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MsLisa
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Remember Enid Blyton?

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Even as a child I found her books boring as hell. I had to force myself to finish read The Fantastic Four or the Fabulous Four or the Adventurous Four, I honestly don't remember what it was. All I do remember was that her description of scenes were nice and that I attempted to finish read it a number of times over the course of months because I had this thing when I was younger that once I started a book I had to finish no matter what....and it was painful. :lol2:
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I LOVED Enid Blyton and still do! I read all of The Famous Five, Secret Seven and Faraway Tree series and will encourage my children to do the same. It was Enid Blyton that inspired a love of reading in me.
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Facennagoss wrote: 24 Jul 2018, 12:46 I LOVED Enid Blyton and still do! I read all of The Famous Five, Secret Seven and Faraway Tree series and will encourage my children to do the same. It was Enid Blyton that inspired a love of reading in me.
:lol2: :lol2: That was the name of the book I read The Famous Five!!!
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Such a good series and timeless as well!
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Eek! I was never a fan of the Famous Five but I lived the life of the Secretary Seven. Remember Adventures on a Mountain, Adventures on an Island...etc..
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Julie Green wrote: 27 Jul 2018, 15:06 Remember Adventures on a Mountain, Adventures on an Island...etc..
I wish I could say I did but the Famous Five scarred me enough. I wanted to venture no further into the very beige world of Enid Blyton.
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I still love Enid Blyton. For me, the best books she wrote were the Six Cousins series; Six Cousins at Mistletoe Farm, and its sequel, Six Cousins Again. They were aimed at older readers and dealt with more serious issues, while still being Blytonesque ;) I enjoy the old school stories (Malory Towers, St Clare's, The Naughtiest Girl) purely for their nostalgia value, but when I read the Cousins books, I actually found myself enjoying them as books in their own right.
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I loved Enids books as a teenager especially the famous five.
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Enid Blyton really inspired my love of reading as a child. I've just bought the Naughtiest Girl in the School for my daughter's bedtime stories. We've just finished all the age-appropriate Roald Dahl books and I wanted to see if she enjoyed this one. She's loving it, but my husband (we alternate nights reading) thinks it is dull. But as long as she is enjoying it, we'll keep going.
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I grew up reading Enid Blyton but only the Famous Five series. At some point I was even obsessed with the tv series.
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I loved Enid Blyton and devoured anything by her! The only thing I found strange about Famous Five was the one girl who preferred to be thought of as a boy! Her books had spunk!
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I loved Enid Blyton - I always wanted to go to boarding school after reading the Mallory Towers books. However, now that I am in my 30s, I realise how sexist and classist they were - I think that they can still be enjoyed, but that parents and teachers will need to put some things into context.
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Oh yes I do! She was my favourite author growing up. I read every single one of the Famous Five and Secret Seven books and they were amazing. Would definitely recommend them to younger readers.
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My dad used to read Enid Blyton books to us at night before bed, so her books have a special place in my heart.
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As a child I read Enid Blyton, Capt W.E.Johns (the Biggles series). Richmal Compton (Just William) and Frank Richards (Billy Bunter). All very much of their time and mostly unavailable to kids these days, due to concerns over the writers' various degrees of sexism, racism and sizeism. Despite their flaws, these books got generations of children reading and gave us countless hours of enjoyment. I'm not sure if kids have the same relationship with books any more, which I think is a bit sad.
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