Monthly Archives: March 2017

The Children at Green Meadows part 2

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Fiona

So here is the rest of my review of this book! Previous part can be found here. CHAPTER SIX – A PONY RESCUE IN THE NIGHT The next arrival is a pony called Flash – who pulls the greengrocer’s cart (this … Continue reading →

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Famous Five for Grown Ups: Five Give up the Booze

Posted on March 29, 2017 by pippastef

I know you’re getting an onslaught of these Enid Blyton for Grown-Ups at the moment, but as they’re quick to read they make a perfect blog to work on. I can pick up the book on a Monday night and … Continue reading →

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Monday #210

Posted on March 27, 2017 by Fiona

So I’m back from Italy and we have a busy week for you on the blog: Fiona will bring you the second part of her Children at Green Meadows blog, and I’ll be looking at Five Give up the Booze! … Continue reading →

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My three least favourite Blyton characters

Posted on March 24, 2017 by Fiona

Looking for something to write about this week I browsed older posts and spotted Stef’s post about her least favourite characters, and I decided that would be a fine thing for me to write about too. I didn’t have any ideas … Continue reading →

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Famous Five for Grown Ups: Five Forget Mother’s Day

Posted on March 22, 2017 by pippastef

Five Forget Mother’s Day – honestly, how could our beloved Famous Five forget the one day a year that we use to celebrate our mothers (not that we shouldn’t celebrate them everyday!)? I got this book to give to my … Continue reading →

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Monday #209

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Fiona

How is it Monday already? I never used to notice Mondays so much when I worked weekends, but now I have weekends off it’s a different matter. I don’t actually have to work until Wednesday this week so perhaps I shouldn’t … Continue reading →

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The Children at Green Meadows

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Fiona

The title of this book doesn’t give much away, and it could be a story about just about anything. It would probably be classed as one of her ‘family’ books, I have it on the shelf beside The Family at … Continue reading →

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Famous Five 70s Style: Five Run Away Together

Posted on March 15, 2017 by pippastef

As we know, I managed to lose the track of which Famous Five episodes I had reviewed, which is why we have come back to Five Run Away Together. I completely skipped it for some reason! Anyway shall we get on … Continue reading →

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Monday #208

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Fiona

Once again, the week has gone sailing by and another set of blogs is called for! Fiona is one week closer to having her baby and I’m one week away from my 26th birthday (St Patrick’s day no less)! With … Continue reading →

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Stef’s February 2017 (and more) round up

Posted on March 12, 2017 by pippastef

Whoops, as you probably gathered we have missed the last couple of round ups. Fiona has done her blog and now it’s my turn. WHAT I HAVE READ IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS February – Looking for Captain Poldark – … Continue reading →

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Who’s Who in Enid Blyton by Eva Rice, revisited

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Fiona

Some of you may remember that I have previously reviewed the original version of the Who’s Who book (it took three posts – Adventure Stories, School Stories, and Toys and Enchantment. You also may remember that I pretty much ripped it apart … Continue reading →

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Blyton’s Britain, part 2

Posted on March 8, 2017 by pippastef

Last time I brought you a selection of destinations in London and Buckinghamshire where you could go and be close to our favourite authoress Enid Blyton. This week I’m going to start looking down by the coast, the south west … Continue reading →

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Monday #207

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Fiona

Proving she is still current Enid Blyton featured in a CBeebies video about female authors, alongside Jacqueline Wilson, Beatrix Potter and Malorie Blackman. I thought it was done this year for World Book Day but it turns out it’s actually … Continue reading →

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Fiona’s February 2017 (and more) round up

Posted on March 5, 2017 by Fiona

Well this is embarrassing. I was tidying up all the images I have saved on my laptop from various blogs (I know, I know, I should save them in the right place in the first place instead of just dumping … Continue reading →

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Famous Five 70s Style: Five Are Together Again, part 2

Posted on March 3, 2017 by pippastef

The second part of Five Are Together Again, makes for interesting viewing. In this blog I will look at the differences and changes from the novel  and as usual we will find out whether the changes are good or bad. … Continue reading →

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Those Dreadful Children: who was really the most dreadful? continued

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Fiona

I’m back with another very long blog to try to answer the question I set myself! (Previous part here.) THINGS I DIDN’T REALLY CONSIDER AS A CHILD As a child I think I glossed over a lot of the Carletons’ … Continue reading →

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