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Tag Archives: April
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
Posted in Personal Experiences
Tagged April, Doing, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #524
Last week I did sit down, more than once, to write about Blyton’s best holiday locations. But somehow I just couldn’t get it written. I got myself a bit tied up trying to work out how much the locations could … Continue reading
Monday #521
I am writing this from my new laptop! The old one isn’t quite dead yet, but it has been on its last legs for the past few years (obviously it had more legs than I thought, though). I’m now trying … Continue reading
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
Posted in Personal Experiences
Tagged April, Doing, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #474
It was a long weekend here so I’m a bit late(r than usual). Having reviewed the penultimate Anne Digby Naughtiest Girl book last week (spoiler: it was awful) I’m just going to keep that momentum going and review the last … Continue reading
Monday #472
It was Easter yesterday so the house is now full of chocolate. Maybe not quite as much as we had last year where we discovered an uneaten Easter egg in the top of the cupboard at the end of the … Continue reading
Monday #471
I’m excited to say that there’s a copy of Zöe Billings’ next book sitting in my inbox, ready for me to proof-read. It’s the April holidays so I haven’t managed to open it yet because I want to wait for … Continue reading
Posted in Blog talk
Tagged April, Monday, The Five Find-Outers, The Mystery of Holly Lane
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Monday #470
A bit late in the day, but I was drawing a blank on what to write about! I’ve finally come up with something, though. PS, yes, Friday’s post was an April Fool’s. Sadly Stephen King has no plans to write … Continue reading
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Tagged April, Monday, Secret Seven Win Through, The Secret Seven
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April 2021 round up
“April showers bring May flowers,” is a well-known saying, but what do April and May showers bring, I wonder? I’m looking forward to May 17 when we can finally meet other people indoors again, but it’ll probably be gloriously sunny … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences
Tagged April, Doing, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #421
We’ve had a week of mostly lovely weather, so I’ve been making the most of it before I return to work this week. The Naughtiest Girl continued: Well Done, the Naughtiest Girl! and Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the … Continue reading
Monday #419
Well, my hope for better weather in April really hasn’t worked out for me. It has been very cold again and we’ve had snow and hail several days running, though it hasn’t stuck. Still, every cold and snowy day that … Continue reading
April 2020 round up
We are well into week 5 of lockdown (week 6 if you’re us and had a week of self isolation first…) so this will look a bit different to usual. What I have read What Could Possibly Go Wrong (The … Continue reading
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Tagged April, Doing, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #369
Five on a Hike Together part 2 and April round up If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. – Oscar Wilde I’m an avid re-reader, and not … Continue reading
Monday #368
Locked down library book displays and Fan Fic Friday: Cunningham and Petrov The Mystery of the Missing Aeroplane chapter 7 “Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.” … Continue reading
Monday #367
Blyton by others: Game books and Five on a Hike Together Following on from last week’s non-Blyton quote – here’s another one about the joys of reading. “A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at … Continue reading
Monday #366
Malory Towers on TV: Episodes 3&4 and Fan fic Friday Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Aeroplane chapter 6 “That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.” ― Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake Not a Blyton … Continue reading
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