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Blyton for Grown Ups: The Language of the Dead by Stephen Kelly

Posted on October 20, 2017 by pippastef

WARNING: THIS BOOK IS NOT AS COSY AS SOME OF THE OTHERS I HAVE REVIEWED FOR YOU. SOME READERS MAY NOT BE COMFORTABLE WITH THE STORY’S CONCLUSION. However, I read it, and I’ve got nothing else to bring you this … Continue reading →

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Putting the Famous Five in Order, part 2

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Fiona

THE TRICKY PART – 18 MORE TITLES As I said at the beginning of my previous post, I had in the past loosely grouped them into ‘most favourites’ ‘middling favourites’ and ‘least favourites’, so perhaps that’s a good place to … Continue reading →

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Posted in Personal Experiences, Reading Recommendations | Tagged Favourite Books, Five Get Into a Fix, Five Go Down to the Sea, Five Go Off in a Caravan, Five Go to Demon's Rocks, Five on a Hike Together, Five on a Treasure Island, Five Run Away Together, The Famous Five | 26 Comments

Blyton for Grown Ups: The Red House Mystery by A. A. Milne

Posted on October 6, 2017 by pippastef

Betcha didn’t know that A. A. Milne, the father and creator of Winnie the Pooh wrote a mystery novel. Well neither did I until I was out on holiday with my Dad in Weston-Super-Mare and spotted this book on the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews, Other Authors, Reading Recommendations | Tagged AA Milne, Anthony Gillingham, Arthur Conan Doyle, Blyton for Grown Ups, Sherlock Holmes, The Red House Mystery, Winnie the Pooh | 1 Comment

Putting the Famous Five in order

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Fiona

Sorry to anyone who thinks I’m about to skelp Julian for being bossy, or George for her temper. I actually want to do something even harder: put the series in order of most to least favourite. I’ve always had books … Continue reading →

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Posted in Personal Experiences, Reading Recommendations | Tagged Favourite Books, Five Are Together Again, Five Go to Smuggler's Top, Five Have a Mystery to Solve, Least Favourite Books, The Famous Five | 9 Comments

Blyton for Grown Ups: A Man of Some Repute by Elizabeth Edmondson

Posted on September 1, 2017 by pippastef

I read this book a long time ago, but realised this week that it was pretty much exactly the kind of book we’re looking for for this blog and decided that a recap on my part and a blog wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews, Other Authors, Reading Recommendations | Tagged A Man of Some Repute, Agatha Christie, Blyton for Grown Ups, Elizabeth Edmonson, Fatty, Jack Trent, Julian Kirrin, Mirabelle Bevan, Philip Mannering | 1 Comment

Blyton for Grown Ups: Too Many Cooks by Marina Pascoe

Posted on August 11, 2017 by pippastef

Continuing my theme of let’s see what books we could read as adults if we wanted a break from Blyton, I have decided to look at Too Many Cooks by Marina Pascoe. This is the second book in the series of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews, Other Authors, Reading Recommendations | Tagged Agatha Christie, Archibald Boase, Blyton for Grown Ups, Empty Vessels, Enid Blyton, G.K Chesterton, George Bartlett, Marina Pascoe, Too Many Cooks | 4 Comments

Blyton for Grown Ups: Brighton Belle by Sara Sheridan

Posted on July 19, 2017 by pippastef

New to the blog, I thought it was worth looking at some of the authors that us grown-ups could try as a change to the numerous Enid Blyton books we read. I thought of this idea when I was up … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews, Other Authors, Reading Recommendations | Tagged Blyton for Grown Ups, Brighton, Brighton Belle, Enid Blyton, Inspector Jenks, Mirabelle Bevan, Sara Sheridan | 1 Comment

If you like Blyton: The Mystery of Wickworth Manor by Elen Caldecott

Posted on July 5, 2017 by pippastef

In our quest to find books that could be considered similar to Enid Blyton’s novels for you to try yourselves, I have discovered another book by Elen Caldecott, an author I reviewed a few months ago (The Mysteries of Marsh … Continue reading →

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If you like Blyton: The Adventure Island series by Helen Moss

Posted on April 28, 2017 by Fiona

Stef has already suggested this series for fans of Blyton and has reviewed the first book in the series – The Mystery of the Whistling Caves. But that’s not going to stop me from repeating the suggestion (after all we … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews, Other Authors, Reading Recommendations | Tagged Helen Moss, If you like Blyton, The Adventure Island Series | 4 Comments

If you like Blyton: The Marsh Road Mysteries: Diamonds and Daggers by Elen Caldecott

Posted on April 19, 2017 by pippastef

As you know we are always on the look out for books and authors to recommend for you to try, especially if they are reminiscent of our favourite author, Enid Blyton. Of course for Fiona and I, working in libraries we … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews, Other Authors, Reading Recommendations | Tagged Diamonds and Daggers, Elen Caldecott, Fraternal Twins, If you like Blyton, The Famous Five, The Five Find-Outers, The Marsh Road Mysteries, Twins | 2 Comments

Books for babies: the lead-up to Blyton

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Fiona

It rather goes without saying that I will be reading Blyton to my little boy once he’s born, and encouraging him to read Blyton himself when he’s older. I do have lots of thoughts about that which I may explore … Continue reading →

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Posted in Other Authors, Reading Recommendations | Tagged Aileen Paterson, Babette Cole, Baby, Janet and Allan Ahlberg, Jill Murphy, Julia Donaldson, Mairi Hedderwick, Noddy, Paddington, Parenting, Reading, Reading List, Shirley Hughes | 4 Comments

If you like Blyton: The Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann

Posted on April 7, 2017 by Fiona

I have recently read The Animals of Farthing Wood for the first time. I watched the BBC cartoon as a child and loved it – enough to remember the main plot and some details. I’m also now rewatching the series … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews, Other Authors, Reading Recommendations | Tagged Colin Dann, If you like Blyton, The Animals of Farthing Wood | 2 Comments

If you like Blyton: The Secret of Dead Man’s Cove reviewed by Chris

Posted on January 15, 2017 by worldofblyton

This review is inspired by Fiona’s of Dead Man’s Cove by Lauren St John which reminded me of one of my very favourite children’s books, The Secret of Dead Man’s Cove by R.J. McGregor published by Penguin in 1937. I … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews, Other Authors, Reading Recommendations | Tagged If you like Blyton, R. J. McGregor, The Secret of Dead Man's Cove, Written by Chris | 12 Comments

Blyton at Christmas 1951-1962

Posted on December 23, 2016 by Fiona

A final instalment of Blyton at Christmas! (Unless I get more Christmas stories by next Christmas). The first parts are 1920-1945 and 1946-1950. The 1950s, continued Father Christmas and Belinda, 1951 I reviewed this two years ago, giving an overview of the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Reading Recommendations | Tagged Christmas, Christmas Crafts, Christmas Tree, Father Christmas, Father Christmas and Belinda, Happy Christmas Five, Mr Twiddle, Reindeer, Santa Claus, The Six Bad Boys | 5 Comments

Blyton at Christmas 1946-1950

Posted on December 11, 2016 by Fiona

There are such a huge amount of stories still that I’ve only made it through five years worth here! The stories from 1920 through to 1945 can be see here. The 1940s continued For the Christmas Tree from The Second Holiday Book, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Reading Recommendations | Tagged A Second Book of Naughty Children, A Story Party at Green Hedges, Before I Go to Sleep, Christmas, Christmas Tree, Enid Blyton's Treasury, Father Christmas, Santa Claus, Tales After Supper, The Bluebell Story Book, The Fourth Holiday Book, The Green Story Book, The Second Holiday Book, The Yellow Story Book, Tricky the Goblin and Other Stories | 3 Comments

Blyton at Christmas 1920-1945

Posted on November 27, 2016 by Fiona

I have tried to do this in rough chronological order, but many dates given refer to when a story was published in a book. It will often be the case that it was in Enid Blyton’s Magazine or Sunny Stories … Continue reading →

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Posted in Poetry, Reading Recommendations | Tagged Brer Rabbit, Christmas, Enid Blyton's Book of the Year, Five Go Adventuring Again, Happy Story Book, John Jolly, Santa Claus, Sunny Stories Calendar, The Christmas Book, The First Christmas | 1 Comment

Blyton’s Bonfires, Guys and Fireworks

Posted on November 5, 2016 by Fiona

It’s bonfire night, or Guy Fawkes’ night this week, so I thought I would put something together covering what Blyton wrote about the subject. SECRET SEVEN FIREWORKS This seems like an obvious first choice, given the title! While the main … Continue reading →

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Posted in Poetry, Reading Recommendations | Tagged Bonfire, Bonfire Night, Enid Blyton's Book of the Year, Enid Blyton's Poetry Book, Fireworks, Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes Night, Hello Mr Twiddle!, Mr Twiddle, Secret Seven Fireworks, The Lucky Story Book, The Second Holiday Book | 7 Comments

If you like Blyton: Dead Man’s Cove reviewed by Fiona

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Fiona

This is the first in the Laura Marlin series by Lauren St John. Stef read and reviewed it a while back, and when I spotted it in my library I thought I might as well give it a go. OF LAURA … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews, Other Authors, Reading Recommendations | Tagged Dead Man's Cove, If you like Blyton, Laura Marlin, Lauren St John | 1 Comment

If you like Blyton: Arsenic for Tea by Robin Stevens

Posted on September 21, 2016 by Fiona

Having started to read this book I am wondering if perhaps I should have made the title If you like Agatha Christie… as this book has moved away from the Malory Towers backdrop to a secluded country mansion where a … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews, Other Authors, Reading Recommendations | Tagged Agatha Christie, Arsenic for Tea, Daisy Wells, Hazel Wong, If you like Blyton, Robin Stevens, Wells and Wong Mystery | 4 Comments

If you like Blyton: Frozen in Time by Ali Sparkes

Posted on September 9, 2016 by pippastef

I suspect that a lot of you have never heard of Hampshire based authoress who turns up for her public appearances in amazing sparkly boots (the clue’s in the surname). Last month I had the fortune of Ali Sparkes coming … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews, Other Authors, Reading Recommendations | Tagged Ali Sparkes, Blue Peter Book Award, Frozen in Time, If you like Blyton | 3 Comments

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