Monthly Archives: January 2024

Enid Blyton references in other works of fiction part 3

Posted on January 31, 2024 by Fiona

I’ve done two of these posts already, but here I am with enough material for a third post. Books about bookshops, libraries, booklovers and so on are always full of literary references. However, most of them are references to works … Continue reading →

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Monday #564

Posted on January 29, 2024 by Fiona

I’m back, having mostly recovered from my first lurgy of the year. Another one so kindly brought home from school and shared around. How I longed for someone to suggest I needed some fresh country air and a week (or … Continue reading →

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My 2023 in books and Blyton

Posted on January 18, 2024 by Fiona

This is my fifth full-year round up, so I think you’ll know what to expect from it. I’ve seen a lot of debate online recently about reading goals – many people can’t understand why anyone would make a goal as … Continue reading →

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Monday #562

Posted on January 15, 2024 by Fiona

We are heading into an extremely cold week where I am, consistently below freezing and feeling as low as -10. If I can thaw myself out enough to type, here’s what I have planned for this week. (I have made … Continue reading →

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Enid Blyton’s Christmas Stories then and now, part 9

Posted on January 14, 2024 by Fiona

This is unseasonably late, but I really didn’t want to leave it until Christmas 2024! Santa Claus Gets Busy This was first published in the Sunday Graphic in 1947, and the illustrations were uncredited. It was then reprinted in Enid Blyton’s … Continue reading →

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December 2023 round up

Posted on January 11, 2024 by Fiona

We are a whole week into January so it is definitely time for me to jot down what I got up to in December. Naturally this will be rather Christmas-heavy. What I have read I embraced the Christmas romance novel … Continue reading →

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Monday #561

Posted on January 8, 2024 by Fiona

Happy New Year to all my readers! I hope everyone had a good festive period and the return to work hasn’t been too arduous. (Assuming you were off, that is. I remember working Christmas in retail only too well…) I … Continue reading →

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