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Category Archives: Book reviews
The Diary of the Naughtiest Girl
I celebrated a little presumptuously a few months ago when I finished the Naughtiest Girl continuations by Anne Digby. I then remembered I also had The Diary of the Naughtiest Girl. By remembered I mean found the book behind the sofa. I borrowed … Continue reading
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Tagged Continuation books, Jeanne Willis, The Diary of the Naughtiest Girl
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If you like Blyton: The Secret of Haven Point by Lisette Auton
I first heard of this book when the cover artist (Gillian Gamble) posted about it on Facebook. I saw the lighthouse and was immediately interested, as somehow, despite only featuring prominently in one book that I can think of, I … Continue reading
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Tagged If you like Blyton, Lighthouse, Lisette Auton, The Secret of Haven Point
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The Naughtiest Girl continued: The Naughtiest Girl Wants to Win
I am finally subjecting myself to the penultimate Naughtiest Girl continuation book. I know it will be bad but the question is, how bad? The blurb I’m already rolling my eyes just reading the blurb. Elizabeth is furious when a … Continue reading
Bizzy and the Bedtime Bear
I borrowed this book from the library some time before the pandemic started, and it has been sitting behind the sofa in a pile of my ‘to reads’, along with some other Blyton continuation books I borrowed around the same … Continue reading
If you like Blyton: Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
The character of Mary Poppins is no stranger to me, but I admit that I am primarily familiar with the film version, as played by the wonderful Julie Andrews. I have also seen the Emily Blunt version, but only once. … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, Other Authors, Reading Recommendations
Tagged If you like Blyton, Mary Poppins, P.L. Travers
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If you like Blyton: A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
I was convinced that I had read this as a child, and in fact I did have a copy of the book – one of those Parragon Children’s Classics with no illustrations. However I was certain I’d read it at … Continue reading
Five Get Into a Fix part 3
Having used up an entire post just to talk about Aily, here are my thoughts about the solution to the mystery, my various other comments and of course the nitpicks. The solving of the mystery I was actually mildly disappointed … Continue reading
Five Get Into a Fix part 2: All about Aily
Last week I finally posted the first part of my review, having been intending to do so for over a month. But we all know that time goes funny over the Christmas period and barely seems to count, so really, … Continue reading
Five Get Into a Fix
I have been meaning to read and review this for a while, and having finally got around to it in the first week of January I realise that I am actually reading it at the time of year it is … Continue reading
If you like Blyton: The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
I have been meaning to try this series for quite a while. I’m sure I’ve ‘bought’ at least one of the books when it was free on Kindle, but I can’t seem to find it now. Anyway, turns out my … Continue reading
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Tagged Gertrude Chandler Warner, If you like Blyton, The Boxcar Children
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Five Go to Billycock Hill part 3
For a book I don’t rate that highly I’ve managed to write quite a lot already. At least 1,000 in part one, and another 1,000 in part two of my review. George as a boy I think another reason this … Continue reading
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Tagged Benny Thomas, Curly, Five Go to Billycock Hill, Food and recipes, The Famous Five, Toby Thomas
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Five Go to Billycock Hill part 2
Last week I started my review of Billycock Hill, only six months after the previous book in the series. So as to not lose momentum, here’s part two. Not the Five’s finest hours Having refreshed my memory by reading the … Continue reading
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Tagged Benny Thomas, Curly, Five Go to Billycock Hill, The Famous Five, Toby Thomas
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Five Go to Billycock Hill
It was April when I did my last Famous Five review. The delay has mostly been due to the fact that Five Go to Billycock Hill is one of my least favourite Famous Five books. Only Five Have a Mystery … Continue reading
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Tagged Five Go to Billycock Hill, Mr Brent, Mr Gringle, Mrs Janes, The Famous Five, Toby Thomas
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The Bom Annual
As I mentioned before, when on holiday I bought a copy of the Bom Annual for the princely sum of £1. This is my very first Bom book of any kind – and so I know almost nothing about him. … Continue reading
The Island of Adventure – TV tie in novel
A long time ago, before the word lockdown had entered our everyday vocabulary, I borrowed two books from the library. They were The Island of Adventure and The Sea of Adventure, both being novels based on the Cloud 9 TV … Continue reading