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Author Archives: Fiona
December 2021 round up
I’ve still to do my year in books for 2021, so for now (and slightly late as I entirely forgot about it*) I will look at what I got up to in December. *It would have been slightly late when … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences
Tagged December, Doing, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #457
Happy New Year, everyone! I hope everyone who celebrates it had a good Christmas. We kept our celebrations small, though not really any smaller than usual, and were glad to be able to mix freely with our immediate families unlike … Continue reading
The Book Lovers’ Miscellany +/- Enid Blyton
This is one of those posts that requires an explanation first, so buckle up. As you all probably know, I love books. I also love books about books. So much so I have a whole virtual shelf of books about … Continue reading
Monday #454
We are creeping closer to Christmas now, so let’s just hope that the Omicron ‘no C(h)rimbo’ variant doesn’t spoil thing too much for anyone. More Christmas bits and pieces and Five Get Into a Fix The Great Big Snowman can … Continue reading
The Island of Adventure: the 1980s film
There have been a few adaptations of the Adventure Series over the years, and this is (to my knowledge) the very first. I have already reviewed the 1990 adaptation of The Castle of Adventure with Susan George, Gareth Hunt and … Continue reading
If you like Blyton: The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
I have been meaning to try this series for quite a while. I’m sure I’ve ‘bought’ at least one of the books when it was free on Kindle, but I can’t seem to find it now. Anyway, turns out my … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, Other Authors
Tagged Gertrude Chandler Warner, If you like Blyton, The Boxcar Children
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Monday #453
Having just noticed that there was no Monday #452 published last week, I endeavoured to solve the mystery and investigated behind the scenes in WordPress. I could not find an unpublished draft, a post published with the wrong date or … Continue reading
Malory Towers on TV series two – Episodes three and four
After a slightly shaky start to series two, let’s have a look at episodes three and four. Episode three: The Stray There are at least four plots woven together in this episode, though three are quite minor and so don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Blyton on Screen
Tagged Malory Towers, Malory Towers on TV, Second Form at Malory Towers
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Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Children chapter 31
Last time Bill, Anatoly and Johns spent the night in Merthyr ready for their early morning trip back to the Mountain. Chapter 31 The three men woke early the next morning, breakfasted, and then got in the car for Johns … Continue reading
Malory Towers on TV series two – Episodes one and two
I gave the majority of the episodes in season one a glowing review (The Dress being the only one I found disappointing) so I’m keen to see how series two holds up. Episode one: The Head of Form Episode one … Continue reading
Monday #451
In case you missed yesterday’s post today is the day that Malory Towers series 2 comes to BBC iPlayer! Stef and I are going to have a watch-along of at least the first couple of episodes tonight (yes, we live … Continue reading
Malory Towers on TV series two – Everything we know
In March I posted with what was known about the return of Malory Towers. Well, we know quite a bit more now! When is it back? Most importantly the whole of Malory Towers series two drops tomorrow(!) on the BBC … Continue reading
Posted in Blyton on Screen
Tagged CBBC, Malory Towers, Malory Towers on TV, Second Form at Malory Towers
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Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Children chapter 30
Last time Bill, Johns and Anatoly decided to head down to Merthyr Tydfil to stay overnight, and Bill said good bye to Allie and the children. Chapter 30 With Johns in the driving seat, Anatoly had taken a seat in … Continue reading
Enid Blyton Christmas gift guide 2021
It might just be me but I feel like this post gets a little more difficult to write every year! Perhaps I just got lucky with the first year and there were plenty of good Blyton gifts then, and of … Continue reading
Monday #450
Last week I managed to post the right things, so I’m hoping that will happen again this week. My 2021 gift guide is more or less finished, I just need to agree a night (or nights) with Stef to write … Continue reading
Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Children chapter 29
Last time Bill, Anatoly and Johns made their plans. Chapter 29 Johns returned later that day, just as the sun was sliding down behind the mountains behind the farm house. He brandished a stack of papers at Bill. “I took … Continue reading
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