Monthly Archives: July 2020

Fan fic Friday: Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Agent chapter 3

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Fiona

In chapter one Bill (with his donkey code words) turned up at Anatoly’s flat and in chapter two they made some plans. Chapter 3 When Anatoly had left for work Bill got up, stretched, and decided to do his best … Continue reading →

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Malory Towers on TV – Episodes eleven and twelve

Posted on July 29, 2020 by Fiona

We are nearly at the end of the series now, only one more episode to go after these two! In case you missed any of the previous posts: Episodes one and two Episodes three and four Episodes five and six … Continue reading →

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Monday #382

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Fiona

Back to two posts a week for a while I think, now that the locked down library displays are done. Malory Towers on TV Episodes 11 & 12 and Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Agent chapter 3 … Continue reading →

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Locked down library displays weeks 14 and 15

Posted on July 26, 2020 by Fiona

Here we are at the end of my book displays. I still have no information on when I may return to work but I have more or less run out of ideas, and 100 seems like a nice round number … Continue reading →

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Fan fic Friday: Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Agent chapter 2

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Fiona

In chapter one Bill turned up at Anatoly’s flat after spending the night at Mrs Mannering’s home (in the spare room, of course). Chapter 2 The next morning Anatoly moved as quietly round his flat to dress as Bill slept … Continue reading →

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If you like Blyton: The Adventurers and the Cursed Castle by Jemma Hatt

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Fiona

As you’ve seen me say before I am always quite wary of anything that proclaims to be perfect for fans of Enid Blyton. However, in this case, I think the claim is justified. There are three books in The Adventurers … Continue reading →

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Monday #381

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Fiona

You might not have noticed (I certainly didn’t until yesterday) but I have messed up the numbering of the Monday posts. So I’ve just renumbered 75% of them. Somehow I went from Monday #279  back to #230, not once, but … Continue reading →

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Locked down library displays weeks 12 and 13

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Fiona

I’m nearly at the end of these – as I expected I’ve run out of ideas before getting to go back to work. Day #78 123, ABC Day #79 Colours and shapes I had intended to include the first Crayons … Continue reading →

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Fan fic Friday: Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Agent

Posted on July 17, 2020 by Fiona

Previously we wrote about what Bill (and Anatoly) got up to during the events of The Valley of Adventure – we called it The Mystery of the Missing Aeroplane. Now it’s time to find out what the pair of them … Continue reading →

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If you like Blyton: the Bobbsey Twins by Laura Lee Hope

Posted on July 15, 2020 by Fiona

This recommendation comes to you via one of my regular readers and commenters, Sean Hagins, as I have never read any Bobbsey Twins books. Sean has reviewed these books extensively on Goodreads and so I will not duplicate them in … Continue reading →

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Monday #380

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Fiona

I ran out of time to finish my lock down library post which was meant to go up on Sunday, but that’s because I was writing chapter 9 of The Mystery of the Missing Agent with Stef, so I hope … Continue reading →

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Lego Blyton: Five on a Hike Together

Posted on July 10, 2020 by Fiona

Not too long ago I shared my Lego builds of Five On a Treasure Island. That was the first one I did, and then I got thinking of what else I could build (however badly) out of Lego bricks… and … Continue reading →

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Five Go Down to the Sea part 3

Posted on July 8, 2020 by Fiona

Well, here we are, finally at the nitpicks I promised. Hope they were worth it! The timeline Warning, this first nitpick is a long one! The timeline of the story in regards to the Barnies’ visit makes no sense to … Continue reading →

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Monday #379

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Fiona

Five Go Down to the Sea part 3 and Lego Blyton: Five on a Hike Together and Locked down library displays weeks 12 and 13 I considered doubling back and seeing if I could listen in, but I figured that … Continue reading →

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June 2020 round up

Posted on July 5, 2020 by Fiona

This covers week three thousand of the lock down… or something like 10-13 if you’re not using hyperbole. This might be my last full month of it before getting to go back to work but we will see! What I … Continue reading →

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Fan fic Friday: Conquering the Castle, Epilogue

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Fiona

The final chapter of a fairly uneventful story – though I hope you picked up on the hints for the second St Andrews novel which I am hoping to start working on with Stef soon. Previous chapters if you missed … Continue reading →

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Malory Towers on TV – Episodes nine and ten

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Fiona

Malory Towers went on the iPlayer very early in the lock down, so early April and here I am just getting to episodes nine and ten (of thirteen). I know a lot of people binged it but I watch two … Continue reading →

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