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Oh my goodness!!! We can finally chat on the summer reading challenge again!!! I have been waiting like ALL year for this. By the way, hello any old-timers here! Does anyone remember me? By the way y’all, last year there was like a whole little community on this thing! Are Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer and Madam Sapphire Bucket here? You are the ones I remember the most. Have fun guys!

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Madam Wanda Bungalow

Star Reviewer

I remember you

Professor Aspidistra Sherbet

Really?! That’s SO cool! I might vaguely remember you! How have you been?

Madam Wanda Bungalow

great!

Professor Aspidistra Sherbet

I’m still here! :D

Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer

HI!!!!!! How have you been? I remember having really long conversations with you last year – have you been on holiday any place new? Are you still homeschooled? How old are you now?

Madam Wanda Bungalow

I’ve been doing great, thank you! (I hope you’ve been doing well too)
I loved all our long conversations last year, they were so much fun!
Yes, I have, actually! I went to the Lake District earlier this year, which was amazing, and I also went to Amsterdam for a day. Have you been anywhere interesting?
Yep, I am still homeschooled, and enjoying it very much. :D
I’m a few months past fourteen
now!

Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer

WOW! I love the lake district- I actually go there every year! The mountains are SO beautiful – did you walk any of them? Amsterdam also sounds cool- what did you do there?

Madam Wanda Bungalow

Really?! OMG, you are so lucky if you get to go there every year, it’s so beautiful!! (I especially loved how many trees there were there :D) We mostly walked around the Lake Windermere area; have you ever been there?

Amsterdam was lovely! We mostly walked around, as everything was quite expensive, but we did get to see Anne Frank’s Secret Annexe (from outside), which was amazing!!

Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer

I know! I’m actually going NEXT WEEK, so I’m SO excited! I especially love the mountains- I live in a pretty flat area of the country, so when we’re driving up the motorway and suddenly there’s mountains everyone gets very excited! I just love them- they’re SO beautiful! Do you live in a mountain-y area?
That’s so cool! I didn’t realise you could SEE Anne Franks house- wow! How long did you stay in Amsterdam for?

Madam Wanda Bungalow

:O (jaw drop)
Wow, that’s amazing!!
I hope you have the greatest time there!
I know that feeling; I also live in a quite flat area, (though there are some hills a short distance away) so whenever my family and I go to a place with many mountains, it just feels incredible!!
I agree- mountains are one of the most beautiful natural monuments that exist. :D

Five hours. XD
It’s quite a long story… but I can tell you it, if you like! :)

Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer

I don’t think I even saw this message- sorry I hadn’t replied! Yes, mountains are spectacular.
Yes please, I’d love to hear! That sounds funny!

Madam Wanda Bungalow

That’s okay; sometimes messages don’t show up for me either. :D

Sure! I’ll start from the beginning… One day my parents were looking through affordable short holidays abroad, and they stumbled upon a very reasonably priced ferry trip to Amsterdam! (Return trip included) It was such a good deal that we decided to go the very next month, and we packed our bags. I had never actually stayed overnight on a boat before, so I was super excited! Our cabin was rather small (but cosy!) and we had to bring all our own food (restaurant prices onboard being WAY too high), but I loved being on a boat so much. :D However, I only realised that we had just five hours to explore Amsterdam (before we had to get back on the ferry to go home) when we actually disembarked! I remember feeling so surprised! XD
Anyways, we had a simply lovely time in Amsterdam, walking along its narrow streets and canals, with a cone of hot fries in one hand, and a stroopwaffel in the other… :D I just really wish we could have stayed longer than five hours; I loved it so much there!!

Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer

Oh ok wow that’s so funny! I definitely relate to restaurant prices being SO high- service station prices too, on the motorway, are awful! I’ve never been on an overnight ferry, but I will next year when we go to France- I’m so excited! And also, I LOVE stroopwafel!!! We have a friend who always gives us some and it is actually the best thing!

Madam Wanda Bungalow

I know! In airports as well, prices are ABYSMAL!! I guess the companies who run these places know that they can charge those prices, since people will always pay if there’s no other options…

Oh wow, that sounds amazing!! I hope you have a great time, and that the weather will be better for you than it was for my family when we went to Amsterdam! XD (It was freezing and drizzly pretty much the whole time lol)

Out of curiosity, where you going in France? Paris, Lyon, Toulouse, Nice?
I’d love to go to France, but my dad always says it’s too expensive. :(

I LOVE stroopwafels too!! Wait, are the stroopwafels you get homemade? The ones I get are store bought, from Home Bargains. XD

Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer

your a star

Madam Flopsy Bacon-slicer

Awwww thank you! That’s so sweet X)

Madam Wanda Bungalow

How do you add a new book to your wishlist?

Maya

Dona Phoenix Sequins

I think there’s a button saying ‘Add to wishlist’

Madam Wanda Bungalow

Don’t worry I figured it out , first you press the button that says menu then
press books and finally use the sort machine

Dona Phoenix Sequins

Right that makes sense!

Madam Wanda Bungalow

Thought so

Dona Phoenix Sequins

Um ok

Madam Wanda Bungalow

I thought it would make sense

Dona Phoenix Sequins

Um ok

Madam Wanda Bungalow

I love summer reading challenge

Book girl

Judge Esmerelda Quagmire

Star Reviewer

Same!!!! I’m so happy the chat is up and running again

Madam Wanda Bungalow

So do I

Dona Phoenix Sequins

Same with me

Dona Phoenix Sequins

This reading challenge is fun, how do you get started reviewer badge?

Izzie

Constable Raccoon Frozen-Peas

I don’t know

Dona Phoenix Sequins

If you’re a newcomer here, it’s easy, you just do a couple long and detailed reviews. Don’t worry if you don’t get it instantly though- it is kind of random chance!

Madam Wanda Bungalow

I hope you all have a good day

Skye

Dona Flossy Pineapple

So do I

Dona Phoenix Sequins

So do I

Dona Phoenix Sequins

Thank you! I hope you do too!

Madam Wanda Bungalow

Have you read the first and second lottie brooks books? So Good!

Akiko

Judge Daisy Cuckoo-Clock

Nope

Dona Phoenix Sequins

Oh I’ve heard of them not quite my type of book though!

Madam Wanda Bungalow

6 years in a row lets goo!
2021, Wild World 2022 gadgeteers 2023 ready, set read 2024 marrvellous makers 2025 story garden 2026 read to the beat!
Have Fun!

Noah

Doctor Pirate Bobble-hat

I Remember You!! You were here last year!

Madam Wanda Bungalow

How do you get star reviewer?

Akiko

Judge Daisy Cuckoo-Clock

Do really detailed reviews

Professor Aspidistra Sherbet

Thanks!!

Judge Daisy Cuckoo-Clock

This is me.

Judge Daisy Cuckoo-Clock

Don’t know why i wrote that

Judge Daisy Cuckoo-Clock

Not sure yet.

Dona Phoenix Sequins

Not the most helpful comment anyone’s ever sent lol

Madam Wanda Bungalow