What Enid Blyton book are you reading right NOW!

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Francis wrote:I have never seen that version, John - quite a nice cover.
Rob...but I answer to anything!! ;-)
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I agree its a nice cover. I loved it as a child. Many of the Armada covers of the day were similarly good. I especially liked the one for 'Castle' -
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Francis wrote:I have never seen that version, John - quite a nice cover.
It's been my avatar for the past ten years. :lol:
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Lucky Star wrote:
Francis wrote:I have never seen that version, John - quite a nice cover.
It's been my avatar for the past ten years. :lol:
True!! Maybe he was talking to you and not me John...I get confused easily! Anyway - its a great cover!
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Moonraker wrote:I am about to start reading House at the Corner. I haven't read this for many years.
I have noticed a couple of names/similarities from Enid's life - Rivers-End (Bourne End) and a miserable gardener, Mr Tapp - Tapping/Tupping?
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Rob Houghton wrote:
Lucky Star wrote:
Francis wrote:I have never seen that version, John - quite a nice cover.
It's been my avatar for the past ten years. :lol:

True!! Maybe he was talking to you and not me John...I get confused easily! Anyway - its a great cover!
I meant Rob, I think, but I'm never sure who is what - unless I've been married to them for 40 years and even then................ !
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Moonraker wrote:
Moonraker wrote:I am about to start reading House at the Corner. I haven't read this for many years.
I have noticed a couple of names/similarities from Enid's life - River-End (Bourne End) and a miserable gardener, Mr Tapp - Tapping/Tupping?
Ah yes - I remember thinking the same about Rivers-End. I'd completely forgotten about Tapp though! It's an interesting book as there are elements of the young Enid Blyton in Elizabeth Farrell. Aunt Grace is a particularly well-drawn character - rather daunting on the surface but vulnerable in some ways.
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Rob Houghton wrote:The first Adventure book I ever read was 'Valley' - a school library book, as I said earlier - this paperback copy -
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I like that one. I can't quite remember the copy our library had, I think it was this one

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Shows how your mind plays tricks on you, I though it was more exciting than that at the time! :P
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Five On A Secret Trail - Betty Maxey edition.

I'm rather enjoying it.Anne almost gets her way at the beginning of this book and has a holiday 'without any adventures' - for a short time!

Julian and Dick are away in France - just how many times did they go,does anybody recall?
Can't remember if I guessed the twins angle to the sightings of the strange boy - knowing me I probably didn't!
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One of the twins -many of Betty Maxey's characters look very similar to this chap! Wonder if he was based on someone from real life?


Question: Why didn't George take Tim to Kirrin Island for privacy and seclusion when he was being laughed at for wearing a protective collar???
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Rrrrrruff!!!

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One of the twins in consoled by Ju - what time is it by Julian's watch - Maxey leaves us hanging!

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Anne doing what she does best - a caring homemaker with a gentle touch!

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The twins make their peace...



It's just the ending of this book that has always confused me - but maybe now at the ripe old age of 49 it will suddenly all make sense!!

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This book's secret passages and underground streams and blueprints leave me a little flummoxed!!

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Fortunately,it all ends well....
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pete9012S wrote: Image
Rrrrrruff!!!
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pete9012S wrote: Image
One of the twins in consoled by Ju - what time is it by Julian's watch - Maxey leaves us hanging!
She's left readers free to draw in their own preferred time when they colour the picture! :wink:
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I have just bought a three-in-one book. The Secret of Cliff Castle, Smuggler Ben and The Boy who Wanted a Dog, so have just started the first story.
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Sounds good, Pauline. We've just had a Readathon on Smuggler Ben and The Secret of Cliff Castle so feel free to add your own observations if you like. I wouldn't read the thread (link below) until you've finished both those books though as it's full of spoilers:

http://www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk/foru ... f=4&t=7557" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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pete9012S wrote:

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One of the twins in consoled by Ju - what time is it by Julian's watch - Maxey leaves us hanging!

It's just the ending of this book that has always confused me - but maybe now at the ripe old age of 49 it will suddenly all make sense!!

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This book's secret passages and underground streams and blueprints leave me a little flummoxed!!

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Fortunately,it all ends well....
The drawings leave me a little flummoxed, the inclusion of slightly too many lines makes some of them look rather peculiar!

Julian's watch strap has the line in just the wrong place,it looks like that hand is reaching through him somehow and the poor chap's other arm looks like it's been attached backwards :shock: . The one stood on the floor seems to be missing a leg and the dog appears to have a central front leg :mrgreen: .
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Can't argue with any of those succinct artistic observations in the illustration that features Julian's watch. :D


In Betty's defense,her artistic depictions of the two or three Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax in the very same illustration must surely be leaving everyone stunned by her mastery and sheer insouciance in her chosen craft...
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Now now, Pete, they could only be Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax if Kirrin Cottage (near where the action of Secret Trail is set) is located in the extreme west of Cornwall, Wales, Scotland or Ireland. I'm sure Betty Maxey would have known that. :wink:
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