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!
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?
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
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?
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
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!
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!
Doctor Pirate Bobble-hat
I Remember You!! You were here last year!
Madam Wanda Bungalow
How do you get star reviewer?
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