Was concerned that Sebastian Faulks' latest homage (after
his Bond novel) would be a disappointment, but he's obviously a huge fan and
stuck generally to the formula. There were a couple of notes that made for a
better novel (it was a novel rather than the short stories of Wodehouse), but
didn't ring true; Bertie is given more of a back story and is occasionally
given to contemplation of the horrors and loss of the Great War which had no
place in the sunny Sunday afternoon atmosphere of a Wodehouse story. 'Perfect'
was the follow-up to 'The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry' which I really enjoyed, with it's shameless
tugging of the heart strings. 'Perfect' took longer to grip me, but it kept me
rapt towards the end, the sort of book you read every spare second you have;
walking along, on the loo, surreptitious glances at work. . .
Libby, along with
every other UK female aged 3-11 is absolutely obsessed with the film 'Frozen'
at the moment. She had a Frozen-themed birthday party with games like Pin the
Carrot on the Olaf and just about every card or present had Elsa or Anna on it.
Disney are now responsible for a generation that will pronounce 'Anna' with an
r sound after the first 'A'. I love her here singing so much. She doesn't know
the words, and only just about knows he tune, but she belts it out like a club
singer just the same, bless her. Fred & Lib have come to expect my
rendition of 'One Spring Morning' and 'Sally Brown' as their lullabies, so both
can belt those out too. Last night Lib decided to accompany 'One Spring
Morning' by singing an entirely different song (Do You Want To Build A Snowman?) at the
same time
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