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Review: The Clue In The Diary

December 3, 2012 Whitney Review 0 Comments
Review: The Clue In The Diary

Okay, so Nancy finds a diary during a house fire and believes there could be a clue in it to find the arsonist. (hence, the title)  while leaving the scene, her car is in an accident and meets Ned Nickerson — Yay!  He falls head-over heals in disgusting puppy love and will do anything to […]

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Review: To the Power of Three

November 9, 2012 Whitney Review 0 Comments
Review: To the Power of Three

I read this book about a month ago so I’m obviously late in posting a review.  I waver between thinking this is good or bad, no matter what the book,  (unless you’ve read it a thousand times) it is easy to forget details of said novel; but on the other hand it could be a testament […]

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Book Review: The Thirteenth Tale

September 21, 2011 Whitney Review 10 Comments
Book Review: The Thirteenth Tale

The Thirteenth Tale is part ghost story part fairy tale (Grimm Brother’s style).  Vida Winter, a famed author renown for her novel The Thirteenth Tale, with the thirteenth tale being omitted.  Vida, after numerous interviews has finally decided to unburden herself and write her memoirs with the help of a ghostwriter, Margaret Lea, a freelance […]

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Review: The Hidden Staircase

January 30, 2011 Whitney Review 3 Comments
Review: The Hidden Staircase

Is it just me or does Nancy get overly excited when learning about a new mystery which usually comes around containing other people’s misfortune?  She is described as becoming giddy, sitting on the edge of her seat her eyes becoming wider and wider.  Yes, she would make the perfect girl scout sell hundreds of Thin […]

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Review: The Clue In The Old Album

December 16, 2010 Whitney Review 0 Comments
Review: The Clue In The Old Album

After reading this story I’ve come to the conclusion the Nancy was that generation’s Bella Swan. First, they are both from a single parent household,with the father being the primary parent. They are very trendy in their dress, Nancy in her smart dress suits and Bella in whatever fashionable outfit Alice puts on her. Ned […]

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Review: The Password To Larkspur Lane

December 15, 2010 Whitney Review 2 Comments
Review: The Password To Larkspur Lane

Why must the yellow hardcovers be politically incorrect?   It is screamingly obvious that Carolyn Keene had no qualms about racial stereotypes, dubbing pickpockets and the like, as “ethnic and dark-skinned”.  Reading these descriptions in 2010 is such an eye-opener, when you think about now stepping on eggshells so as not to offend anyone and […]

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Review: The Mystery at Lilac Inn

December 1, 2010 Whitney Review 1 Comment
Review: The Mystery at Lilac Inn

The Mystery at Lilac Inn was a very clever book.  The suspects go way outside of the inn to actors who are only subtly mentioned before the crime, making for a very intriguing read. Nancy really begins to develop and finds and even balance character.  She becomes more resourceful in her escapes (because I have […]

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Review: The Bungalow Mystery

November 30, 2010 Whitney Review 6 Comments
Review: The Bungalow Mystery

Reading these books makes me wish or fantasize that I could be more like Nancy. She’s sweet and personable, making friends almost everywhere she goes and dresses smartly in the latest fashion. Her father Carson Drew is a sharp, handsome lawyer including his daughter in all his legal actions. I also adore the 1930s, that […]

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Review: The Secret of the Old Clock

November 14, 2010 Whitney Review 6 Comments
Review: The Secret of the Old Clock

The Secret of the Old Clock is very nostalgic to me as it was the first Nancy Drew Mystery I read.  I was ten and on vacation and having run out of books to read was taken to the local bookstore.  My mom persuaded me to try Nancy Drew a favorite of hers growing-up.  I […]

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Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

January 13, 2010 Whitney Review 0 Comments
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

Review In Charlaine Harris’ first Sookie Stackhouse novel I couldn’t help but notice the similarities between Twilight and Dead Until Dark.  In Dead Until Dark, Sookie  has a “disability” she can read people’s minds making her somewhat of an oddity. This gift excludes the “undead” better known as vampires. This also happens  to include her […]

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