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Putting the Five Find-Outers books in order, part 3

Posted on October 26, 2018 by Fiona

I’ve covered my top Find-Outer books and my middling Find-Outer books so now it’s time for my least favourites. As I put in the first post least favourite doesn’t mean books I dislike. It just means I like them a bit less … Continue reading →

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Posted in Personal Experiences, Reading Recommendations | Tagged Favourite Books, Least Favourite Books, The Five Find-Outers, The Mystery of Tally-Ho Cottage, The Mystery of the Hidden House, The Mystery of the Missing Necklace, The Mystery of the Secret Room, The Mystery of the Vanished Prince | 5 Comments

Five Run Away Together, part 2

Posted on October 24, 2018 by Fiona

Part one of my review can be found here. The Mystery of the Black Trunk While on the wreck they find a curious thing – a little black trunk, well locked. They guess it has something to do with smugglers, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews | Tagged Edgar Stick, Five Run Away Together, The Famous Five | 3 Comments

Monday #290

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Fiona

Five Run Away Together, continued and Putting the Five-Find Outers in order part 3 Lacking an adventure or mystery in Go Ahead Secret Seven, the seven set to practising their skills of shadowing, observing and spying. This gets George into … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog talk | Tagged Go Ahead Secret Seven, Jack Arnold, Monday, October, The Secret Series, The Secret Seven | Leave a comment

Jolly Good Food by Allegra McEvedy

Posted on October 20, 2018 by Fiona

Allegra McEvedy is a Blyton fan. I hate reading that when about to read or watch a work based on Blyton’s books. I hate it because it always gives me hope that this one will be good, and inevitably it … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews, Food and recipes | Tagged Allegra McEvedy, Jolly Good Food | 6 Comments

Miss Grayling’s Girls 5 – the successes

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Fiona

So far I have introduced Miss Grayling and the role she plays at Malory Towers, looked at some failures, experiments and girls who almost messed up their schooling. Now I’m going to have a look at the girls who can … Continue reading →

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Posted in Characters | Tagged Belinda Morris, Bill Robinson, Clarissa Carter, Darrell Rivers, Irene, Malory Towers, Mary-Lou, Miss Grayling, Miss Grayling's Girls, Sally Hope, Wilhelmina Robinson | 3 Comments

Monday #289

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Fiona

Miss Grayling’s Girls – the successes and Jolly Good Food, the Enid Blyton Children’s Cookbook What is the good of a pretty face if there is a spiteful heart beneath it? Has Prudence any real friends, dear? She knows the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog talk | Tagged Monday, Noddy and the Bumpy Dog, The Family at Red-Roofs | Leave a comment

Five Run Away Together

Posted on October 13, 2018 by Fiona

I’m not doing all that well at reading through the Famous Fives am I! Once upon a time I could devour the 21 books in a matter of weeks, now I’m lucky to get through one a month. But here … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews | Tagged Edgar Stick, Five Run Away Together, Kirrin Island, The Famous Five | 2 Comments

Putting the Five Find-Outers books in order, part 2

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Fiona

Recently I started putting these books in order of favourites, and I did my top five from the series. Now I’m going to have a look at the five books I am putting in the middle. My middling favourites, if … Continue reading →

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Posted in Personal Experiences, Reading Recommendations | Tagged Favourite Books, Least Favourite Books, The Five Find-Outers, The Mystery of Banshee Towers, The Mystery of Holly Lane, The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat, The Mystery of the Pantomime Cat, The Mystery of the Strange Bundle | 7 Comments

Monday #288

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Fiona

Putting the Find-Outers in Order and Five Run Away Together Mr Galliano’s Circus is more of a thing than a place but I think it can count for location of the week as wherever the circus folk set it up it … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog talk | Tagged Monday, Mr Galliano's Circus, October, The Secret Island, The Secret Series | 3 Comments

September 2018 round up

Posted on October 5, 2018 by Fiona

WHAT I HAVE READ Not a bad month though most of the novels are ones I’ve read before. I haven’t read the latest few of the St Mary’s books so I thought I should re-read from the start to refresh … Continue reading →

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Posted in Personal Experiences | Tagged Doing, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, September, Watching | Leave a comment

Miss Grayling’s Girls 4 – the ones who almost messed it up

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Fiona

Not every girl fits neatly into ‘success’ or ‘failure’. Some are distinctly one or the other by the end, some change back and forth through the years and some are a grey area all the way through. Some of these … Continue reading →

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Posted in Characters | Tagged Alicia Johns, Connie and Ruth, Connie Batten, Jo Jones, June Johns, Malory Towers, Miss Grayling, Miss Grayling's Girls, Ruth Batten | Leave a comment

Monday #287

Posted on October 1, 2018 by Fiona

It’s October already! How did that happen? September Round Up and Miss Grayling’s girls part 4 “Nobody’s ever nervous! We’ve lived all our lives in the circus. Most of us were born in one. Why should we be nervous? Hallo … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog talk | Tagged Come to the Circus, Favourite Enid Blyton Stories, Monday, October | Leave a comment

Putting the Five Find-Outers books in order

Posted on September 30, 2018 by Fiona

Last year I ordered the books in some of Blyton’s biggest series into favourites. I did The Famous Five, The Adventure Series, The Secret Series, Malory Towers and The Barney Mysteries. I have now realised that I missed the Five Find-Outers. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Personal Experiences, Reading Recommendations | Tagged Favourite Books, Least Favourite Books, The Five Find-Outers, The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage, The Mystery of the Invisible Thief, The Mystery of the Missing Man, The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters, The Mystery of the Strange Messages | 10 Comments

If you like Blyton: The Lone Pine Series by Malcolm Saville

Posted on September 28, 2018 by Fiona

I will start with an honest admission – I didn’t like this series the first time I tried it. I had heard that Malcolm Saville was like Enid Blyton and if I like the Famous Five etc then I would … Continue reading →

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Posted in Reading Recommendations | Tagged David Morton, If you like Blyton, Malcolm Saville, Shropshire, The Lone Pine Series | 11 Comments

Monday #286

Posted on September 24, 2018 by Fiona

If you like Blyton: The Lone Pine books by Malcolm Saville and Putting the Five Find-Outers in order “And remember what I’ve said – there is NO BOY HERE!” – The Dragon This is from The Boy Next Door, and so The … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog talk | Tagged Monday, Mr Meddle, September, The Boy Next Door | Leave a comment

Miss Grayling’s Girls 3 – the experiments

Posted on September 22, 2018 by Fiona

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Posted in Characters | Tagged Daphne Millicent Turner, Malory Towers, Maureen Little, Miss Grayling, Miss Grayling's Girls, Zerelda Brass | 1 Comment

The Valley of Adventure Travel Brochure from Travel Blyton

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Fiona

If Demon’s Rocks isn’t the holiday destination for you, why not try The Valley of Adventure. Adventurous by name and adventurous by nature! The rocky mountain pass which previously kept the valley secluded and secretive has been recently reopened. Now visitors can … Continue reading →

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Posted in Locations | Tagged Austria, The Adventure Series, The Valley of Adventure, Travel Blyton, Treasure | 4 Comments

Monday #285

Posted on September 17, 2018 by Fiona

The Valley of Adventure Holidays, 2018 and Miss Grayling’s Girls part 3 – the in-betweeners After writing a travel brochure for it recently, this week’s location has to be Demon’s Rocks. Demon’s Rocks is around the coast from Kirrin, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog talk | Tagged Five Go to Demon's Rocks, Monday, Noddy, Noddy and the Magic Rubber, September, The Famous Five | Leave a comment

Autumn Reads

Posted on September 15, 2018 by Fiona

The days are starting to get a little shorter and colder now, after a glorious summer. Soon the leaves will be turning and falling, and it will be perfect curl-up-with-a-book season, so I thought I would put together a list … Continue reading →

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Posted in Poetry, Reading Recommendations | Tagged Autumn, Enid Blyton's Book of the Year, Enid Blyton's Nature Lover's Book, Five on a Hike Together, Rambles With Uncle Nat, Seasonal Reads, Secret Seven Fireworks, Secret Seven on the Trail, The Hidey-Hole | 5 Comments

Search terms, the 7th edition

Posted on September 13, 2018 by Fiona

I may have decided to do this a bit prematurely, I haven’t collected as many search terms as I usually do before I write a post. But never mind, let’s see what Google has to offer us this time! We … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog talk | Tagged Adventure Series DVD, Anthea Bell, Claude Voilier, Famous Five Go on Television, Google, Noddy Toyland Detective, Search Terms, The Adventure Series on TV | 1 Comment

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