Showing posts with label Pauline Chakmakjian. Show all posts
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Friday 15 October 2021

Love To Read? Book Reviews with Amber at The Mewton-Clawson Library #174 featuring **The Sphinxing Rabbit: Book of Hours** by Pauline Chakmakjian and Nilesh Mistry PLUS Friendly Fill-Ins

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Hello gorgeous library guests 

and 

Welcome to the Mewton-Clawson Library at BBHQ 

Thank mew for joining me in the stacks today, and it has been a fun week. Did mew see Wednesday's post about the Cats Protection Christmas Bauble Felting Kit? 

Yesterday, the P.A. made the felt mini-me, she's videoed the entire thing and will be posting snippets of video on our reels later today, or early evening when she gets home from work.

She made seven approximately 5-ish minute long videos showing exactly how she made the Cat Christmas Felt Bauble following the instructions, and they will be posted in sequence on our YouTube Channel in the next few days.

And mew will be able to see exactly how it was made in real-time.

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I was waiting for treats here, as mew can tell the service was sadly lacking!

Anyhoo, let's find out what I've got to share with mew this week.

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Today the P.A. is also joining in Friday Fill-ins Blog Hop with the pawesome 15 & Meowing and Four-Legged Furballs.

1. _________ makes my skin crawl.

2. I enjoy _________.

3. I consider myself _________.

4. _________ and _________ are not a good mix.

The P.A.'s answers are...

1.  Horror movies makes my skin crawl. I can't watch them, I see no enjoyment or value in that genre at all, obviously I know a lot of people love this genre but for me, no.

2. I enjoy old movies. Josh collects DVD's, so most nights after dinner we'll watch something from our youth! LOL 

3. I consider myself an easy-going person unless I'm severely provoked, and then it's like unleashing the Kraken.

4. Oil and water are not a good mix- just saying! LOL  I always grew up listening to the fashion tips of the time, and it was always said, that navy and black shouldn't be worn together, blue and green should never be seen, black and yellow was a big no, anyhoo you get the picture, and it's hilarious today that there actually is no fashion because everything is being copied from previous decades, there are no rules and anything goes. 

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         Catblogosphere        Feline Friday        Nature Friday        Flashback Friday     Friendship Friday       
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Let's see what I've got to show mew this time!

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This week's top book pick is...

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The Sphinxing Rabbit: Book of Hours


by

Pauline Chakmakjian and Nilesh Mistry

       Here's a little snippet of the book blurb:      

If you could do anything, who would you be? The Sphinxing Rabbit series of books continues with Book of Hours, a delightful and amusing solution to a concern Tocqueville had for American equality - that the absence of an aristocratic class led to a lack of progress in the arts and theoretical sciences resulting in no true intellectual class.

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Mew may remember that earlier in the year I reviewed The Sphinxing Rabbit, and I was delighted when the author contacted me about the second book in the series. So off I toddled to the library PC and bought myself a Kindle copy.

As with the first book in the series this one is also filled to the brim with the most beautiful illustrations, and I mean absolutely gorgeous. If mew have the original paperwhite kindle or previous black and white versions mew'll miss out on the richness and depth of the artists work. I would advise reading on your tablet or getting the hardback version to truly appreciate the artwork.

From my viewpoint, the story once again is very interesting and teaches about the subtleties of how those in the position of power operate to keep the masses ignorant, obedient and controllable. Wow, it sounds like one of the oodles of conspiracy theories I keep reading about happening in our world right now!

Pauline captures a broader perspective and packages it up in a great little book, which clearly spells out the message to her readers, and it is interesting to note that with the right guidance as demonstrated in the book how simple it is to make a positive change to benefit all.

A  thought-provoking and well-crafted read, and I would recommend it most heartily, even if the story isn't your thing, the illustrations alone are amazing.


Hardback: 68 pages
Publisher: Panoma Press
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Ratings of:

The Sphinxing Rabbit: Book of Hours

Story

Illustrations

Overall Enjoyment
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         Catblogosphere        Feline Friday        Nature Friday        Flashback Friday     Friendship Friday       

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I really hope mew enjoy the book as much as I did if mew decide to read it.

It's time fur me to say BFN or bye-fur-now as mew know the drill, so many books, so little time and I'll be back next week with another specially paw-picked book just for mew, and don't furget that all my previous reviews can be found on my Book Review page.

Until next time...

Keep calm and read more books

Amber 


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Friday 2 April 2021

Love To Read? Book Reviews with Amber at The Mewton-Clawson Library #162 featuring **The Sphinxing Rabbit** by Pauline Chakmakjian and Nilesh Mistry PLUS Friendly Fill-Ins

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Hello gorgeous library guests

and 

Welcome to the Mewton-Clawson Library at BBHQ 

Thank mew for joining me in the stacks today on this delightful Good Friday, and as mew can see, I'm in the Easter mood because I dusted off my bunny ears just for today, and I even went the extra yard and a half by getting eggs and flowers too! MOL

Before we jump into this weeks review, the other evening the P.A. found Koala Karl. So I got reacquainted with him, and had really great fun!

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Don't worry, he dried out just fine, ready for our next meeting in about 30 minutes! MOL 

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Today the P.A. is also joining in Friday Fill-ins Blog Hop with the pawesome 15 & Meowing and Four-Legged Furballs.
1. _________ is such an inconvenience.

2. My favorite part of the Easter (or Passover) meal is _________.

3. I would like to find an Easter egg filled with _________.

4. For me, _________ is a deal-breaker.

The P.A.'s answers are...

1. Living in a small village while lovely, can be a bit of an inconvenience at times. Everything you need is a car trip; to walk to the nearest and only tiny-shop come post office is approx 25+ minutes both ways. 

2. My favorite part of the Easter (or Passover) meal is everything; we cook a traditional Sunday lunch every weekend at BBHQ with Yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes and everything, so I shall really enjoy that this weekend, oh and a little extra on this weeks menu will be some sage and onion stuffing... mmmmmmm! LOL

3. I would like to find an Easter egg filled with gold... you know the chocolate gold coins, love them! LOL

4. For me, bad manners and ignorance are a deal-breaker.

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Let's see what I've got to show mew this time!

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This week's top book pick is...

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The Sphinxing Rabbit


by

Pauline Chakmakjian and Nilesh Mistry

       Here's the book blurb:      

Deceptively simple in appearance yet heavy in content, the Sphinxing Rabbit series of books starting with Her Sovereign Majesty aims to communicate tenets of freedom in an entertaining manner as opposed to complex, intellectual discourse, which has already been attempted many times in history, but to little avail. Moreover, each book alludes to a few famous works of art.

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I bought this book a couple of months ago from Amazon, and it's been sitting on the to review heap on my desk in the library ever since and the other day, when I was thinking of something to share for Easter, I saw the bunny on the front cover and thought, hey this could wurk!

So what did I think about the Sphinxing Rabbit; the illustrations are totally gorgeous and very nicely done. The story premise is very interesting too. If you're looking to share or teach a message of freedom, this could be a good starting point.

And by the looks of things, without giving any spoilers away; my understanding of the underlying message written between the lines is, not everything is as it seems on the surface or outwardly, or what looks benign might not be, if mew get my epically cryptic drift!

Guys, this is one of those little books that mew're going to have read and make your own mind up about. It's not an easy one to explain, though if mew do decide to give it a whirl, then mew'll know exactly what I'm talking about. 

If I were to sum up in four wurds, they would be; a cleverly delivered concept.

Hardback: 68 pages
Publisher: Panoma Press
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Ratings of:

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Story

Illustrations

Overall Enjoyment
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Sadly it's time fur me to say BFN or bye-fur-now as mew know the drill, so many books, so little time and I'll be back next week with another specially paw-picked book just for mew, and don't furget that all my previous reviews can be found on my Book Review page.

Join the rest of The B Team tomorrow if mew have time, as they've got an epically epic Easter Crafting with Cats post, and I know mew won't want to miss a moment of it!  

Until next time...

Keep calm and read more books

Amber 


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