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Author Archives: Fiona
2025 Birthday and Christmas Present round up
Every year without fail I am the lucky recipient of some Blyton-themed stuff when it comes to my birthday and Christmas. Here’s what it looked like this year. Famous Five Jigsaw This is a 1975 Whitman 224 piece puzzle of … Continue reading
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Tagged Birthday Presents, Child Whispers, Christmas Presents, Graphic novels, Jigsaws
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Monday #785
It’s January, it’s still cold, I’ve probably moaned far too much about the weather for a lifetime already, so on to something more cheerful perhaps? Brodie has been persuaded to return to Circus Days Again so we have been reading … Continue reading
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Reading The Secret of Spiggy Holes to Brodie
I’m way behind on these, and this is the best I could manage based on a handful of notes and memories. We actually read this in November 2024. Questions and answers It’s not a reading session with Brodie without at … Continue reading
My 2025 in books and Blyton
Here’s where I look back on everything I read in the past year and see how well I did, based on entirely arbitrary and often vague goals I have set myself. Goal one: Read 100 books Result: 172 books read. … Continue reading
Monday #784
It looks like we are easing out of the grip of our cold snap now. We have been lucky not to have a load of snow or anything but it has been very icy and cold. Monday is supposed to … Continue reading
A closer look at the Magic Faraway Tree trailer
This film feels as if it’s been in the works for years but we know now that it will be released in March this year. The trailer came out at the end of last month and although it’s only about … Continue reading
December 2025 round up
It’s that time of year again, when I can’t decide if this is the last roundup of the year or the first! What I read I had already hit my goal of 150 books in November, so everything in December … Continue reading
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Tagged December, Doing, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #783
Happy New Year! For the first time in years none of us were ill over the Christmas break so I’m taking that as a serious win. Being January it’s now time for me to look back at the previous year … Continue reading
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Tagged January, Monday, The Magic Faraway Tree, The Magic Faraway Tree Film
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Enid Blyton references in other works fiction part 5
It has been more than a year since I posted one of these. (I did one on non fiction books in June this year.) I still think that’s pretty good going. How many authors do you think you’ve seen mentioned … Continue reading
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Tagged Fiona Leitch, JC Williams, Rachel Lucas, Richard Hillman, Trisha Ashley, Val McDermid
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Letters to Enid part 79: From volume 4, issue 16.
Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 4, issue 16 August 29th – September 11th, 1956. OUR LETTER PAGE A letter from John Scott, Lowestoft, Suffolk. Dear Miss Blyton, I should like to tell you how … Continue reading
Monday #779
We seem to be moving rapidly through December now, that’s a whole week gone. People keep telling me how many days it is until Christmas and I’d just like to stuff my fingers in my ears and go ‘la la … Continue reading
November 2025 round up
My last round up I noted that we were stamping books for December 1st which was three weeks away. Today (Thursday as I start writing this) is three weeks until Christmas (though we’re not stamping the 25th on loans, that … Continue reading
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Tagged Doing, Monthly round up, November, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Enid Blyton Christmas Gift Guide 2025
This is my 8th Christmas Gift Guide – you can find the previous seven here. New books I say ‘new’ in a loose sense. Most of these are not really new, but old stories collected together or retellings of Blyton’s … Continue reading
Monday #778
It’s December! Elf has returned to wreak havoc and I realise that I haven’t put together my yearly Enid Blyton gift guide. I aim to fix that oversight this week – and get on with my Christmas shopping too. Enid … Continue reading
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Tagged December, Faraway Tree Movie, Faraway Tree Series, Monday
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Famous Five 90s Style – Our live reactions to Five on a Treasure Island part two
Welcome to part two of our opinions on pullovers, parenting and picnics. [While Uncle Quentin naps in his chair Julian sneaks into the study and knocks over a stack of books] Fiona: You’re supposed to be finishing a book in … Continue reading
October 2025 round up
With Halloween over I’m starting to think ahead to Christmas. At work this week I was stamping for the 1st of December which means that’s three weeks today. What I read I did a bit better reading-wise in October than … Continue reading
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Tagged Doing, Monthly round up, October, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #775
After somehow failing to post this last week I took it as an omen that I should take the week off, but at least try to prep for this week. Did I prep for this week? Actually I did, a … Continue reading
Letters to Enid part 78: From volume 4, issue 15.
Previous letters pages can be found here. NB – a warning again for the use of wording that is considered derogatory and offensive in the UK (and potentially elsewhere) today. As I am transcribing these letters exactly as written by … Continue reading
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Tagged Enid Blyton's Magazine, Letters page, Letters to Enid from volume 4
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Famous Five 90s Style – Our live reactions to Five on a Treasure Island part one
To cheer ourselves up after enduring Peril on the Night Train Stef and I decided to watch some of the 90s Famous Five and started, naturally with Five on a Treasure Island. I don’t know if you’ll be able to … Continue reading
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Tagged 90s Famous Five TV Series, Five on a Treasure Island, The Famous Five
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Monday #773
The clocks went back yesterday so it got dark even earlier. At least it leant a spooky air to the halloween party we were at after school. Letters to Enid part 78 and Famous Five 90s Style: Five on a … Continue reading
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