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Letters to Enid part 50: From volume 3 issue 12
Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 3, issue 12. June 8th – 21st, 1955. OUR LETTER PAGE A letter from Susan York, Chilwell, Notts. Dear Enid Blyton, I must tell you of a black and … Continue reading
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Tagged Enid Blyton's Magazine, Letters page, Letters to Enid from volume 3
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Monday #584
Last week rather ran away from me – I had watched the next two episodes of Malory Towers and made (copious) notes in advance, but ran out of time to turn them into a (semi) coherent review with screen shots. … Continue reading
The Favourite Enid Blyton books, revealed
Having recorded the results of people’s favourite Enid Blyton book or series for about a week, I now have 1,278 results and figured that was enough to be going on with! We are still getting a lot of requests so … Continue reading
Monday #583
There are green strawberries on our plants now, and our potatoes have been planted. The one good thing about all the rain we’ve been having is it has meant we haven’t had to go out and water them much. (It’s … Continue reading
Malory Towers on TV Series three – Episodes three and four
Episodes one and two had some confusing behaviour from Miss Johnson, so let’s see what she gets up to in episodes three and four! The Surprise Picnic We already had an episode titled The Midnight Feast in series one, so … Continue reading
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Tagged Malory Towers, Malory Towers on TV, Malory Towers Series three
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May 2024 round up
We are into June now – that means it’s nearly summer! What I read May’s reads took me to 69 books, which is something like 28 books ahead on my goal of 100! I think I’ll have to increase my … Continue reading
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Tagged Doing, May, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #582
We had nice weather over the weekend so the strawberry plants are in – and now we’ve been offered a potato growing bag, so we could have quite the kitchen garden soon. May round up and Malory Towers on … Continue reading
Reading the Famous Five to Brodie part 8
After our brief detour to the Adventure series we returned to back to back Famous Five. (There have only been about 20 days where I have not read an Enid Blyton book this year and most of them are the … Continue reading
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Tagged Five Get Into a Fix, Five Go to Billycock Hill, The Famous Five
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Letters to Enid part 49: From volume 3 issue 11
Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 3, issue 11. May 25th – June 7th, 1955. OUR LETTER PAGE A letter from Dorothea Hill, Nr. Sleaford, Lincs. Dear Enid Blyton, I am one of your magazine … Continue reading
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Monday #581
Having been talking about putting a raised bed in the garden and growing some chives and other easy herbs, it was a coincidence that we then got offered some strawberry plants from my cousin. I have now ordered a raised … Continue reading
Reading the Adventure Series to Brodie
Having worried (many times over) what we would read when we ran out of Famous Five books, Brodie had heard me suggest the Adventure Series a few times. He had always said no, he wouldn’t like them, only the Famous … Continue reading
Malory Towers on TV series three – Episodes one and two
I’m late to the party but I’ve finally started watching series 3 of Malory Towers. I will try to make this more than a lengthy summary of what happens in the first two episodes but I am promising nothing. Episode … Continue reading
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Tagged Malory Towers, Malory Towers on TV, Malory Towers Series three
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Monday #580
It has been a bit of a rollercoaster weekend for us – it started out with a leaking shower/bath affecting the flat below us, moved on to us finding a lost cockatiel which Brodie named Kiki, and then ended up … Continue reading
Reading the Famous Five to Brodie part 7
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
Letters to Enid part 48: From volume 3 issue 10
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
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
Reading the Famous Five to Brodie part 6
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
April 2024 round up
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
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
Reading the Famous Five to Brodie part 5
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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Tagged Five Fall Into Adventure, Five Get Into Trouble, Five on a Hike Together
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