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Letters to Enid part 65: From volume 4 issue 3

Posted on February 26, 2025 by Fiona

Previous letters pages can be found here. This post was previously letters from volume 4 issue 2, but I uploaded the wrong letters page! The letters page has stayed but I have updated the title, dates and cover to match … Continue reading →

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Monday #619

Posted on February 24, 2025 by Fiona

Last week I finally finished the third series of Malory Towers! As I’ve already watched the Christmas episodes that came between series three and four I can now move straight on to series four. After doing a series three overview, … Continue reading →

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Malory Towers on TV series three: episode 13

Posted on February 22, 2025 by Fiona

We, or rather I should say I, am at the final episode of series three. I’m sure most fans of the series have already watched series four and five, it’s just me that’s way behind. But there are those who … Continue reading →

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Letters to Enid part 64: From volume 4, issue 1

Posted on February 19, 2025 by Fiona

Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 4, issue 1. OUR LETTER PAGE A letter from Jane Phillips, Hatton, nr. Runcorn, Cheshire. Dear Enid Blyton, I want to tell you about our Church Bazaar. Daddy and … Continue reading →

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Monday #618

Posted on February 17, 2025 by Fiona

We are over half-way through February now. The one bright spot – Valentine’s Day – is over with now. I got some flowers that day, and as they are Lego ones I’ll be able to enjoy them all month (and … Continue reading →

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Kiki in Lego

Posted on February 14, 2025 by Fiona

I’ve never written a Lego review before. I’ve written plenty of book, magazine, TV and film reviews, but never Lego. But then again, Lego have never made an Enid Blyton set! And they still haven’t, but so far this cockatoo … Continue reading →

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Malory Towers on TV series three – Episodes eleven and twelve

Posted on February 12, 2025 by Fiona

After another longer than intended gap, we are nearly at the end of the series. The Ride The episode description is Bill’s desire to see Thunder intensifies after he becomes unwell. When Matron suspects it may be something more serious, Darrell … Continue reading →

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Monday #617

Posted on February 10, 2025 by Fiona

My excitement that January had finally ended was short-lived as I remembered that February is really just January part 2, and is just as dreary and cold. Kiki in Lego and Malory Towers on TV series 3 Spring still seems … Continue reading →

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Five Go Adventuring Again: The graphic novel

Posted on February 8, 2025 by Fiona

I found the first graphic novel adaptation to be surprisingly good. Heavily abridged to fit the format, of course, but cleverly done. There were a couple of things added which didn’t seem necessary (George meeting the man on the beach, … Continue reading →

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January 2025 round up

Posted on February 6, 2025 by Fiona

The first round up of 2025 couldn’t come too soon as January has felt like it had at least 12 weeks in it. What I read I have to conclude that there were only 4ish weeks in January, or I … Continue reading →

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Monday #616

Posted on February 3, 2025 by Fiona

It’s finally February! January felt like it lasted forever – it always does, I think. Mind you, the only good thing about February is that it’s a short month. I bought some daffodils at Aldi this morning and they are … Continue reading →

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Letters to Enid part 64: From volume 3 issue 26

Posted on January 29, 2025 by Fiona

Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 3, issue 26. December 21st 1955 – January 3rd 1956. OUR LETTER PAGE A letter from Lesley Quick, St. Peters, Kent. Dear Enid Blyton, I am proud to say … Continue reading →

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Monday #615

Posted on January 27, 2025 by Fiona

In an unheard of move, I’m writing this on a Tuesday. And NOT the Tuesday after it should have gone up, but the Tuesday before. We are due extremely high winds on Friday so perhaps I’ll update this at the … Continue reading →

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Letters to Enid part 63: From volume 3 issue 25

Posted on January 24, 2025 by Fiona

Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 3, issue 25. December 7th – 20th, 1955. OUR LETTER PAGE A letter from Helen Barker, Sheffield 4. Dear Enid Blyton, I am sending you herewith a postal order … Continue reading →

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My 2025 reading goals

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Fiona

When I originally wrote my reading round up of 2024 I included a little bit at the end with my 2025 goals and then I thought why not write them down properly? And share them, of course! So here they … Continue reading →

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Monday #614

Posted on January 20, 2025 by Fiona

As so often is the case I am sitting staring at a blank bit of WordPress editor, wondering what to write. Even I get bored of mentioning what the weather is like. (Mild, if you were wondering). I started this … Continue reading →

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Reading The Ship of Adventure to Brodie

Posted on January 18, 2025 by Fiona

We read this from the 30th of August to the 19th of September so my memories of conversations are a bit hazier than usual – just one reason why I shouldn’t let myself get so behind on these posts! Anyway, … Continue reading →

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My 2024 in books and Blyton

Posted on January 15, 2025 by Fiona

Here’s where I look back on everything I read in the past year and see how well I did, based on entirely arbitrary and often vague goals I have set myself. Goal: read at least 100 books As with most … Continue reading →

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Monday #613

Posted on January 13, 2025 by Fiona

Monday #613 just so happens to be published on the 13th of January? If I wasn’t sure that the numbering system had gone wrong somewhere perhaps I’d read that as some sort of omen. At least it’s Monday and not … Continue reading →

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2024 birthday and Christmas present round up

Posted on January 12, 2025 by Fiona

Having posted on Monday what I was going to write this week, for some reason I then spent the last few days writing my 2024 reading round up. I should have been putting together the one about my birthday and … Continue reading →

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