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Five Get Into a Fix part 3

Posted on January 29, 2022 by Fiona

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 →

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Posted in Book reviews | Tagged Five Get Into a Fix, Five Go Down to the Sea, The Famous Five, The Mountain of Adventure, The Secret of Moon Castle | 3 Comments

Five Get Into a Fix part 2: All about Aily

Posted on January 21, 2022 by Fiona

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 →

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Posted in Book reviews | Tagged Aily, Five Get Into a Fix, The Famous Five | 6 Comments

Five Get Into a Fix

Posted on January 14, 2022 by Fiona

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 →

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Posted in Book reviews | Tagged Five Get Into a Fix, Magga Glen, The Famous Five, Wales | 5 Comments

Monday #458

Posted on January 10, 2022 by Fiona

I feel like I’m stuck in a strange time loop where every week I say I’ll review Five Get Into a Fix and then something comes up that prevents me actually doing it. Maybe this will be my lucky week … Continue reading →

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Monday #352 – the last of the year!

Posted on December 30, 2019 by Fiona

This is the last post of the year and of the decade! You may be pleased to know that’s the end to the Christmas quotes in the Monday posts but I think I’ll move on to wintry ones as having … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog talk | Tagged December, Five Get Into a Fix, Monday, The Barney Mysteries, The Famous Five, The Rat-a-Tat Mystery | 2 Comments

Search terms 8

Posted on January 30, 2019 by Fiona

I like doing posts about our search terms so much here’s the 8th one for you! Good questions Can you read Famous Five in any order? > You can, as each story is complete in itself – Blyton says this … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog talk | Tagged Fatty, Five Get Into a Fix, Search Terms, The Famous Five, The Five Find-Outers | 2 Comments

Blyton’s strangest homes

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Fiona

Recently I looked at Blyton’s secret but homely homes, where children turned caves and trees into lovely cosy places to stay. That got me thinking about some of the other strange ‘homes’ Blyton wrote about, and so I thought I would … Continue reading →

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Posted in Locations | Tagged Castles, Five Get Into a Fix, Five Go to Smuggler's Top, The Adventure Series, The Barney Mysteries, The Famous Five, The Island of Adventure, The Rockingdown Mystery, The Rubadub Mystery, The Secret Mountain, The Secret of Killimooin, The Secret of Moon Castle, The Secret of Spiggy Holes, The Secret Series | 5 Comments

Top 11 Famous Five moments

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Fiona

I’ve written plenty about the Famous Five, including putting the whole series into order from my most favourite to least favourite. And now I’ve decided to list my ten favourite moments from the series. Being 21 books long I can’t … Continue reading →

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Posted in Personal Experiences | Tagged Favourites, Five Get Into a Fix, Five Go Down to the Sea, Five Go to Demon's Rocks, Five Go to Smuggler's Top, Five Have Plenty of Fun, Five on a Hike Together, Five on a Treasure Island, Five on Finniston Farm, Five Run Away Together, The Famous Five | 13 Comments

Monday #266

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Fiona

The Magic Faraway Tree and Blyton’s Top short stories DAI! BOB! TANG! DOON! JOLL! RAFE! HAL! Morgan shouting for his seven dogs at the end of Five Get Into a Fix is one of my favourite moments. The baddies … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog talk | Tagged Five Get Into a Fix, May, Monday, The Enchanted Wood | 1 Comment

Reading Blyton for comfort

Posted on May 6, 2018 by pippastef

Now if you’re anything like me, you like having the option to read an Enid Blyton book occasionally (or all the time) for nostalgia or because it was the first book of hers you read. I reckon we all have … Continue reading →

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Posted in Personal Experiences | Tagged Five Get Into a Fix, Five Run Away Together, In the Fifth at Malory Towers | 10 Comments

Blyton’s Winter Reads – A Reblog

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Fiona

It has been about five years since I presented you with the blogs detailing the books that Enid Blyton wrote that could be considered as wintry books. I thought perhaps, as the weather’s taken a turn for the worse, we … Continue reading →

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Posted in Reading Recommendations | Tagged Christmas, Five Get Into a Fix, Five Go Adventuring Again, In the Fifth at Malory Towers, Seasonal Reads, Shock for the Secret Seven, Snow, The Christmas Book, The Famous Five, The Mystery of Tally-Ho Cottage, The Mystery of the Strange Bundle, The Rat-a-Tat Mystery, The Secret Seven, The Six Bad Boys, Wintry Reads | 5 Comments

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

Famous Five 70s Style: Five Get Into a Fix

Posted on January 18, 2017 by pippastef

Five Get Into a Fix is one of my favourite books of the Five series; I love the imagery of the snow-capped Welsh hills, the tobogganing, the skiing and all of that. It’s one of the only Christmas stories and … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blyton on TV | Tagged 70s Famous Five TV Series, Five Get Into a Fix, Gary Russell, Jennifer Thanisch, Marcus Harris, Michele Galagher, The Famous Five | 4 Comments

Famous Five 90s Style: Five Get into a Fix

Posted on January 13, 2016 by pippastef

This episode is probably one of the furthest from the book you can get. It in the second series and it’s just a shame that the budget perhaps wasn’t big enough to provide the sort of snowy back drop that … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blyton on TV | Tagged 90s Famous Five TV Series, Five Get Into a Fix, Jemima Rooper, Marco Williamson, The Famous Five | 1 Comment

The Castle of Adventure

Posted on October 26, 2014 by pippastef

So this week (and last) I have been reading The Castle of Adventure, or re-reading it I should say. It is one of my favourite Adventure books, probably my third favourite (Circus comes second and Sea comes first). Castle starts … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews | Tagged Aily, Bill Cunningham, Bill Smugs, Dinah Mannering, Five Get Into a Fix, Jack Trent, Kiki, Lucy-Ann Trent, Malcolm Saville, Mrs Mannering, Philip Mannering, The Castle of Adventure, The Neglected Mountain | 20 Comments

Enid Blyton En Francais! by Ellie

Posted on August 27, 2014 by worldofblyton

Earlier in the summer I went to France for a week and whilst I was there, I picked up two Enid Blyton books that had been translated into French. I had previously discovered that my A-level French was sufficient to … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews | Tagged Five Get Into a Fix, French, La Famille Tant-Mieux en Croisière, Le Club de Cinq aux sports d'hiver, The Caravan Family, The Pole Star Family, Translated books, Written by Ellie | 14 Comments

Five Get Into a Fix: An exciting dramatised adventure

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Fiona

I was struggling to think of something to write about this week and my headache didn’t particularly lend itself to reading so I decided to listen to my other Famous Five CD. Then I worried it would be lost in … Continue reading →

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Posted in Audio Books and Audio Dramatisations | Tagged Five Get Into a Fix, The Famous Five | 5 Comments

A week of Blyton buys

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Fiona

As I’m sure we’ve mentioned a few times Stef’s up in Dundee staying with me and we’ve packed as much Blytonian stuff into our week as possible, which has included a bit of shopping. On Tuesday we made a trip … Continue reading →

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Posted in Personal Experiences, Purchases | Tagged Five Get Into a Fix, Five Go to Mystery Moor, Five Go to Smuggler's Top, Five on a Secret Trail, Francis Cowen, Happy Day Stories, Marie Muir, Seven Stories, Shadow the Sheep-Dog, The Magic Faraway Tree, The Naughtiest Girl, The Secret of the Loch, The Whispering Island, Torridon's Surprise | 4 Comments

Recovering from illness in Blyton’s books, part 2

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Fiona

Part one covered the flu, and this blog will look at measles, coughs and colds. Not all of these illnesses lead to holidays and/or adventures, though the other illnesses still contribute to their stories’ plots. MEASLES The measles (or as … Continue reading →

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Posted in Plot Devices | Tagged Claudine at St Clare's, Colds, Coughs, Five Get Into a Fix, Five Have a Mystery to Solve, Five Have a Wonderful Time, Holiday House, Measles, Mr Pink-Whistle's Party, The Children of Cherry Tree Farm, The Island of Adventure, The Sea of Adventure, The Secret of Moon Castle, Upper Fourth at Malory Towers | 2 Comments

Series Synopsis: The Famous Five Books 16-18

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Fiona

Here we are at the penultimate instalment of my Famous Five series of posts. Thanks to anyone who’s stuck with me and actually read them all. As always there may be spoilers, I accept no responsibility for ruining your enjoyment of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews | Tagged Famous Five Series Synopsis, Five Get Into a Fix, Five Go to Billycock Hill, Five on Finniston Farm, The Famous Five | Leave a comment

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