Tag Archives: Jo Jones

Miss Grayling’s Girls 4 – the ones who almost messed it up

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Fiona

Not every girl fits neatly into ‘success’ or ‘failure’. Some are distinctly one or the other by the end, some change back and forth through the years and some are a grey area all the way through. Some of these … Continue reading →

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Miss Grayling’s Girls 2 – the failures

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Fiona

As I said in my previous post not every girl at Malory Towers is a success, though there have only been two real failures. GWENDOLINE MARY LACY Gwen is Malory Towers longest-lasting non-success and unfortunately she doesn’t turn things around … Continue reading →

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Monday #276

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Fiona

My top Famous Five moments and If you like Blyton: The Borrowers by Mary Norton Cliff Castle, from the book The Secret of Cliff Castle, is (hardly surprisingly) a castle on a cliff. Well it’s not a real castle, more a big … Continue reading →

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A completely un-confusing guide to names in Blyton’s books

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Fiona

Enid Blyton must have come up with thousands of characters in her years of writing. Some of them are instantly memorable from their name alone. Zerelda? That can only be Zerelda Brass, the American girl from Third Year at Malory … Continue reading →

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