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Monday #284

Posted on September 10, 2018 by Fiona

Poor Brodie has chicken pox so this is a shorter Monday post than usual (done in a rush on my phone at ten to nine!) Autumn reads and More search terms I now resign from the Secret Seven. Thank you … Continue reading →

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August 2018 round up

Posted on September 8, 2018 by Fiona

WHAT I HAVE READ Ten books means I’ve gone well over my target for the year, so I’ve increased it from 52 to 80! Poor Stainless (The Borrowers 4.5) – Mary Norton Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander #2) – Diana Gabaldon … Continue reading →

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Modern Noddy in Fuzzy Felt Toyland

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Fiona

A while back I did a post about the vintage Noddy Fuzzy Felt set I had bought. Well, I’ve just bought another Noddy Fuzzy Felt set, but this one is quite a bit more recent. The first one is from … Continue reading →

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Monday #283

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Fiona

August round up and Noddy fuzzy felts Mr King is a tutor who is employed by the Lyntons to teach Dinah, Roger and Snubby on holiday in The Rockingdown Mystery. He arrives in Rockingdown and begins to teach, but the … Continue reading →

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The Secret Island – an audio review

Posted on September 1, 2018 by Fiona

A while back I noticed that Audible were now doing both The Secret Series and The Adventure Series in audiobook. I’m a member and get one book a month for about £8, so I got both The Secret Island and … Continue reading →

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Demon’s Rocks holiday brochure, 2018 from Travel Blyton

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Fiona

Imagine if Blyton’s most famous locations were real, still existed and you could visit them today! This is how I think some adverts might look… Visit Demon’s Rocks and discover a thrilling history of wreckers at the renowned Jeremiah Boogle … Continue reading →

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Monday #282

Posted on August 27, 2018 by Fiona

The Secret Island audio review and Demon’s Rocks holidays, 2018 The Enchanted Wood is the first book in the Faraway Tree series, featuring Jo, Fanny and Bessie. The children move to a cottage near a mysterous wood, and in it … Continue reading →

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Blyton’s strangest homes, part 2

Posted on August 26, 2018 by Fiona

Most of these are less strange than houses filled with secret passages, and castles with apparent ghosts, but they’re not exactly normal-every-day home for most people, either. CARAVANS A lot of Blyton’s characters live in caravans at one point or … Continue reading →

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Miss Grayling’s Girls 2 – the failures

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Fiona

As I said in my previous post not every girl at Malory Towers is a success, though there have only been two real failures. GWENDOLINE MARY LACY Gwen is Malory Towers longest-lasting non-success and unfortunately she doesn’t turn things around … Continue reading →

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Monday #281

Posted on August 20, 2018 by Fiona

Blyton’s strangest homes, part 2 and Miss Greyling’s Girls, the failures The Caravan Family starts an exciting life for Belinda, Mike and Ann, when their parents buy to caravans for the family to live in. They do them up nicely … Continue reading →

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If you like Blyton: Cream Buns and Crime by Robin Stevens

Posted on August 19, 2018 by Fiona

Cream Buns and Crime is part of the Murder Most Unladylike series about two girls – Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong – who run their own detective agency at boarding school. We’ve already reviewed the first in the series, Murder Most … Continue reading →

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Blyton’s strangest homes

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Fiona

Recently I looked at Blyton’s secret but homely homes, where children turned caves and trees into lovely cosy places to stay. That got me thinking about some of the other strange ‘homes’ Blyton wrote about, and so I thought I would … Continue reading →

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Monday #280

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Fiona

Blyton’s strangest homes and If you like Blyton: Cream Buns and Crime by Robin Stevens Here come Sam and Anne, ready for anything that Pete wants them to do. Their mothers look out of the window, shake their heads and … Continue reading →

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Five Go Adventuring Again

Posted on August 12, 2018 by Fiona

After finally reviewing Five on a Treasure Island it has taken me a while to get around to reading the next book, but I’ve done it now. FOLLOWING IN BIG FOOTSTEPS Five on a Treasure Island is such a strong … Continue reading →

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Fiona’s 10 facts about the Adventure Series and me

Posted on August 8, 2018 by Fiona

A way, way back when the blog was relatively new Stef and I both wrote 10 facts about the Famous Five and ourselves. I’m now going to do the same for the Adventure Series. 1. The Circus of Adventure is … Continue reading →

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Monday #279

Posted on August 6, 2018 by Fiona

Ten facts about the Adventure Series and me and Five Go Adventuring Again Amelia Jane had a lovely time all by herself. She snipped a hole in the curtains, and then she snipped another! Then she went to the hearth-rug … Continue reading →

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Noddy and the Case of the Toyland Mischief Maker

Posted on August 4, 2018 by Fiona

A while back I watched an episode of this show Noddy and the Case of the Broken Crystal Memory Game and wrote a bit about the series in general. Then this week I happened to be browsing the children’s channels … Continue reading →

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July 2018 round up

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Fiona

WHAT FIONA HAS READ I read a lot this month, though there were quite a few short books. I checked out a load of Dr Seuss books from my work and read them for the first time – they didn’t … Continue reading →

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Monday #278

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Fiona

  Noddy and the Case of the Toyland Mischief Maker and July Round Up Enid Blyton’s Magazine Annual #1 has 15 stories and picture strips all specially written for the annual. It includes stories from famous series like the Famous … Continue reading →

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Blyton’s homeliest secret homes

Posted on July 27, 2018 by Fiona

There are many sorts of homes in Blyton’s books. Many of them are perfectly average (for the times they were set) rural or village cottages, farms, suburban houses, boarding schools and so on. There are also the slightly more unusual … Continue reading →

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