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Nancy Drew 26: The Clue of the Leaning Chimney | Carolyn Keene

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We‘re going to become pottery experts thanks to next month‘s #NancyDrewBR !

Discussion on December 15th. All are welcome to join. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the tag list.

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This was a fun installment, with seances, a spooky mansion and swindlers.
#NancyDrewBR @Librarybelle
#ChristmasCrimeChallenge (famous lead detective) @Ruthiella @RaeLovesToRead

Ruthiella I thought this was a fun one too! Nice work! 🎄🔪💀🎅🏻 (edited) 4h

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Librarybelle

Nancy Drew 26: The Clue of the Leaning Chimney | Carolyn Keene

We‘re going to become pottery experts thanks to next month‘s #NancyDrewBR !

Discussion on December 15th. All are welcome to join. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the tag list.

rubyslippersreads, DebinHawaii, DGRachel, BarkingMadRead, Jennifer3, kspenmoll, PurpleyPumpkin, JenlovesJT47, MariaW, CogsOfEncouragement, AnneCecilie, Born.A.Reader, Bookwormjillk, Read4life, StayCurious, bookandbedandtea, Laughterhp, Sace, Bren912, kwmg40, CSeydel, MuddyPuddle, Ruthiella, dabbe, Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures, Enchanted_Bibliophile, Allylu, TheAromaofBooks, Charityann, Roary47, KristiAhlers, peanutnine, PageShifter, AmandaBlaze

Librarybelle @LitsyEvents 4h

BarkingMadRead Oh how fun! What could go wrong with pottery? 🤣 4h

Librarybelle @BarkingMadRead Why do I have a sneaky suspicion we‘ll hear all about how great Nancy is at making pottery?!? 😂 4h

Ruthiella @Librarybelle What if it‘s another industrial espionage one where someone is stealing a pottery trade secret! 🤔 4h

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Bookwormjillk

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AITAH?

I Bess (18 f) went on a trip to New Orleans with my friend Nancy (18 f, titan hair.) I wanted to see the sights and sample the local food, but Nancy wanted to work and eat sensible meals the entire time. AITAH?

I enjoyed this #NancyDrewBR - it had quicksand so how could I not? Thanks for leading us @Librarybelle

Ruthiella Great review! 😂😂😂 15h

Bette 🤣 7h

Librarybelle This is hilarious! I love your review!! 6h

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DGRachel

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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!
#nancydrewbr

Librarybelle

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

Librarybelle Yay!!! 2d

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DGRachel

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

QUICKSAND!! 🤣🤣🤣

#nancydrewbr

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#Read2025 #SeriesLove2025

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. 2d

Librarybelle Yay! 2d

DieAReader 🤕Poor Nancy! 5h

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Librarybelle

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

It‘s time for our #NancyDrewBR discussion! I have 6 questions posted as spoilers. You can find them on my feed, the book‘s feed, or by searching the group‘s hashtag.

Next month, we learn about The Clue of the Leaning Chimney which involves thievery and missing pottery experts.

BarkingMadRead, kspenmoll, PurpleyPumpkin, MariaW, CogsOfEncouragement, AnneCecilie, Born.A.Reader, Bookwormjillk, Read4life, StayCurious, Laughterhp, CSeydel, Ruthiella, dabbe, Enchanted_Bibliophile, TheAromaofBooks, Roary47, peanutnine, PageShifter, AmandaBlaze

Librarybelle @DebinHawaii @Allylu @Bren912 @bookandbedandtea @Charityann @rubyslippersreads @KristiAhlers @Jennifer3 @kwmg40 @DGRachel @Sace @JenlovesJT47 @Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures @MuddyPuddle 3d

Ruthiella I‘m just finishing the last two chapters! 3d

Librarybelle So weird—the tagging timed out on me, and so I had to post the remaining list in comments. If you‘re not tagged and should be, I‘m so sorry! Technology seems to be a little hairy today (I got bloodwork done this morning, and the system crashed on my patient account, which meant no one else could get their bloodwork done until IT fixed the issue. Yikes). 3d

Librarybelle @Ruthiella 😁 3d

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6. We talked about the mysteries, but let's talk about the adventures. Haunted houses and quicksand come to mind! Any thoughts on these? #NancyDrewBR

BarkingMadRead The quicksand was a bit crazy, but definitely a popular thing at that time! 3d

Ruthiella Quicksand was one of my irrational fears as a child. This book doesn‘t quite outdo the puma attack and exploding oranges in “The Moss Covered Mansion” or the submarine in “Mystery of the Lilac Inn” but it‘s still pretty good adventure-wise. (edited) 3d

DebinHawaii @Ruthiella Mine too! The quicksand was nuts! I‘m pretty sure my conviction I would get trapped in it some day was spurred on by mysteries. Also we know River Heights is the land of plenty but just how many abandoned “haunted” mansions does it have?! All have secret passages too. 🤔👻 Exploding oranges 💥🍊💥 & the wild animals & steaming pool in the evil genius‘s lair will always out crazy the other antics for me! 🤣🤣🤣 2d

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CogsOfEncouragement The quicksand made me smile. 2d

DGRachel The quicksand was definitely a standout. I enjoy a good haunted mansion with secret rooms, so I loved all of those investigations around the mansion here. And yes @DebinHawaii how many mansions can one town have?!? 🤣🤣 I don‘t think anything will top those exploding oranges, though. 2d

Bookwormjillk We all must be around the same age given how the quicksand made something click in all of our brains. It was such a thing at a certain point in my life. 2d

kwmg40 The quicksand incident was pretty exciting, though it seemed a totally random addition that didn't connect to the rest of the plot. 1d

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5. We meet up again with Togo briefly! I had to look when we last saw the dog, and it seems Togo was mentioned in The Whispering Statue book (book 14). Kind of odd we have not seen him since then.

Besides the furry character, any thoughts on the characters in this book? I did not that Bess was referred to as “plump“ a few times. #NancyDrewBR

BarkingMadRead They are way too hard on Bess! 3d

Ruthiella I liked that Hannah was pretty active in this one, physically coming to the rescue-not just staying home baking cookies and answering the phone. 😆 3d

DebinHawaii Yes & Togo 🐕 is quite the tracker-Nancy should use him more often! I also noted the Bess jabs. 😠 Good point about Hannah jumping in @Ruthiella 2d

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bookandbedandtea I loved that everyone- Carson, Hannah, Bess and George, Ned- were all involved in this one. Thanks @Librarybelle for finding out which book Togo was last in, saves me going back to check! @DebinHawaii Nancy should definitely utilize him more! He was very helpful this time. 2d

DGRachel I loved how much page time Ned, Carson, and Hannah got, and the fact that Ned wasn‘t a jerk this time. No whining about Nancy‘s amateur sleuthing, and instead being an active, enthusiastic participant. I‘m always amazed at the personal information giving out by postal workers, policemen, the DMV, and hotel staff in these books. The victims were often annoying, but I honestly never got mad at them. 👇🏻 2d

DGRachel The more obstinate they became, the angrier I got at the criminals because I saw it as a sign of how vulnerable the targets were and in the current climate, I find anger at grifters readily available to me. 2d

Bookwormjillk I was happy to see Hannah take an active part. And I even liked Ned in this one! 2d

kwmg40 I too liked the bigger role that Hannah had. She can definitely do more than cook! 1d

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