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Author Archives: Fiona
December 2017 round up
How is it 2018 already? We hope you had a jolly festive season and aren’t too down in the dumps about getting back to work. Here’s what we did in December: WHAT I HAVE READ December is such a busy … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences
Tagged December, Doing, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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2017 birthday and Christmas present round up
I am lucky every year that I receive some Blyton goodies. I asked for a few of them this year, but also got a surprise. THE FAMOUS FIVE COLOURING BOOK So as you can see, I got the Famous Five … Continue reading
Monday #249 – Happy New Year!
It’s 2018 now and we are back after our Christmas break. We hope you had a great time! Apologies that the week off turned into a two week holiday, but welcome back into the World of Blyton!
Merry Christmas
As you may be aware Monday was Christmas day, so we didn’t post a blog then, but in the interest of spending Christmas with our loved ones, and Fiona enjoying her first Christmas with Brodie, we’re staying off the blog … Continue reading
The future of Blyton on screen?
The news that the Faraway Tree Series adaptation for the big screen has made some progress got me thinking. Blyton wrote so much, so what else could be adapted? WHAT HAS ALREADY COME TO PASS Obviously there are a fair … Continue reading
Putting Malory Towers in Order
I have quite enjoyed ranking books in order of favourites so far, so I thought I would do yet another series. I have already done The Famous Five , The Adventure Series and The Secret Series. As there are only 6 … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences, Reading Recommendations
Tagged Favourite Books, First Term at Malory Towers, In the Fifth at Malory Towers, Last Term at Malory Towers, Least Favourite Books, Malory Towers, Second Form at Malory Towers, Third Year at Malory Towers, Upper Fourth at Malory Towers
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Monday #247
I’ve just calculated where in the year or coming year we’ll be when we get to Monday post #250, and it will be the first Monday of the New Year, actually New Year’s Day! How strange is that? We’ll have … Continue reading
Putting the Secret Series in order
I have already ordered the Famous Five (in four parts!) and the Adventure Series and so now I’m going to do another favourite series of mine, the Secret Series. I’m hoping this will be quite an easy one as there … Continue reading
November 2017 round up
Golly gosh, it’s December already! We are so close to Christmas now. But before we get too festive, here’s what we got up to in November. WHAT I HAVE READ A fairly short list again, but I don’t have a … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences
Tagged Doing, Monthly round up, November, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Blyton’s Winter Reads – A Reblog
It has been about five years since I presented you with the blogs detailing the books that Enid Blyton wrote that could be considered as wintry books. I thought perhaps, as the weather’s taken a turn for the worse, we … Continue reading
Posted in Reading Recommendations
Tagged Christmas, Five Get Into a Fix, Five Go Adventuring Again, In the Fifth at Malory Towers, Seasonal Reads, Shock for the Secret Seven, Snow, The Christmas Book, The Famous Five, The Mystery of Tally-Ho Cottage, The Mystery of the Strange Bundle, The Rat-a-Tat Mystery, The Secret Seven, The Six Bad Boys, Wintry Reads
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A new Blyton movie – The Magic Faraway Tree
This is not quite new news. There has been talk of a Faraway Tree movie for at least a few years now. As far back as 2014 there were reports that the series would be adapted for the big screen, … Continue reading
Posted in Blyton in the media
Tagged Faraway Tree Movie, Faraway Tree Series, The Enchanted Wood
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Monday #245 (even though it’s Tuesday)
Better late than never!
Putting the Adventure Series in order
After spending a very long time putting the Famous Five books in order I thought I might as well see if I could do the same for my other favourite series. The Adventure Series should be much easier to do, … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences, Reading Recommendations
Tagged Favourite Books, Least Favourite Books, The Adventure Series, The Castle of Adventure, The Circus of Adventure, The Island of Adventure, The River of Adventure, The Sea of Adventure, The Ship of Adventure, The Valley of Adventure
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