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June 2024 round up

Posted on July 4, 2024 by Fiona

That’s us halfway through 2024 already! What I read I finished 19 books in June which takes me to 39 ahead of schedule. I doubt I can keep up the pace, but if I did… having read 88 books in … Continue reading →

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Monday #586

Posted on July 1, 2024 by Fiona

First post of July! The weather continues to be Not Very Good, with plenty of rain and wind and not all that much sunshine. Our strawberries are doing well, though, and our potatoes have done a lot of growing so … Continue reading →

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Reading the Famous Five to Brodie, part 9

Posted on June 29, 2024 by Fiona

These two books we read from April 17 to May 8. That’s only 11 days a book, which is not bad considering I can’t read t him every night due to my working pattern. Five on Finniston Farm We began … Continue reading →

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Letters to Enid part 51: From volume 3 issue 13

Posted on June 26, 2024 by Fiona

Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 3, issue 13. June 22nd – July 5th, 1955. OUR LETTER PAGE A letter from Madeleine Edward, Bieldside, Aberdeenshire. Dear Enid Blyton, In the summer we play a game … Continue reading →

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Monday #585

Posted on June 24, 2024 by Fiona

It’s almost the end of June and I am tentatively going to say that summer has actually arrived, at least, for the moment! A few of our strawberries have ripened (and been eaten) and our potatoes have finally started peeking … Continue reading →

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Malory Towers on TV series three – Episodes five and six

Posted on June 21, 2024 by Fiona

Now that Miss Johnson is the (acting) head mistress, I really hope that they start to reveal what she is up to. The New Headmistress What I liked Well, let’s just say that Miss Johnson doesn’t hang around! My first … Continue reading →

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Letters to Enid part 50: From volume 3 issue 12

Posted on June 19, 2024 by Fiona

Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 3, issue 12. June 8th – 21st, 1955. OUR LETTER PAGE A letter from Susan York, Chilwell, Notts. Dear Enid Blyton, I must tell you of a black and … Continue reading →

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Monday #584

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Fiona

Last week rather ran away from me – I had watched the next two episodes of Malory Towers and made (copious) notes in advance, but ran out of time to turn them into a (semi) coherent review with screen shots. … Continue reading →

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The Favourite Enid Blyton books, revealed

Posted on June 14, 2024 by Fiona

Having recorded the results of people’s favourite Enid Blyton book or series for about a week, I now have 1,278 results and figured that was enough to be going on with! We are still getting a lot of requests so … Continue reading →

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Monday #583

Posted on June 10, 2024 by Fiona

There are green strawberries on our plants now, and our potatoes have been planted. The one good thing about all the rain we’ve been having is it has meant we haven’t had to go out and water them much. (It’s … Continue reading →

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Malory Towers on TV Series three – Episodes three and four

Posted on June 7, 2024 by Fiona

Episodes one and two had some confusing behaviour from Miss Johnson, so let’s see what she gets up to in episodes three and four! The Surprise Picnic We already had an episode titled The Midnight Feast in series one, so … Continue reading →

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May 2024 round up

Posted on June 6, 2024 by Fiona

We are into June now – that means it’s nearly summer! What I read May’s reads took me to 69 books, which is something like 28 books ahead on my goal of 100! I think I’ll have to increase my … Continue reading →

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Monday #582

Posted on June 3, 2024 by Fiona

We had nice weather over the weekend so the strawberry plants are in – and now we’ve been offered a potato growing bag, so we could have quite the kitchen garden soon.   May round up and Malory Towers on … Continue reading →

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Reading the Famous Five to Brodie part 8

Posted on May 31, 2024 by Fiona

After our brief detour to the Adventure series we returned to back to back Famous Five. (There have only been about 20 days where I have not read an Enid Blyton book this year and most of them are the … Continue reading →

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Letters to Enid part 49: From volume 3 issue 11

Posted on May 29, 2024 by Fiona

Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 3, issue 11. May 25th – June 7th, 1955. OUR LETTER PAGE A letter from Dorothea Hill, Nr. Sleaford, Lincs. Dear Enid Blyton, I am one of your magazine … Continue reading →

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Monday #581

Posted on May 27, 2024 by Fiona

Having been talking about putting a raised bed in the garden and growing some chives and other easy herbs, it was a coincidence that we then got offered some strawberry plants from my cousin. I have now ordered a raised … Continue reading →

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Reading the Adventure Series to Brodie

Posted on May 24, 2024 by Fiona

Having worried (many times over) what we would read when we ran out of Famous Five books, Brodie had heard me suggest the Adventure Series a few times. He had always said no, he wouldn’t like them, only the Famous … Continue reading →

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Malory Towers on TV series three – Episodes one and two

Posted on May 22, 2024 by Fiona

I’m late to the party but I’ve finally started watching series 3 of Malory Towers. I will try to make this more than a lengthy summary of what happens in the first two episodes but I am promising nothing. Episode … Continue reading →

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Monday #580

Posted on May 20, 2024 by Fiona

It has been a bit of a rollercoaster weekend for us – it started out with a leaking shower/bath affecting the flat below us, moved on to us finding a lost cockatiel which Brodie named Kiki, and then ended up … Continue reading →

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Reading the Famous Five to Brodie part 7

Posted on May 18, 2024 by Fiona

We have continued to get through the Famous Five books very quickly. We read Plenty of Fun over the last two weeks of February, and then Secret Trail lasted us just 10 days in mid March. Five Have Plenty of … Continue reading →

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