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Monthly Archives: March 2024
Rating the Famous Five titles
A recent comment on the blog has inadvertently inspired this post. A regular reader pointed out that I had written Five Have a Wonderful Time when I actually meant Five Fall Into Adventure. It wasn’t that I had confused the … Continue reading
Monday #572
I nearly decided to have a week off from blogging this week, as I have come down with that feels like my hundredth lurgy of 2024. (It’s probably only the fourth or fifth, but it is only March!) However I … Continue reading
Posted in Blog talk
Tagged March, Monday, Sue Welford, The Adventures with George and Timmy
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Fan fic Friday: Bill and Allie’s great adventure chapter 5
Parts one, two, three and four for anyone who needs to catch up. Jack nudged Philip sharply in the side, careful not to let Dinah see what he was doing, then made a show of scratching the side of his … Continue reading
Posted in Fan fiction
Tagged Aunt Allie, Bill and Allie's Great Adventure, Bill Cunningham
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Reading the Famous Five to Brodie part 4
While in real-time we are on to Five on a Secret Trail, in blog-time it’s time for what Brodie said about books 6 & 7. Five on Kirrin Island Again We went straight onto this book the night after finishing … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews
Tagged Five Go Off to Camp, Five on Kirrin Island Again, The Famous Five
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Monday #571
I briefly looked for something non-weather related to say this week but it’s difficult to find something Blytonian-related that isn’t already going into one of my upcoming posts. So I’ll tell you that it’s actually sunny right now. Not only … Continue reading
Fan fic Friday: Bill and Allie’s Great Adventure chapter 4
In case you missed them: Chapter one Chapter two Chapter three It was a short and simple ceremony, but Bill wasn’t sure he would remember all of it. His hand shook slightly as he guided the ring onto Allie’s finger, … Continue reading
Reading the Famous Five to Brodie part 3
Part one covered Five On a Treasure Island, and then part two was Five Go Adventuring Again and Five Run Away Together. Five Go to Smuggler’s Top This is, of course, my absolute favourite so I was really really hoping … Continue reading
Posted in Blog talk
Tagged Five Go Off in a Caravan, Five Go to Smuggler's Top, The Famous Five
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Monday #570
Halfway between meteorological spring and astronomical spring and… it’s still cold! (Mind you, if I didn’t have the weather to complain about I’m not sure what I’d find to say every Monday.) Things I am looking forward to in spring: … Continue reading
Fan fic Friday: Bill and Allie’s Great Adventure chapter 3
In case you missed them: Chapter one Chapter two Soon it was time for the groom and his best man to head over to the registry office. On Bill’s request, Anatoly had borrowed a slightly more posh service car to … Continue reading
February 2024 round up
What I have read I felt like I had a slow start to reading in February – and I definitely did a lot of listening to old favourites. But then I must have read a lot as I ended … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences
Tagged Doing, February, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #569
First post of March already! So far March has remained fairly chilly, but there’s still time for it to get warmer – she says hopefully. We are in the period where it is spring but also is not spring, as … Continue reading
Fan fic Friday: Bill and Allie’s Great Adventure chapter 2
Chapter one went up last week. They had pulled together their wedding day in a few short weeks. Bill had a smart suit already and he had sent Allie into town to buy herself a new dress. Being a second … Continue reading
