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Author Archives: Fiona
Blyton at Christmas 1951-1962
A final instalment of Blyton at Christmas! (Unless I get more Christmas stories by next Christmas). The first parts are 1920-1945 and 1946-1950. The 1950s, continued Father Christmas and Belinda, 1951 I reviewed this two years ago, giving an overview of the … Continue reading
Monday #196
Well well well, Fiona turned 30 and now we’re on to a run up to Christmas! I hope you’re all organised! I know I’m trying to be! Hope you’ll enjoy the reviews this week and we’ll see you after Christmas! … Continue reading
The Adventure Series on TV: The Ship of Adventure
This is my second least favourite of the series (River being the least) so you have been warned, this review may be more negative than usual. It’s not that I don’t like the book, it’s just not as good as … Continue reading
Monday #195
We are going back to two posts this week as it’s my – ee gawd – 30th birthday this week and I’ll be away over the weekend hiding from the world. So we will just have: And then we will … Continue reading
Noddy: Toyland Detective
This is the latest of many Noddy adaptations for the small screen. A joint venture between the American, British and French it has been made by DreamWorks (the people behind Shrek and Kung Fu Panda). It has been showing in … Continue reading
Posted in Blyton on TV
Tagged Noddy, Noddy Toyland Detective, The Case of the Broken Crystal Memory Game
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Monday #194
Here we are properly into the Christmas season now. I spent the weekend helping my other half Christmas shop for his family. Anyway, here’s what we have going on this week:
November 2016 round up
Welcome to our November round up. Hope you had a busy month like we did. As you can see we have complied our exploits for the month. Fiona has been reading like a madwoman and I have been wandering around … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences
Tagged Doing, Monthly round up, November, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage: How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 7
I thought this would be a fine way to break up the Christmas posts a bit (but don’t worry there will be more of those!) Previous parts can be seen here, here, here, here, here and here. As always my own copy is a Methuen from 1957 – … Continue reading
Monday #193
We are near the end of another month now, and creeping even closer to the end of the year. There is another Christmassy post this week along with our usual fare, a trend which should continue (hopefully) for the next … Continue reading
The Adventure Series on TV: Mountain of Adventure
This series has certainly had ups and downs in its run so far. For me, Island was an acceptable adaptation, Woods was absolutely awful in every way, Valley was an unexpected success and then Sea was another reasonable episode. Shall … Continue reading
Monday #192
Apologies for using the C word in November, but I couldn’t resist starting the Christmas posts this week. (I mean, there are only five weeks to go!) Hope you enjoy!
The Famous Five Party Game as played by Fiona
First up: I didn’t throw a party to play this game. It’s really not that sort of game in fact! I bought it mostly because I just love Eileen Soper’s work, and because it wasn’t too expensive. I don’t know … Continue reading
Posted in Toys and Games
Tagged Eileen Soper, Pepy's What's Wrong Party Game, Pepys, The Famous Five
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Monday #191
I had a really hard time coming up with something to write about this week. It’s strange how there are times that you’ve got more ideas than days to publish them, and then all of a sudden you run out. … Continue reading
The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage: How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 6
Another month, another instalment! Hopefully I will get this finished within the next three months then. Previous parts can be seen here, here, here, here and here. As always my own copy is a Methuen from 1957 – a 12th reprint/impression of the original. The new version is … Continue reading
Monday #190
Once more a Monday upon us! Hope you’re excited for this week’s blogs!
October 2016 round up
It’s November already! It’s getting colder and darker – but enough of that, let’s look at what we did last month! WHAT I READ IN OCTOBER April Fools – Ritchie Tankersley Cusick Fetch Nurse Connie – Jean Fullerton Dying in … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences
Tagged Doing, Monthly round up, October, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Blyton’s Bonfires, Guys and Fireworks
It’s bonfire night, or Guy Fawkes’ night this week, so I thought I would put something together covering what Blyton wrote about the subject. SECRET SEVEN FIREWORKS This seems like an obvious first choice, given the title! While the main … Continue reading
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