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Tag Archives: January
Monday #407
Just a reminder that fan fic Fridays are on hold for the meantime as we work on the next instalment of Cunningham and Petrov. Letters to Enid #23 and Enid Blyton’s winters “In the winter she curls up around a … Continue reading
Monday #406
We finished up our second Cunningham and Petrov story last week, and we are about to start work on the third which will take part during The Mountain of Adventure. I hope to start publishing it on Fridays in February … Continue reading
January 2020 Round Up
It’s the first round up of 2020. I’m always glad when January is over as it can be quite a depressing month once the Christmas decorations come down and everyone’s back at work. It has been particularly cold this year … Continue reading
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Tagged Doing, January, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #356
Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Aeroplane (a new fanfic story!) and The Naughtiest Girl updated part 5 Jack undid a rope from round his waist. He nearly always had one there. Jack is always prepared (and perhaps … Continue reading
Monday #355
A guide to Blyton’s sequels, prequels and continuations and My 2019 in books and Blyton He climbed higher still. When he next looked down he gave a cry of surprise. He could see right down into the hollow trunk of … Continue reading
Monday #354
If you like Blyton: A guide to other authors and The Naughtiest Girl updated part 4 If I do try hard to be good, and do everything I ought to, will you please ask Miss Belle and Miss Best to … Continue reading
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Tagged January, Monday, The Naughtiest Girl in the School, The Secret Island
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Monday #353
December 2019 round up and First Date: a St Andrews Story It is likely that the Nature Charts for January will show snowy, frosty days, for as the proverb says, stronger cold comes with the longer days. Keep a list … Continue reading
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Tagged Enid Blyton's Book of the Year, January, Monday, Round the Year; Winter, Winter
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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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Monday #303
Five Go to Smuggler’s Top part 3: A focus on Uncle Quentin and The Adventure Series covers through the years part 2 I tell you Red Tower isn’t a place. Red Tower is a man. Jo sets Julian right in … Continue reading
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Tagged Five Fall Into Adventure, January, Monday, The Children at Happy House
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Monday #302
I treated myself to the Enid Blyton edition of This Is Magazine and it arrived this week. It has a lot of freebies with it and I plan to review it all soon. Christmas and birthday present round up and … Continue reading
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Tagged January, Lucian, Monday, Noddy, Noddy and His Car, The Ship of Adventure
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Monday #301
Happy New Year, everyone! I took a longer than anticipated break over Christmas, but I am back now! I had intended to start again on the 31st but being in that strange limbo between Christmas and New Year I lost … Continue reading
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Tagged January, Monday, Pole Star, Puzzle for the Secret Seven, Stella Polaris, The Pole Star Family, The Secret Seven
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January 2018 round up
January has just flown by (for me anyway!) so here’s what we got up to: WHAT I HAVE READ I’ve made a start on my goal of reading 52 books this year – but I must try harder to pick … Continue reading
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Tagged Doing, January, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #249 – Happy New Year!
It’s 2018 now and we are back after our Christmas break. We hope you had a great time! Apologies that the week off turned into a two week holiday, but welcome back into the World of Blyton!
Stef’s February 2017 (and more) round up
Whoops, as you probably gathered we have missed the last couple of round ups. Fiona has done her blog and now it’s my turn. WHAT I HAVE READ IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS February – Looking for Captain Poldark – … Continue reading
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Tagged December, Doing, February, January, March, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Fiona’s February 2017 (and more) round up
Well this is embarrassing. I was tidying up all the images I have saved on my laptop from various blogs (I know, I know, I should save them in the right place in the first place instead of just dumping … Continue reading
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Tagged December, Doing, February, January, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #202
Gosh, how are we flying through this year already? This is the LAST Monday in January! So whoosh! We’re one month closer to meeting the new addition to the World of Blyton Family – I’ve already been told that Fiona’s … Continue reading