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Tag Archives: June
June 2025 round up
It’s July already (and it has rained pretty much every day so far) so let’s look back at June. What I read I continued with the Val McDermids at the start of June, then finally took a break once I … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences
Tagged Doing, June, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #636
I took last week off as I realised it was the last week of term and it was my last chance for peace during the day for SEVEN WEEKS. Now it’s the first week of these really long holidays, so … Continue reading
Monday #634
Maps in books and Blyton references in works of non-fiction I am paraphrasing like mad here because I didn’t take a note of this at the time! Unlike, say, the Famous Five who never seemed to learn their lessons. Let’s … Continue reading
Monday #633
I was reading an un-put-down-able book last night so didn’t get around to doing the Monday post (yes, another Val McDermid but I am seeing her talk later this week, so I’ll probably stop binge-reading her stuff after that. Probably.) but … Continue reading
Monday #632
May has been a month of two parts – the first part where it was warm and sunny all the time, and then when it was cloudy and rainy almost all the time. Perhaps June will strike a better balance! … Continue reading
June 2024 round up
That’s us halfway through 2024 already! What I read I finished 19 books in June which takes me to 39 ahead of schedule. I doubt I can keep up the pace, but if I did… having read 88 books in … Continue reading
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Tagged Doing, June, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #585
It’s almost the end of June and I am tentatively going to say that summer has actually arrived, at least, for the moment! A few of our strawberries have ripened (and been eaten) and our potatoes have finally started peeking … Continue reading
Monday #584
Last week rather ran away from me – I had watched the next two episodes of Malory Towers and made (copious) notes in advance, but ran out of time to turn them into a (semi) coherent review with screen shots. … Continue reading
Monday #583
There are green strawberries on our plants now, and our potatoes have been planted. The one good thing about all the rain we’ve been having is it has meant we haven’t had to go out and water them much. (It’s … Continue reading
Monday #582
We had nice weather over the weekend so the strawberry plants are in – and now we’ve been offered a potato growing bag, so we could have quite the kitchen garden soon. May round up and Malory Towers on … Continue reading
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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Tagged Doing, June, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #533
It doesn’t happen all that often but there is Enid Blyton related news this week! The BBC have announced a new Famous Five adaptation which, apparently, is already being filmed! There will be 3 90 minute episodes and it will … Continue reading
Monday #531
We are experiencing a bit of a heatwave in Scotland this week – that’ll teach me to complain about cold weather! Where I am it has also coincided with a major bus strike, so Sunday service on every route and … Continue reading
Monday #530
We have just slipped into June and Stef has headed home now, but we had a great week together. The sun shone (mostly) and we made it to five different beaches and almost as many cafes. We also made a … Continue reading
Monday #482
I’m so glad to finally have gotten that Naughtiest Girl Diary done and dusted last week. Now I can move on to other ideas, though it feels like I just did a monthly round up, and yet here I am … Continue reading
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Tagged Jacqueline Wilson, June, Monday, The Magic Faraway Tree: A New Adventure
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Monday #481
I went AWOL again last week. Unfortunately nothing as fun as a holiday, rather I came down with my first dose of Covid. I haven’t read a book or opened my laptop for a whole week, but I am more … Continue reading
Monday #430
I completely failed to post my Hollow Tree House blog yesterday – and in fact when I went to check what had happened later in the day I realised I hadn’t even finished it! (It’s not good to publish posts … Continue reading
Monday #429
I’m sure none of you have missed the furore over what English Heritage said about Blyton this week, but I thought I would express my thoughts on it this week anyway, which means it’s going to be a bumper week … Continue reading
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