Author Archives: Fiona

The Island of Adventure – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 8

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Fiona

Yet again I didn’t get a chance to listen to an audio drama for the blog. So we’re back to looking at the changes to The Island of Adventure. Chapters fifteen and sixteen this time, taking us just beyond the half-way … Continue reading →

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Mix Up Monday

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Fiona

Here’s a tricky week for you, Fiona and I are having a planned change around this week, instead of our unplanned one last week! I shall be providing you something interesting for our Friday post, and Fiona will be hopefully reviewing … Continue reading →

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My fourteenth Noddy book: Be Brave, Little Noddy

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Fiona

My fourteenth Noddy book is the thirteenth in the series (that isn’t confusing at all) and it’s one I only have in paperback. I’m not sure of dating it but I’m guessing around the 70s or 80s as it is … Continue reading →

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Monday

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Fiona

Spring is definitely here in Scotland – we’ve had sunshine most of the week and the daffodils and other spring flowers are out in force. Some of our wonderful contributors have also come out of hibernation and that means we have … Continue reading →

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Fiona’s Blyton wishlist

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Fiona

I’ve got a lot of books, and a lot of those are Blytons. There are a great number I don’t have, though and I thought I would pull together a list of those for you this weekend. I couldn’t possibly … Continue reading →

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The Island of Adventure – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 7

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Fiona

It’s been a little while since I last did a post on this. There was meant to be one roughly every four weeks but I chopped and changed a few weeks on the schedule so it didn’t work out that … Continue reading →

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First April Monday

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Fiona

I hope you all had a nice Easter. Did you see the April and Easter poems I posted yesterday? Make sure you check them out if you didn’t see them! This week we have no contributor again, but Fiona will … Continue reading →

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What I nearly bought this week…

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Fiona

A blog staple these days seems to be a “haul” post, often by video, showing off the blogger’s latest purchases – mostly of clothes and make-up though I’ve seen supermarket ones and baby things ones as well. Any hauls on this … Continue reading →

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Last Monday in March

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Fiona

Well March has flown by! We’ve had the odd sight of nice weather – brief spells of sunshine – so I’m hoping to see more of that once we get into April. Wednesday is shaping up to be contributorless again … Continue reading →

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The Amelia Jane Bumper Book

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Fiona

I was intending to review one of my audio dramas  this week but I wasn’t in a mood to listen to one last night. On the plus side I did actually find all my audio CDs while tidying up so … Continue reading →

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Reblog: A Postcard From Enid Blyton by Roger Thiedeman

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Fiona

Unfortunately things didn’t work out with our potential blogger this week, but never mind. Instead here’s a post from over at the March House Books Blog which is run by the lovely Barbara. March House Books is an online second-hand book … Continue reading →

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Monday Muddles

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Fiona

Its Monday again and we have a bit of a problem this week blog wise. That problem being that we do not have a contributor for Wednesday. We have an offer from someone to write something, but we can’t guarantee that. … Continue reading →

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My thirteenth Noddy book: Noddy and the Magic Rubber

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Fiona

This is one of my tattier Noddys as it’s missing its spine completely. It’s just about still in one piece though. THE STORY I’ve noticed that most of the stories start at breakfast, but there’s no visit from the milkman … Continue reading →

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Making Blyton’s Food: Homemade Lemonade Famous Five Style by Helen at Novelicious

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Fiona

It’s spring now (or soon depending on how you define it!) and what better to drink on a warm day than a glass of lemonade? You don’t have to get far into a Famous Five book to find a reference … Continue reading →

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Middle of March Monday

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Fiona

We’ll be having another backwards week this week, with Stef taking the Friday post and me doing one for Sunday. Wednesday I’ll be reblogging a Famous Five recipe for you, on Friday Stef’ll be reviewing another episode of the 90s … Continue reading →

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Looking at The Famous Five Annual 2015, part 2

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Fiona

A few weeks ago I read and reviewed the first half of the annual so here I am looking at the rest of it. I originally posted about getting this for my Christmas here, and I also reviewed the 2014 annual here … Continue reading →

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Muddle Up Monday

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Fiona

After last week where we didn’t have a contributor, we have Chris this week, with a look at Uncle Quentin. I shan’t reveal any more than that, because it is rather a nifty piece. Think of it this way, it … Continue reading →

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The Island of Adventure – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 6

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Fiona

Well, whoops. Let me start with telling you that I’ve just noticed that I’ve done part one, two, three, three and four of this so far. Yes, that’s right, there’s three down twice. So this week would have been five … Continue reading →

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Noddy in Fuzzy Felt Toyland

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Fiona

As promised I got out my fuzzy felt set and took plenty of pictures for you. On trying to make the suggested pictures I discovered there were actually quite a lot of missing pieces but mostly just the narrow strips … Continue reading →

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First Monday of March

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Fiona

I struggled at work yesterday as I tried to remember to write 03 for the month instead of 02. And that’s on top of having to remind myself to write 15 and not 14 still. I can’t quite believe it’s … Continue reading →

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