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September 2024 round up

Posted on October 3, 2024 by Fiona

September has turned into October, so the nights are getting darker, and it’s generally colder. Though it’s still quite warm in the sun sometimes, the slippers and blankets are out at home! What I read I also had quite a … Continue reading →

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Monday #599

Posted on September 30, 2024 by Fiona

It’s the very end of September now and temperatures have plummeted. We’ve had frost in the morning, so it’s not a great time for our boiler to have started acting up. It should hopefully be fixed by Monday afternoon, though. … Continue reading →

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Reading The Mountain of Adventure to Brodie

Posted on September 29, 2024 by Fiona

I actually got confused today (it really doesn’t take much!) as I was idly trying to work out what part of Mountain we had got to, but couldn’t remember. We’re actually reading Circus at the moment, but as I’ve spent this … Continue reading →

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Letters to Enid part 58: From volume 3 issue 20

Posted on September 25, 2024 by Fiona

Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 3, issue 20. September 28th – October 11th, 1955. OUR LETTER PAGE A letter from Caroline Hayes, Waikato, New Zealand. Dear Enid Blyton. I am going to tell you … Continue reading →

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Monday #598

Posted on September 23, 2024 by Fiona

The brief resurgence of warm weather is well and truly over, and I am writing this from under a cosy blanket. If I was in an Enid Blyton book I would of course say under a cosy rug. Rug meaning blanket is … Continue reading →

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Reading the Sea of Adventure to Brodie

Posted on September 20, 2024 by Fiona

I’m a bit behind on these reviews – we’re actually on Ship at the moment. But better late than never, we read Sea from 17 July to to 5 August. Some things never change People accuse Blyton of being repetitive … Continue reading →

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Letters to Enid part 57: From volume 3 issue 19

Posted on September 18, 2024 by Fiona

Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 3, issue 19. September 14th – 27th, 1955. OUR LETTER PAGE This week’s letters are chosen because they all contain such good ideas. The first one wins my letter-prize. … Continue reading →

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Monday #597

Posted on September 16, 2024 by Fiona

Letters to Enid part 57 and Reading The Sea of Adventure to Brodie When I added this banner it was because I wanted to answer a question that had been asked. But why not use it to ask a question … Continue reading →

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Lifting the flap on two new “Enid Blyton” books

Posted on September 14, 2024 by Fiona

While in the children’s department of the library a few weeks ago a new delivery of books came in and amongst them were two books I’d never seen – or even heard of – before with the name Enid Blyton … Continue reading →

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Letters to Enid part 56: From volume 3 issue 18

Posted on September 11, 2024 by Fiona

Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 3, issue 18. August 31st – September 13th, 1955. OUR LETTER PAGE A letter from Elizabeth Marshall, Colpetty, Colombo 7, Ceylon. Dear Miss Blyton, This morning just after 8 … Continue reading →

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Monday #596

Posted on September 9, 2024 by Fiona

It’s Monday again – why do the weekends always go by so fast? Letters to Enid part 56 and Lifting the flap on two new “Enid Blyton” books Oh I say! Pretty much every Enid Blyton character must say this … Continue reading →

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Enid Blyton’s favourite words

Posted on September 7, 2024 by Fiona

If you asked the average person what Enid Blyton’s favourite word was they’d probably say lashings or gosh or ginger beer. If you ask me I think she probably wrote hungry and lunch more often than any of those! I happened to be thinking about The … Continue reading →

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August 2024 round up

Posted on September 5, 2024 by Fiona

That’s us halfway through 2024 already! What I read Having upped my reading goal to 150 last month, I then found that I didn’t read as much in August, isn’t that just typical? I watched a bit more TV in … Continue reading →

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Monday #595

Posted on September 2, 2024 by Fiona

And just like that, it’s September already. Summer isn’t over (if it ever began!) but the evenings are growing darker already. August round-up and Enid Blyton’s favourite words We have books of the week this week, these two which crossed … Continue reading →

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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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