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May-16-2004 16:41

Hi any body has read or is a fan of Nancy Drew, The Hardy boys, Trixie bendel? Puhleez post!
P.S. If so do ya have a fave?
A book lover - Mag

Jun-27-2005 08:50

Daru, I used to get them Harlequin Romance novels by mail too! I got bored with them tho because they all ended the same...happily ever after lol So now, I only read mystery books. More exciting to me :)

Jun-27-2005 10:05

Encyclopedia Brown was my hero when I was a kid. I still like the "solve the mystery yourself" genre. I've been trying to find more of the Hawkeye and Amy series, but it seems to have vanished off the face of the earth. I liked Nancy Drew too, but I think she faints too much. I've played a few of the ND games and liked them; my favorite so far is the Red Hand. I've read all the Sherlock Holmes mysteries, and right now I'm into Agatha Christie.

Jun-27-2005 10:06

Oh yeah, I also read the Dana Girls, Trixie Belden, and the Bobbsey twins. I have a few of those lying around somewhere. I liked them.

Jun-27-2005 12:00

I devored many Agatha Christie novels when I was a teenager, along with some Sherlock Holmes and Arsène Lupin.

I also read Chandler's The Big Sleep and it is an excellent novel.

Jun-27-2005 12:47

I remember reading Nancy Drew but then decided that the Hardy Boys were more cool. Mainly because the stories had more life or death situations to make my heart skips faster. (As incidently the few lines in every book describing the brothers did. Hmmm. Think I'll blame that one on teenage hormones.

Currently I love Sue Grafton's Alphabet series, Patricia Cornwell (the twist in the latest book being real good but not saying in case anyone hasnn't read that far), Quentin Jardine and counting down the days to Harry Potter and the Half-blood prince.

Jun-27-2005 18:40

MB, I don't read romance novels now, but I do watch every movie of Daniell Steels. Angora, since I haven't read any of Nancy Drew's books, I don't recall her fainting in the games..hehe, however, she's always getting knocked out, tied up,locked in a room, or something like this, and then you have to find a way out...which is exciting. Then at the end of each game you always prepare for a big moment when you have to defeat the one you've been sneaking around trying to find, that's been following you, and now has captured you, but you've got to find a way out quick, so you can capture them....whew...this is the fun part....THE ENDING. ..lol. Well, I think everyone knows I'm a huge ND fan. My BIO doesn't indicate I am..hehe.

Jul-10-2005 13:35

No-one reads Nero Wolfe?
I HIGHLY recommend them. Archie Goodwin is one of the best characters written (I think), and Nero is such a complete bastard! *grin*
A wonderful cast of characters, some weird obsessions and quirks... they're great. I suppose I should be jealous of you all, for having all of these wonderful books ahead of you.
Basically, Rex Stout (the author) took the "Hard Boiled Gumshoe" genre (i.e. Mickey Spillane and Raymond Chandler) and threw it together with the "Drawing Room Mysteries" genre (Agatha Christie and A.C. Doyle), mixed it up with New York City and came out with a potion for scrumtrulescence.
Please try them... you won't regret it.

Jul-10-2005 18:13

Only 5 more days, the new Harry Potter!!!!
Death threats will be sent, to anyone who disturbes me. :)

Jul-10-2005 20:58

Mickey, I haven't read Nero Wolfe, but when I went through a short lived TV phase for my entertainment, I did enjoy watching him. I imagine the books are twice as entertaining, they usually are.

I just picked up another bundle of books the other day, but I don't know who they are. I don't bother looking until I know if I like it or not. :) Except for one that was recommended by a friend, Naked Prey by John Sandford, I guess there is a whole "Prey" series, but it was the one I found without looking too hard. I get overwhelmed easily. :)

*any major typos are the result of the migrane currently pulsing through my head, please forgive me*

Jul-10-2005 21:21

I'll be in London for the launch... can't wait! Then 10 days in Istanbul (I feel like I'm IN Sleuth! *grin* Hey... if the mods ever decide to use istanbul as an additional city, I'm sure I could find some cool old maps and stuff while there. Just popped into my head. I need to stop thinking. *heh*
Kinky Friedman writes some fun mysteries, too, if you're looking while at the bookstore.
M