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Author Archives: Fiona
My seventh Noddy book: Do Look Out Noddy!
My seventh Noddy book is Do Look Out Noddy!, number fifteen in the series. I should have reviewed this last time but I accidentally took the wrong one away on holiday with me a few weeks ago. This is the … Continue reading
Monday
We’ll hopefully be heading for the beach by the time you’re reading this (assuming the weather sticks to the forecast). The latest chapter of Cathy’s Barney Mystery fic will go up on Wednesday, then I plan to review another Noddy … Continue reading
The Secret Island – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition?
As promised here I am starting a new text comparison, this time of the first book in the Secret Series, The Secret Island. My original copy is a sixth impression from October 1949 (and has an inscription in the front from … Continue reading
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Monday
So it’s another week, and the weather seems to be up to all sorts of tricks at the moment. It’s been awfully muggy today but now it seems to have cooled down a bit. Anyway, we’re back on track with … Continue reading
Comic Strip Presents… Five Go Mad in Dorset – A Review
I recently discovered that 4 on Demand has all the episodes of the Comic Strip Presents show available to watch, and found myself watching Five Go Mad in Dorset. It was the very first episode of the show made and was … Continue reading
Tuesday is the new Monday
It’s my belief that Tuesday is the new Monday. This could be ascribed to the fact that I forgot to write a Monday post this week until it was too late (ie late Monday afternoon) or it could just be … Continue reading
My sixth Noddy book: Noddy Goes to Sea
My sixth Noddy book should have been #15, Do Look Out, Noddy! which is the next in the series actually, and the one which was mentioned in the Monday post. However, me being the eejit that I am, I grabbed the … Continue reading
Last Monday in June
We’re half way through the year! I swear that time starts off slowly when you’re a child, because those two weeks at Christmas and six weeks off school in the holidays seem endless, they really do, but then as you … Continue reading
First Term at Malory Towers – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 8
I’m intending for this to be the last part to this series, though I’ve realised there are five chapters of the book to go so I will have to see how that pans out. Earlier posts are here: parts one, … Continue reading
Monday
June is nearly over and for me that means it’s nearly holiday time! Don’t worry though, it will be business as usual on the blog. This week you’ll get to read the next chapter of Poppy’s Adventure Series fanfic, and … Continue reading
My fifth Noddy book: Noddy and the Bumpy Dog
My fifth Noddy book is #14 (another big jump, I know,) Noddy and the Bumpy Dog. It was another Alton buy, and one of my £1 bargains. It’s fairly tatty and lacks a dustjacket but I don’t mind. The illustrator has … Continue reading
Monday’s Post
It’s Monday again! Happens every week! So this week we have a new blog from Corinna about Five On Kirrin Island Again, and Fiona says she will review another Noddy book for us. I shall try and review a book, maybe … Continue reading
First Term at Malory Towers – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 7
Thankfully this week I hadn’t lost either copy of the books so I was able to jump right back in with comparing them. Earlier posts are here: parts one, two, three, four, and five. CHAPTER FIFTEEN: A SUDDEN QUARREL We’re … Continue reading
Whit Monday
It’s Whit Monday and I feel it’s time for some confessions. Of a book-buying nature, of course. My books from my trip down south arrived last week, and I had an exciting five minutes going through them all and remembering … Continue reading
My Fourth Noddy Book: You Funny Little Noddy
I have some new Noddy books now, ones I bought in Alton the other week. I picked them up from the Post Office this afternoon, just in time to read and review for the blog. I’ll continue trying to do … Continue reading
First Monday in June
Gosh this year is going so fast. We’re in JUNE already – now that is scary! So this week we have a new contributor, Laura with a very specific catalogue of Famous Five caving locations! Fiona is going to (hopefully) … Continue reading
First Term at Malory Towers – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 5
After a lengthy search I* managed to find my two copies of First Term at Malory Towers (I was in a bit of a panic actually as I didn’t have anything lined up.) *Ok, I found one and Ewan found … Continue reading
Bank Holiday Monday
Well, life has returned to normal for us unfortunately. For me that mostly means work and rainy weather! But not today though. Well, it may rain, but at least I don’t have to go to work! Our contributor this week … Continue reading
Lazy Monday
Well as you all know Fiona has been down, staying with me this week. We haven’t been too exciting, because we’ve had such lovely weather we’ve just wanted to relax in it. However we have been to see Jemima Rooper in … Continue reading
First Term at Malory Towers – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 4
Here we go again, comparing an early edition (1948) to a more recent paperback (2000). There is some fall-out from the slapping/shaking incident in the last chapter so a fair number of changes to look at. A reminder of earlier … Continue reading
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