Monthly Archives: August 2024

Letters to Enid part 55: From volume 3 issue 17

Posted on August 28, 2024 by Fiona

Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 3, issue 17. August 17th – 30th, 1955. OUR LETTER PAGE  A letter from from Margaret Edwards, Prospect, Okehampton. Dear Miss Blyton, When I read the story of the … Continue reading →

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Monday #594

Posted on August 26, 2024 by Fiona

You know you’ve been reading too much Enid Blyton* at bedtime when your child turns to you and says You’re a beast!  *Obviously there’s not really such thing as too much Enid Blyton. Letters to Enid part 55 and Enid Blyton’s … Continue reading →

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If you like Blyton: Six in a Caravan by Bridget Mackenzie

Posted on August 24, 2024 by Fiona

I bought this as it appealed on two counts: a Blytonian title, and illustrations by Eileen Soper. The Six and the Caravan The title is more accurate than Five Go Off in a Caravan (in which they, of course, use … Continue reading →

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Reading the The Treasure Hunters to Brodie

Posted on August 21, 2024 by Fiona

Having read 20 of the 21 Famous Fives and 3 of the 8 Adventure Series books Brodie asked what else there was. I had already suggested The Treasure Hunters some time before and it was rejected, but this time he … Continue reading →

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Monday #593

Posted on August 19, 2024 by Fiona

I know that I’ve put The Treasure Hunters on the list two weeks running now, but things just keep coming up! It’s probably about half-finished at this point so maybe this week will be the week! Reading The Treasure Hunters … Continue reading →

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Letters to Enid part 54: From volume 3 issue 16

Posted on August 15, 2024 by Fiona

Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 3, issue 16. August 3rd – 16th, 1955. OUR LETTER PAGE A letter from Wendy Spencer, Chippenham, Wilts. Dear Enid Blyton, As you are interested in wild birds, I … Continue reading →

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Monday #592

Posted on August 12, 2024 by Fiona

The last six weeks have flown by and schools go back tomorrow! Brodie is now 7 and is going into primary 3, I can hardly believe it. We are currently reading The Mountain of Adventure (oh, those Welsh accents, look … Continue reading →

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July 2024 round up

Posted on August 7, 2024 by Fiona

That’s us halfway through 2024 already! What I read I hit my 100 books target in July, so I had to up my goal. I went for 150 which seems very doable at this point. What I have read: Me … Continue reading →

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Monday #591

Posted on August 5, 2024 by Fiona

It’s August now – and we’ve finally had a whole week of decent weather! Possibly the only week, but sometimes that just has to do. August means Brodie is about to turn 7, tomorrow in fact! He’s still loving Enid … Continue reading →

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