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Tag Archives: December
Monday #779
We seem to be moving rapidly through December now, that’s a whole week gone. People keep telling me how many days it is until Christmas and I’d just like to stuff my fingers in my ears and go ‘la la … Continue reading
Monday #778
It’s December! Elf has returned to wreak havoc and I realise that I haven’t put together my yearly Enid Blyton gift guide. I aim to fix that oversight this week – and get on with my Christmas shopping too. Enid … Continue reading
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Tagged December, Faraway Tree Movie, Faraway Tree Series, Monday
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December 2024 round up
Now the last round up of 2024 – or the first of 2025? What I read Last month I was 5 books ahead of schedule, and was glad as I wasn’t sure 12 books would be doable to make my … Continue reading
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Tagged December, Doing, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #608
We are well into December now! Brodie has asked for Christmas-themed stories so we have picked up Christmas Tales which we only half-read after Christmas 2022 and then forgot about. Letters to Enid part 62 and Five on a Treasure … Continue reading
Monday #607
The first Monday of December is upon us! Our Christmas tree went up last weekend but yesterday the advent calendars came out and Elf arrived. I can’t decide how I think Blyton would have felt about Elf. He’s very much … 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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Tagged December, Doing, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #558
Last Monday before Christmas. I’m thinking about all the blogging I have planned for this week, but also all the wrapping that I have to do, and wondering if there are enough hours in the day(s). Malory Towers: The Christmas … Continue reading
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Monday #557
Just two weeks until Christmas now, and I’ve still got plenty of Christmassy content to go! Malory Towers on TV: The Christmas Specials and Enid Blyton’s Christmas Stories then and now part 7 Probably not news to anyone who’s read … Continue reading
Monday #556
We are firmly in December now, and have just had a decent snowfall. Our weekends have been filled with Christmas activities, though I am yet to finish my Christmas shopping. November round up and Enid Blyton’s Christmas stories then and … Continue reading
December 2021 round up
I’ve still to do my year in books for 2021, so for now (and slightly late as I entirely forgot about it*) I will look at what I got up to in December. *It would have been slightly late when … Continue reading
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Tagged December, Doing, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #454
We are creeping closer to Christmas now, so let’s just hope that the Omicron ‘no C(h)rimbo’ variant doesn’t spoil thing too much for anyone. More Christmas bits and pieces and Five Get Into a Fix The Great Big Snowman can … Continue reading
Monday #453
Having just noticed that there was no Monday #452 published last week, I endeavoured to solve the mystery and investigated behind the scenes in WordPress. I could not find an unpublished draft, a post published with the wrong date or … Continue reading
Monday #404
I hope you all managed to have some fun over Christmas even if it wasn’t the sort of Christmas you hoped for. Our guide to ‘like Blyton’ for grown-ups and Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Agent chapter … Continue reading
Monday #403
Christmas week is finally here, not that it will be much of a Christmas for those who can’t spend it with their loved ones as they had hoped. From this Saturday the whole of mainland Scotland goes into the highest … Continue reading
Monday #402
Last Monday I said there would be a round up of our Christmas posts this weekend, but as I’ve not published on a Sunday in a while I’m in the habit of thinking my blogging week is done when the … Continue reading
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