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Author Archives: Fiona
December 2024 round up
Now the last round up of 2024 – or the first of 2025? What I read Last month I was 5 books ahead of schedule, and was glad as I wasn’t sure 12 books would be doable to make my … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences
Tagged December, Doing, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #612
Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a good time over the holidays. I had always intended to take a break over Christmas, but it started earlier than I had planned as I came down with the flu. I am … Continue reading
Posted in Blog talk
Tagged 2020s Famous Five Series, 2025, Famous Five on TV, January, Monday
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Five on a Treasure Island: The graphic novel
Ages ago I intended to write a review of the two Famous Five graphic novels that I have. Instead I wrote a lengthy post covering what had been published in different languages – and even more have come out since … Continue reading
Letters to Enid part 62: From volume 3 issue 24
Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 3, issue 24. November 23rd – December 1955. OUR LETTER PAGE A letter from Rosemary Cox, Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks. Dear Enid Blyton, One day Daddy, Mummy and I … Continue reading
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Tagged Enid Blyton's Magazine, Letters page, Letters to Enid from volume 3
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Monday #608
We are well into December now! Brodie has asked for Christmas-themed stories so we have picked up Christmas Tales which we only half-read after Christmas 2022 and then forgot about. Letters to Enid part 62 and Five on a Treasure … Continue reading
Collins Children’s Annual 1958 part 2
Part one of the annual can be found here. PLEASE TO REMEMBER! A rather frightening-looking guy in this illustration for the Guy Fawkes night-themed poem. I didn’t guess that’s what the poem would be about though remember is a fairly good … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews
Tagged Annuals, Collin's Children's Annual, G.W. Backhouse, Gilbert Dunlop, Hilda McGavin, Muffin the Mule
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November 2024 round up
The last round up – or the penultimate round up, depending on how you look at it – of the year! What I read I am at 143/150 (having added the one I proof-read as it is out now – … Continue reading
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Tagged Doing, Monthly round up, November, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #607
The first Monday of December is upon us! Our Christmas tree went up last weekend but yesterday the advent calendars came out and Elf arrived. I can’t decide how I think Blyton would have felt about Elf. He’s very much … Continue reading
Collins Children’s Annual 1958
I had this out last year while I was working on Enid Blyton’s Christmas Stories then and now. That series took me longer than expected, so I didn’t get around to reviewing the annual. I did take a photo of … Continue reading
Letters to Enid part 61: From volume 3 issue 23
Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 3, issue 23. November 9th – 22nd, 1955. OUR LETTER PAGE Today it is Sunbeam letter-page. I have chosen the letters to show you the varied things the Sunbeams … Continue reading
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Tagged Enid Blyton's Magazine, Letters page, Letters to Enid from volume 3
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Monday #606
December is nearly upon us. Normally this is about the time I’d turn on the snow fall effect here, but sadly WordPress took it away a year or two ago. We haven’t had any real snow yet, just a lot … Continue reading
Enid Blyton Christmas Gift Guide 2024
This has been another hard one to write as there hasn’t been a great deal of new items out. Maybe there will be more soon with the Faraway Tree movie coming out. It’s a shame there hasn’t been any Malory … Continue reading
My updated Enid Blyton wishlist
I wrote my original wishlist in 2015, and I thought it was about time I revisited it to see how many of those gaps I have filled since then. While there are many books I don’t have these were – … Continue reading
Monday #604
It’s Sunday evening as I write this and that’s good for me as I often write it on Monday itself, which is never my plan. What’s not so good was the little conversation my brain had with itself this morning, … Continue reading
October 2024 round up
September has turned into October, so the nights are getting darker, and it’s generally colder. Though it’s still quite warm in the sun sometimes, the slippers and blankets are out at home! What I read I read a little more … Continue reading
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Tagged Doing, Monthly round up, October, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Letters to Enid part 60: From volume 3 issue 22
Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 3, issue 22. October 26th – November 8th, 1955. OUR LETTER PAGE 1. A letter from a New Zealand reader, Busy Bee Kathleen Davison, North Canterbury, N.Z. Dear Enid … Continue reading
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Tagged Enid Blyton's Magazine, Letters page, Letters to Enid from volume 3
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Monday #602
Yep, I know it’s Tuesday but Monday rather ran away from me. There was taking Brodie to school, then going to work, and picking Brodie up from school, then a very busy Halloween party at the library. I was tired … Continue reading
Malory Towers on TV series three – Episodes nine and ten
After a shorter break than previously, I’m back with more (probably over-critical) thoughts on two more Malory Tower episodes. The Hamper I think I’ve only just realised that all the episodes are The something. Which limits them a bit! This one sounds … Continue reading
Posted in Blyton on TV
Tagged Malory Towers, Malory Towers on TV, Malory Towers Series three
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Rating the Secret Seven Titles
Once I have a good idea for a blog post I like to get the most out of it, which usually means turning it into a series of posts. I have already rated the Famous Five titles and have half … Continue reading
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