Thursday, July 31, 2008
Thursday Thirteen
1. I do not have a favorite author or book, even though I read about 50 books a year.
2. Instead, I take in new books all the time, like a word vacuum, constantly sucking up new ideas and words.
3. When I was young, I wanted to read and collect every Nancy Drew book. They were written by Carolyn Keene, which was a pseudonym. The books were actually written by a number of people.
4. I ended up with only 25 of the 175 original Nancy Drew books. I still have them. They fill a shelf in the living room and are so dusty I would sneeze if I tried to read them.
5. Every now and then I think about donating them to the library book sale but so far I have not been able to part with them.
6.Nancy Drew has a best girl friend named George. And another whose name I forget. Bess I think but I'm not certain.
7. Her boyfriend's name is Ned.
8. She has a father but no mother. Her dad is an attorney.
9. Nancy also has a car.
10. Her books are mysteries that in hindsight are rather silly but when I was 10 years old they were quite interesting and intriguing.
11. I tried to write my own series of mysteries at the age of 11.
12. I remember I used a red notebook.
13. I have no idea what happened to that little series of stories. I can only imagine how bad they were ...
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These pictures brought back so many memories...I read Nancy Drew too...had all of the series. Loved them!! Looking back I think of how ahead of her time she was. They're certainly collector's item now.
ReplyDeleteMy oldest daughter got into Nancy Drew just last year, like I hoped she would. Wonderful books, for any age! We got the original 70's T.V. series Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew through Netflix and have been watching them when we get time. I forgot how complicated the stories were.
ReplyDeleteI would not part with a collection like that either, if I were you.
My favorite books when I was a kid were the original Star Trek books by James Blish. I know, I'm such a nerd! But I could read them over and over I liked them so much.
I loved Nancy Drew books too. I didn't own many though - our school library was great.
ReplyDeleteNancy Drew was the first series that I ever got into. I remember I couldn't put them down. I'm now a huge Mary Higgins Clark fan. Funny how life transitions, huh?
ReplyDeleteI loved Nancy Drew books. My daughter went through the whole series last year. She was sad when she was done.
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