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Author Archives: Fiona
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
Monday #200
Hope you all had a nice weekend, and are looking forward to our blogs this week: we are going a bit TV mad, but I hope you don’t mind.
The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage: How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 8
This should be the second-last part, so we are nearly there! It won’t be long until we have a final total. Previous parts can be seen here, here, here, here, here, here and here. As always my own copy is a Methuen from 1957 – a 12th reprint/impression of … Continue reading
Monday #199
It’s a new year now and we’re hopefully getting back into the swing of real-life and blogging. We are starting off with a Five Find-Outers theme and then something a bit different on Sunday.
Five on a Treasure Island – a review of the unabridged audio
I’ve gotten quite into my audiobooks this past year – they definitely help me to read more. I can ‘read’ an audiobook during times when I couldn’t hold a print or ebook, like when I’m walking to work or on … Continue reading
Monday #198
Happy New Year to all! Hope you had a restful New Year. We’re not slacking this week and we’ve got two blogs coming up for you, hope you like them!
2016 birthday and Christmas presents round up
Every year I get spoiled on my birthday and at Christmas (the two days being only ten days apart) and every year I then show off what I got that’s Blyton-related. This year is no different! 1. Five Go Gluten … Continue reading
Monday #197
We hope you had a very merry Christmas! Here’s what we’ll be doing this week.
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
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
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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
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