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Author Archives: Fiona
My three least favourite Blyton characters
Looking for something to write about this week I browsed older posts and spotted Stef’s post about her least favourite characters, and I decided that would be a fine thing for me to write about too. I didn’t have any ideas … Continue reading
Monday #209
How is it Monday already? I never used to notice Mondays so much when I worked weekends, but now I have weekends off it’s a different matter. I don’t actually have to work until Wednesday this week so perhaps I shouldn’t … Continue reading
The Children at Green Meadows
The title of this book doesn’t give much away, and it could be a story about just about anything. It would probably be classed as one of her ‘family’ books, I have it on the shelf beside The Family at … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews
Tagged Animals, Brownies, Cubs, Girl Guides, Scouting Movement, Scouts, The Children at Green Meadows
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Monday #208
Once again, the week has gone sailing by and another set of blogs is called for! Fiona is one week closer to having her baby and I’m one week away from my 26th birthday (St Patrick’s day no less)! With … Continue reading
Monday #207
Proving she is still current Enid Blyton featured in a CBeebies video about female authors, alongside Jacqueline Wilson, Beatrix Potter and Malorie Blackman. I thought it was done this year for World Book Day but it turns out it’s actually … Continue reading
Fiona’s February 2017 (and more) round up
Well this is embarrassing. I was tidying up all the images I have saved on my laptop from various blogs (I know, I know, I should save them in the right place in the first place instead of just dumping … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences
Tagged December, Doing, February, January, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Those Dreadful Children: who was really the most dreadful? continued
I’m back with another very long blog to try to answer the question I set myself! (Previous part here.) THINGS I DIDN’T REALLY CONSIDER AS A CHILD As a child I think I glossed over a lot of the Carletons’ … Continue reading
Monday #206
Another Monday, another week. This week as well as our posts for this week to share with you, I have an interview with Jemima Rooper, who played George in the Famous Five in the 90s, for you to read through. … Continue reading
The Adventure Series on TV: The making of feature
On the final disc of the set is a feature called The making of The Enid Blyton Adventure Series. I can’t say I noticed one on the Secret Series DVD but I will have to check that. THE SERIES IN … Continue reading
Posted in Blyton on Screen
Tagged Documentary, The Adventure Series, The Adventure Series on TV, The Making Of
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Monday #205
Our congratulations to Laura Petela (now called Laura O’Bree since her marriage) who has had a baby girl this week. You can find her on Instagram (where the below photo is from) and Twitter. And from us this week (probably … Continue reading
Those Dreadful Children: who was really the most dreadful?
Those Dreadful Children has long been one of my favourite Enid Blyton books. I had an Armada paperback when I was a child and I read it many times. I was quite firm in my belief that the Taggertys were … Continue reading
Monday #204
Once more it’s a Monday and we have a packed week for you coming up! I’ll be looking at the penultimate episode of the 70s Famous Five and Fiona’s going to review Those Dreadful Children. Hope you join us for the … Continue reading
The Adventure Series on TV – The River of Adventure
Here I am going back to the penultimate episode after watching in book order. I rate River as my least favourite anyway, so I suspect this could be quite dire. I imagine a lot will have to be changed, as … Continue reading
Monday #203
It’s February, and I’ve finally got the hang of writing 2017 instead of 2016 (well, for the most part). I have also started writing extra posts now, so I can schedule them for later to give me a bit of … Continue reading
The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage: How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part nine
And so we have reached the final part! This one has taken me about 7 months to do. Previous parts can be seen here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here. As before my own copy is a Methuen from 1957 – the 12th reprint/impression of the original. The … Continue reading
Monday #202
Gosh, how are we flying through this year already? This is the LAST Monday in January! So whoosh! We’re one month closer to meeting the new addition to the World of Blyton Family – I’ve already been told that Fiona’s … Continue reading
Famous Five for Grown Ups: Five Go on a Strategy Away Day
Stef has already reviewed Five on Brexit Island and Five Go Gluten Free. She did not heap praise on those titles, and I’m afraid my review is likely to be equally negative. To save you reading further if you don’t have … Continue reading
Monday #201
So here at World of Blyton we have some exciting news. There is going to be a new Blyton fan in my household as I will be having a baby in the summer. I’m already thinking of all the great … Continue reading
The Adventure Series on TV: The Circus of Adventure
So two things before I start this week. Firstly, I had forgotten that the TV series has mucked about the order of the episodes. For some reason they have River as the seventh and Circus as the eighth. I promised … Continue reading
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