"A Very English Scandal" sounds good. Hugh Grant playing a would be murderer sounds fun. I've only seen him as a helpless floppy-haired romantic. I had a shock reading the blurb - Ben Wishaw is 37! When did that happen?
"Blyton is the antidote to over-protective parents - which is kind of ironic, given that the children in her books spend most of their lives a: talking to strangers, and b: getting kidnapped. But there you go."
Enid Blyton's books are fun. Parents are definitely unnecessary in her world. Think of all those adventures tht couldn't have happened if the parents had been in the vicinity. Did you ever read the "R" Mystery series? "The Ring o' Bells Mystery" etc. They were really good. I haven't read "The Adventure Of The Strange Ruby". Was it a standalone? I'll have to give it a go.
Re: Fantasy series. The Belgariad by David Eddings is 5 books long and probably 900 pages each but it's the best one I've read. It inevitably drags in a few places but it's very well worth reading.
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Date: 2018-06-19 11:34 (UTC)"Blyton is the antidote to over-protective parents - which is kind of ironic, given that the children in her books spend most of their lives a: talking to strangers, and b: getting kidnapped. But there you go."
Enid Blyton's books are fun. Parents are definitely unnecessary in her world. Think of all those adventures tht couldn't have happened if the parents had been in the vicinity. Did you ever read the "R" Mystery series? "The Ring o' Bells Mystery" etc. They were really good. I haven't read "The Adventure Of The Strange Ruby". Was it a standalone? I'll have to give it a go.
Re: Fantasy series. The Belgariad by David Eddings is 5 books long and probably 900 pages each but it's the best one I've read. It inevitably drags in a few places but it's very well worth reading.