Monthly Archives: May 2016

Monday post #168

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Fiona

I’m a bit late to do this as we had a BBQ last night and time rather got away from us. Coming up this week anyway:

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How to Get Blyton’s Style: Gents

Posted on May 27, 2016 by pippastef

If you saw my post from last week you’ll know that I picked out some clothes from today’s fashion that could be considered Blytonesque. They were clothes for the girls by and large and today I thought that I would … Continue reading →

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The Twins at St Clare’s – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 7

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Fiona

I’ve just noticed I named the previous two parts as ‘part five’. So I’ll skip six and move on to seven! This will be the last one as I got through the final five chapters tonight. All previous parts: one, … Continue reading →

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Monday #167

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Fiona

Once more the weekend is over far too quickly and one again I don’t seem to have done half of what I need to. Anyway I’m off to Scotland for this week, come Wednesday, but don’t fear, I shall be … Continue reading →

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How to get Blyton’s style: Ladies

Posted on May 20, 2016 by pippastef

I thought I would bring you something a little different over the next couple of weeks on the blog – inspired by a pair of shoes I found on a clothing website. This week I will look at how to … Continue reading →

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If you like Blyton: Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Fiona

Stef has already reviewed this (as has Poppy) but as always I’m late to the party and have just gotten around to reading it. I had many thoughts and so I am now going to inflict them on you all. … Continue reading →

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Monday Post #166

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Fiona

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Wandering in the dark near Kröller Müller — Kunst en Cultuur – Arts & Culture

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Fiona

This link was sent to us from Hans van der Klis from The Netherlands. He says:  I’ve written an ‘adventure’ story on my blog, that we (my wife and I) experienced during a visit to a museum in the forest. With some thoughts … Continue reading →

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So Many Editions

Posted on May 13, 2016 by pippastef

I can’t be the only one who collects many editions of the same books in their collection. I have spoken to a couple of people who indeed find it hard to pass up different editions of their favourite books and … Continue reading →

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The Ring O’ Bells Mystery

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Fiona

Ring O’ Bells is probably my favourite from this series, but after telling Stef this was what I’d review I had to do a hasty double-check that it was indeed the next in the series. It is, of course, and … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Monday

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Fiona

Hope you’ve all had a good weekend –  hasn’t the English weather been glorious (especially in the south) this weekend? I’ve been out and got myself a little tan, and all my freckles are finding their way out! Anyway the … Continue reading →

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The River of Adventure

Posted on May 6, 2016 by pippastef

I know it’s been a while since I have reviewed any of the Adventure Series books but I know where I got up to, and that was River. So without waiting another second it’s time to have a look at … Continue reading →

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My twenty-second Noddy book: Cheer Up Little Noddy

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Fiona

This Noddy book has been the hardest to review. It was supposed to be my 18th review from the series, but when I opened my copy I discovered that it was missing the first 20 pages. I then added a … Continue reading →

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First Monday of May

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Fiona

It’s May now, not that the recent weather would lead you to believe that. For me the last week of April was not a case of April Showers. It was a case of repeated hail showers and then a reasonably … Continue reading →

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