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Tag Archives: The Adventure Series
Reading The River of Adventure to Brodie
We read this from October 10th to 24th, 2024 so I’m nearly a year behind in reporting on it! I also didn’t take notes at the time so these are my best recollections. (I’m learning from my mistakes and have … Continue reading
Reading the Circus of Adventure to Brodie
I keep getting further and further behind on these – we read The Circus of Adventure between September 9th and October 9th 2024. At this point I’m not sure how many of his comments I’m going to be able to … Continue reading
Kiki in Lego
I’ve never written a Lego review before. I’ve written plenty of book, magazine, TV and film reviews, but never Lego. But then again, Lego have never made an Enid Blyton set! And they still haven’t, but so far this cockatoo … Continue reading
Reading The Ship of Adventure to Brodie
We read this from the 30th of August to the 19th of September so my memories of conversations are a bit hazier than usual – just one reason why I shouldn’t let myself get so behind on these posts! Anyway, … Continue reading
Reading The Mountain of Adventure to Brodie
I actually got confused today (it really doesn’t take much!) as I was idly trying to work out what part of Mountain we had got to, but couldn’t remember. We’re actually reading Circus at the moment, but as I’ve spent this … Continue reading
Reading the Sea of Adventure to Brodie
I’m a bit behind on these reviews – we’re actually on Ship at the moment. But better late than never, we read Sea from 17 July to to 5 August. Some things never change People accuse Blyton of being repetitive … Continue reading
Reading The Valley of Adventure to Brodie
After we finished Castle he suggested going back to the Famous Five, but changed his mind. He wanted to know if any of the other books on my shelves were adventurous. I suggested Valley, he wanted something different. He asked … Continue reading
Reading The Castle of Adventure to Brodie
We have read 2o of the 21 Famous Five books so far. When Brodie asked for the next one at bedtime I said This is the very last one, ever Immediately he said he wanted to make it last, so … Continue reading
Reading the Adventure Series to Brodie
Having worried (many times over) what we would read when we ran out of Famous Five books, Brodie had heard me suggest the Adventure Series a few times. He had always said no, he wouldn’t like them, only the Famous … Continue reading
Fan fic Friday: Bill and Allie’s Great Adventure chapter 4
In case you missed them: Chapter one Chapter two Chapter three It was a short and simple ceremony, but Bill wasn’t sure he would remember all of it. His hand shook slightly as he guided the ring onto Allie’s finger, … Continue reading
Fan fic Friday: Bill and Allie’s Great Adventure chapter 3
In case you missed them: Chapter one Chapter two Soon it was time for the groom and his best man to head over to the registry office. On Bill’s request, Anatoly had borrowed a slightly more posh service car to … Continue reading
Fan fic Friday: Bill and Allie’s Great Adventure chapter 2
Chapter one went up last week. They had pulled together their wedding day in a few short weeks. Bill had a smart suit already and he had sent Allie into town to buy herself a new dress. Being a second … Continue reading
Fan fic Friday: Cunningham and Petrov: Bill and Allie’s Great Adventure, chapter 1
We have been writing Cunningham and Petrov fiction since 2020, filling in the gaps in the Adventure Series books to show what Bill was getting up to off-page. As he was around for a lot of The Island of Adventure, … Continue reading
The Blyton covers that give away the endings
I have done a lot of posts looking at the cover art for the books. How the styles have changed over time, my favourite covers and the ones I think are terrible. Now for some that give away the ending, … Continue reading
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Tagged Spoilers, The Adventure Series, The Famous Five, The Treasure Hunters
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The Sea of Adventure – TV tie in novel
Last year I read and reviewed the Island of Adventure TV tie in novel, and it was about as dire as I expected. I mean, the source material, the 1990s TV series was pretty terrible so it would have been … Continue reading
The Island of Adventure: the 1980s film
There have been a few adaptations of the Adventure Series over the years, and this is (to my knowledge) the very first. I have already reviewed the 1990 adaptation of The Castle of Adventure with Susan George, Gareth Hunt and … Continue reading
Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Children chapter 31
Last time Bill, Anatoly and Johns spent the night in Merthyr ready for their early morning trip back to the Mountain. Chapter 31 The three men woke early the next morning, breakfasted, and then got in the car for Johns … Continue reading
Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Children chapter 30
Last time Bill, Johns and Anatoly decided to head down to Merthyr Tydfil to stay overnight, and Bill said good bye to Allie and the children. Chapter 30 With Johns in the driving seat, Anatoly had taken a seat in … Continue reading
Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Children chapter 27
Last time Bill and the children rode home to the Evans’ farm victoriously, with their prisoners in tow. Chapter 27 Everyone slept well that night, with the exception of Bill and Johns. Johns remained on watch until the small hours … Continue reading
Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Children chapter 26
Last time the children were reunited with the donkeys, Effans, Trefor and a sheepish David. Chapter 26 Bill was relieved that the children managed not to get themselves lost, kidnapped or otherwise into trouble for what remained of the afternoon. … Continue reading
