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Category Archives: Personal Experiences
May 2023 round up
May is upon us, but spring seems to be dragging its heels. It feels like it’s getting colder instead of warmer… – I wrote that earlier in May when I drafted this post, but at least by the end we’d … Continue reading
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April 2023 round up
May is upon us, but spring seems to be dragging its heels. It feels like it’s getting colder instead of warmer… What I have read I mostly stuck to the theme of bookshops and libraries with my reading in April, … Continue reading
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March 2023 round up
It is Easter this weekend, which (this year at least) means it’s April and time for another round-up. The shifting of Easter always gets me, I never know when it’ll be without Googling it. I have a vague idea that … Continue reading
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February 2023 round up
Being a short month February has ended already! What I have read I have been reading like mad this month which is great for my reading goal, but as I have been devouring a series I have read before (a … Continue reading
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My 2022 in books and Blyton
This is my third time of assessing what I read the previous year in a blog post. Every year I set some reading goals. The main one is how many books – I generally start with a goal of 100 … Continue reading
2022 birthday and Christmas present round up
Every year I am lucky to get at least a few Blytonian gifts between my December birthday and Christmas. In fact, each year I am amazed to still get Blytonian gifts as sometimes it feels as if those that know … Continue reading
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Tagged Birthday Presents, Christmas Presents, Gifts, Presents
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November 2022 round up
What I have read I didn’t manage to read an awful lot in November as I was ill for over a week and didn’t read anything at all other than listening to one audiobook. But as I hit my goal … Continue reading
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October 2022 round up
What I have read I reached 100 books in September but of course I kept on reading. I haven’t updated my goal yet, but I may still do. Currently I’m at 109/100. What I have read: Charlie and the Great … Continue reading
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September 2022 round up
September is over and with it went the last dregs of summer. We are now into October and autumn, but here’s what I got up to in September. What I have read I reached 100 books this month, which was … Continue reading
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August 2022 round up
August was a better month all round. What I have read I had a much better month in August. I picked up quite a few books which turned out to be un-put-downable and so got read in two days each. … Continue reading
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Blackberries
Like lighthouses I associate blackberries with Blyton, even if they only feature prominently in the odd book. For lighthouses that is, of course, Five Go to Demon’s Rocks, while for blackberries it is The Hidey Hole. Blyton’s blackberries Blyton’s children … Continue reading
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April 2022 round up
May the fourth be with you! Yes it’s May now, the last legal restrictions ended in Scotland finally and so life is feeling fairly normal – which is actually quite weird. Jacqueline Wilson’s new Faraway Tree book comes out at … Continue reading
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March 2022 round up
Phew, it’s the first of April already. I hope you enjoyed this morning’s post! We had a brief warm spell in March where we could sit outside in short sleeves, but by the end of the week it was snowing. … Continue reading
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February 2022 round up
February has passed by pretty pretty quickly, even for the shortest month of the year. We are now into March, when the days definitely start to get longer, a little warmer, and hopefully a lot less windy! March is also … Continue reading
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Birthday and Christmas gift round up 2021
Christmas (and my birthday) were quite a while ago now, so you might be wondering why I’m only getting around to posting about it now. Or, given my track record, you might well be assuming I had forgotten to write … Continue reading
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