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Author Archives: Fiona
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
Posted in Updating Blyton's Books
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:
The Saucy Jane Family: How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 2
There weren’t too many changes made in the first chapters, but then again the chapters are pretty short! I am comparing the first edition (Lutterworth Press, 1947) to an omnibus edition containing four of the six books (Egmont, 2014). CHAPTER … Continue reading
Monday #218
We’re a blog of part 2s this week as Fiona continues looking at the text changes in The Saucy Jane Family, and I look at the second part of the 70s Famous Five pilot episode. Also a bit of a change … Continue reading
The Adventure Series on TV: The Castle of Adventure part 2
I have now watched the second episode of the eight. Previously we saw the children arrive at Spring Cottage which is beside some sort of military operation, and Jack and Philip have been spied on by a strange man. PREVIOUSLY … Continue reading
Monday #217
We are going to have another TV-themed week here on the blog:
April 2017 round up
I can’t believe it’s May already – perhaps something to do with the snow and hail we’ve had lately. WHAT I READ IN APRIL I’ve been less motivated this month so it hasn’t been a lot: Ramona the Brave (Ramona … Continue reading
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Tagged April, Doing, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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The Saucy Jane Family: How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition?
I’ve been looking for a new book to compare lately – as it has been a weekly scramble to come up with an idea otherwise – and then this rather fell into my lap. Or fell into my Whatsapp conversation, … Continue reading
Monday #216
Monday again and we’ve got a busy week for you here on World of Blyton. It’s a rather themed week this week, with exception of the April round up. Hope you don’t mind!
The Adventure Series on TV: The Castle of Adventure
I have already watched and reviewed the 8 episodes of The Adventure Series made in New Zealand. You may have tried to repress this information (I know I have) but they couldn’t make The Castle of Adventure, as the rights weren’t … Continue reading
Monday #215
It’s May now, and I’m not quite sure how that happened! It has been pretty cold the past few weeks here but I’m hoping that will start to change as we creep towards summer. Here’s what we’ve got coming up … Continue reading
If you like Blyton: The Adventure Island series by Helen Moss
Stef has already suggested this series for fans of Blyton and has reviewed the first book in the series – The Mystery of the Whistling Caves. But that’s not going to stop me from repeating the suggestion (after all we … Continue reading
Monday #214
The last monday in April is upon us! Next week will be May! Where is this year going? Anyway I hope you like your blogs for this week!
The Treasure Hunters
The Treasure Hunters is a title I never read as a child – despite having it as part of a 2 in 1 volume. I had read The Boy Next Door, the first book but somehow never made it to … Continue reading
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