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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

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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

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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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Letters to Enid part 47: From volume 3 issue 9

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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