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Author Archives: Fiona
The Island of Adventure: An audio review
As I’ve mentioned a few times I’m a big fan of audiobooks. They mean I can take in a book while doing other mundane tasks like hanging washing or cooking a meal. I can also listen while out walking – … Continue reading
Monday #390
Recent visitors to the Fan fiction page at the top of the blog might have noticed a new heading: External fan fiction links. There is only one such link at the moment and it is to the story Watergate Bay … Continue reading
Posted in Blog talk
Tagged Isle of Gloom, Jo-Jo, Monday, September, The Island of Adventure
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Fan fic Friday: Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Agent chapter 10
Last time Bill got to grips with his captivity and Anatoly paired up with a couple of familiar faces from their adventure in the Austrian valley the year before. Chapter 10 Some time later the door to the shack was … Continue reading
Five Have a Wonderful Time part 2
It’s been a while since part 1 of my review. I had intended to have part two done a week or two ago on a Sunday and then entirely forgot about it – I hadn’t even read the rest of … Continue reading
Monday #389
Five Have a Wonderful Time part 2 and Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Agent chapter 10 During their quarantine time the twins could not go out to tea, and could have no one in to play with … Continue reading
Posted in Blog talk
Tagged Monday, Mumps, Quarantine, St Clare's, Summer Term at St Clare's
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Fan fic Friday: Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Agent chapter 9
Last time the SIS put together a search team and Bill woke up in a shack. Chapter 9 Bill felt his consciousness drifting away like a boat on the sea as the energy he had pulled together left him. He … Continue reading
The Naughtiest Girl continued: The Naughtiest Girl Saves the Day
My library has partially reopened now, so I thought I should probably get around to reading some of the dozen books I still have out! I haven’t thought much of these Anne Digby continuations hence my lack of enthusiasm over … Continue reading
Monday #388
The Naughtiest Girl Saves the Day by Anne Digby and Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Agent chapter 9 “They’re a’ daft. Wasting a fine boat like yon, looking for bairds. Bairds! When there’s good fish to be got! Well, … Continue reading
Fan fic Friday: Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Agent chapter 8
Last time Anatoly found himself getting worried about Bill when he didn’t reply to his radio messages… Chapter 8 Anatoly was to be on shift all night, and found himself growing more agitated as time went on and there was … Continue reading
August 2020 round up
My work was tentatively supposed to reopen the week beginning the 24th of August but it’s still closed. When it does open it will only be click and collect so I won’t be needed for a while… What I have … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences
Tagged August, Doing, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #387
My library opens this week! I already have a wish list so I hope I can get a click and collect appointment. Not that I don’t have a ton of my own books to read, and half a dozen unread … Continue reading
Fan fic Friday: Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Agent chapter 7
In the last chapter Anatoly was manning the radio waiting for contact with Bill and got the strange news that a plane had been seen above their island. Chapter 7 Anatoly had the night off so he could sleep, freshen … Continue reading
Malory Towers on TV – A series one overview
It took about five months but I have now watched the whole series. In my last post I had intended to give some thoughts on the series as a whole, but rather ran out of space/time having written a lot … Continue reading
Monday #386
I think my library will be opening again this week, but with limited staffing offering a click/call and collect service. That means I won’t be back yet but I can perhaps get some new books! Malory Towers on TV: a … Continue reading
Lego Blyton: The Secret Seven
I’d rather forgotten about these Lego scenes I did a while ago. I posted about the Five On a Treasure Island one, and Five on a Hike Together and now it’s the Secret Seven’s turn. The Secret Seven and the … Continue reading
Fan fic Friday: Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Agent chapter 6
Bill has headed off to Scotland in his new disguise with the Mannering/Trent children, leaving Anatoly behind to man the wireless. Chapter 6 Just after six the next morning Anatoly stumbled into the SIS offices, poured himself a coffee and … Continue reading
Five Have a Wonderful Time
Well, this is embarrassing. My last review in the Famous Five series was Five Go Down to the Sea. That’s book #12. Five Have a Wonderful Time is book #11. I would like to pass this off as me being … Continue reading
Monday #385
Another week where I’m not back at work, so I thought we’d have three posts for a change. Five Have a Wonderful Time and Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Agent chapter 6 and Lego Blyton: The Secret … Continue reading
Fan fic Friday: Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Agent chapter 5
After crashing at Anatoly’s place Bill has been to get his disguise sorted and is now making his final arrangements for travel. Chapter 5 Bill was already there when Anatoly got back to his bedsit, and he did a double-take … Continue reading
Malory Towers on TV – Episode thirteen
I’ve come to this last episode wondering how it (and the series) will end. Will there be a huge cliff hanger? We already know why Darrell was asked to leave her last school, Pamela’s story was abruptly resolved when she … Continue reading
Posted in Blyton on TV
Tagged CBBC, First Term at Malory Towers, Malory Towers, Malory Towers on TV
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