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StuartB

stuartb@bookwyrm.teamb.space

Joined 10 months, 1 week ago

I was born - I haven't died yet.

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2024 Reading Goal

83% complete! StuartB has read 40 of 48 books.

Enid Blyton: Go Ahead, Secret Seven (2009, Hodder Children's Books) 2 stars

A little shadowing practice by George goes awry and his parents force him to resign …

I'm not sure who hates me more, 8 year old me who thought they were awesome, or old, middle-aged me, who thinks there were much better books than this, aimed at the same age range, even back then. sigh I've started so I'll finish...

It's their very first adventure, and the Secret Seven super-sleuths are already on the trail …

The Secret Seven

3 stars

This wasn't quite as good as 7 year old me thought - and rose-tinted memories are joined with the knowledge that her work centered on white, Anglo, cis-het characters, almost entirely horribly middle-class, and also with the realisation that she wasn't, actually, all that good at this writing lark. I'm still going to finish the series, but only for old times sake.