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Author Archives: Fiona
Three Mondays till Christmas
It’s Monday again, and it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas (in my house it is anyway!) I’ve got most of my Christmas shopping done, just a few bits and pieces to get now. Our contributor this week will … Continue reading
Five on a Treasure Island – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition?
Something that comes up again and again in discussions about Blyton’s books is the issue of updating. Some readers say that word as if it were a dirty thing, others say it positively. I’m in between really, I prefer to read … Continue reading
Posted in Updating Blyton's Books
Tagged Five on a Treasure Island, The Famous Five, Updates
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Advent Monday
So we’ve made it through the year and it’s the first Monday in December, which means a lot of you will have started your advent calenders yesterday. If I had one, I would have done. So this week we have … Continue reading
More About Amelia Jane! part 1
Let’s start with me admitting to something: I’ve never read this book before. I didn’t have it as a child, but at some point in the past few years I bought a copy (paid £13.50 for a first edition without … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews
Tagged Amelia Jane, Golliwog, Golly, More About Amelia Jane!, Racism
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Last Monday in November
Well, I’ve no idea where November went. I think for me it disappeared in a blur of working extra shifts and not getting any Christmas shopping done (oops!) There’s that dreaded C-word. It’s a month to Christmas now, so you’ll … Continue reading
Comparing Hollow Tree House and The Secret Island
Hollow Tree House was one of my favourite Blyton books as a child, though I’ve not read it in ages. I meant to, after blogging about my childhood books ages ago, but I just never got around to it. The … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews
Tagged Armada, Comparisons, E.H. Davie, Elizabeth Wall, Hollow Tree House, The Secret Island
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Monday
It’s Monday again. It’s six weeks til Christmas. It’s getting colder and we have a range of treats for you this week. Another wonderful Famous Five blog from Corinna, this time looking at Mystery Moor, so I hope you’re all … Continue reading
The Famous Five 90s Series: Some (Funny) Captions
It’s not what I promised for this week but circumstances (ie me not feeling well,) have led me to throw this together quickly. I’d like to say there’s a story behind these captions, but other than “Stef and I were … Continue reading
Posted in Blyton on Screen
Tagged 90s Famous Five TV Series, Captions, Connal, Jemima Rooper, Laura Petela, Marco Williamson, Paul Child, The Famous Five
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Monday Again, and it’s Remembrance Day
We hope you’re all wearing your poppies today, as (in Commonwealth countries at least,) it’s Remembrance Day (also known as Armistice Day or Poppy Day.) We’re almost at 35,000 views (25 off as I write this!) as we’ve had a … Continue reading
Amelia Jane Again! part 2
I abandoned part one a bit abruptly (it was after midnight and it was already really rather long) so here I am continuing with part two and the other seven stories in the book. The next story in the book is Amelia … Continue reading
The Bonfire at Night: A poem by Enid Blyton
It’s bonfire night tonight, so I thought we should have a poem to celebrate. I’m going out tonight to see the fireworks, are you? You can also take a look at the poem we put up last year at this … Continue reading
November Monday
Gosh, so it’s the first Monday in November (seriously where is the year going?) and it’s also the week of our first birthday! Gosh doesn’t time fly! This time last year I was up in Dundee with Fiona and when we … Continue reading
Happy birthday to us!
The blog is one year old today! And what a year it has been. I like to think we’ve gotten to grips with the whole blogging thing by now, after a shaky-at-times start. We’ve racked up over 33,000 views in … Continue reading
Last Monday in October
October is nearly over, which means it’s almost November and the blog’s first birthday. The weather is definitely getting worse, temperatures are dropping nearly as fast as the leaves are falling from the trees. On Wednesday you can read the … Continue reading
Monday comes and Monday goes
So we’re almost at the end of October, isn’t that scary? Not to mention that early November, the 2nd in fact, will be the first birthday of the Blog! So we have that to look forward to! This week we have … Continue reading
Musings for Monday
Stef and I have had a very busy week, and we’ve come up with one or two exciting ideas for the blog. Hopefully they’ll work out and you’ll be able to see them in a month or so. For this … Continue reading
Monday in Scotland
It’s Monday and as the title suggests I am in Scotland, annoying Fiona, and having some fun. On Thursday we’re off to Newcastle to visit the Enid Blyton exhibition at Seven Stories, so hopefully next week we’ll have a blog … Continue reading
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