Monthly Archives: January 2025

Letters to Enid part 64: From volume 3 issue 26

Posted on January 29, 2025 by Fiona

Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 3, issue 26. December 21st 1955 – January 3rd 1956. OUR LETTER PAGE A letter from Lesley Quick, St. Peters, Kent. Dear Enid Blyton, I am proud to say … Continue reading →

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Monday #615

Posted on January 27, 2025 by Fiona

In an unheard of move, I’m writing this on a Tuesday. And NOT the Tuesday after it should have gone up, but the Tuesday before. We are due extremely high winds on Friday so perhaps I’ll update this at the … Continue reading →

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Letters to Enid part 63: From volume 3 issue 25

Posted on January 24, 2025 by Fiona

Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 3, issue 25. December 7th – 20th, 1955. OUR LETTER PAGE A letter from Helen Barker, Sheffield 4. Dear Enid Blyton, I am sending you herewith a postal order … Continue reading →

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My 2025 reading goals

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Fiona

When I originally wrote my reading round up of 2024 I included a little bit at the end with my 2025 goals and then I thought why not write them down properly? And share them, of course! So here they … Continue reading →

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Monday #614

Posted on January 20, 2025 by Fiona

As so often is the case I am sitting staring at a blank bit of WordPress editor, wondering what to write. Even I get bored of mentioning what the weather is like. (Mild, if you were wondering). I started this … Continue reading →

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Reading The Ship of Adventure to Brodie

Posted on January 18, 2025 by Fiona

We read this from the 30th of August to the 19th of September so my memories of conversations are a bit hazier than usual – just one reason why I shouldn’t let myself get so behind on these posts! Anyway, … Continue reading →

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My 2024 in books and Blyton

Posted on January 15, 2025 by Fiona

Here’s where I look back on everything I read in the past year and see how well I did, based on entirely arbitrary and often vague goals I have set myself. Goal: read at least 100 books As with most … Continue reading →

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Monday #613

Posted on January 13, 2025 by Fiona

Monday #613 just so happens to be published on the 13th of January? If I wasn’t sure that the numbering system had gone wrong somewhere perhaps I’d read that as some sort of omen. At least it’s Monday and not … Continue reading →

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2024 birthday and Christmas present round up

Posted on January 12, 2025 by Fiona

Having posted on Monday what I was going to write this week, for some reason I then spent the last few days writing my 2024 reading round up. I should have been putting together the one about my birthday and … Continue reading →

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December 2024 round up

Posted on January 8, 2025 by Fiona

Now the last round up of 2024 – or the first of 2025? What I read Last month I was 5 books ahead of schedule, and was glad as I wasn’t sure 12 books would be doable to make my … Continue reading →

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Monday #612

Posted on January 6, 2025 by Fiona

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a good time over the holidays. I had always intended to take a break over Christmas, but it started earlier than I had planned as I came down with the flu. I am … Continue reading →

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