It’s October and that means the schools are off where I am – I now have to actually know and care about these things as it means Brodie is off nursery. They came off last week actually but I’ve only now thought to share this fascinating information with you. Da

How to store Enid Blyton’s magazines

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Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Agent chapter 14

Dada parked the car. “Are you ready to go in, sweetheart?”

Marietta couldn’t reply. It felt like the wind blowing off the sea was jiggling her words into nonsense. She imagined he Mighty Miss Hummingbird from Dada’s circus swooping down on the trapeze to pick the words back up again. Then maybe Marietta would be able to reply.

These are the opening lines of the first story in New Class at Malory Towers – just one of many, many books sitting on my shelves and waiting to be read and reviewed.