The Clue of the Tapping Heels

The final Nancy Drew mystery in my top three, however, I'm excited to read the rest of them. But I've got lots of different things for you all first, so don't worry. This won't turn in to a shrine to Nancy Drew.

Summary: Nancy's goes to stay with an old woman who breeds cats to help solve the mystery of who keeps tapping in her walls all over her house at night. What else happens? There is a cat thief, a stalker, a grumpy neighbor, a secret room, and Nancy brings down the house with her amazing tap dancing in the play she's acting in.

Other: Nancy borrows Ned's car in order to avoid a stalker, but it doesn't work. I guess it's the thought that counts.

Favorite Parts:
1. Ned punches the stalker.
2. They find the neighbor unconscious in the backyard.
3. They discover the secret room and the diary!! This is why I loved this book so much in the first place.
4. Everyone falls in love with Nancy, because she risks her life to climb into the rafters and retrieve a prize-winning cat. For a smart girl, Nancy's always been a bit thick.

The Myster at Lilac Inn

This book is one of my top three Nancy Drew mysteries, the other two being The Clue of the Tapping Heels and The Haunted Bridge. I probably read this book more than any other book I've ever owned in my life. I also blame it for the fact that I love to buy lilac scented products.

Summary: Nancy goes to visit her friend at the Inn she and her fiance just bought. But Nancy soon realizes that all is not okay and bad things keep happening at the Inn, which include her friends family diamonds being stolen, someone impersonating Nancy, and a bomb in Nancy's cabin! Can Nancy solve the mystery and help save the Inn?

Other: I forget how much actually happens in the Nancy Drew books. There's always a lot going on, so I'm never bored. However, Nancy is way too perfect. In the last book she was a great golfer, in this one she's great at scuba diving, in The Clue of the Tapping Heels, she knows Morse code, is a great tap dancer and an actress. When does it end? I hate girls like Nancy in real life. Also, the picture is for the audio edition, but I read it, so I have no idea if the audio edition is good or not.

Favorite Parts:
1. Nancy goes to a department store to report that her charge card has been stolen and they think she is trying to get out of paying her bill.
2. After recovering the diamonds, they bring them to be appraised only to learn that they are glass!

The Haunted Bridge

I love Nancy Drew. I grew up on them. My mom read them when she was a girl and she saved them and gave them to me. I read them all the time when I was young, so I started reading immediately when i found a box of them in the basement. This is one of those series where it doesn't matter what order you read them in, so I started with this one, because it was one of my favorites. It's in my top three Nancy Drew books.

Summary: Nancy and her friends, Bess and George, accompany Carson Drew to a resort where he is working on a case. Nancy says that she'll help him on his case, but at the same time, she picks up a mystery of her own--a haunted bridge. Soon she discovers that the two may be connected. Along the way she plays in a golf tournament, meets a rather annoying man with a knack for changing his penmanship, and gets the boys to come for a visit.

Other: The good thing about this one, is that regardless of the fact that I must have read it a million times as a kid, I couldn't remember the end, so I was pleasantly surprised with the happy ending. However, being older as I read this, Nancy really is pretentious and whiny goody-two-shoes. It kind of annoyed me. However, once I got over that, I was able to enjoy the rest of the book.

Favorite parts:
1. Nancy wins the golf competition, even though she is injured.
2. Nancy finds a mysterious chest with a beautiful compact inside.
3. At the end long lost lovers are reunited (I'm a sap, what can I say?).

Binky Brothers and the Fearless Four

This is the first time I'm posting about a non-young-adult fiction book. I'm going to be branching out more. I'm sorry that I haven't posted in a week, exams were brutal (but went surprisingly well). Expect lots of updates this week in books of all genres (maybe).
Binky Brothers and the Fearless Four is totally vintage, but I don't think I would call it classic. I used to read this when I was younger. I'll probably read it to my nephew, but it doesn't snow where we live, so he probably won't understand it.

Summary: There are two brothers, Pinky and Dinky Binky (I know!). Pinky, the older one wants to build a snow fort and won't let Dinky or the new kid join his secret club. Pinky doesn't like the new kid and the snow fort somehow gets ruined. Pinky is sure that it is the new kid, but Dinky says he was playing with the new kid the whole time.

Other: On second thought, I won't read this to my nephew. This is the most ridiculous book I've ever read. Pinky and Dinky? Are you kidding me? (Pinky because he has red hair and Dinky because it fit better than his real name.) Also, it's not really a mystery, just a boy who is jumping to a lot of conclusions. The pictures were okay, it too a while to get used to them, but I think I kind of liked them.

****SPOILERS****** (not that it matters, because you don't want to read this book)

Favorite Parts:
1. Dinky charges Pinky and his friend ten cents each for him to solve the mystery for them, and it turns out he was part of it to begin with, so he wasn't so much as solving the mystery as just confessing. Way to go Dinky.
2. A case of mistaken identity: Bobby, the new kid, isn't really Bobby the new kid, because.... she's a girl, named Roberta. The other Bobby (Robert) is her twin brother.