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Author Archives: Fiona
The Zoo Book, part 4
I’m looking at chapters ten to twelve this week, which leaves just four more after that. CHAPTER TEN: THE GIRAFFE AND HIS COUSINS Blyton has some advice here: If you happen to be a girl and go to the Zoo wearing … Continue reading
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Tagged Animal Welfare, Camels, Giraffes, Lammas, London Zoo, Sea Lions, Seals, Snakes, The Zoo Book, Walrus, Whales, Zebras, Zoos
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Monday #227
Well I’m still here! Still waiting on baby to arrive (due a week today) so here’s what we have planned:
The Adventure Series on TV: The Castle of Adventure, part 5
We ended on a less-dramatic scene in the last episode (I hesitate to call it a cliff-hanger, actually) with someone – Bill? MOD man? Sam? someone from the castle? prowling around Spring Cottage. SO JUST WHO IS THE NIGHT-TIME PROWLER? … Continue reading
Monday #226
Your blogs for this week! Hope you’re up for something new from me, even though most of us don’t want to grow up, I thought I would supply some different reading materials for the adult sides of us!
The Zoo Book, part 3
With six chapters done so far, there are ten more to go! The first few I found quite depressing reading at times, the next few weren’t quite so bad. I wonder what the next lot will be like. CHAPTER SEVEN: … Continue reading
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Tagged Animal Welfare, Bison, Buffalo, Deer, Elephant, Foxes, Hippo, Hyaenas, Kangaroos, London Zoo, Rhino, The Zoo Book, Wild Boar, Wolves, Zoos
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Monday #225
Well, it’s Monday again! I feel like every Monday could be my last for a while, but then again I could be around for many weeks to come. Here’s what we’ve got planned for the blog this week: And if … Continue reading
The Saucy Jane Family: How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 4
Last time we saw quite a bit of text cut out of one chapter plus some other more minor changes, so let’s see what we get this time. I am comparing the first edition (Lutterworth Press, 1947) to an omnibus … Continue reading
Posted in Updating Blyton's Books
Tagged The Caravan Family, The Saucy Jane Family, Updated Text
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June 2017 round up
Somehow it is July, and we have reached what will probably be my last monthly round up for a while. I’ll be taking over from now on! – Stef WHAT I READ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences
Tagged Doing, June, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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The Adventure Series on TV: The Castle of Adventure, part 4
Yet again the previous episode ended with a cliff-hanger, or perhaps I should say tower-hanger, as Jack was hanging from the ivy on the castle’s tower while the eagle swooped down at him. And we find out that Jack fell … Continue reading
Monday #223
June is nearly over, if you can believe it! We’ve had some pretty good weather lately (too much heat for me, though!) so we’ll have to see what July then brings. Here’s what we’ve got lined up this week: Enjoy!
The Zoo Book, part 2
Here I am continuing to look at The Zoo Book, Blyton’s non-fiction book about London Zoo and its animals. The first chapters covered the zoo’s history, how animals were caught for the zoo and some secrets of the keepers. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Animal Welfare, Apes, Bears, Big Cats, London Zoo, Monkeys, The Zoo Book, Zoos
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Monday #222
It has been so hot that I’m pretty sure that ice-cream for supper is perfectly acceptable! Either way, I had it, it was delicious and now time to tell you what’s coming up on the blog this week, assuming that … Continue reading
The Saucy Jane Family: How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 3
So far this book seems to have had minimal editing, which is a pleasant surprise. Shall we see if that continues? I am comparing the first edition (Lutterworth Press, 1947) to an omnibus edition containing four of the six books … Continue reading
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Tagged The Caravan Family, The Saucy Jane Family, Updated Text
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Monday #221
Well it’s Monday again, and this one marks 3 weeks until I come off work and 7 weeks until my baby is due (eek!). I’m going to try to finish my reviews of The Castle of Adventure on TV, reviewing … Continue reading
The Adventure Series on TV: The Castle of Adventure, part 3
The previous episode ended on a cliff-hanger (almost literally) as Dinah plunged from a tree into the enormous moat around the castle. I’m fairly confident that she will be OK, however, given that she is unlikely to disappear from the … Continue reading
Monday #220
Gosh we aren’t half getting through these Mondays! Can’t believe we’ve posted 220 Monday posts to-date! We have a bit of a TV week for you this week once again, hope you don’t mind!
May 2017 round up
We are into June now (how?) and so it is time to recap what we have been up to in May. WHAT I READ IN MAY I’ve had a lot going on this month so it hasn’t been a great … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences
Tagged Doing, May, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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The Zoo Book
I was away on holiday last week, and just so happened to be just 45 minutes away from Inverness. So naturally that meant a trip to one of my favourite places – Leakey’s Second Hand Bookshop (second largest in Scotland). … Continue reading
Monday #219
I’m back from my holiday now, and back to work as well (but only for five weeks before my maternity leave starts!). And so here is what we are writing about this week:
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