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Monday #575

Posted on April 15, 2024 by Fiona

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 →

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Rating the Famous Five titles part 2

Posted on April 13, 2024 by Fiona

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 →

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Rating the Famous Five titles

Posted on March 30, 2024 by Fiona

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 →

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Reading the Famous Five to Brodie part 4

Posted on March 20, 2024 by Fiona

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 →

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Reading the Famous Five to Brodie part 3

Posted on March 13, 2024 by Fiona

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 →

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The Famous Five 2020s Style: The Curse of Kirrin Island, part 2

Posted on February 29, 2024 by Fiona

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 →

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The Famous Five 2020s Style: The Curse of Kirrin Island

Posted on February 25, 2024 by Fiona

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 →

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Reading the Famous Five to Brodie, part 2

Posted on February 16, 2024 by Fiona

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 →

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Reading the Famous Five to Brodie

Posted on November 22, 2023 by Fiona

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 →

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Monday #536

Posted on July 17, 2023 by Fiona

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 →

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Famous Five – The Graphic Novels

Posted on June 30, 2023 by Fiona

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 →

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Five Are Together Again part 4

Posted on March 22, 2023 by Fiona

Finally, I have reached the post with the promised nitpicks, of which there are many. Random points This one’s set at Easter, as was Mystery to Solve so it’s a full year later. It makes sense for them to have … Continue reading →

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Five Are Together Again part 3

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Fiona

Between two posts I have managed to cover the bulk of the plot already. I had completely intended for this to be the final part and include the nitpicks but sadly you’ll have to wait until next week for those … Continue reading →

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Five Are Together Again part 2

Posted on March 5, 2023 by Fiona

Last time we had 90 pages of nothingness before the tiniest sniff of a mystery. Things finally kick off After running his mouth off to Mr Wooh Tinker is upset at his telling off from Julian and goes to sleep … Continue reading →

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Five Are Together Again

Posted on February 25, 2023 by Fiona

So here we are – just 4.5 years after beginning the series – with the final book. I’ve always been very open about finding this one the weakest of the series and I’d like to see if I can identify … Continue reading →

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Five Have a Mystery to Solve part 3

Posted on January 27, 2023 by Fiona

In part one I talked about Wilfrid and in part two I talked about how foolish the Five were. Now for part three which will include the nitpicks. George as a boy There are various things to unpick here. Mrs … Continue reading →

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Five Have a Mystery to Solve part 2

Posted on January 11, 2023 by Fiona

Last time I talked a bit about the places and people the story was based on and how annoying I find Wilfrid. Now on to more of the plot (perhaps!) Mistakes and foolish decisions I think the reason this is … Continue reading →

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The Five as you have never seen them before, part 3

Posted on December 14, 2022 by Fiona

I’ve done a couple of posts already, each showing a few illustrations by Eileen Soper which although look like they could be depicting the Five are in fact from other books entirely. So here’s another one! (Soper was quite prolific … Continue reading →

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Five Have a Mystery to Solve

Posted on December 10, 2022 by Fiona

I am now at book 20 of 21! It has only taken a little over four years. But here I am, at the penultimate book, and my second least-favourite of the series. I’m not entirely sure why I think so … Continue reading →

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Five Go to Demon’s Rocks part 4

Posted on October 13, 2022 by Fiona

Phew, my fourth – and hopefully last review for Demon’s Rocks. I’ve never written a 4 part review for a Famous Five book until now and I didn’t really expect it. George as a boy George’s desire to be seen … Continue reading →

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