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Tag Archives: June
June 2020 Round Up
This covers week three thousand of the lock down… or something like 10-13 if you’re not using hyperbole. This might be my last full month of it before getting to go back to work but we will see! What I … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences
Tagged Doing, June, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #378
I am usually scrambling about for blog ideas but at the moment I seem to have far too many, even with posting three times a week! I am having to have a break between lock down displays on Sundays to … Continue reading
Monday #377
Lego Blyton and Conquering the Castle chapter 5 and Locked down library displays weeks 10 and 11 “I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! — … Continue reading
Monday #376
I almost forgot about the displays post last week, but realised at around 9pm Sunday (only 12 hours late!) that although I had written it all I had forgotten to schedule it. Hopefully I do better this week, but I’m … Continue reading
Monday #375
It’s June, but it feels like a not at all warm March which is not great if you want to meet with people outside. Blankets have been needed on more than one occasion and couple of meet ups have been … Continue reading
Monday #374
Looking at the schedule I keep online, and comparing it to what I’ve actually posted, something has gone a bit awry. Somehow I a) forgot to finish and publish the lockdown display post number 4 last week, b) didn’t do … Continue reading
June 2019 round up
I completely forgot about doing a round-up for June last week! What I have read Last month I got through: Can You Keep a Secret? – Sophie Kinsella Five Go Off to Camp – reviewed here and here Written in … Continue reading
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Tagged Doing, June, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #325
The second post of this week will depend on whether or not I am actually called for jury duty at the end of the week. If I am, on top of working and running around after a toddler, I may … Continue reading
Posted in Blog talk
Tagged June, Monday, The Twins at St Clare's, The Valley of Adventure
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Monday #323
Letters to Enid volume 6 and Five Go Off to Camp part 2 Noddy and the Tootles is the penultimate book in the series of 24 books about Noddy. The Tootles are a family of musical gypsies who camp by … Continue reading
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Tagged Alison O'Sullivan, June, Monday, Noddy and the Tootles, St Clare's, The O'Sullivan Twins
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Monday #322
Last week was a very busy one so not only did I not review Five Go Off to Camp, I didn’t even take it off the shelf. Oops! I will try harder this week. May round up and Five Go … Continue reading
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Tagged Hollow Tree House, June, Monday, Mr Goon, The Mystery of the Invisible Thief
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June 2018 round up
WHAT I HAVE READ This was a really good month, even if you don’t count the two children’s picture books I still managed 8 books. Next month might not be so great as Outlander is an 800+ page beast of … Continue reading
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Tagged Doing, June, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #273
Five on a Treasure Island and Blyton’s Summer reads The Mystery of the Missing Man is the thirteenth Five Find Outers mystery, and involves well, a missing man! The police are after him, and therefore so is Fatty and … Continue reading
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Tagged June, Monday, The Famous Five, The Five Find-Outers, The Mystery of the Missing Man, Uncle Quentin
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Monday #272
In case you were wondering if you had missed it, we skipped Monday #271. I didn’t have my laptop and wasn’t sure when I would get it back in order for me to write and publish anything (though I’d forgotten … Continue reading
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Tagged Beckenham, Elfin Cottage, June, Merry Mr Meddle, Monday, Mr Meddle
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Monday #270
My laptop is in being repaired at the moment so this week’s posts are reliant on me getting it back in time to write something! Fingers crossed. Philip Mannering’s animals and May roundup I remember a little boy called Dick … Continue reading
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Tagged Dick Kirrin, Five on a Treasure Island, June, Monday, Susie, The Famous Five, The Secret Seven
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June 2017 round up
Somehow it is July, and we have reached what will probably be my last monthly round up for a while. I’ll be taking over from now on! – Stef WHAT I READ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – … Continue reading
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Tagged Doing, June, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #223
June is nearly over, if you can believe it! We’ve had some pretty good weather lately (too much heat for me, though!) so we’ll have to see what July then brings. Here’s what we’ve got lined up this week: Enjoy!
Monday #222
It has been so hot that I’m pretty sure that ice-cream for supper is perfectly acceptable! Either way, I had it, it was delicious and now time to tell you what’s coming up on the blog this week, assuming that … Continue reading
Monday #221
Well it’s Monday again, and this one marks 3 weeks until I come off work and 7 weeks until my baby is due (eek!). I’m going to try to finish my reviews of The Castle of Adventure on TV, reviewing … Continue reading
Monday #220
Gosh we aren’t half getting through these Mondays! Can’t believe we’ve posted 220 Monday posts to-date! We have a bit of a TV week for you this week once again, hope you don’t mind!