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Author Archives: Fiona
Five Go Down to the Sea
We have reached another of my favourites with book #12, this came fourth in my definitive (personal) rankings of the 21 books. [It has just come to my attention two weeks later that I accidentally skipped book #11, Five Have … Continue reading
Monday #373
I am hoping this will be the last week of full lockdown here in Scotland and that by next week we will have just a little more freedom. I am so looking forward to being allowed to travel just a … Continue reading
Fan fic Friday: Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Aeroplane chapter 10
Last time Bill and his men met up with Lucy-Ann, Jack, Dinah and Kiki then snuck through the tunnel from the fern-cave into the back of the treasure caves. Chapter 10 They were lucky that the men had all put … Continue reading
Malory Towers on TV – Episodes five and six
I’ve reviewed the series two episodes at a time so far, so you can read about episodes one and two, then three and four if you haven’t already. Episode five We open this episode with the girls playing lacrosse but … Continue reading
Posted in Blyton on TV
Tagged BBC, CBBC, First Term at Malory Towers, Malory Towers, Malory Towers on TV
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Monday #372
Don’t ask me what week of lockdown we are into now, I don’t know and honestly I don’t care to know. Time has lost all meaning at the moment. I’m just trying to take each day and week as they … Continue reading
Locked down library book displays 3
In case you missed them, here are links to week 1 and week 2, and now for week 3! Day #15 Vehicles Brodie has a real thing for anything with wheels. He loves cars but has a special fondness for … Continue reading
Fan fic Friday: Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Aeroplane chapter 9
Last time Bill and his crew including Philip arrived back in the valley and made their way to the treasure caves. Chapter 9 Anatoly rolled the best he could, finishing in a crouch, so that he could reach for his … Continue reading
Letters to Enid 22: from volume 2 issue 10
Previous letters pages can be found here. I wonder what today’s children would write if the magazine was still going? Or what 1954’s children would have written if they were in our situation. Letters page from Volume 2, issue 10. … Continue reading
Posted in Magazines
Tagged Enid Blyton's Magazine, Letters page, Letters to Enid from volume 2
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Monday #371
A change to the usual schedule for the moment. I know that children had to wait almost a whole year from the start of a serialised novel in Enid Blyton’s magazine to the final chapter but this is the internet … Continue reading
Fan fic Friday: Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Aeroplane chapter 8
Last time Bill collected Anatoly and two other agents from an airstrip in Austria and they began the final part of their journey to the valley. Chapter 8 Soon they were coming into land at the valley that Philip pointed … Continue reading
Locked down library book displays 2
I shared photos of my first week of displays here and now I’m back with what I did back in week 2 (it’s currently week 6…). Day #8 Treasure Fairly straightforward – books about treasure of some kind. From back … Continue reading
Monday #370
I’ve lost track of what week of lockdown we are in now, but I do know that it’s now May. See I might not always know what day it is but I at least know the months! Locked down library … Continue reading
April 2020 round up
We are well into week 5 of lockdown (week 6 if you’re us and had a week of self isolation first…) so this will look a bit different to usual. What I have read What Could Possibly Go Wrong (The … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences
Tagged April, Doing, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Five on a Hike Together part 2
Last time I left off just as the Julian decides that they are going to visit Two Trees and Gloomy Water to see if they can find Saucy Jane (but avoid Maggie who Knows). The adventure begins We are a … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews
Tagged Dirty Dick, Five on a Hike Together, Gloomy Water, Maggie, Saucy Jane, The Famous Five
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Monday #369
Five on a Hike Together part 2 and April round up If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. – Oscar Wilde I’m an avid re-reader, and not … Continue reading
Fan fic Friday: Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Aeroplane chapter 7
Previously Bill went up to Gairdon to collect Philip, and then they set off in a plane to Austria. Chapter 7 Almost trembling with excitement Anatoly packed his things, paid the landlady and went to see if he could catch … Continue reading
Monday #368
Locked down library book displays and Fan Fic Friday: Cunningham and Petrov The Mystery of the Missing Aeroplane chapter 7 “Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.” … Continue reading
Five on a Hike Together
This is one of my favourite Fives, it’s my second favourite after Five Go to Smuggler’s Top, in fact. (I realise I haven’t done a Five review since November, I think I got swept away with other blog ideas!) I … Continue reading
Blyton by others: Game books
There are still more books with Enid Blyton’s names on the covers that are not continuations or retellings, and most of them come under the ‘game book’ heading. Game books, for want of a better term are books which at … Continue reading
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