There are some excellent reviews of the first seven FF books on the Society's book listing pages.
Terry Gustafson writes a very clever, humorous review of each story, without giving too much of the plot away, and certainly doesn't reveal the ending.
He says that he learnt what an ingot was, from Treasure Island. He recounts the dread from a name - Block. I can remember both of these with exactly the same wonder.
I look forward to reading more, Terry.
Famous Five Reviews
Famous Five Reviews
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[Moonraker:] "He says that he learnt what an ingot was, from Treasure Island."
Same here. I also learnt the words "ornithologist," "coleopterist," "stentorian" and "alibi" from Enid Blyton.
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Same here. I also learnt the words "ornithologist," "coleopterist," "stentorian" and "alibi" from Enid Blyton.
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"Heyho for a starry night and a heathery bed!" - Jack, The Secret Island.
"There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books."
- E. Nesbit, The Wonderful Garden.
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"There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books."
- E. Nesbit, The Wonderful Garden.
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I've just read Terry Gustafson's Famous Five reviews and thought they were marvellous, with lots of little digressions and personal touches which made me think and made me chuckle.
Like Moonraker, I look forward to reading more!
"Cataract," as used in The River of Adventure, was another word Enid Blyton taught me.
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Like Moonraker, I look forward to reading more!
"Cataract," as used in The River of Adventure, was another word Enid Blyton taught me.
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"Heyho for a starry night and a heathery bed!" - Jack, The Secret Island.
"There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books."
- E. Nesbit, The Wonderful Garden.
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"There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books."
- E. Nesbit, The Wonderful Garden.
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That's where I learnt the difference too, and when I re-read the FF book it is in recently (Five go to Billycock Hill IIRC), I chuckled to myself as I still say it to myself when I see them - something along the lines of stalactites hold tight to the roof and stalagmites might one day reach up to touch them.lizarfau wrote:Agrees with above comments! I also learnt the difference between stalagmites and stalactites from Blyton!
I learnt a huge amount from her books, thinking back.
Procrastinate now, don't put it off.
I never learnt anything, I was just too eager to get a move on with the mystery, no time to look up anything in the dictionary. I just raced past those words I never understood.
Now as I am re reading them, I am taking time, to actually enjoy the mystery, and to savour it, and not rush it to the end, like I used to do.
Now as I am re reading them, I am taking time, to actually enjoy the mystery, and to savour it, and not rush it to the end, like I used to do.
There is always something else new to learn.