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Author Archives: Fiona
The Famous Five 2020s Style: The Curse of Kirrin Island, part 2
Last week I posted a transcript of the conversation Stef and I had as we watched this for the first time. It was pretty lengthy so I kept back Stef’s more in-depth thoughts and will post them here along with … Continue reading
Monday #568
February is almost over, though it seems to have dragged rather, despite being the shortest month. I’m always desperate for January and February to be over and spring to start, but inevitably March ends up being barely any warmer or … Continue reading
The Famous Five 2020s Style: The Curse of Kirrin Island
Stef was up visiting me so we thought we’d subject ourselves to the new Famous Five adaptation. Neither of us had seen it before. This would probably have made an interesting livestream but as neither of us have had any … Continue reading
Fan fic Friday: Cunningham and Petrov: Bill and Allie’s Great Adventure, chapter 1
We have been writing Cunningham and Petrov fiction since 2020, filling in the gaps in the Adventure Series books to show what Bill was getting up to off-page. As he was around for a lot of The Island of Adventure, … Continue reading
Monday #567
To prove I do get things written/posted eventually this week we’ll have some of the fanfic I’ve been talking about for the past nine months and a review of a TV episode from December. Cunningham and Petrov: Bill and Allie’s … Continue reading
Reading the Famous Five to Brodie, part 2
I have written one post already with some of Brodie’s comments on Five on a Treasure Island (and his love of the series in general). We are all the way up to Mystery Moor now, and I find him making … Continue reading
2023 birthday and Christmas present round up
I’m rather late writing this up this year but better late than never. You’d be forgiven for thinking that my family and friends would have run out of Enid Blyton themed gifts for me, but they haven’t quite – yet. … Continue reading
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Tagged Birthday Presents, Christmas Presents, Jigsaws, Lighthouse, Malcolm Saville
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Monday #566
Turns out that I was right to guess that I wouldn’t write anything last week! Who’d have guessed? Stef has returned to the far end of the UK (blow!) so I can’t use her as an excuse this week. I … Continue reading
Monday #565
After a spotty January in terms of posting, I don’t think there will be anything this week either as Stef will be up visiting me. I have read all the suggestions for future content though, and have taken them on … Continue reading
January 2024 round up
The first round up of 2024 already. January seems to have simultaneously dragged and rushed by! What I have read I read quite a bit this month, and finished on 12/100. When I wasn’t well I did some comfort listening … Continue reading
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Tagged Doing, January, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #564
I’m back, having mostly recovered from my first lurgy of the year. Another one so kindly brought home from school and shared around. How I longed for someone to suggest I needed some fresh country air and a week (or … Continue reading
My 2023 in books and Blyton
This is my fifth full-year round up, so I think you’ll know what to expect from it. I’ve seen a lot of debate online recently about reading goals – many people can’t understand why anyone would make a goal as … Continue reading
Monday #562
We are heading into an extremely cold week where I am, consistently below freezing and feeling as low as -10. If I can thaw myself out enough to type, here’s what I have planned for this week. (I have made … Continue reading
December 2023 round up
We are a whole week into January so it is definitely time for me to jot down what I got up to in December. Naturally this will be rather Christmas-heavy. What I have read I embraced the Christmas romance novel … Continue reading
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Tagged December, Doing, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #561
Happy New Year to all my readers! I hope everyone had a good festive period and the return to work hasn’t been too arduous. (Assuming you were off, that is. I remember working Christmas in retail only too well…) I … Continue reading
Malory Towers on TV – The Christmas specials part 2
Last time I made a few predictions as to what I thought might happen in part two. Let’s see how well I did. Christmas lights SOS Episode two starts right where we left off last time, with the girls huddled … Continue reading
Monday #558
Last Monday before Christmas. I’m thinking about all the blogging I have planned for this week, but also all the wrapping that I have to do, and wondering if there are enough hours in the day(s). Malory Towers: The Christmas … Continue reading
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