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Tag Archives: July
Monday #483
Only one post this week as I’m away for a few days, but one is better than none, especially when it’s very overdue! Malory Towers on TV series two: episodes nine and ten A cold hand seemed to creep round … Continue reading
Monday #433
Although I usually write these posts on a Sunday evening today it’s already Monday morning. I’ve had to debate with myself over what I’ll write for Wednesday – my plan had been to review Five Go to Billycock Hill. However … Continue reading
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Tagged five go t, July, Monday, Stuart Tresilian, The Sea of Adventure
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Monday #432
I’m a bit late with this one, having taken a weeks’ annual leave I’ve rather lost track of what day it is! If You Like Blyton: The Mystery of Tully Hall by Zöe Billings and Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery … Continue reading
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Tagged A Circus Adventure, Enid Blyton's Omnibus, July, Monday, Mr Galliano's Circus
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Monday #431
So here I am sitting writing this for tomorrow when I realise that today is in fact Monday, and not Sunday. I knew that tomorrow was Tuesday but somehow that didn’t clue in to the fact that today was Monday… … Continue reading
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Tagged Boys' and Girls' Circus Book, Enid Blyton's Circus Book, July, Monday
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July 2020 round up
Last month I said This might be my last full month of [lockdown] before getting to go back to work but we will see! I’m still off work with not even the suggestion of a reopening date, so maybe this … Continue reading
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Tagged Doing, July, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #382
Back to two posts a week for a while I think, now that the locked down library displays are done. Malory Towers on TV Episodes 11 & 12 and Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Agent chapter 3 … Continue reading
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Tagged A Childhood at Green Hedges, Imogen Smallwood, July, Monday
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Monday #380
I ran out of time to finish my lock down library post which was meant to go up on Sunday, but that’s because I was writing chapter 9 of The Mystery of the Missing Agent with Stef, so I hope … Continue reading
Monday #379
Five Go Down to the Sea part 3 and Lego Blyton: Five on a Hike Together and Locked down library displays weeks 12 and 13 I considered doubling back and seeing if I could listen in, but I figured that … Continue reading
July 2019 round up
I had intended to do this last week, but got confused and did another post about my bookshelves instead. Whoops! What I have read I feel like I haven’t read so much the past month, but I’m still six books … Continue reading
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Tagged Doing, July, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #330
Letters to Enid volume 10 and On my bookcase part 2 The Isle of Gloom is an island off the coast near Craggy Tops – the home of Aunt Polly and Uncle Jocelyn. It is a mysterious and deserted place, … Continue reading
Monday #329
St Clare’s covers through the years part 2 and On my bookshelf I’m afraid of living alone, with my thoughts and memories, Lizzie. I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my like, and I remember them when I’m alone. I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged House-at-the-Corner, July, Monday, The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage
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Monday #328
St Clare’s covers through the years and Letters to Enid volume 9 I’ve been very useful to Inspector Jenks. You know I have. And you know I’m going to be the finest detective in the world when I’m grown up. … Continue reading
Monday #327
June round up and Malory Towers on TV Hey, Timmy – you look like Queen Elizabeth the First in a fine big ruff! Uncle Quentin makes fun of Timmy and offends George so much that she goes off to camp … Continue reading
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Tagged Eunice Tolling, Five on a Secret Trail, July, Monday, The Mystery of the Missing Man, Timmy
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Monday #326
I didn’t end up doing jury duty last week, but I’ve got to attend again today at 10 – on my day off no less! Thankfully three of Enid’s fans have done the bulk of the work for Wednesday’s post … Continue reading
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Tagged July, Merry Mister Meddle, Mister Meddle, Monday, The Secret of Spiggy Holes
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July 2018 round up
WHAT FIONA HAS READ I read a lot this month, though there were quite a few short books. I checked out a load of Dr Seuss books from my work and read them for the first time – they didn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Doing, July, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #278
Noddy and the Case of the Toyland Mischief Maker and July Round Up Enid Blyton’s Magazine Annual #1 has 15 stories and picture strips all specially written for the annual. It includes stories from famous series like the Famous … Continue reading
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Tagged Enid Blyton's Magazine Annual #1, July, Monday, Mr Eppy, The Ship of Adventure
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Monday #277
Miss Grayling’s Girls and Blyton’s homeliest secret homes Just at that moment the old man came into the room again with a jug of water. How he stared! But, before he could do anything, the chest-of-drawers rose up in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventures of the Wishing Chair, Five Go Down to the Sea, July, Monday, The Wishing Chair
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Monday #276
My top Famous Five moments and If you like Blyton: The Borrowers by Mary Norton Cliff Castle, from the book The Secret of Cliff Castle, is (hardly surprisingly) a castle on a cliff. Well it’s not a real castle, more a big … Continue reading
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Tagged Cliff Castle, Jo Jones, July, Malory Towers, Monday, The Secret of Cliff Castle
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