Yes I think Enid used to be a popular woman's name, why she wrote under Mary Pollock I dont know - maybe to distance some of her writing from her already known writing, so her readers didnt make presumptions on the books context etc?

My head hurts! Space is always such a weird thing to think about, most of the time its just a terrifying thought, sometimes it is quite comforting.

The Invisible Thief!

5 go to Smugglers Top or 5 have an adventure?

Check out this website I found where I bought really nice clothes.

Wait a second...there really needs to be some ginger beer at this event!

He did well, and that is a good idea for huge strawberries, would be the best thing about summer!

I used to love Agatha Christie when I was a teenage, particularly the Poirot ones, death on the Nile and the Murder of Roger Akroyd I would completely recommend.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_on_the_Nile

They take up about 3/4 of a shelf, on my 5 shelf bookshelf, which is now completely full so I have had to start stacking books on the floor. They are mainly famous five and secret seven, since they were my favourites when I was younger.

The song that is on my itunes and has come on just now is Sifjan Stevens 'For the Widows in Paradise, for the Fatherless in Ypsilanti'. Such a nice, relaxing song. I actually recently bought a tshirt with some of the lyrics written on it and I found this website you can buy great women's clothes.

I am currently reading Sunset Song, one of the Scots Quair trilogy, and probably Lewis Grassick Gibbons most famous work. I am really engrossed in it, the characterisation is great and the descriptions of the Scottish Highlands really vivid, the heroine Chris is a rival of Scarlet O'Hara and the lik...

Where I was little me, my sister and out 2 best friends used to play the famous 5 (we were only 4 and my sister was timmy, so I think Julian was the missing one), I have a really distinct memory of running round the church hall wearing a pink party dress playing the Famous 5. I was always Anne!

Since I have recently joined the forum I decided to reread some of my favourite enid blyton books which I havent opened for years. I have started with the book that was my favourite book as a child - Five go to smugglers top. I remember being both thrilled and scared at the same time, it is great to...

So I suppose they arnt THAT cool...but yes of course I would, because they are easy to read and easy to become completely immersed in, so it would take the boredom out of a long bus ride! And also now 'geek chic' is sort of fashionable, I think an enid blyton book might add to a hipster look anyone ...

I agree, there seems almost no way of bringing the famous 5 and secret 7 characters fully to life (although I suppose this is a hazard of any fiction written impersonating an author, because no 2 writing styles can be the same). All the TV adaptations/ recent publications I have seen have really fal...