking forward to your reviews bree

Shark Attack ~ Split Enz Kiwi classic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2yoVfDeLc8

I'm rather partial to Supertramp's Dreamer

One of my favourite David Gray songs ~ Fixative

Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad ~ Moby

from the cat whose tail he'd inadvertently .....

I'm so pleased for you Kylie. Hope everything goes well And then what are you planning on doing, Mr Muggles? (assuming that it actually happens this time!) There won't be too much gardening to do at this time fo year. Maybe you could go searching for some more bears to take some photos of, to post up for us all to see

Great song Muggles. Have you heard Diana Krall singing this? Think she gives a pretty creditable performance.

That's a very beautiful song. She has a lovely voice. I've not heard of her before.

Cool song Letters From the Sky by Civil Twilight

Crazy Little Thing Called Love ~ Queen