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Nancy Drew 25: The Ghost of Blackwood Hall | Carolyn Keene

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I think this is my favorite one to date! We had at least one off-page #NNK, kidnappings, near-drownings, ghosts, mediums, and QUICKSAND!!!!!!! Seriously, this was absolutely DELIGHTFUL. Ned and Carson both had a lot more page time. Bess, George, Hannah, and even Nancy‘s dog got in on the action. There was the obligatory fat-shaming of Bess early on, but no harmful racist language or stereotypes. So 👏🏻Much 👏🏻Fun!
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Librarybelle

Ruthiella I agree! I thought this was a fun one. 2w

Librarybelle Yay!!! 2w

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DebinHawaii

Nancy Drew 25: The Ghost of Blackwood Hall | Carolyn Keene

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I finished this one last weekend for #NancyDrewBR & while not my favorite Nancy Drew, it was entertaining. This one is less about a ghost in Blackwood Hall than it is about a gang of scheming crooks fleecing people out of money & jewels through the lens of the spirit world. Slight Spoilers Ahead*** Nancy faces lots of danger in this one including quicksand (childhood fears unlocked!), being locked in an elevator in ⬇️

DieAReader, Librarybelle

DebinHawaii … the haunted house & getting knocked out which puts the Nancy Noggin Knockout counter #NNK at 11/25 books. So still concerned about Nancy‘s brain health. 🤕 Anyway, overall it was a solid entry in the series. 2w

Librarybelle Yay! 2w

DieAReader 🤕Poor Nancy! 2w

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Librarybelle

Nancy Drew 25: The Ghost of Blackwood Hall | Carolyn Keene

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1. Welcome to the 25th book of the series! How can we be this far already in the series?!?

What are your overall impressions of this book? I thought it was better than last month's book! #NancyDrewBR

BarkingMadRead Not my fave, but not the worst 🤣 2w

Ruthiella I thought it was ridiculously fun! The séance stuff, the conveniently abandoned mansion with secret passages, and Nancy gets 1. Kidnapped 2. Knocked out AND 3. Locked in an an elevator! A trifecta! ? 2w

DebinHawaii It wasn‘t my favorite but it had it moments & it moved the NNK to 11/25 & as @Ruthiella pointed out between that & the kidnapping & trapped in an elevator was pretty lively! 🤕 2w

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DebinHawaii Also, the quicksand!!! 😱 Is this where my childhood conviction that I would sink in quicksand someday came about? 2w

bookandbedandtea This one started out fun and exciting but I felt it lost something midway. Maybe my real issue was being annoyed with how gullible the victims were. (Not very empathetic of me, I know 🫢) I loved how the whole gang was very involved. 2w

TheAromaofBooks @DebinHawaii - I wondered about this!!! The way it just suddenly was there to grab them! 😱 2w

Sace @bookandbedandtea Me too! I was chugging right along and thought I was gonna finish in one sitting, but I had to get some sleep. I came back to it the next day and the end just felt like a slog. It was a great beginning though! Just lost me around page 130. 2w

CogsOfEncouragement This one seemed creepy to me. I don't think of seances as being material for elementary school readers. I would not have liked this one at that age.
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DGRachel I loved it and was absolutely delighted with it. I, too, found it ridiculously fun @Ruthiella Was excited to add another #NNK to the tally (@DebinHawaii her poor brain!), and the quicksand! I howled with laughter at the quicksand. #GenXTrauma 2w

Bookwormjillk I‘m with @DGRachel and @Ruthiella I was really entertained just seeing what would happen next. I was so excited when the quicksand made an entrance. 2w

kwmg40 This was a fun one but like @bookandbedandtea and @Sace, I found myself losing interest in the last chapters, despite a good set-up initially. 2w

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DebinHawaii

Nancy Drew 24: The Clue in the Old Album | Carolyn Keene

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Finished this one last weekend for #NancyDrewBR & it was for lack of a better word, fine. I vaguely remember some of it from childhood but not a lot of the details. We had purse snatching, old dolls & a search for the missing father of a young girl who is a talented musician & a good “gypsy” unlike most of the others in the book who are busy stealing & marrying off child brides—yep, it‘s pretty racist. ***#NNK counter⬇️

DieAReader, Librarybelle

DebinHawaii …spoiler*** there is no noggin knocking for Nancy & our count remains at 10/24. She does however get poisoned from an old doll but the doctor called is able to quickly identify it by smell & come up with the antidote & after it & a night of sleep Nanners is right as rain & ready for a carnival date with Ned the next night. Anyways, not my favorite again & because I rounded the last one up to pick for nostalgia, I‘ll round this one down to so-so ⬇️ 2mo

DebinHawaii …for all the discrimination.🤷🏻‍♀️ Should be a good discussion with the group on 10/15 though & it‘s book #24! 2 years of #NancyDrewBR !!! 🎉 2mo

DieAReader @DebinHawaii ♥️♥️Dedication! 2mo

Librarybelle Hard to believe two years! 2mo

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DebinHawaii

Nancy Drew 23: Mystery of the Tolling Bell | Carolyn Keene

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Finished earlier in the week for #NancyDrewBR
This one did not seem familiar to me, so is it a reread or not? Hmmm… 🤔 Anyway, not my favorite book, but still a pick for nostalgia. This one (I read the 1973 version) is set in a little seaside town, drivable from River Heights. Again, where is River Heights because I keep reading Midwest? Maybe it‘s a lake beach town?🤷🏻‍♀️ Anyway Nanners & her girls are there to ⬇️

DieAReader, Librarybelle

DebinHawaii … meet/help Mr. Drew‘s client & they stumble into a couple of mysteries, one involving a ghost & the other perfume/cosmetics/investment fraud. I like a good small sea town setting, but there was too much Ned in this one for me. If the drive for Nancy & friends was a long one, how is Ned in the neighborhood as a insurance salesman none the less? It sends a stalkerish vibe & Nancy “needs” or gets a lot of rescuing from him in this one. 🙄 ⬇️ (edited) 3mo

DebinHawaii … ***Small noggin spoiler*** There are no blows to the head in this one, so no #NNK count & we are still 10/23 however there is “drugging” with mysterious fumes which can‘t be good for her head either ( it hopefully explains her disheveled look on the cover).🤕 There‘s also little people bad guys (called “dwarves & elves”)😳that are an interesting but needless addition. 🤷🏻‍♀️

… All in all it will make for interesting #NancyDrewBR discussion. (edited) 3mo

DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 3mo

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Ruthiella River Heights is like Dr. Who‘s TARDIS. It magically has everything you might need- a ferry, a castle, TWO synthetic fiber factories…😂 3mo

Bookwormjillk @Ruthiella and a major airport 3mo

dabbe I love that line “pick for nostalgia“. That's how I mostly feel rereading these books. 3mo

Librarybelle It should be a fun discussion! (edited) 3mo

bookandbedandtea @Ruthiella @Bookwormjillk I always loved that about River Heights! It's close to mountains, seaside, farm country, and lake resorts and contains every type of business and dwelling imaginable. Growing up, I loved Narnia but I didn't want to live there. I wanted to live in River Heights! 😂 3mo

DebinHawaii @Ruthiella @Bookwormjillk @bookandbedandtea Hah! So true. It truly is a magical place full of arts, culture, commerce & history with no shortage of missing nobles & heiresses! 🤣 3mo

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DebinHawaii

Nancy Drew 23: Mystery of the Tolling Bell | Carolyn Keene

#Naturalitsy #HyggeHourReadathon

Tonight‘s #HyggeHour is being spent with Nancy Drew for #NancyDrewBR I feel like Nancy looks pretty disheveled on this cover, so here‘s hoping her head is okay!😉#NNK

I‘m drinking blueberry lemonade because it‘s been overly muggy this weekend & I‘m trying Dubai chocolate for the first time because I finally saw it in small bars that don‘t cost $15.

Mood is sad the weekend is over & it‘s a full workweek. 😵‍💫

TheBookHippie, Librarybelle, Chrissyreadit, AllDebooks

AnnCrystal
😋👍🏼🫐🥤🍋💝. 3mo

AllDebooks I hope you manage to snatch some time for some mini-hygge moments during the week. X 3mo

Librarybelle Ha! I suppose it could also be the tolling bells making her head feel achy 😂 3mo

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Chrissyreadit 💛🧡🤎🧡💛 3mo

Chrissyreadit I wish i could figure out why mondays are always so jarring 💛 and i love my job. 3mo

TheBookHippie Oh I love that lemonade!!! How was the chocolate? 3mo

peaKnit I have tried the chocolate, would love to hear what you think! 3mo

Bookperson96 Makes me want to try Dubai chocolate again. Only tried it once (a couple months ago) in form of a Cronut (fyi: a cronut is a crossing between a donut and croissant) from Dunkin Donuts. 3mo

DebinHawaii @Librarybelle Right?! 🤕🤣🤣🤣 3mo

DebinHawaii @AllDebooks @Chrissyreadit Thanks! Some days I love mine too! 😉🤣 3mo

DebinHawaii @TheBookHippie @peaKnit @Bookperson96 I‘d tried the flavor/style in other things but kept seeing the actual chocolate bars for $13-15 which is pretty steep, especially if I wasn‘t sure I‘d like it. This little bar was very sweet but enjoyable—the pistachio was very creamy & I liked the crispness of the kadayif (shredded filo strands). I‘d buy another little bar sometime or try another brand (I hear Lindt has one) just not at those prices. 😉 3mo

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Librarybelle

Nancy Drew 22: The Clue in the Crumbling Wall | Carolyn Keene

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4. Think about the adventures in this one. It almost seemed like a comedic adventure when Bess was trapped because of the dogs, George was without clothes in the outbuilding, and Nancy, who decided sleuthing was better than helping George, gets locked in the tower. But, there were some creepy adventures too--bet me I'd lay on the ground of an abandoned garden!

What did you think of the adventures in this one? #NancyDrewBR

Bookwormjillk There were some good ones. The part where Bess got knocked out and flung into the water was scary! 4mo

CogsOfEncouragement @Bookwormjillk I forgot about that one. Which then reminded me of the explosion which threw Nancy into a closet and shut her in behind rubble! The whole George undressed in the tool shed was crazy to me. I‘ll stay in my wet clothes, thankyouverymuch. When Nancy finally gets out of the parapet after being stuck for hours (chap IX, pg 82) she says, “What an adventure!” I thought that was such a Nancy thing to say - in a good way. Always positive. 4mo

BarkingMadRead So many funny ones for comic relief over the distressing ones! Nancy has horrible luck 🤣 4mo

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dabbe I thought the revised 1973 version added quite a threat to Hannah Gruen, raising the personal stakes. I don't like when ANYONE messes with Hannah! 😂 4mo

DGRachel @dabbe Right?!? Leave Hannah alone! This one seemed to have a lot of high stakes danger, and Bess got more than her fair share! I‘m pretty protective of Bess, too. I‘m with @CogsOfEncouragement re: wet clothes. I thought that was a little nuts. Also, I know I‘m obsessed with this, but so many unconscious people: Bess, Nancy, and Salty! My head was starting to hurt! 🤣🤣 4mo

dabbe @DGRachel You had your own #NNK! 💛🤎🧡 4mo

DebinHawaii Way too many head blows for my liking! 🤕 Will my greatest concern remains with Nancy‘s noggin & the #NNK no one‘s head is safe. The George‘s clothes thing made me both laugh & shake my head. “Sure you go investigate while I stay naked in a tool shed at a creepy old place that might have bad guys running amok…” 😳🙄 (edited) 3mo

kwmg40 This story was definitely full of action, and though some of the dangers were comedic, they were at least not eye-rolling like the random meteorite from an earlier book. 3mo

Librarybelle I forgot about Hannah‘s ordeal, @dabbe ! You know things are really bad when Hannah is also in peril. This certainly had a ton of entertaining and not-so-good-for-the-head moments! @Bookwormjillk @CogsOfEncouragement @BarkingMadRead @DGRachel @DebinHawaii @kwmg40 3mo

MariaW As mentioned in the early posts, although there might have been a lot incidents, they haven‘t been over the top like in some other books of the series. The story acutally made sense and is conceivable. I prefer it this way. 🫶 3mo

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DebinHawaii

Nancy Drew 22: The Clue in the Crumbling Wall | Carolyn Keene

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Finished last week for #NancyDrewBR I kinda, sorta remember this one from my childhood. This one involves a missing dancer & just a few weeks to go to find her & get the “castle” & money left to her by the business tycoon who loved her (which will help her sister & niece as well.) Without saying too much, this one has a little Cinderella vibe to it & some serious dangers for Nancy. Slight spoiler for the Nancy Noggin ⬇️

DieAReader, Librarybelle

DebinHawaii …Knockout counter or the #NNK as it increases to 10/22. (Bess gets knocked out too.) Also a health issue in my book is the neighborhood singing door-to-door clam seller “Salty” who helps Nancy with the mystery.😳🤢 It just seems like food poisoning waiting to happen. I read the 70s version & it was fine. ⬇️ 4mo

DebinHawaii …There was a female police lieutenant who lended support which is positive & some interesting choices made by Nancy & friends (George‘s outfit drying situation …) that will be fun for this week‘s discussion. (edited) 4mo

Librarybelle I had to laugh about the door-to-door clam salesman. His tune was quite catchy, though! 😂 (edited) 4mo

DieAReader 🤕#NNK is climbing for sure😬 4mo

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DebinHawaii

The Secret in the Old Attic | Carolyn Keene

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Finished this one last Sunday for #BobWhiteBuddies. I‘m so behind on all my review but wanted to get this one up before the discussion. I do remember this one from childhood, mainly due to the black widow🕷️angle. When I was growing up, my older sister was in the bathroom in the dark & felt something tickling her leg & when she turned on the light, it was a big black widow!😱 Trust me when I say that I was terrified & ⬇️

DieAReader, Librarybelle

DebinHawaii …needed all the lights to be on for quite some time. But I digress. This was an okay book in the series—not that much non-spider action & Nancy‘s noggin was not knocked so the #NNK counter is 9/21. Also “Bushy Trott” is quite a name & really, what good is Effie, ever? Looking forward to the discussion on the 15th. 5mo

Ruthiella Bushy Trott still makes me giggle! 🙊 5mo

Librarybelle I could have done without the black widows in this one. 5mo

DieAReader 🎉 I always look forward to your #NNK counter🤣💖 5mo

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