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Category Archives: Personal Experiences
January 2019 round up
What I have read I have set a new target of 100 books for 2019. I haven’t started out very well, though. I got quite a few books for my Christmas but I haven’t started any of them yet. I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged Doing, January, Marie Kondo, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, The Organised Mum Method, Watching
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2018 Birthday and Christmas present round up
As always I got spoiled for my birthday and Christmas. Every year my nearest and dearest manage to come up with something Blyton-y to give me, so here’s what they did this year. 1. Enid Blyton t-shirt How often do … Continue reading
December 2018 round up
We are in 2019 if you can believe it, so this is the last 2018 round up chronicling what I got up to in December. What I have read My total number of books was 98 for the year, so … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, December, Doing, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Inscriptions in books 4: Books given with love
These are some of my favourite types of inscriptions – ones where a book is given as a gift. There are lots of lucky children here, given books by their aunties, uncles, parents and possibly even friends. There are books … Continue reading
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Tagged Birthday Presents, Birthdays, Christmas, Christmas Presents, Inscriptions
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November 2018 round up
What I have read I have achieved my Goodreads target (again!) I’m on 84 books, so now I will see how many I can get. I’m not going to up the goal this time though, as I know I’ll be … Continue reading
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Tagged Doing, Monthly round up, November, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Inscriptions in books 3: It’s not her book, it’s mine!
My previous posts looked at books with one clear owner, be that evidenced by a nice prize giving label or hand-written names and addresses. I have, however, lots of books whose ownership isn’t quite so clear. Sibling arguments or second-hand … Continue reading
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Tagged Inscriptions, Prize Giving, Sunsay School
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Inscriptions in books 2: this book belongs to
I’m not one for writing my name inside books. I’ve done it on a few over the years, or for a while I had little stickers, but I rarely felt the need to declare ownership. Perhaps I would have if … Continue reading
Inscriptions in books 1: Introduction and prize giving labels
Inscriptions in books are a divisive topic, or so I’ve found. Some people absolutely hate them, to the point of refusing to buy an otherwise perfect and affordable copy of a cherished title just because it says ‘Mary Smith’ inside … Continue reading
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Tagged Inscriptions, Prize Giving, Sunday School
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October 2018 round up
WHAT I HAVE READ I only have two more books to reach my Goodreads target of 80 books! The Day the Crayons Quit – Drew Daywalt A Trail Through Time (A Chronicles of St Mary’s #4) – Jodi Taylor Red … Continue reading
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Tagged Doing, Monthly round up, October, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Putting the Five Find-Outers books in order, part 3
I’ve covered my top Find-Outer books and my middling Find-Outer books so now it’s time for my least favourites. As I put in the first post least favourite doesn’t mean books I dislike. It just means I like them a bit less … Continue reading
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Tagged Favourite Books, Least Favourite Books, The Five Find-Outers, The Mystery of Tally-Ho Cottage, The Mystery of the Hidden House, The Mystery of the Missing Necklace, The Mystery of the Secret Room, The Mystery of the Vanished Prince
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Putting the Five Find-Outers books in order, part 2
Recently I started putting these books in order of favourites, and I did my top five from the series. Now I’m going to have a look at the five books I am putting in the middle. My middling favourites, if … Continue reading
September 2018 round up
WHAT I HAVE READ Not a bad month though most of the novels are ones I’ve read before. I haven’t read the latest few of the St Mary’s books so I thought I should re-read from the start to refresh … Continue reading
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Tagged Doing, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, September, Watching
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August 2018 round up
WHAT I HAVE READ Ten books means I’ve gone well over my target for the year, so I’ve increased it from 52 to 80! Poor Stainless (The Borrowers 4.5) – Mary Norton Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander #2) – Diana Gabaldon … Continue reading
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Tagged August, Doing, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Fiona’s 10 facts about the Adventure Series and me
A way, way back when the blog was relatively new Stef and I both wrote 10 facts about the Famous Five and ourselves. I’m now going to do the same for the Adventure Series. 1. The Circus of Adventure is … Continue reading
July 2018 round up
WHAT FIONA HAS READ I read a lot this month, though there were quite a few short books. I checked out a load of Dr Seuss books from my work and read them for the first time – they didn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Doing, July, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Top 11 Famous Five moments
I’ve written plenty about the Famous Five, including putting the whole series into order from my most favourite to least favourite. And now I’ve decided to list my ten favourite moments from the series. Being 21 books long I can’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Favourites, Five Get Into a Fix, Five Go Down to the Sea, Five Go to Demon's Rocks, Five Go to Smuggler's Top, Five Have Plenty of Fun, Five on a Hike Together, Five on a Treasure Island, Five on Finniston Farm, Five Run Away Together, The Famous Five
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June 2018 round up
WHAT I HAVE READ This was a really good month, even if you don’t count the two children’s picture books I still managed 8 books. Next month might not be so great as Outlander is an 800+ page beast of … Continue reading
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Tagged Doing, June, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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My top 11 Adventure Series moments
The Adventure Series is one of Blyton’s best, and is full of exciting moments but also plenty of funny ones too. Here are my top 10, 11. It was going to be 10, as I said on Monday but as … Continue reading