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Author Archives: Fiona
Reading The River of Adventure to Brodie
We read this from October 10th to 24th, 2024 so I’m nearly a year behind in reporting on it! I also didn’t take notes at the time so these are my best recollections. (I’m learning from my mistakes and have … Continue reading
Letters to Enid part 76: From volume 4, issue 13.
Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 4, issue 13. July 18th – July 31st, 1956. OUR LETTER PAGE All about Birds today! A letter from Anne Lacey, Cardiff. Dear Miss Blyton, One day, over a … Continue reading
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Tagged Birds, Enid Blyton's Magazine, Letters page, Letters to Enid from volume 4
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Monday #643
I missed a couple of weeks – Brodie turned 8 and we have been enjoying the last couple of weeks of the school holidays before he goes into p4. Last Monday was Enid’s birthday – she was born 128 years … Continue reading
July 2025 round up
What I read I hit 100 books in July which is good considering my year goal was already set at 150. After take a Val McDermid break I returned to her books, but I read other things too! but I … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences
Tagged Doing, July, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Letters to Enid part 75: From volume 4, issue 12.
Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 4, issue 12. July 4th – July 17th, 1956. OUR LETTER PAGE A letter from Marilyn Bowder, Sunbeam 13688. (Please send me your address.) Dear Enid Blyton, I am … Continue reading
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Tagged Enid Blyton's Magazine, Letters page, Letters to Enid from volume 4
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Monday #640
July is almost over. That means it’s almost August and Brodie’s 8th birthday. We started Mr Galliano’s Circus last night which he says he DID NOT LIKE – but he was overtired after being away for three nights with his … Continue reading
Reading the Circus of Adventure to Brodie
I keep getting further and further behind on these – we read The Circus of Adventure between September 9th and October 9th 2024. At this point I’m not sure how many of his comments I’m going to be able to … Continue reading
Pretending to be Jack Trent
Anyone who’s read the adventure series will know what Jack Trent is obsessed with. Birds, photography and adventures, probably in that order! Well, on holiday last week I had my camera of course, and on a walk along the cliffs … Continue reading
Monday #639
It was somewhat ambitious of me two weeks ago to aim for two posts, considering I was going off on holiday. The holiday is over (sadly!) so back to business now. Pretending to be Jack Trent and Reading the Circus … Continue reading
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Tagged Famous Five Colouring Book, Five on a Treasure Island, July, Monday
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Letters to Enid part 74: From volume 4, issue 11.
Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 4, issue 11. June 20th – July 3rd, 1956. OUR LETTER PAGE A letter from Eileen Kelley, Kuwait, Persian Gulf. Dear Enid Blyton, I thought you might like to … Continue reading
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Monday #637
We are firmly into July now and the weather is starting to look better (except from a super heavy downpour this afternoon!). It is supposed to get hotter and sunnier as the week goes on so I will enjoy getting … Continue reading
Letters to Enid part 73: From volume 4 issue 10
Previous letters pages can be found here. NB – a warning again for the use of wording that is considered derogatory and offensive in the UK (and potentially elsewhere) today. As I am transcribing these letters exactly as written by … Continue reading
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Tagged Enid Blyton's Magazine, Letters page, Letters to Enid from volume 4
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June 2025 round up
It’s July already (and it has rained pretty much every day so far) so let’s look back at June. What I read I continued with the Val McDermids at the start of June, then finally took a break once I … Continue reading
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Tagged Doing, June, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #636
I took last week off as I realised it was the last week of term and it was my last chance for peace during the day for SEVEN WEEKS. Now it’s the first week of these really long holidays, so … Continue reading
Blyton references in non-fiction books
I have finally compiled enough references to make another non-fiction post worthwhile (the first was references in memoirs). That means that shortly after posting this I will undoubtedly find another reference and have to start a third post. Lego Lost … Continue reading
Maps in books
Having shared the map Eileen Soper drew of her own garden in a recent post I made the same comment again – about how much I love a map in a book. That got me thinking that I should then … Continue reading
Monday #634
Maps in books and Blyton references in works of non-fiction I am paraphrasing like mad here because I didn’t take a note of this at the time! Unlike, say, the Famous Five who never seemed to learn their lessons. Let’s … Continue reading
If you like Blyton: The Challenge of Palores Point by Zöe Billings
Following on from The Mystery of Tully Hall and The Secret of Flittermouse Cliffs, The Challenge of Palores Point is the third book in the Great Friends at Grey Owls series by Zöe Billings. I read this from September to … Continue reading
Letters to Enid part 72: from volume 4 issue 9
Previous letters pages can be found here. NB – a warning again for the use of wording that is considered derogatory and offensive in the UK (and potentially elsewhere) today. As I am transcribing these letters exactly as written by … Continue reading
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Monday #633
I was reading an un-put-down-able book last night so didn’t get around to doing the Monday post (yes, another Val McDermid but I am seeing her talk later this week, so I’ll probably stop binge-reading her stuff after that. Probably.) but … Continue reading
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