Tag Archives: Malory Towers

Poppy’s Book of the Month: First Term at Malory Towers

Posted on January 6, 2013 by worldofblyton

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 →

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Third Year at Malory Towers

Posted on December 27, 2012 by pippastef

Warning: Spoilers Third Year at Malory Towers isn’t quite the entire full year that the title suggests. In fact it is only the spring term (at closest guess) as the girls come back in the cold and are squabbling over … Continue reading →

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My childhood books, part 2

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Fiona

Welcome to another lengthy ramble and reminiscence! Part One covered Amelia Jane and the Famous Five and this part will be about the Adventure Series and Malory Towers. THE ADVENTURE SERIES I think I started reading the Adventure Series not … Continue reading →

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Winter and Christmas reads, part 2

Posted on December 10, 2012 by pippastef

I hope you all enjoyed my last book on the Blyton books you should be reading this winter. Here are five more titles in my list of winter and Christmas must reads by Blyton. If you missed my first post … Continue reading →

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Second Form at Malory Towers

Posted on November 30, 2012 by pippastef

Warning: Spoilers Second Form at Malory Towers is (surprise, surprise) the second book in the Malory Towers series. First published in 1947, a year after First Term at Malory Towers.  Once again we join Darrell Rivers on her way to Malory … Continue reading →

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Collecting Blyton

Posted on November 24, 2012 by pippastef

by PippaStef I was inspired by Fiona and Su’s stories of how they came across a longed for book to complete their Enid Blyton collections, and ended up wondering  how you achieve a complete collection of books that don’t cost … Continue reading →

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Julian’s News, prequel

Posted on November 22, 2012 by pippastef

For a long time now I have been interested in Enid Blyton fan-fiction, namely ones involving the Famous Five and Malory Towers. Sites sometimes have some distinctly non-Blyton fan fiction on them, but that’s not something I have a huge … Continue reading →

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Fiona’s Three Favourite Characters

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Fiona

Reading Pippastef’s blog post on her three favourite characters inspired me write my own. When it came to it though, I had real trouble coming up with three characters. Other people seem to be able to instantly produce a few … Continue reading →

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First Term at Malory Towers

Posted on November 13, 2012 by pippastef

First Term at Malory Towers is the first of six Malory Towers books by Enid Blyton. Malory Towers is the third school series written by Blyton, and was started the year after she finished the St Clare’s series. Malory Towers was inspired … Continue reading →

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My three favourite characters

Posted on November 8, 2012 by pippastef

In this post I’m going to talk about my three favourite characters from Enid Blyton and the reasons why they are my favourites. Sally Hope Series: Malory Towers. Reason: In First Term at Malory Towers, Sally Hope starts off as a rather … Continue reading →

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Enid Blyton: A summary of her writing career

Posted on November 4, 2012 by worldofblyton

Enid Mary Blyton was born in 1897 and from a young age loved telling stories to her younger brothers, Hanly and Carey. She qualified as a teacher in 1918, and in 1921 won a writing competition and after her writing … Continue reading →

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