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Author Archives: Fiona
Monday #415
In Scotland we are now allowed to meet in groups of four outdoors, and it’s even getting almost warm enough to sit outside comfortably! The Faraway Tree covers through the years and Five Have Plenty of Fun The real Green … Continue reading
A guide to the Famous Five’s sidekicks
We all know about the main Famous Five cast, but what about the various friends that show up throughout the series? They never had any long-term sidekicks, no Robin, no Samwise Gamgee or Watson, but in several stories they had … Continue reading
Monday #414
The weather has been a little kinder the past week or so, at least, it has remained mostly in the plus figures which is a start. There has even been some sunshine and I’ve managed to get the washing outside … Continue reading
If you like Blyton: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Usually my If you like Blyton posts are on modern-ish authors you might not have heard of, mixed with a few older things that again, you may not have read. This time, though, I fear I may be teaching your grandmother … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, Reading Recommendations
Tagged Frances Hodgson Burnett, gardens, If you like Blyton, Racism, Robin, The Secret Garden
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Five Go to Mystery Moor part 3
Here we are for part three of what should have been a two part post. Part one was a general review of the plot, and part two was entirely taken over by George and Henry. So, part three is all … Continue reading
Posted in Blog talk
Tagged Eileen Soper, Five Go to Mystery Moor, Mystery Moor, The Famous Five
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Monday #412
Unfortunately my laptop has gone and died on me this week. I think it’s the harddrive as it’s making funny noises and won’t boot up properly. I’ve booked it in for a repair today, so I will hopefully have it … Continue reading
Five Go to Mystery Moor part 2 – George and Henry
Last week I reviewed the main story of Five Go to Mystery Moor, and now it’s time for the comments, nitpicks, questions and so on that I always seem to have these days. I have an awful lot which relates … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, Characters
Tagged Five Go to Mystery Moor, George Kirrin, Henrietta, The Famous Five
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The Five Find-Outers covers through the years
Having previously looked at the Famous Five (parts one and two), The Adventure Series (parts one and two) St Clare’s (parts one and two), Malory Towers, (parts one and two) Mr Galliano’s Circus, The Secret Series, The Naughtiest Girl and … Continue reading
Posted in Illustrations and artwork
Tagged Armada, Charles Stewart, Dean, Dorothy Brook, Dragon, Egmont, Hodder, Jean Main, Lilian Buchanan, Mary Gernat, Methuen, The Five Find-Outers, Treyer Evans
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Monday #411
We ended up with at least a foot of snow falling in the first few days of last week, snow that’s hung around all week due to the low temperatures. It is supposed to be warm today – up to … Continue reading
Five Go to Mystery Moor
My last Famous Five review came in August last year, and that was Five Have a Wonderful Time. If you’re about to tell me that I have missed Five Go Down to the Sea, I haven’t, I just accidentally reviewed … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews
Tagged Five Go to Mystery Moor, Gypsies, Henrietta, Henry, Mystery Moor, Sniffer, The Famous Five
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Miss Grayling’s Girls 7 – the rest of her teachers
I seem to preface an awful lot of posts with ‘It’s been a while since the last one of these’ lately. I have a terrible habit of enthusiastically starting a series of posts and then running out of steam despite … Continue reading
Monday #410
As with every year it seems, February’s weather is worse than the previous winter months put together. So far we’ve had nothing but rain and snow, and we’re still in full lockdown until the start of March at least. Still, … Continue reading
If you like Blyton: The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
Despite being known as a ‘children’s classic’ I have only read this series for the first time recently. I had seen the 1995 film before and had a certain fondness for it, but the notion of there being a book … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews
Tagged If you like Blyton, Lynne Reid Banks, The Indian in the Cupboard
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Monday #409
I was going to say ‘we’re at the end of January’ but I now realise it will be the start of February when this is published. It has probably been a miserable month for a lot of us; cold and … Continue reading
On my bookshelf part 7
A while back I gave you detailed tours of my main bookcases. First up were my Blytons in parts one, two and three, Blyton and Malcolm Saville in part four, miscellaneous children’s books in part five and my collection of … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences, Purchases, Reading Recommendations
Tagged Book Collecting, Bookcases, Bookshelves
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Monday #408
It’s another Monday but it doesn’t seem like we are getting any closer to the end of this particular lock down. Still, there’s hope somewhere ahead, even if it’s further away than we thought it would be as we celebrated … Continue reading
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