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Author Archives: Fiona
If you like Blyton: Six in a Caravan by Bridget Mackenzie
I bought this as it appealed on two counts: a Blytonian title, and illustrations by Eileen Soper. The Six and the Caravan The title is more accurate than Five Go Off in a Caravan (in which they, of course, use … Continue reading
Reading the The Treasure Hunters to Brodie
Having read 20 of the 21 Famous Fives and 3 of the 8 Adventure Series books Brodie asked what else there was. I had already suggested The Treasure Hunters some time before and it was rejected, but this time he … Continue reading
Monday #593
I know that I’ve put The Treasure Hunters on the list two weeks running now, but things just keep coming up! It’s probably about half-finished at this point so maybe this week will be the week! Reading The Treasure Hunters … Continue reading
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Tagged August, Chris Smith, Five and the Forgotten Treasure, Monday
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Letters to Enid part 54: From volume 3 issue 16
Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 3, issue 16. August 3rd – 16th, 1955. OUR LETTER PAGE A letter from Wendy Spencer, Chippenham, Wilts. Dear Enid Blyton, As you are interested in wild birds, I … Continue reading
Posted in Magazines
Tagged Enid Blyton's Magazine, Letters page, Letters to Enid from volume 3
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Monday #592
The last six weeks have flown by and schools go back tomorrow! Brodie is now 7 and is going into primary 3, I can hardly believe it. We are currently reading The Mountain of Adventure (oh, those Welsh accents, look … Continue reading
July 2024 round up
That’s us halfway through 2024 already! What I read I hit my 100 books target in July, so I had to up my goal. I went for 150 which seems very doable at this point. What I have read: Me … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences
Tagged Doing, July, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #591
It’s August now – and we’ve finally had a whole week of decent weather! Possibly the only week, but sometimes that just has to do. August means Brodie is about to turn 7, tomorrow in fact! He’s still loving Enid … Continue reading
Reading The Valley of Adventure to Brodie
After we finished Castle he suggested going back to the Famous Five, but changed his mind. He wanted to know if any of the other books on my shelves were adventurous. I suggested Valley, he wanted something different. He asked … Continue reading
Letters to Enid part 53: From volume 3 issue 15
Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 3, issue 15. July 20th – August 2nd, 1955. OUR LETTER PAGE A letter from Dianne Patten, Walsall, Staffs. Dear Enid Blyton, I wonder if this is a record … Continue reading
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Tagged Enid Blyton's Magazine, Letters page, Letters to Enid from volume 3
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Monday #589
This is late going up as I just couldn’t decide what to write this week. I don’t like doing the same things week after week somehow, yet all the other ideas I have are things that will take longer than … Continue reading
Reading The Castle of Adventure to Brodie
We have read 2o of the 21 Famous Five books so far. When Brodie asked for the next one at bedtime I said This is the very last one, ever Immediately he said he wanted to make it last, so … Continue reading
Enid Blyton references in other works of fiction, part 4
I knew this would happen – a matter of hours after part 3 went up I found another reference! But it has taken me over five months to collect enough to create a whole new post. Tilly and the Map … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna James, Beth O'Leary, Jenny Colgan, Salley Vickers, Stephanie Butland
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Monday #588
I was away on holiday last week, which is why there were no posts! Came back to some freshly ripe strawberries, massively grown potato plants and still growing sunflower stems (though they had flopped over and needed propping up.) Our … Continue reading
Letters to Enid part 52: From volume 3 issue 14
Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 3, issue 14. July 6th – 19th, 1955. OUR LETTER PAGE (I have chosen three letters from overseas this time so that our far-away readers may know that they … Continue reading
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Tagged Enid Blyton's Magazine, Letters page, Letters to Enid from volume 3
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June 2024 round up
That’s us halfway through 2024 already! What I read I finished 19 books in June which takes me to 39 ahead of schedule. I doubt I can keep up the pace, but if I did… having read 88 books in … Continue reading
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Tagged Doing, June, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #586
First post of July! The weather continues to be Not Very Good, with plenty of rain and wind and not all that much sunshine. Our strawberries are doing well, though, and our potatoes have done a lot of growing so … Continue reading
Reading the Famous Five to Brodie, part 9
These two books we read from April 17 to May 8. That’s only 11 days a book, which is not bad considering I can’t read t him every night due to my working pattern. Five on Finniston Farm We began … Continue reading
Letters to Enid part 51: From volume 3 issue 13
Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 3, issue 13. June 22nd – July 5th, 1955. OUR LETTER PAGE A letter from Madeleine Edward, Bieldside, Aberdeenshire. Dear Enid Blyton, In the summer we play a game … Continue reading
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Tagged Enid Blyton's Magazine, Letters page, Letters to Enid from volume 3
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Monday #585
It’s almost the end of June and I am tentatively going to say that summer has actually arrived, at least, for the moment! A few of our strawberries have ripened (and been eaten) and our potatoes have finally started peeking … Continue reading
Malory Towers on TV series three – Episodes five and six
Now that Miss Johnson is the (acting) head mistress, I really hope that they start to reveal what she is up to. The New Headmistress What I liked Well, let’s just say that Miss Johnson doesn’t hang around! My first … Continue reading
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Tagged Argus Filch, Dolores Umbridge, Malory Towers, Malory Towers on TV, Malory Towers Series three
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