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I bought and looked back through the Kindle version after listening to the audio, and the things that bothered me while listening didn’t stand out so much while reading. I tend to enjoy “coming of age during adversity” type stories generally. I’ve seen it compared to Narnia, and though there are similarities, I think such a comparison helps set up those lofty expectations and the resulting letdown. I think when expectations are so high, that can actually set one up for disappointment. I was expecting to be wowed, and maybe that’s the biggest problem with why I wasn’t. But when it came up for sale as an audiobook, I figured, why not? I follow The Story Warren, where Smith is a regular contributor, so I saw all the announcements there when the book came out, but I still wasn’t particularly inclined to read it. Lewis that a good children’s story should appeal to adults, too. I don’t read children’s stories other than classics often, though I agree with C. When injustices or suffering occur, they comfort themselves with the saying, “It shall not be so in the Mended Wood.” Meanwhile discord threatens the community, and Heather and Picket struggle to find their place, especially when they learn their family’s history with the king. While rabbit forces are training to fight the wolves, rabbit artisans and workmen are keeping their skills honed for a time when the heir of their fallen king will rise up and claim his place and lead them to a season of peace. They see and hear evidences of other wolf attacks. Their uncle, Wilfred, and Smalls take them to a community of rabbits hidden away. Not knowing where their parents are and being spotted by wolves, they try for a harrowing escape, being rescued at the last minute by an uncle they didn’t know they had and his adopted son, Smalls. Heather and Picket are shooed out to pick berries, but while they are gone, their home is attacked by wolves and burned. Brother and sister Heather and Picket live a normal (for storybook rabbits), almost idyllic life with their parents and baby brother until one day when a mysterious stranger comes to talk with their parents. Smith is a children’s story about rabbits. While Russian pipeline supply to Europe overall was steady at 167 Bcm in 2021, exports to the EU decreased by 8.2% (-12 Bcm).The Green Ember by S.

Algerian pipeline exports to Europe were the largest source of pipeline supply growth to the region (+13 Bcm) last year, followed by Azerbaijan (+6 Bcm).

China surpassed Japan as the world’s largest LNG importer and accounted for close to 60% of global LNG demand growth in 2021.

LNG supply from the US rose by 34 Bcm, accounting for most of the new incremental supplies and more than offsetting declines from mainly other Atlantic Basin exporters.

LNG supply grew 5.6% (+26 Bcm) to 516 Bcm in 2021, its slowest rate of growth since 2015 (other than in 2020).

Its share in primary energy in 2021 was unchanged from the previous year at 24%.

Global natural gas demand grew 5.3% in 2021, recovering above pre-pandemic 2019 levels and crossing the 4 Tcm mark for the first time.

US Henry Hub prices nearly doubled to average $3.84/mmBtu in 2021 - their highest annual level since 2014.

Natural gas prices rebounded strongly across all three major gas regions in 2021, rising fourfold to record annual levels in Europe (TTF averaging $16.02/mmBtu) and tripling in the Asian LNG spot market (JKM averaging $18.60/mmBtu).

As a result, refining capacity in the OECD in 2021 was at its lowest level since 1998.

Refinery capacity declined for the first time in over 30 years by almost 500,000 b/d last year, driven by a sharp reduction in the OECD (1.1 million b/d).

Among all countries, Libya (840,000 b/d), Iran (540,000 b/d) and Canada (300,000 b/d) saw the largest increases.

Global oil production increased by 1.4 million b/d in 2021, with OPEC+ accounting for more than three-quarters of the increase.Regionally, most of the growth took place in the US (1.5 million b/d), China (1.3 million b/d) and the EU (570,000 b/d). A majority of the consumption growth came from gasoline (1.8 million b/d) and diesel/gasoil (1.3 million b/d).Oil consumption increased by 5.3 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2021 but remained 3.7 million b/d below 2019 levels.Oil prices averaged $70.91/bbl in 2021, the second highest level since 2015.