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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 11h

SCHOOLS! Would you like £500 of FREE books?! I do a thing called "The Big Green Books 500 Club" Lovely people donate £1 each week & when I get £500, I send a school a load of books. I have £500 ready for the next school, so get in touch! www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-bo...

A bunch of primary school kids hold up books that they got from the 500 Club!

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 16h

How lovely! I look forward to saying hello! 👋

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 22h

sunday, tidying the bookshelves, taking them off, putting them back on, the circle of liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiife (the below are still OFF the shelves, send me congratulatory vibes).

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It's time to review the very graceful Homebody by Theo Parish didyoueverstoptothink.com/2026/10/10/h...

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Homebody by Theo Parish

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Photos has reminded me today of one of my favourite sentences of all time:

A piece of text which reads: "Bring a Donkey, any medium."

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It's time to review the very graceful Homebody by Theo Parish didyoueverstoptothink.com/2026/10/10/h...

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Homebody by Theo Parish

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I tell you what, there's a point early doors where they go "curtains over this part, I'm not telling you about it" and I thought OH that's very nicely done indeed. Promising stuff!

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Good morning! Today's read is Homebody by Theo Parish. It's been on my radar for a while so I'm looking forward to finally reading. #booksky

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"the FIST PUMP I did when a Hot Doctor appeared, I tell you" It's time for a review of The Maids of La Rochelle by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer didyoueverstoptothink.com/2026/10/08/t...

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A Review of Elinor M. Brent-Dyer's The Maids of La Rochelle

Discover a review of Elinor M. Brent-Dyer's The Maids of La Rochelle,

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Potential picture book plot klaxon!

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"the FIST PUMP I did when a Hot Doctor appeared, I tell you" It's time for a review of The Maids of La Rochelle by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer didyoueverstoptothink.com/2026/10/08/t...

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A Review of Elinor M. Brent-Dyer's The Maids of La Rochelle

Discover a review of Elinor M. Brent-Dyer's The Maids of La Rochelle,

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

What's Jean Vajjeans daily word count on his novel? 24601 (Thank you, I'm here all week).

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Neglected Books @neglectedbooks.com · 08/10/2026

Fathers, you will never regret one second you spent reading to your kids. Never outsource that. Never.

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

(I think there is still a space in the world for publishing to do a 'fitness guide for absolutely all bodies and abilities including those who have the very absence of a clue' so if we can get on that, then that would be great thank you).

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Good morning! I ran for fifteen minutes yesterday which is world-changing paradigm-shifting stuff for me (and I see you and support you if you're on a similar journey!), so today's read is "ow, ow, my legs" but also the last little bit of the Maids of La Rochelle by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Good morning! It's a Sunday bookshelf sort so I have these looking for a new home. Do pop me a private message if you're interested. Thank you!

4 books sit on a brown wooden background. The books are Three Go To The Chalet School, The Head Girl of the Chalet School, A Rebel At The Chalet School, and a bindup of A United Chalet School and Chalet School In Exile.

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Girl’s Own advice @girlsown.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

For those asking what Sunday’s bizarre illustration was taken from, it’s from a piece suggesting that playing at “Mrs Jarley’s Waxworks” was the in thing for grownup party games around Christmas 1883. Instructions attached should you wish to try it at home (at your own risk).

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

There's strong parlour games vibes throughout the books - sorting mixed up shoes, recognising baby pics of pupils (ebd points out that the shape of the ear doesn't change which is a line that's stuck with me forever), apple bobbing, fortune telling (both with cards -ish and crystal ball iirc)...

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I do have the sneaking suspicion of maybe having read about it also in Angela Brazil (?or somebody of that ilk?). The Cs was definitely the first time I came across it. They reference it (the performance in Lintons) repeatedly in the series as well.

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

They DO. It's in The Chalet School and The Lintons (very solid affair all round) and I believe it's on the paperback cover (Armada reprint) but not on the original hb.

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I have a very lovely blue one! (Live footage of me on my way to find more ..)

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Moomin Says Goodbye

ALT: Moomin Says Goodbye

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

*I am yet to get a Ludwig Bemmelmans inspired plantpot could we all get on with that soon thank you kindly* face

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

*I have a very particular set of skills* face

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Oh look it's "googling Moomin plantpots" o'clock

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Watch this, it's got unicorns, oh lovely TERROR

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Good morning! I'm finishing off The Maids Of La Rochelle by Elinor M Brent-Dyer which is a very fun if distinctly itself sort of thing and after that it's going to be some comics, I think. #booksky

A copy of The Maids Of La Rochelle by Elinor M Brent-Dyer sits on a striped fabric background

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Good morning! It's a Sunday bookshelf sort so I have these looking for a new home. Do pop me a private message if you're interested. Thank you!

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I think for me, what's working, is how she's leaning into obvious strengths of hers - even the romance angle. It's all kind of enormously satisfying how unabashedly itself it is.

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Oh that's a thought! It definitely feels very early doors EBD to me, but that's an interesting interpretation for sure.

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Bonus points to you if you know why this caught my eye today

A copy of Queechy by Miss Weatherell sits on a brown desk

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

There's just something SO good about reading an author who is absolutely doing her goodest stuff and doing it with abandon.

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I genuinely do adore the eternal disinterest of the Girls own editorial line.

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Introducing Episode Four of An Occasional Podcast About Children's Literature: "Bookshelf Beloveds" didyoueverstoptothink.com/2026/10/02/a...

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Explore Bookshelf Beloveds in The Latest Podcast Episode

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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 01/10/2026

BREAKING NEWS: Tensions between Thor and the Care Bears have escalated rapidly overnight.

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Good morning! A new ep of An Occasional Podcast About Children's Literature is out, the image shows one of the stars & I've learned how to use "auto duck" which is an exciting new moment for us all I think ❤️ open.spotify.com/show/3kFlg9F.... I hope you enjoy! #booksky

A copy of the Elsie J. Oxenham Omnibus For Girls sits on wooden desk. In the background are several plant pots. One is pink and shows Little My from the Moomins.

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Good morning. Today's read is The Maids of La Rochelle by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer (and it's a brand new EBD for me!). Many thanks to my friends at the New Chalet Club for the enormously appropriate bookmark. If you don't know the NCC, you can discover more at ww2.newchaletclub.co.uk #booksky

A copy of The Maids of La Rochelle by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer sits on a pink and cream striped background. The book cover is a little tatty and protected by a clear wrapper. On top of the book sits a bookmark with a picture of an author against a backdrop of a lake and mountains. Text on the bookmark reads: Celebrating the Works of Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.

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