After reading Abi of Pellinor’s review of one of the Famous Five parodies, I somehow ended up in a secondhand bookstore in Manchester where I saw a copy of Five Go Parenting. Almost immediately, I knew that this would be one of my souvenirs from the trip, especially since my interest in the series was… Read More Book Review: Five Go Parenting by Bruno Vincent
I read A LOT of Enid Blyton when I was a kid, and I definitely meant to capitalise A LOT. Enid Blyton was the reason I: Wanted to go to boarding school Wanted to live on an island/lie on heather (this stopped when I realised I only like nature from a distance) Wanted to eat… Read More Book Review: The Real Enid Blyton by Nadia Cohen
We’re almost one-third of the way through! Today was a fairly good reading day because I decided to bake bread and basically just read while the bread was baking. I find bread to be rather tricky, so I’m glad that this one went well! It’s actually pretty easy to make and I can see myself… Read More March Rereading Madness: Day 9
Hello friends! So on my theoretical ‘I’d like to reread this in March’ list, I have Of Bees and Mist, but I’ve just not been feeling it so instead of starting that book, I have decided to reread… The Famous Five Volume 2! I really like this 3-volume series because they use the same illustrations… Read More March Rereading Madness: Day 8
According to WordPress, this is my 1000th post! The first post appeared in 2014 when I was blogging about my life in Japan (this blog has undergone many changes, including a move from blogger to WordPress). I don’t know if it’s my true 1000th post, but I still thought it would be fun to celebrate… Read More Childhood Favourites: Was Five Run Away Together inspired by the Secret Series?
I finished the Secret Island yesterday, so I continued on and finished the next three books in the series: The Secret of Spiggy Holes, The Secret Mountain, and The Secret of Killimooin. Prince Paul, the fifth member of the party, is introduced in The Secret of Spiggy Holes, and thanks to him, the kids are… Read More Daily Reading: 2nd May//More Enid Blyton + Cranachan
I know this is far below the age-range of books I normally read, but I have a huge soft spot for Enid Blyton (given that she’s one of the main reasons I love reading so much) and when I saw this collection of three books with stories I haven’t read, I just couldn’t resist. These… Read More The Secret of the Lost Necklace by Enid Blyton