“Silly child, how can you imagine that this wooden doll from Nuremberg is really alive and capable of moving about?"
#Nutcracker
#DashingThruDecember
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
“Silly child, how can you imagine that this wooden doll from Nuremberg is really alive and capable of moving about?"
#Nutcracker
#DashingThruDecember
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
pickAfter 🩰 exam rehearsal on Sun I did over Vinnies. Grand total🟰 $23. The 📕 includes a gorgeous pop up. Afterwards I went to the Veteran‘s markets but every1 was packing up so I didn‘t come away with anything. I usually come away with lots. I walked home picking up a click & collect on the way, I visited the Metro for groceries, had my Zoom 🩰 class then visited my aunt who was staying in the apartments next 🚪. My favourite cousin was there too.
pickI‘ve never seen the ballet, and so never really understood why the image of the nutcracker is so entwined with Christmas, but after seeing both E T A Hoffman‘s original and Alexandre Dumas‘ rewrite mentioned in a book earlier this month, I had a desire to read both versions! Not quite what I expected, and I‘m not entirely sure what Dumas was aiming for in his near-identical rewrite, but it‘s a sweet, magical story.
6.5hrs #20in4 #Readathon
Here‘s a cover I created to go with my “Nutcracker Magic” blurb!😆🎄📖 #wintergames #christmaschapterchasers @StayCurious
so-soCool concept. I think it could have been a lot shorter and just written better. I was really invested halfway through and then it felt like it should have ended too many times and it didn‘t. It had a lot of potential, but just didn‘t hit fully for me. I thought it would have been a lot better based on the idea, but it wasn‘t for me.
pickNightly reading with Jace:
1. Little Red Sleigh 4⭐️🛷
2. Goodnight Santa 4⭐️🎅🏻
3. The Berenstain Bears & The Nutcracker 4⭐️🌰
230 points
Time spent reading today: 3 hours x‘s 3 = 90 points
#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#ReadAway2024
#Adventathon
#LittenListen
I just came across an Etsy store that sells these hollowed out book stacks. I even made some a little like this back in my bookbinding days. I still have a bit of a hard time with destroying books intentionally. I have to admit this is a great way to hide things in a place like mine, that‘s full of books.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/Covogoods?ref=related&from_page=listing&listing_id=605...
