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Five Have a Wonderful Time

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Fiona

Well, this is embarrassing. My last review in the Famous Five series was Five Go Down to the Sea. That’s book #12. Five Have a Wonderful Time is book #11. I would like to pass this off as me being … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews | Tagged Five Have a Wonderful Time, Jo, The Famous Five | 2 Comments

Lego Blyton: Five on a Hike Together

Posted on July 10, 2020 by Fiona

Not too long ago I shared my Lego builds of Five On a Treasure Island. That was the first one I did, and then I got thinking of what else I could build (however badly) out of Lego bricks… and … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog talk | Tagged Dirty Dick, Five on a Hike Together, Gloomy Water, Lego, Lego Blyton, Maggie, Saucy Jane, The Famous Five, Two Trees | 6 Comments

Five Go Down to the Sea part 3

Posted on July 8, 2020 by Fiona

Well, here we are, finally at the nitpicks I promised. Hope they were worth it! The timeline Warning, this first nitpick is a long one! The timeline of the story in regards to the Barnies’ visit makes no sense to … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews | Tagged Clopper, Five Go Down to the Sea, Mr Penruthlan, The Barnies, The Famous Five, Tremannan Farm, Yan | 5 Comments

Lego Blyton: Five On a Treasure Island

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Fiona

Lego Blyton. Two words that aren’t normally put together! There are Lego sets to go with dozens of movies and TV shows (Star Wars, Harry Potter, The Avengers, Friends, a ton of Disney movies, DC, Indiana Jones, Lord of the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Toys and Games | Tagged Five on a Treasure Island, Kirrin Island, Lego, Lego Blyton, The Famous Five | 4 Comments

Five Go Down to the Sea part 2

Posted on June 17, 2020 by Fiona

I’ve reviewed the main story here, so now it’s time for everyone’s favourite part two, where I viciously dissect the book and point out all the plot holes and mistakes. The illustrations First up, a few points about Eileen Soper’s … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews | Tagged Five Go Down to the Sea, The Famous Five | 9 Comments

Five Go Down to the Sea

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Fiona

We have reached another of my favourites with book #12, this came fourth in my definitive (personal) rankings of the 21 books. [It has just come to my attention two weeks later that I accidentally skipped book #11, Five Have … Continue reading →

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Five on a Hike Together part 2

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Fiona

Last time I left off just as the Julian decides that they are going to visit Two Trees and Gloomy Water to see if they can find Saucy Jane (but avoid Maggie who Knows). The adventure begins We are a … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews | Tagged Dirty Dick, Five on a Hike Together, Gloomy Water, Maggie, Saucy Jane, The Famous Five | 15 Comments

Locked down library book displays

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Fiona

There’s a reasonably long back-story to this, so feel free to scroll straight to the pictures! I’ve sort of lost track of the days and weeks but some time ago in March we had to self-isolate, then my work closed. … Continue reading →

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Posted in General bookishness, Other Authors | Tagged Book displays, Libraries, The Famous Five, The Mystery of the Strange Messages, Thomas the Tank Engine | 6 Comments

Five on a Hike Together

Posted on April 19, 2020 by Fiona

This is one of my favourite Fives, it’s my second favourite after Five Go to Smuggler’s Top, in fact. (I realise I haven’t done a Five review since November, I think I got swept away with other blog ideas!) I … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews | Tagged Dirty Dick, Five on a Hike Together, The Famous Five | 4 Comments

The Five as you have never seen them before, part 2

Posted on March 11, 2020 by Fiona

Recently I posted some illustrations by Eileen Soper that look like members of the Famous Five but are actually from short stories. Here are some more, this time from the Hodder Story Books (Happy, Merry and so on). Anne and … Continue reading →

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Posted in Illustrations and artwork | Tagged Eileen Soper, Hodder Story Books, The Famous Five | 2 Comments

The Five as you have never seen them before

Posted on February 21, 2020 by Fiona

Eileen Soper’s Five are the real Five to me. I grew up seeing her illustrations in lots of my Famous Five books and although I also had some Betty Maxey books too, I always picture Julian, Dick, Anne, George and … Continue reading →

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Posted in Illustrations and artwork | Tagged Eileen Soper, Hodder Colour Story Books, The Blue Story Book, The Famous Five, The Green Story Book, The Red Story Book | 1 Comment

Blyton by others: A guide to prequels, sequels and continuations

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Fiona

While writing a guide to our recommended authors if you like Blyton, I had jotted down some other names. These names were of people who had written books featuring Blyton’s own characters, and in the end I decided that these … Continue reading →

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Posted in Other Authors, Reading Recommendations | Tagged Anne Digby, Bruno Vincent, Claude Voilier, Malory Towers, Noddy, Pamela Butchart, Pamela Cox, Sophie Smallwood, St Clare's, Sue Welford, The Adventures with George and Timmy, The Adventurous Four, The Famous Five, The Faraway Tree, The Naughtiest Girl, The Secret Seven, The Wishing Chair | 3 Comments

Monday #352 – the last of the year!

Posted on December 30, 2019 by Fiona

This is the last post of the year and of the decade! You may be pleased to know that’s the end to the Christmas quotes in the Monday posts but I think I’ll move on to wintry ones as having … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog talk | Tagged December, Five Get Into a Fix, Monday, The Barney Mysteries, The Famous Five, The Rat-a-Tat Mystery | 2 Comments

Five Fall Into Adventure part 2

Posted on December 20, 2019 by Fiona

Following on from part one of my review now it’s time to see what happens now that the three plus Jo are hunting for George. Delaying tactics Jo being taken off by Jake means that the other three get lost … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews | Tagged Five Fall Into Adventure, Jo, The Famous Five | 1 Comment

Five Fall Into Adventure

Posted on November 29, 2019 by Fiona

This is the ninth book in the series, so I’m almost half-way with my reviews. Just as a random point – I always confuse this title with Five Go Adventuring Again. It doesn’t hep that they are two of the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews | Tagged Five Fall Into Adventure, Jo, The Famous Five | 9 Comments

Five Get Into Trouble

Posted on October 11, 2019 by Fiona

It has been ages since my last Famous Five review. Three months, in fact! I had almost forgotten I had been doing them. But here I am with book number eight. So far only books one and two have been … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews | Tagged Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Five Get Into Trouble, Richard Kent, Roald Dahl, The Famous Five | 6 Comments

The Famous Five the Musical: Smuggler’s Gold

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Fiona

I had watched this musical once before, at Stef’s house, but I’d forgotten just about everything about it including the plot, songs and characters. We watched it at my house this time as I got it on DVD for my … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blyton on TV | Tagged John Lee, Musicals, Smuggler's Gold, The Famous Five, The Famous Five the Musical: Smuggler's Gold | 4 Comments

Five Go off to Camp part 2

Posted on June 14, 2019 by Fiona

Last time I wrote a lot about Mr Luffy and the Andrews/Robbins family, and very little about the actual storyline or adventure. Let me remedy that now! The big adventure Now I’ve just read the book in the past week … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews | Tagged Five Go Off to Camp, George Kirrin, Spook Trains, The Famous Five | 4 Comments

Five Go Off to Camp

Posted on June 8, 2019 by Fiona

This is the seventh book in the series, a series which was only meant to run for six books! Children loved the Famous Five so much, however, that Blyton wrote another six. And another six. And then a final three. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews | Tagged Five Go Off to Camp, Jock, Mr Luffy, Spook Trains, The Famous Five | 1 Comment

Five on Kirrin Island Again part 2

Posted on May 10, 2019 by Fiona

I didn’t mention the Curtons at all in part one of my review, very remiss of me! The Curtons Martin and his father are staying in a cottage belonging to the coastguard. Martin, as seen through the eyes of the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews | Tagged Five on Kirrin Island Again, The Famous Five | 8 Comments

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