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Monthly Archives: September 2019
Monday #339
September round up and The Naughtiest Girl in the School covers through the years Far below the waterfall resolved itself into a winding river that curved round the foot of the mountain. The children could not see where it … Continue reading
The Famous Five the Musical: Smuggler’s Gold
I had watched this musical once before, at Stef’s house, but I’d forgotten just about everything about it including the plot, songs and characters. We watched it at my house this time as I got it on DVD for my … Continue reading
Letters to Enid 15: From volume 2 issue 3
Previous letters pages can be found here. This is the third magazine in a row that doesn’t have a letters page. Enid says in her newsletter I’m so sorry – but again there is no letters page for your letters this week. As you … Continue reading
Posted in Magazines
Tagged Enid Blyton's Magazine, Letters page, Queen Elizabeth II, The Queen
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Monday #338
Letters to Enid part 15 and The Famous Five the Musical: Smuggler’s Gold “Mollie! Peter! Come quickly! The chair is growing its wings again!” Chinky summons the children so that they can go on another adventure in Adventures of the … Continue reading
Posted in Blog talk
Tagged Adventures of the Wishing Chair, Monday, Mr Pink-Whistle, September
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On my bookshelf part 6
I’ve covered all my Blytons now, and most of my childrens’ books, so I thought I would just give a quick overview of my other bookcase. This one is mostly books for grown-ups. The detective/supernatural shelf Not everything fits that … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences, Purchases, Reading Recommendations
Tagged Book Collecting, Bookcases, Bookshelves
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Search terms 10
The latest Google searches, straight from the stats page. Summaries We get a whole load of searches looking for summaries every month. Quite often they are for a book, but equally often they want a poem or chapter summarised. Blyton’s … Continue reading
Code reader from The Famous Five’s Survival Guide
Published in 2008, The Famous Five’s Survival Guide is now, as far as I know, sold out and out-of-print. There may be a few copies lurking in bookshops but on the whole if you want one; you’ll need to go … Continue reading
If you like Blyton: The Cherrys by Will Scott
I’ll begin this with two points: One – I feel bad about recommending this series because the books are quite hard to find and rather expensive when they are for sale. But not bad enough to not write this post. … Continue reading
Posted in Other Authors, Reading Recommendations
Tagged If you like Blyton, The Cherrys, Will Scott
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Letters to Enid 14: From volume 2 issue 2
Previous letters pages can be found here. Again there is no regular letters page as instead we have the remaining prize winners from the Christmas competition. From the newsletter at the back of the magazine: NO LETTER PAGE. I am … Continue reading
Monday #336
Letters to Enid part 14 and If you like Blyton: The Cherrys by Will Scott The Twins at St Clare’s is the first book in the St Clare’s series. The titular twins, Pat and Isabel don’t want to go to … Continue reading
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Tagged Monday, Mr Galliano's Circus, September, St Clare's, The Twins at St Clare's
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On my bookshelf part 5
I have written about most of my Blyton books already, but there are more children’s books in my collection. I have another shelf of mostly vintage books and one of mostly newer ones, which also has my collection of Blyton … Continue reading
August 2019 round up
It’s September now, and judging by the sudden plummet in temperatures, Summer is firmly over! What I have read I did quite well even though I didn’t read much the week I was on holiday. I spent several evenings in … Continue reading
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Tagged August, Doing, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #335
August round up and On my bookshelf part 5 The Mystery of the Vanished Prince is the ninth mystery for the Five-Find Outers. As the title suggests the mystery is that a young prince has gone missing. Having already dressed … Continue reading
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Tagged Monday, September, The Mystery of the Vanished Prince, The Ship of Adventure
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