purplebee
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Post by purplebee on May 5, 2024 14:12:54 GMT
Loved the Bobbsey Twins, Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys books, mostly from the library. Also loved and reread Walter Farley’s Black Stallion series. Lifetime avid reader raised by two avid readers.
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Post by mikklynn on May 5, 2024 14:15:24 GMT
My favorite Christmas memory is the year I received my first 3 hardcover Nancy Drew books. I read them nonstop over our school break.
It's interesting this topic came up. I have a box of ND books I don't know what to do with. I don't have the built in shelving I had at my old house. My original books are long gone. These are books I picked up at flea markets, antique shops, etc. I also have some collectible reprinted editions. They haven't been out of the box since I moved 2 years ago. My kids/grandkids have zero interest in them. I'll have to think about it some more.
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DEX
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Post by DEX on May 5, 2024 15:00:26 GMT
I never read Nancy Drew but I was a voracious reader also. I, too, used to walk a few blocks to a huge pine tree with strong limbs and climb up to read.
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Post by LilyRose on May 5, 2024 17:10:05 GMT
Hey, no one’s mentioned Trixie Belden. I read a few of hers. Anyone else? Another Trixie Belden fan here! I first found some of my mom’s copies at my grandma‘s house when I was a kid. I then added to the collection. I even tried to complete my collection a few years ago from buying copies on eBay. I also went down the rabbit hole of Trixie Belden fan fiction online (reading, not writing). I love her! |
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Post by nine on May 5, 2024 17:41:51 GMT
Ahhh, fond memories of walking into Kiddie Korner on Lane Avenue. Bikes along the right wall, dolls on the wall and in a case on the left. Nancy Drew books on back left wall. I would always go there first and look at the line of ND books. Would they have a new one? It was always a great surprise! Then on to Ginnie Dolls and later Barbie Dolls. A new Barbie outfit? A new hair color? What a wonderful world it was…
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Post by crazy4scraps on May 5, 2024 22:47:02 GMT
My favorite Christmas memory is the year I received my first 3 hardcover Nancy Drew books. I read them nonstop over our school break. It's interesting this topic came up. I have a box of ND books I don't know what to do with. I don't have the built in shelving I had at my old house. My original books are long gone. These are books I picked up at flea markets, antique shops, etc. I also have some collectible reprinted editions. They haven't been out of the box since I moved 2 years ago. My kids/grandkids have zero interest in them. I'll have to think about it some more. I bet an elementary or middle school library would love to add them to their collection! That would be my first stop vs. donating to Goodwill or somewhere similar. |
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Post by lbp on May 6, 2024 13:50:12 GMT
I still have my whole set and i can't even count how many times I have read them!
I also loved Donna Parker, Trixie Beldon and Cherry Ames.
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Post by JustCallMeMommy on May 6, 2024 14:19:13 GMT
I read and re-read my Nancy Drew books. And never fear - they are for adults, too. My dad read every one of them once I was finished with it. We are both big readers and passed books back and forth all the time.
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gina
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Post by gina on May 6, 2024 14:31:21 GMT
I adored Nancy Drew! I had most of them in hardcover. I have gone back and re-read a few here and there in adulthood.
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Post by cat2007 on May 6, 2024 14:48:06 GMT
I loved Nancy Drew and read each one more times than I can count. Also got hooked on Sue Barton (nurse)and Cherry Ames ~ also a nurse. I loved all of these, too! My mom was a nurse, and I loved thinking of her having all those adventures.  I loved Sue Barton but haven't been able to find her books anywhere. I could spend hours reading them and that is part of the reason that I'm a nurse today. |
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Post by lily on May 6, 2024 19:12:55 GMT
I was a Bobbsey Twins fan! I read every one our local library had at least 3 times!!
But the book I really read the most was Heidi. I had bought it at the school's Scholastic Book Fair and boy I loved that book!
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Post by flanz on May 6, 2024 19:55:08 GMT
I loved Nancy Drew and read each one more times than I can count. Also got hooked on Sue Barton (nurse)and Cherry Ames ~ also a nurse. Me too. Loved all three! Didn't own books, but got tons from our library around the corner. |
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Post by sabrinae on May 6, 2024 20:45:44 GMT
Hey, no one’s mentioned Trixie Belden. I read a few of hers. Anyone else? I loved Trixie Belden. At one time I had almost the entire series but my mom most of thrown them out bc they disappeared. They were already out of print when I was a reading them 30+ years ago so I bout them from used book stores. I have found a few of them to purchase on kindle. I also read Bobbsey Twins, Nancy Drew, Cherry Ames and I think every other series mentioned here. I read anything and everything as a kid. |
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Post by hopechest on May 6, 2024 22:30:21 GMT
Hey, no one’s mentioned Trixie Belden. I read a few of hers. Anyone else? Oh I loved these. Even more than the Nancy Drew. I have a handful left from my childhood. |
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Post by peasapie on May 8, 2024 0:08:30 GMT
My local library currently has a display of Nancy Drew and Bobbsey Twins books right now. I loved looking at all the titles and remembering the happy hours I spent reading those wonderful books.
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