Author Archives: Fiona

Reading the Famous Five to Brodie part 7

Posted on May 18, 2024 by Fiona

We have continued to get through the Famous Five books very quickly. We read Plenty of Fun over the last two weeks of February, and then Secret Trail lasted us just 10 days in mid March. Five Have Plenty of … Continue reading →

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Letters to Enid part 48: From volume 3 issue 10

Posted on May 15, 2024 by Fiona

Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 3, issue 10. May 11th – 24th, 1955. OUR LETTER PAGE A letter from Nicola Gawn, Bembridge. Dear Miss Blyton, My friend and I have a greenhouse in which … Continue reading →

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Monday #579

Posted on May 13, 2024 by Fiona

I have the update you have all been waiting for! The sun finally came out! It was hot! We made it to the beach and even into the water! Which got me thinking about bathing. I was just paddling but Brodie lay … Continue reading →

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Reading the Famous Five to Brodie part 6

Posted on May 4, 2024 by Fiona

We have been making our way pretty quickly through the series, two chapters a night at least five nights a week really adds up! These three books were read between January 10th and February 16th of this year. Five Have … Continue reading →

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April 2024 round up

Posted on May 2, 2024 by Fiona

It feels like ages since I wrote the February round up – but we are over a week into April I suppose. What I read What I have read: Five Go to Billycock Hill Witches & Words (Library Witch Mystery … Continue reading →

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Monday #577

Posted on April 29, 2024 by Fiona

I’m having a hard time believing it’s almost May, mostly because it’s STILL chilly. The heating is still on at home, the cosy leggings and coats are still in use. It has been a little warmer now and again when … Continue reading →

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Reading the Famous Five to Brodie part 5

Posted on April 27, 2024 by Fiona

Out of interest I checked the dates and we read these three Famous Fives between November 29 and January 9. Five Get Into Trouble Naturally Brodie demanded the next Famous Five the night after we finished the last one. I … Continue reading →

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Letters to Enid part 47: From volume 3 issue 9

Posted on April 24, 2024 by Fiona

Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 3, issue 9. April 27th – May 10th, 1955.   OUR LETTER PAGE A letter from Busy Bee Janet Orton, Sheffield. Dear Enid Blyton, This afternoon we held our … Continue reading →

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Monday #576

Posted on April 22, 2024 by Fiona

The audiobook I’ve just finished listening to had two Enid Blyton references in it, not unusual, but the strange thing is that it’s a book I’ve read before yet I hadn’t made a note of it. I have this time, … Continue reading →

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Letters to Enid part 46: From volume 3 issue 8

Posted on April 19, 2024 by Fiona

Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 3, issue 8. April 13th-26th, 1955. OUR LETTER PAGE  A letter from Hugh Morris, Aylsham, Norfolk. Dear Enid Blyton, In the holidays and on Saturdays, I go round with … Continue reading →

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Five Have a Puzzling Time – a joint review

Posted on April 17, 2024 by Fiona

As I was working both Monday and Tuesday evening this week I felt like I didn’t want to start the next Famous Five book (Finniston Farm) on Sunday evening. Instead I suggested we try a Famous Five short story so … Continue reading →

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Monday #575

Posted on April 15, 2024 by Fiona

Apart from going to work I have barely left the house in the past weeks due to a certain spotty little boy. We did get out at the weekend for a walk in the woods, though, where we experienced sun, … Continue reading →

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Rating the Famous Five titles part 2

Posted on April 13, 2024 by Fiona

Continuing now with the remaining half of the books. Part one can be found here. Five Have a Wonderful Time Again, this could literally apply to all 21 books – probably why it is one of the titles I always … Continue reading →

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March 2024 round up

Posted on April 11, 2024 by Fiona

It feels like ages since I wrote the February round up – but we are over a week into April I suppose. What I read What I have read: How to Date Your Dragon (Mystic Bayou #1) – Molly Harper … Continue reading →

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Monday #574

Posted on April 8, 2024 by Fiona

I’m back after our few days away – where we had mixed weather. One day of clouds and intermittent rain, one day of constant rain, one day which started out sunny and warm (no coats needed!) then became windy and … Continue reading →

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Rating the Famous Five titles

Posted on March 30, 2024 by Fiona

A recent comment on the blog has inadvertently inspired this post. A regular reader pointed out that I had written Five Have a Wonderful Time when I actually meant Five Fall Into Adventure. It wasn’t that I had confused the … Continue reading →

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Monday #572

Posted on March 25, 2024 by Fiona

I nearly decided to have a week off from blogging this week, as I have come down with that feels like my hundredth lurgy of 2024. (It’s probably only the fourth or fifth, but it is only March!) However I … Continue reading →

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Fan fic Friday: Bill and Allie’s great adventure chapter 5

Posted on March 22, 2024 by Fiona

Parts one, two, three and four for anyone who needs to catch up. Jack nudged Philip sharply in the side, careful not to let Dinah see what he was doing, then made a show of scratching the side of his … Continue reading →

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Reading the Famous Five to Brodie part 4

Posted on March 20, 2024 by Fiona

While in real-time we are on to Five on a Secret Trail, in blog-time it’s time for what Brodie said about books 6 & 7. Five on Kirrin Island Again We went straight onto this book the night after finishing … Continue reading →

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Monday #571

Posted on March 18, 2024 by Fiona

I briefly looked for something non-weather related to say this week but it’s difficult to find something Blytonian-related that isn’t already going into one of my upcoming posts. So I’ll tell you that it’s actually sunny right now. Not only … Continue reading →

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