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Category Archives: Book reviews
Go Ahead Secret Seven – a review by Ben
Go Ahead Secret Seven was first published 1953 A peculiar-looking George is out in the dark of night, practising his shadowing for the SecretSeven, when he is given the shock of his life and suffers a huge disappointment. Dressed up in a … Continue reading
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Tagged Dogs, Go Ahead Secret Seven, The Secret Seven, Written by Ben
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Who’s Who in Enid Blyton by Eva Rice, a (quite critical) review 2: School Stories
As you may remember I was fairly unimpressed with the first section of the book – Adventure Stories. My main issue was how some series had every conceivable character mentioned, while other series barely got two pages, as well as … Continue reading
Poppy’s Book of the Month: The Mystery of the Missing Necklace
By Poppy Hutchinson Title: The Mystery of the Missing Necklace Series: The Mystery Series Main Characters: Fatty, Larry, Pip, Bets, Daisy & Buster Published: 1945 First Published By: Methuen Rating (Out of 5): 5 Possibly the best and positively my … Continue reading
The Valley of Adventure
First published in 1947 this is the third book in the series. THE LOCATION The majority of the adventure plays out in Austria, and as the title suggests, in a valley. The valley … Continue reading
Who’s Who in Enid Blyton by Eva Rice, a (very critical) review part one: Adventure Stories
I’ve had this book a while and have only read it once. I remember being a bit disappointed by it… and I thought I’d give it a re-read to see if I could figure out why. My first thoughts are … Continue reading
Secret Seven on the Trail – a Review by Ben
With the Seven due back at school Peter decides to call a meeting in his garden shed to say it will be the last time the Secret Society will meet until the Christmas holidays as nothing strange would happen during … Continue reading
Poppy’s Book of the Month: Mr Galliano’s Circus
By Poppy Hutchinson Series: The Mr Galliano’s Circus Series Main Characters: Jimmy and Lotta Published: 1938 First Published By: George Newnes Rating (Out of 5): 5 Jimmy Brown, a young schoolboy, from a rather poor family is the main character … Continue reading
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Tagged Circus Life, Mr Galliano's Circus, Poppy's Book of the Month, Written by Poppy
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Come to the Circus!
I picked up a copy of Come to the Circus! at an antiques fair in Waihi, New Zealand. It is not a first edition though, but the 1974 Dean edition (the definition of “antique” at this particular fair was a … Continue reading
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Tagged Circus Life, Come to the Circus, Stand Alone Titles, Written by Corinna
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The Children of Cherry Tree Farm, part 2
by Aaron Bassett After meeting Tammylan, Benjy goes off to his cave and is soon sitting there watching Tammylan stroking one of his visitors, a hare. Another animal comes into the Wild Man’s house – this time a woffly rabbit, … Continue reading
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Well Done Secret Seven – a review by Ben
It’s a hot summer day and the Seven are fed up of having their meetings in Janet and Peter’s stuffy garden shed. Due to this the children decide to visit Windy Woods and build a tree house. In the tree … Continue reading
The Castle of Adventure
The second book of the adventure series sees Mrs Mannering take the four children on holiday where they of course manage to fall into an adventure. Castle of Adventure was first published in 1946. … Continue reading
Poppy’s Book of the Month: The Folk of the Faraway Tree
By Poppy Hutchinson Series: The Faraway Tree series Main Character/s: Jo, Bessie, Fanny and Connie. Published: 1946 First Published By: George Newnes Rating (out of 5) : 5/5 The Folk of the Faraway Tree, the third book in the fantastic … Continue reading
The Island of Adventure
The Island of Adventure was first published in 1944 and is the first book of the series. There will probably be some spoilers in this review, so you have been warned. THE LOCATION The story opens … Continue reading
Upper Fourth at Malory Towers
The fourth book in the Malory Towers series sees the girls gearing up to sit their School Certificate (as far as I can work out an equivalent of O Levels and GSCEs). Once more we are treated to a lot … Continue reading
Secret Seven Adventure – a review by Ben
The second book starts four weeks into the holidays there’s not been even a sniff of a mystery and the children are bored. To liven things up the Seven decide to dress up as Red Indians. It is agreed that … Continue reading
The Children of Cherry Tree Farm, part 1
by Aaron Bassett The Children of Cherry Tree Farm was first published in 1940 by Country Life and was illustrated by Harry Rountree.The story opens up with three bored children, Rory, Sheila and Benjy, gazing out onto a busy London … Continue reading
The Secret Seven – a review by Ben
The thrill of the Christmas holidays had vanished and Peter and his sister Janet decide to restart The Secret Seven. This essentially being a group of seven members who each wore a badge with S.S. and had to remember a … Continue reading
Poppy’s Book of the Month: First Term at Malory Towers
By Poppy Hutchinson Title: First Term at Malory Towers Series: Malory Towers Main Character: Darrell Rivers Published: 1946 First Published By: Methuen Rating (out of 5) : 5 First Term at Malory Towers is a very entertaining book, filled with the … Continue reading
Series Synopsis: The Famous Five Books 19-21
Here we are, at the end of this series of posts (did I just hear a lot of “phews” there?) One last time, there may be spoilers ahead. FIVE GO TO DEMON’S ROCKS, 1961 The Location: The village and lighthouse at … Continue reading
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