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Category Archives: Book reviews
Secret Island part 7 – The End and the Nitpicks
Having written some 10,000 words about The Secret Island already I’m back for what I hope will be the last post in this series. There’s not much left to look at, but I’d like to write about the final chapter(s) … Continue reading
The Secret Island part 2: Planning to run away
Last time I wrote an entire post about how awful Aunt Harriet and Uncle Henry are. But now on to happier things! Deciding to run away As is often the case in real life a careless, throwaway remark turns into … Continue reading
The Secret Island part 1: The evil aunt and uncle
As I have noted before, for an Enid Blyton blogger I don’t actually read as many Enid Blyton books as you might expect. In turn that means that I haven’t review as many as I could. Last week as I … Continue reading
Silver and Gold
I treated myself to a new book the other week – Silver and Gold which is a collection of 30 poems. First published in 1925 it was then released again in 1927 in a new edition. I have a slightly … Continue reading
Worst of Blyton at the library
Way back in 2016 I had just started working in the library (can’t believe I’ve been there seven years already!) I searched the catalogue to see what we had in the way of Blytons and I compiled a list of … Continue reading
If you like Blyton: The Secret of Flittermouse Cliffs by Zöe Billings
Two years ago I reviewed The Mystery of Tully Hall by Zöe Billings. This was followed up by the second book last year – The Secret of Flittermouse Cliffs. My first and only reading of this one (so far) was … Continue reading
Five Are Together Again part 4
Finally, I have reached the post with the promised nitpicks, of which there are many. Random points This one’s set at Easter, as was Mystery to Solve so it’s a full year later. It makes sense for them to have … Continue reading
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