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Category Archives: Book reviews
The Enchanted Wood Review by Laura
[Apologies to everyone, especially Laura as this was meant to go up at 9 this morning. My only excuse is I’m off work so I’ve lost track of the days again – Fiona] I loved the Faraway Tree series when … Continue reading
The Treasure Hunters by Fred
Is it totally unfair to say that Enid Blyton’s books are fairly interchangeable with each other? Well, yes it is, but that doesn’t stop the majority of her work being thoroughly enjoyable and decent reads in their own right. Such … Continue reading
Enid Blyton’s The Enchanted Village
Fiona and I visited Bekonscot last year, to see the scale model village and especially the scale model of Blyton’s house. It was an enchanting little place, except I wasn’t quite as excited by it all as Fiona was! On … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews
Tagged Beaconsfield, Bekonscot, Green Hedges, Model Village, The Enchanted Village
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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
Secret Seven books at McDonald’s by Su, part 2
Part one of Su’s McDonald’s series is here. Hurry, Secret Seven, Hurry! This story comes from Enid Blyton’s Magazine Annual No. 4 first published 1957. It is a short story and therefore, unlike Secret of the Old Mill, has not … Continue reading
Birds of Our Gardens
This book is one I know I’ve spoken about before on here, when I received it for Christmas a couple of years ago (check out A Very Blyton Christmas for details), and I’m afraid I’ve only just gotten around to … 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
Five on Kirrin Island Again by Corinna
Stef laughed at me. This happens more often than you might think, considering we live at opposite ends of the earth. During our last Skype conversations, all I said was “After Smuggler’s Top, I can’t help but find Uncle Quentin … 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
Secret Seven books at McDonald’s by Su, part 1
McDonald’s have teamed up with Hachette (the company licenced to print Enid Blyton books) to offer a series of exclusive Secret Seven books. There are six small books, each containing a Secret Seven short story. They have coloured illustrations by … Continue reading
Smuggler Ben
Smuggler Ben is one of the novels that Blyton first published under the name Mary Pollock, a book that was reprinted later under her own name in 1950, at least according to the copy I purchased in a book shop … Continue reading
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Tagged Hilary, Military, Smuggler Ben, Smuggling, Spies, Stand Alone Titles, War
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Corinna’s Famous Five Pick’n’Mix Reflections: Five Go to Smuggler’s Top
Shamefully, I have realised that my last Famous Five Pick’n’Mix Reflection was posted 6 months ago! I wonder that Stef and Fiona haven’t removed my name from the blog completely. However, it is getting decidedly autumnal down here in the … Continue reading
My third Noddy Book: Noddy and His Car
Serendipitously, my third Noddy book is actually the third book of the series; Noddy and His Car. (My first Noddy book was #2 and my second was #8.) A BARGAIN BUY As I mentioned in a recent Monday post, I … Continue reading
My second Noddy book: Noddy Gets Into Trouble
My first Noddy book was the second in the series (Hurrah for Little Noddy), and my second Noddy book is Noddy Gets Into Trouble, the eighth book. That’s what I get for buying a random pair from eBay because they … Continue reading
The Twins at St Clare’s
Now as you all know I am a big Malory Towers fan, and I love the series quite dearly, but I have never read a St Clare’s book until now. I brought the 1967 Dragon paperback from the Barnardo’s Charity … Continue reading
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Tagged Dragon, St Clare's, The O'Sullivan Twins, The Twins at St Clare's
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My first Noddy book: Hurrah for Little Noddy
As I’ve possibly mentioned before, to my knowledge I’ve never read a Noddy book before. I’ve always been aware of Noddy, and I could probably sing a good chunk of the TV theme song (despite not being sure whether I’ve … Continue reading
Looking at The Famous Five Annual 2014 part 2
I did exactly half the book last time so here are my thoughts on the second half. THE FIVE’S FRIENDS A list of the friendly people the five run into on their adventures from Aggie at Owl’s Dene to Berta … Continue reading
The Island of Adventure
So I purchased and started reading the Adventure Series properly earlier this year. I collected a set of early editions from ebay and set about reading them. I know Fiona has already done reviews on the Adventure Series (the Island … Continue reading
Looking at The Famous Five Annual 2014, part 1
As I mentioned before, I got this for my birthday. I’ve only briefly skimmed it until now, so I thought it was about time I actually read it, so I will share some of my thoughts on it as I … Continue reading
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Tagged Eileen Soper, The Famous Five, The Famous Five Annual 2014
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