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#WeeklyForecast a little late since I was busy yesterday being lazy and playing video games 😂 I actually already bailed on Save the Date when I found out how part of it was going to end. Frederica is my #LMPBC book this month so it is high priority this week. I am hoping to read the next three Leaphorn and Chee books for the #BacklistReadathon although after I got them from the library I realized that this is where we switch to Tony's daughter ⬇️

I didn‘t have particularly strong feelings about this which surprised me. I see how this got adapted into the Disney version that‘s such a cultural touchstone, and I also see the ways in which Salten uses it as a dark political commentary, but I mostly connected with it on a surface level, appreciating all the lovely descriptive passages about a life in the forest. #Pantone2023 #LoveBird #ChildrensClassicRead @Clwojick @TheBookHippie

https://www.amazon.com/Original-Bambi-Story-Life-Forest/dp/0691197741/ref=sr_1_1...

my copy!! #childrensclassicread2023 January

Another fun 2023 challenge - check out @lauredhel 's page for more details!!

What 2023 reading challenges do you all plan to participate in? I've been setting up my journal for the year and am getting super excited!! This year I'm looking to continue #Roll100 with @PuddleJumper, #WickedWords with @AsYouWish, #TrappedonanIsland with @aperfectmjk, #NoShameReadathon with @Nessavamusic, #Booked2023 with @alisiakae @cinfhen & @barbarathebibliophage ⬇

When I took a look at the copy I‘d planned to read for #ChildrensClassicRead this month, I realized my childhood version actually did have the original text with a very slightly different translation. But even growing up with the original, the details were way more gruesome than I‘d realized. I think in the 80s instead of discussing difficult passages in readalouds with kids people just skipped over them.👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

Love! Love! Love! I definitely had Paddington Bear stories read to me as a young girl, but I‘m not sure I ever heard the original version before, and while I know this is read mostly by children, I actually appreciated it way more as an adult. The version I read had a fabulous afterword in which the author said he didn‘t write it for any particular age group because before writing this story he‘d written exclusively for adults,⬇️

India celebrates Children's Day on Nov 14 to commemorate the birth anniversary of the first Prime Minister of India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. this day reminds me of two things which I like to share, i, e creating a better world for our future generation, & to be a child at heart 🥰 wish you all a happy children‘s day 🥰 Tagged 1 is probably the first book I read in Eng, which reminds me of my childhood. Which is yours? #foodandLit #India

@thebookhippie has posted the December #childrensclassicread See her post for more information or tag her and let her know you would like to join in.

I haven't done a book report in a while, so I'll just do one for the whole month. @Cinfhen
August #BookReport #forecast for early September
Last month was a slow one for me due to changes at work. I hope I can get back to listening to audiobooks soon. The Book of Lost Names was my favorite last month. I also enjoyed the #ChildrensClassicRead
I have high hopes for September.Marilla of Green Gables is excellent so far.

This classic certainly had me reaching for a few tissues.😭The mother‘s devotion to her family, the sweet sibling bonds, the overwhelming kindness and unconditional love—touched my heart. Living in today‘s crazy world, I‘m always up for a happy ending. And since Edith Nesbit had quite a tumultuous family life, I guess these happy endings made her feel better too.
#ChildrensClassicRead
@TheBookHippie
#SerialReader