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Category Archives: Personal Experiences
April 2024 round up
It feels like ages since I wrote the February round up – but we are over a week into April I suppose. What I read What I have read: Five Go to Billycock Hill Witches & Words (Library Witch Mystery … Continue reading
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March 2024 round up
It feels like ages since I wrote the February round up – but we are over a week into April I suppose. What I read What I have read: How to Date Your Dragon (Mystic Bayou #1) – Molly Harper … Continue reading
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February 2024 round up
What I have read I felt like I had a slow start to reading in February – and I definitely did a lot of listening to old favourites. But then I must have read a lot as I ended … Continue reading
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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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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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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
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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November 2023 round up
It’s December so it’s time for me to write up what I did in the penultimate month of 2023. What I have read I carried on with a few witchy-themed titles I had left over from Halloween, and then decided … Continue reading
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Reading the Famous Five to Brodie
As I’ve mentioned a few times, I’ve started reading the Famous Five to Brodie. Initially, I wasn’t certain if it would be a success or not. He has often protested about starting or continuing a chapter books, wanting to read … Continue reading
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Tagged Five on a Treasure Island, The Famous Five
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October 2023 round up
We are creeping closer to the end of the year, by the time this post goes up it will be the first of November. Halloween will be over and it’ll be time to start thinking about Christmas! What I have … Continue reading
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September 2023 round up
We are into October, so it’s time for September’s round up. What I have read I hit my goal of 100 books in September – though book 100 was a somewhat fluffy/cosy magical mystery rather than something to show off … Continue reading
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August 2023 round up
August is over and the hopes of an Indian Summer are fading, as is the light in the evening! What I have read I am now at 92/100 books read, having slogged through a few more dud titles as I … Continue reading
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July 2023 round up
July has been fairly miserable weather-wise, we’ve hardly had any days without rain! But we are the intrepid-ish kind, so armed with waterproofs and umbrellas we get out and about anyway. What I have read Not as much as I … Continue reading
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June 2023 round up
June blessed us with a brief heatwave before endless rainy days, it also brought us the end of the school term. What I have read Quite a bit actually as I have been tending to pick up a book rather … Continue reading
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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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