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Author Archives: Fiona
Fan fic Friday: Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Children chapter 4
Last time Allie injured her hand and Bill took her to the hospital. Chapter 4 The next day, the four children were packed off with the donkeys and David while Bill and Allie waving from the farm gate. When they … Continue reading
The Naughtiest Girl continued: Well Done, The Naughtiest Girl
As my library will hopefully be reopening again soon I thought I really should read a few more of the 15 or so books I’ve had out for over a year. I’m getting deja vu over that statement so I’m … Continue reading
Monday #421
We’ve had a week of mostly lovely weather, so I’ve been making the most of it before I return to work this week. The Naughtiest Girl continued: Well Done, the Naughtiest Girl! and Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the … Continue reading
Fan fic Friday: Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Children chapter 3
Last time Bill, Allie and the children arrived in Wales to stay with the Evans on their farm. Chapter 3 The next day, there was a nasty shock for Bill and Allie, especially Allie. She was in the barn with … Continue reading
Return to Kirrin by Neil and Suzy Howlett
I am in a couple of Enid Blyton Facebook groups with Suzy Howlett and had seen her mention her ‘unofficial’ novel a few times. Now I’m always very wary about Enid Blyton continuation books – and I think I have … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, Other Authors
Tagged Continuation books, Neil and Suzy Howlett, Return to Kirrin
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Fan fic Friday: Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Children chapter 2
Last week the new Cunningham and Petrov story went live with chapter one, where Bill pops in to see Anatoly on his way out of work for his nice, quiet Welsh holiday. Chapter 2 After the long drive to Wales, … Continue reading
The Famous Five’s other companions
Recently I wrote about the Famous Five’s sidekicks, but I didn’t include every child they met on their adventures. There were several who, although they either appeared in a significant chunk of the book, or contributed to the adventure, for … Continue reading
Posted in Characters
Tagged Aily, Benny, Benny Thomas, Berta Wright, Guy Lawdler, Harry Lawdler, Henrietta, Martin, Marybelle Lenoir, The Famous Five, Yan
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Monday #419
Well, my hope for better weather in April really hasn’t worked out for me. It has been very cold again and we’ve had snow and hail several days running, though it hasn’t stuck. Still, every cold and snowy day that … Continue reading
Fan fic Friday: Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Children chapter 1
Here we are with a new Cunningham and Petrov story. Our first – The Mystery of the Missing Aeroplane – took place during The Valley of Adventure, the second – The Mystery of the Missing Agent – was during The … Continue reading
Famous Five for Grown Ups: Five Go Parenting by Bruno Vincent
As you can see this week I decided to read Five Go Parenting. You might be wondering why given my scathing review of the only other one I’ve read before now (namely Five On a Strategy Away Day). But, this … Continue reading
Monday #418
There were some gremlins in the blog this week I think – last Monday’s post went missing and I only noticed yesterday, and when I found it, it published itself! So now you know what’s coming up last week… Anyway, … Continue reading
Posted in Blog talk
Tagged Easter, Monday, Six Cousins, Six Cousins at Mistletoe Farm
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Five Have Plenty of Fun part 3
Right, here we are at part three and I’m not letting this review turn into a four-parter, so get ready as this might will be a lengthy post… I’ve already written about Berta and some similarities to other Blyton books and … Continue reading
Monday #417
It’s now the last few days of March, which means it’s almost April. That means it’s almost Easter, which (for me) means lots of chocolate. It also means we’re that bit nearer to the bigger lifting of the restrictions is … Continue reading
Five Have Plenty of Fun part 2 – Quentin and Elbur
Last week I started my review of Five Have Plenty of Fun, but all I really covered was Berta (aka Lesley, Leslie and Jane) and the similarities I spotted between that book and some others by Blyton. Despite the fact … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, Characters
Tagged Five Have Plenty of Fun, The Famous Five, Uncle Quentin
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The return of Malory Towers on TV – Everything we know
The Malory Towers TV Facebook page shared an exciting article on Wednesday. There are to be 26 new episodes! There has been talk of more episodes since the first series aired, but I assume due to the pandemic it has … Continue reading
Five Have Plenty of Fun
I’ve decided that I really must do better with my Famous Five reviews. The site has been running for nearly eight and a half years (!!!), and yet there are still Famous Five books without a review. There are lots … Continue reading
Posted in Blog talk
Tagged Berta Wright, fall, Five Have Plenty of Fun, Jo, The Famous Five
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The Magic Faraway Tree covers through the years
I was looking for something reasonably un-taxing to write this week, and decided that as the Faraway Tree series only has three books (well, four if you include Up the Faraway Tree which is a different format, but even so … Continue reading
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