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I had forgotten I had told everybody that story! Years ago when my little brother was learning to talk, he couldn't say "Susan" properly and used to call me "Ooshie", so when I was trying to think of a username, that was what popped into my mind!
Aww. That is sweet! Him saying it, and your picking it.
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Haha we know why she is called Ooshie. It is a really cute story.
Now I'm intrigued! Do tell Ooshie!
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I must be a little weird too then because I think this photo is absolutely stunning as well! You are simply gorgeous Bree and so is your little girl. And your partner should be a photographer, the way he has captured your expression and the lovely colour contrasts and shadow are wonderful.
And what an amazing place you were! India has always intrigued me and I've read quite a few books based there. There is a certain mood that reading about India invokes and I imagine people who have lived there never quite ever leave it behind.
So many lovely words. Thank you Poppy. He isn't a photographer - but one of those strange people who are good at whatever they attempt to do!
And yes, India is fascinating - lots of magic, lots of mayhem - and as someone once said - whatever is true of India, the opposite is true as well...
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Hi Bree great idea. Don't think anybody has ever reviewed baby books before. Has your little one done The Hungry Caterpiller ?
Not yet. Have just ordered it along with Goodnight Moon
Lovely Bree, have you tried any of the Rod Campbell books for your little one, they were definite lift the flap favourites with my three, along with the Spot books...Dear Zoo was a particular favourite!
:smile:Ooh. So many lovely suggestions - will look them up. Thank you chaliepud
Bree, have you come across Lynley Dodd's Hairy Maclary books?
This is Hairy Maclary From Donaldson's Dairy, a bit difficult to understand the child reading it, but it will give you an idea.
Delightful illustrations and rhyme
It does look delightful Poppy - thank you for the video!
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Winnie The Pooh : A Real Fishy Story
Walt Disney
★★★★★
Synopsis:
Pooh wants to go fishing. Piglet wants to go swimming.
But Pooh has a reputation of never catching any fish. Will it be different this time?
Thoughts:
I found this in a second-hand book-store and picked it up as I do love Winnie-The-Pooh.
Alya loves this one and has me read it to her every night at bedtime. She also loves flipping through the pages on her own and jabbering and pointing to various things in the book, and finally showering it with kisses.
Definitely a hit. (And I can probably recite the story in my sleep)
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Guess How Much I Love You
Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram
★★
Synopsis:
This little book is about a conversation between a little hare and his father. The little one keeps trying to tell his father, though various measurements (stretching his hands out, jumping high...) how much he loves him. And daddy keeps managing to show he loves baby a bit more than that (as his hands are longer, he can jump higher...)
My thoughts:
I wanted to like it more than I did, but just couldn't.
The story isn't really endearing to me, and the illustrations aren't captivating.
Maybe I should re-visit this a few years later and I'll then be able to see why it's so popular. Or maybe I'm just not sentimental enough.
Alya likes it though - not as much as the others - but she likes copying the actions from each page.
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Wow! No, that's not weird - and no I'm not that interesting!
We were amidst the ruins of a 16th century empire, in south India - huge expanses of rocks - opening out into amazing nothingness.
The lighting was perfect and my partner snuck in a shot.
And you're definitely a poet.
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Where's Baby's Belly Button?
Karen Katz
★★★★★
Synopsis:
Each page of this lift-the-flap board book conatins a flap concelaing a body part.
Thoughts:
Loved this book. The large size, the beautiful colourful babies, the quality of the flaps and body-part theme running through it. The different coloured babies. It's very well made.
Aly loves discovering each body part in the book, then on her, and finally me.
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Where's Spot?
by Eric Hill
★★★★
Synopsis:
Spot, the puppy hasn't eaten his supper and is no where to be found. His mum, Sally, goes about looking for him.
Thoughts:
This delightful lift-the-flap book is the first of the Spot books. Each page springs a surprise animal and makes my little one squeal and giggle.
I love reading this with her - and she's learnt to slowly say the names and sounds of the animals.
I only wish the flaps were of a sturdier material - as they rip off easily (or maybe I have more-rough-than-usual toddler!)
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1. Where's Spot?
Eric Hill
★★★★ My thoughts
2. Where's Baby's Belly Button?
Karen Katz
★★★★★ My thoughts
3. Guess How Much I Love You
Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram
★★ My thoughts
4. Winnie The Pooh : A Real Fishy Story
Walt Disney
★★★★★ My thoughts
5. Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes
Alex Publishing
★★★★ My thoughts
6. The Secret Adversary
Agatha Christie
★★★ My thoughts
7. Pied Piper
Nevil Shute
★★★★☆ My thoughts
8. James and the Giant Peach
Roald Dahl
★★★ My thoughts
9. The Magic Finger
Roald Dahl
★★★★ My thoughts
10. Partners In Crime
Agatha Christie
★★★ My thoughts
11. Matilda
Roald Dahl
★★★★☆ My thoughts
12. Mister God, This is Anna
Fynn
★★★★★ My thoughts
13. Charlotte's Web
E. B. White
★★★★☆ My thoughts
14. The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett
★★★★★ My thoughts
15. Journey To The Centre of the Earth
Jules Verne
★★ My thoughts
16. Daddy-Long-Legs
Jean Webster
★★★★★ My thoughts
17. Best of O'Henry
Collection of short-stories by O'Henry
★★★ My thoughts
18. A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
★★★★★ My thoughts
19. What Katy Did
Susan Coolidge
★★★ My thoughts
20. Sounder
William H Armstrong
★★★★★ My thoughts
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I haven't rated or reviewed books before, and not being much of a reader, or writer, feel a bit silly thinking that I can.
My thoughts on the books are more, I think, an indication of me, at this moment in life, rather than of the books themselves.
I would, though, like to put to words my thoughts and reactions to the books I read - which is what this book log is about.
Stars and what they mean~
★ - didn't appeal to me at all
★★ - passable - didn't make me want to stop reading, but then it wasn't too enjoyable either
★★★ - good
★★★★ - really good
★★★★★ - a book for life - will re-read again for sure
(and this a half star : ☆ : for the in-betweens)
I have no lists of what I want to read. And what I want to do with this years reading is~
- try and read something everyday
- read all the Children Classics that I've missed (lovely list here)
- attempt at reading the grown-up classics - I've only read the ones that were done at school - and am rather scared of reading them by myself
- read anything else that captures my interest, and registers in my head. I don't want to make a list or note down titles - if a review appeals to me, or I see a book mentioned several times, then the title usually sticks in my head and I'll buy it (if it's available where I live) - so will just go with the flow (I'm a rather simple reader and lists/shelves of unread books makes me feel pressurised. I'm happy just knowing my one next read)
And oh yes, berried between all the books, will be a few baby/toddler reads - as I love reading to my little girl (her name is Alya). And she, happily, loves pouring over them too.
- try and read something everyday
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Hello everyone! Nice to put a face on all the names I keep seeing when I explore the various threads.
This is me, with my little girl, taken on a recent holiday -
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Citizen Kane for me too
And Slumdog Millionaire
and yes Avatar (shoot me)
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^^ such a lovely word that!
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Thank you Ooshie (I love your name by the way!)
I'm not very organised and I don't think I'm the kind to have a too-be-read list.
I'm rather a simple reader, and I just think make sure I have one on waiting, before completing the current one.
Will look forward to your reviews. Happy reading.
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Hello Ooshie,
I'm new here and as my status says "settling in" - hope its okay for me to post in your thread.
I was just looking around this part of the forum - wondering if I dared to have my own thread - and I was over-whelmed by all the long, colour-coded reading lists I saw.
I was ready to run when I saw your thread and read this :
As usual, I am full of admiration for people who have properly organised lists of books they want to read - I will just be listing the books I read each month, and trying to remember to post a short (usually very short!) review of each one.
If I ever get down to having a list of my own, and posting reviews I might just follow your lead!
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Just read this (again) and enjoyed it.
Not one of her best plots though, but I do love Tommy and Tuppence - and this being their first book - makes it special.
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I bought that when it came out - three, maybe even four years ago now, was it? I haven't got round to reading it yet, but it's still staring at me reproachfully from the shelf, so I think it'll be next up when I feel like a dose of misery and redemption.
I know what you mean - it was a gift from a dear friend - and I let it lie around for ages before I read it.
And I'm not sure I'll read it again any time soon.
But yes, it was worth that one read.
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I know this is an old thread - but I'm Indian, live by the sea, and can't pass a fish-curry thread without having something to say.
I found an online version of one my favourite recipes - simple and delicious!
Just sharing the link here, if anyone comes looking here:
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/168626/goan-fish-curry
(mine looks more red as I add more chilli to it)
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Hi bree. Welcome to BCF.
Of course you can join in. Just start your own thread in here and list how you get on. Anything goes really, so I'm not going to read them in any particular order - just whichever takes my fancy. I have quite a few on my 'to read' pile, and am looking out for the rest in charity shops - or the library.
With other challenges I've done, I tend to post my reviews in my 'reading log' in the main section (that this forum is a sub-forum of) but I might post the Roald Dahl ones in this specific thread.
Thanks Janet, makes sense now!
Have fun with Dahl - I hope to catch up with you soon
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And not sure if this counts as an autobiography : A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier - Ishmael Beah.
Though there have been questions raised on the credibility of the memoirs, it's nevertheless very stark, powerful and deeply disturbing.
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My first one, and one I keep going back to is Gandhi's My Experiments With Truth - and each time I find something new to learn from and be inspired.
Then there is the disturbing and disarming The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank.
A few years ago I read Elvis and Me by Priscilla Presley - which I found very interesting. I loved the pictures in it too.
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Most over-rated film ever?
in Music / TV / Films
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I did like it. Just thought it was over-rated though.