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Tag Archives: The Famous Five
Famous Five 90s Style – Our live reactions to Five on a Treasure Island part two
Welcome to part two of our opinions on pullovers, parenting and picnics. [While Uncle Quentin naps in his chair Julian sneaks into the study and knocks over a stack of books] Fiona: You’re supposed to be finishing a book in … Continue reading
Famous Five 90s Style – Our live reactions to Five on a Treasure Island part one
To cheer ourselves up after enduring Peril on the Night Train Stef and I decided to watch some of the 90s Famous Five and started, naturally with Five on a Treasure Island. I don’t know if you’ll be able to … Continue reading
Posted in Blyton on TV
Tagged 90s Famous Five TV Series, Five on a Treasure Island, The Famous Five
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Famous Five 2020s Style: Peril on the Night Train
Last time Stef came to visit me we subjected ourselves to the first episode of the new Famous Five series. That was over a year ago and neither of us had watched any more – until Stef came back up … Continue reading
Monday #676
No (other) posts this week as Stef is visiting me. We have just watched Peril on the Night Train (the second episode of the new Famous Five series, not that it sounds like it) together though, so look out for … Continue reading
Maps in books
Having shared the map Eileen Soper drew of her own garden in a recent post I made the same comment again – about how much I love a map in a book. That got me thinking that I should then … Continue reading
Famous Five and the Forgotten Treasure part 2
Last time I ran out of time to finish the review let alone scan any of the illustrations or the map, but hopefully I can put that right this time. Last time I got a far as the Five having … Continue reading
Monday #629
As I write this the sun is beaming down, so I’m hoping to get this done quickly so I can head out into the garden to enjoy it, once I’ve hung the washing out of course. We’ve been having a … Continue reading
Five Go to Smuggler’s Top: The graphic novel
So far we’ve had two decent adaptations and one pretty poor one. Which way will this one go? Sacrilege from page one What could be worse, I ask you, than an adaptation of Five Go Adventuring Again that takes place … Continue reading
Reading the Famous Five to Brodie part 8
After our brief detour to the Adventure series we returned to back to back Famous Five. (There have only been about 20 days where I have not read an Enid Blyton book this year and most of them are the … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews
Tagged Five Get Into a Fix, Five Go to Billycock Hill, The Famous Five
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Monday #575
Apart from going to work I have barely left the house in the past weeks due to a certain spotty little boy. We did get out at the weekend for a walk in the woods, though, where we experienced sun, … Continue reading
Rating the Famous Five titles part 2
Continuing now with the remaining half of the books. Part one can be found here. Five Have a Wonderful Time Again, this could literally apply to all 21 books – probably why it is one of the titles I always … Continue reading
Rating the Famous Five titles
A recent comment on the blog has inadvertently inspired this post. A regular reader pointed out that I had written Five Have a Wonderful Time when I actually meant Five Fall Into Adventure. It wasn’t that I had confused the … Continue reading
Reading the Famous Five to Brodie part 4
While in real-time we are on to Five on a Secret Trail, in blog-time it’s time for what Brodie said about books 6 & 7. Five on Kirrin Island Again We went straight onto this book the night after finishing … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews
Tagged Five Go Off to Camp, Five on Kirrin Island Again, The Famous Five
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Reading the Famous Five to Brodie part 3
Part one covered Five On a Treasure Island, and then part two was Five Go Adventuring Again and Five Run Away Together. Five Go to Smuggler’s Top This is, of course, my absolute favourite so I was really really hoping … Continue reading
Posted in Blog talk
Tagged Five Go Off in a Caravan, Five Go to Smuggler's Top, The Famous Five
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The Famous Five 2020s Style: The Curse of Kirrin Island, part 2
Last week I posted a transcript of the conversation Stef and I had as we watched this for the first time. It was pretty lengthy so I kept back Stef’s more in-depth thoughts and will post them here along with … Continue reading
The Famous Five 2020s Style: The Curse of Kirrin Island
Stef was up visiting me so we thought we’d subject ourselves to the new Famous Five adaptation. Neither of us had seen it before. This would probably have made an interesting livestream but as neither of us have had any … Continue reading
Reading the Famous Five to Brodie, part 2
I have written one post already with some of Brodie’s comments on Five on a Treasure Island (and his love of the series in general). We are all the way up to Mystery Moor now, and I find him making … Continue reading
Reading the Famous Five to Brodie
As I’ve mentioned a few times, I’ve started reading the Famous Five to Brodie. Initially, I wasn’t certain if it would be a success or not. He has often protested about starting or continuing a chapter books, wanting to read … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, Personal Experiences
Tagged Five on a Treasure Island, The Famous Five
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Monday #536
I was away on holiday last week – hence the lack of posting. I saw a LOT of puffins but sadly they were all on mugs, postcards, cushions and so on. I managed to refrain from buying any of them, … Continue reading
Famous Five – The Graphic Novels
This was going to be a review of a single graphic novel, but I started explaining about the two that were published in English, and found there were more in French, not to mention the German translations… So the review … Continue reading
Posted in Blog talk
Tagged Béja, De Vijf, Dutch, French, Funf Freunde, German, Graphic novels, Le Club des Cinq, Nataël, Os Cinco, Portuguese, The Famous Five
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