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Author Archives: Fiona
Monday #213
My niece turned three this weekend (where has the time gone?) and so I have celebrated that and Easter with much cake. I’ve yet to crack open my egg so I still have something to look forward to! Coming up … Continue reading
Books for babies: the lead-up to Blyton
It rather goes without saying that I will be reading Blyton to my little boy once he’s born, and encouraging him to read Blyton himself when he’s older. I do have lots of thoughts about that which I may explore … Continue reading
Monday # 212
We have had some truly fabulous weather this weekend, so much so I have caught the sun a little. Anyway, time for our blogs for the week! It took a while for us to come up with a blog that … Continue reading
If you like Blyton: The Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann
I have recently read The Animals of Farthing Wood for the first time. I watched the BBC cartoon as a child and loved it – enough to remember the main plot and some details. I’m also now rewatching the series … Continue reading
Monday #211
After a surprise round up yesterday (I nearly forgot about it again!) here’s what we have planned for this week:
March 2017 round up
The clocks have gone forward, meaning we lost a precious hour of sleep but on the plus side, spring is (apparently) here! WHAT I READ IN MARCH Doctor Turner’s Case Book – Stephen McGann Finding Audrey – Sophie Kinsella Bonding With … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences
Tagged Doing, March, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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The Children at Green Meadows part 2
So here is the rest of my review of this book! Previous part can be found here. CHAPTER SIX – A PONY RESCUE IN THE NIGHT The next arrival is a pony called Flash – who pulls the greengrocer’s cart (this … Continue reading
Monday #210
So I’m back from Italy and we have a busy week for you on the blog: Fiona will bring you the second part of her Children at Green Meadows blog, and I’ll be looking at Five Give up the Booze! … Continue reading
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
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