Looking for something?
-
Recent Posts
-
Blogroll
- Audio Books and Audio Dramatisations Blog talk Blyton in the media Blyton on TV Book reviews Characters Crafts Enid Blyton Fan fiction Food and recipes General bookishness Illustrations and artwork Locations Magazines Nature Other Authors Personal Experiences Plot Devices Poetry Purchases Reading Recommendations Seasonal Toys and Games Updating Blyton's Books Vintage Style
Twitter Updates
- 70s Famous Five TV Series
- 90s Famous Five TV Series
- Anatoly Petrov
- Bill Cunningham
- Bill Smugs
- Bourne End
- Christmas
- Darrell Rivers
- David Morton
- Doing
- Eileen Soper
- Enid Blyton's Magazine
- Five on a Treasure Island
- Gary Russell
- George Kirrin
- If you like Blyton
- Jemima Rooper
- Jennifer Thanisch
- Julian Kirrin
- Laura Petela
- Letters page
- Making Blyton's Food
- Malory Towers
- Marco Williamson
- Marcus Harris
- Michele Galagher
- Monday
- Monthly round up
- Noddy
- Paul Child
- Reading
- Round Up
- Sally Hope
- St Andrews
- St Clare's
- The Adventure Series
- The Barney Mysteries
- The Castle of Adventure
- The Famous Five
- The Five Find-Outers
- The Island of Adventure
- The Marsh of Adventure
- The Missing Papers: A St Andrews Adventure
- The Naughtiest Girl
- The Secret Island
- The Secret Series
- The Secret Seven
- The Valley of Adventure
- Updated Text
- Watching
Blog Stats
- 636,092 hits
Tag Archives: May
May 2020 Round Up
This covers week 5-9 of the lockdown (or weeks 6-10 if, like us, you had a week of isolation on top!). What I have read 14 books this month, making it 73 for the year! If I read a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences
Tagged Doing, May, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
1 Comment
Monday #273
I am hoping this will be the last week of full lockdown here in Scotland and that by next week we will have just a little more freedom. I am so looking forward to being allowed to travel just a … Continue reading
Monday #270
I’ve lost track of what week of lockdown we are in now, but I do know that it’s now May. See I might not always know what day it is but I at least know the months! Locked down library … Continue reading
May 2019 round up
What I have read After taking a bit of a break from the Outlander series in order to read some other things, I’ve gone through two more and I’m now on the eighth book. I’m almost halfway through my hundred … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences
Tagged Doing, May, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
2 Comments
Monday #270
What Would Julian Do? The religion of Julianity and Mr Galliano’s Circus covers through the years “What sauce to call me Jenny Wren at my age!” Miss Wren would say, but her gentle brown eyes would twinkle, and everyone would … Continue reading
Posted in Blog talk
Tagged Jenny Wren, May, Monday, The Family at Red-Roofs, The Hidey-Hole
5 Comments
Monday #269
Letters to Enid volume 4 and Summer Term at Malory Towers The Caravan Family is the first book in what’s sometimes known as the Caravan Family series. In it, Mike Belinda, Ann and Mummy have been living with Granny while … Continue reading
Monday #268
More Blyton search terms and Five on Kirrin Island Again part 2 One of the questions you so often ask me is about my childhood. You are in the middle of yours. You quite naturally want to know what mine … Continue reading
Posted in Blog talk
Tagged Amelia Jane, May, Monday, Naughty Amelia Jane, The Story of My Life
Leave a comment
May 2018 round up
This is rather belated due to the laptop problems I had this month, but better late than never! WHAT FIONA HAS READ Not as good as last month, but not terrible! The Magic Faraway Tree (reviewed here) Mean Girls – … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences
Tagged Doing, May, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
3 Comments
Monday #269
More Blyton Search Terms and A-Z of Philip Mannering’s Pets Location of the week is the Five-Find Outers’ local macaroon shop. Not only is it part of the hub of operations in Peterswood, it also serves the nicest macaroons, lemonade … Continue reading
Posted in Blog talk
Tagged Five on a Treasure Island, Macaroons, May, Monday, The Five Find-Outers
2 Comments
Monday #268
A completely un-confusing guide to names in Blyton’s books And Blyton’s funniest animals “I do love the beginning of the summer hols,’ said Julian. They always seem to stretch out ahead for ages and ages.’ ‘They go so nice and … Continue reading
Posted in Blog talk
Tagged Five Go Off in a Caravan, Malory Towers, May, Monday, Wilhelmina Robinson
Leave a comment
Monday #267
Favourite Blyton pets and Names in Blyton’s books and April round up The baby slept soundly. “Will it want a bottle at ten o’clock?” whispered Peter. “And one early in the morning? Most babies do.” They fell asleep. The … Continue reading
Posted in Blog talk
Tagged May, Monday, The Adventure Series, The Circus of Adventure, The Very Big Secret
Leave a comment
Monday #266
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
May 2017 round up
We are into June now (how?) and so it is time to recap what we have been up to in May. WHAT I READ IN MAY I’ve had a lot going on this month so it hasn’t been a great … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences
Tagged Doing, May, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
2 Comments
Monday #219
I’m back from my holiday now, and back to work as well (but only for five weeks before my maternity leave starts!). And so here is what we are writing about this week:
Monday #218
We’re a blog of part 2s this week as Fiona continues looking at the text changes in The Saucy Jane Family, and I look at the second part of the 70s Famous Five pilot episode. Also a bit of a change … Continue reading
Monday #217
We are going to have another TV-themed week here on the blog:
Monday #216
Monday again and we’ve got a busy week for you here on World of Blyton. It’s a rather themed week this week, with exception of the April round up. Hope you don’t mind!
Monday #215
It’s May now, and I’m not quite sure how that happened! It has been pretty cold the past few weeks here but I’m hoping that will start to change as we creep towards summer. Here’s what we’ve got coming up … Continue reading
Monday post #168
I’m a bit late to do this as we had a BBQ last night and time rather got away from us. Coming up this week anyway:
Monday #177
Once more the weekend is over far too quickly and one again I don’t seem to have done half of what I need to. Anyway I’m off to Scotland for this week, come Wednesday, but don’t fear, I shall be … Continue reading
Fiona
pippastef
worldofblyton
