Nancy Drew 17: Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk (Revised)

Mystery of the Brass Bound Trunk #17 | Carolyn Keene

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If you want to completely suspend your disbelief beyond say--a meteor causing a tidal wave similar to one that upturned the SS POSEIDON, then this book is for you! Jewels hidden in a trunk, international espionage, the captain and purser being beaten up, Nancy and Nelda being thrown overboard, sign language, bratty Bobby, carrying a magnifying glass because you just never know ... for frothy fun? Yes. Maybe. Sorta.

Librarybelle OMG…Bobby! I wanted to scream, “Where are your parents?!?” Total bratty kid! 1w

dabbe @Librarybelle IKR? He needed a good kick in the arse! 🤣 1w

AnneCecilie I‘ve just past the meteor incident. I‘m willing to put my disbelieves to the side for a lot of things in the Nancy Drew books, but a meteor was maybe to push it too far? 1w

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bookandbedandtea I've loved rereading every one of these because they transport me back to my childhood and they feel so fun. I'll take all the bright spots I can get right now. That said, adult-me had a LOT of trouble with the meteor! 🤣 1w

dabbe @bookandbedandtea Agree 💯! 7d

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Nancy Drew 17: Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk (Revised) | Carolyn Keene

This showed up on my FB feed this morning, and I thought of all you #NancyDrew buddy reading Littens! 🤣🤣🤣

Librarybelle OMG! 😂 1w

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Librarybelle

Nancy Drew 17: Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk | Carolyn Keene

Good morning #LittenDetectives ! I have 6 questions/comments posted as spoilers for today‘s #NancyDrewBR discussion; you can find them on my feed, the book‘s feed, or by searching the group‘s hashtag.

Different plot lines between the story versions! It‘ll be interesting to see how they compare!

Our next books, also with different plot lines, is The Mystery of the Moss-Covered Mansion. Official post tomorrow!

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Ruthiella Can‘t wait to see what Nancy and co get up to in the next one! 😃 1w

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Librarybelle

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6. I almost forgot to ask about the mystery! We thought about the setting and the characters, but let's now think about the mystery or the mysteries.

I thought it was pretty ingenious how the crooks hid all of the stones and gems throughout the brass-bound trunk, including behind the lettering on the trunk (1976).

It did seem implausible that the FBI would completely believe Nancy in the 1976 version. #NancyDrewBR

DGRachel I did like the hidden gems but I wonder how it wasn‘t more obvious. False bottoms? Easy hiding place. Under lining? Didn‘t it look bumpy? 1w

Ruthiella @DGRachel I agree. The hiding places in the trunk were odd. 1w

Ruthiella The mystery was a little tired for me. Jewel thieves again? 🥱 1w

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DebinHawaii The 1940‘s trunk had the jewels in the brass bindings & the scheme was blackmailing luggage firms in financial difficulty to make trunks for smuggling which seems pretty niche. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Like the FBI in 1976, I was surprised the Argentinian authorities in 1940 believed Nancy. (edited) 1w

CogsOfEncouragement @DGRachel @Ruthiella @DebinHawaii
Yes, that trunk lining was definitely bumpy. I mean, this is Nancy Drew we are talking about. You expect me to believe she had to search this trunk more than once? Puh-lease.

I did think that leaving the bracelet which Nelda was accused of stealing to be found in the clasp at the very end WAS a nice twist though. 1w

dabbe I got all “wrapped“ up in the paper lining. WTH? I had to research antique trunks just to see what they were talking about. And then drying the sheets under the bed but then, who cares? Let the villains see we've ransacked their trunk. 😳 And no call from dad ever? Only Ned?
And Carson's comment at the end: “We'll dub it the finger-language gang heist.“ I can think of a certain kind of finger for sure. 🤣 1w

DGRachel @CogsOfEncouragement I agree about that last find/twist. That was good. 1w

DGRachel @dabbe 🤣🤣🤣 1w

MariaW First the jewels and then stolen govermental papers all in go seemed a bit too much for me, especially ending up on boat cruise starting in Europe. Why not take a cruise ship from South Africa right away? 1w

kwmg40 I actually liked the mystery aspect of this installment. The twists kept me reading to the end. 7d

Librarybelle I missed having Carson and Hannah in this one, @dabbe ! And interesting that the Argentinian authorities also believed Nancy in the 1940 edition, @DebinHawaii . @DGRachel @Ruthiella @CogsOfEncouragement @MariaW @kwmg40 3d

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5. Each version introduces its own slate of secondary characters. Personally, the two guys who throw Nancy and Nelda overboard in the 1976 version were awful!

Think about the secondary characters you meet in this book. Any standouts? #NancyDrewBR

bookandbedandtea In the 76 version, Rod is as useful, admiring, & accommodating as anyone could possibly be! Young Bobby stands out as quite the obnoxious brat. I also took note of the young men our girls spent time with, especially "Tubby." I was interested that Bess wasn't chided for her weight this time but a point was made about this chubby youth. ? 1w

DGRachel That little boy was so rotten. I did like the way most of the ship‘s crew was suspicious and ended up just being inept or infatuated with Nancy. 😂 1w

DGRachel @bookandbedandtea Fat-shaming must be a plot checklist item handed out to all the ghostwriters. I did think that if it had to be someone, at least it wasn‘t Bess. 1w

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bookandbedandtea In the 1940 version there are a million characters so few of them stand out. Mrs Joslin was unnecessarily nasty and Doris chose an unusual disguise but, overall, there was no depth to any of the secondary characters. Nancy and Carson seemed off in this one too. Nancy came off as more of a busy body than a sleuth and Carson was more indifferent than I'm used to. 1w

bookandbedandtea @DGRachel I had that impression too! That a point about weight had to be made so, if we give Bess a break, someone else has to take the heat. So annoying! 1w

Ruthiella For me, Rod Havelock is the stand out character in the 70s version. He‘s the Ned Nickerson here - ready to help Nancy at a moment‘s notice. All the other pursers were probably pissed at having to pick up his slack. 😆 1w

DebinHawaii That little boy Bobby in 1976–so annoying! Also skateboarding on the ship as many times as it rocked about seems a bit crazy! There were too many characters in 1940, why I liked 1976 slightly better but standout for why bother was the blind woman Nancy kept “rescuing”—it added nothing to the plot. And Nancy‘s chaperone in Buenos Aries, Mrs. Purdy seemed to know or be related to every random character. 🙄 1w

CogsOfEncouragement I thought the Bobby character could have been used better, I kinda liked that he was the reason the stickers were off the trunk. I thought this could have been charmingly cheeky if they hadn't made us hate him already. There could have been harmless childishness he was involved in as an unattended, bored kid on a ship that was just funny rather than how the character was written. 1w

dabbe I wanted to give Bobby a major kick in the arse! I missed our regular players in this one. Couldn't there have been a way for Ned, Burt, and Dave to be on the cruise, too? No, wait. They're hard-working college students. It's the girls who get to live in luxury and cruise all over the world--even dating cute men on board. What a life! 1w

Bookwormjillk @bookandbedandtea I agree, too many characters and none of them had depth. I also agree there was something off about the usuals. And what happened to the cat? 1w

bookandbedandtea @Bookwormjillk The whole thing about the cat was weird. First, it's not ok to anonymously give someone a cat! And then there was no reason, plot- wise, for the cat to exist. It went on the cruise, was reunited with Mrs Purdy, and then was never mentioned again. 🤷‍♀️ Speaking of the usuals- Bess and George both felt a little out of character to me too. 1w

MariaW Did anyone realize that in the 1976 version the ND group was silently wangling the boys‘ group out of the other teenage girls, even though they had their boyfriends at home? And why was Nelda, as tge captain‘s niece, put into a cabin with three strangers when there was an empty cabin available right next to it? (edited) 1w

Librarybelle I picked up on both of those, @MariaW . Bobby was terrible! And, interesting that there were a lot of characters in the 1940 edition…I would think that would make the book harder for kids to read, to remember the characters??? @bookandbedandtea @DGRachel @Ruthiella @DebinHawaii @CogsOfEncouragement @dabbe @Bookwormjillk 3d

DGRachel @MariaW I totally didn‘t catch that about the empty room! But yes. Now that‘s going to bother me, too! 😂 3d

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4. Nancy faints in this one (I think in both 1940 and 1976)! We also find George in the infirmary (at least in 1976) and a meteor (also 1976) rocks the ship. I read the 1976, and it just seemed more convoluted than other story lines (but I am still secretly miffed we don't know why Nancy visited the Netherlands).

What did you think of the adventures in this book? Any standouts? #NancyDrewBR

bookandbedandtea The 1976 version has the meteor (🤣), the attempted mugging of the ship's captain, a young boy in desperate need of supervision, the girl's stateroom being searched, and Nancy and Nelda being thrown overboard. It was wildly action packed! 1w

DGRachel I think we all know how I feel about the meteor. 🤣🤣 I did rather enjoy the girls getting locked in the hold. Nancy and Nelda getting thrown overboard was wild. A lot happened and I think maybe too much. 1w

DGRachel Also, I remember thinking “Nancy Drew doesn‘t faint!” Little me was offended. 🤣🤣 1w

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Ruthiella @DGRachel I loved the meteor if only because it still LITERALLY makes me laugh until my eyes water. 😂 It was so bizarre! I feel like, so far this is the title most likely to have been written by an actual 10 year old. 😆 1w

DebinHawaii As crazy as the meteor was in 76 & how convoluted the plot was, I found 40 even more so (which could be because I read it last) but there was no meteor at least. @DGRachel in 1940 Nancy got a serious knock on the head #NNK while locked in a store then while trying to escape after, passed out for several hours until 3AM, before she makes her way back to where she is staying & then pretty much just gets on with her day. The noggin is tough! 😂🤕😂 1w

CogsOfEncouragement This is another one that felt convoluted to me. Bits of peril sprinkled haphazardly through the story like in a couple other mysteries we've already read. When Chapter One had Nancy almost fall in the ocean for no good reason before the ship set sail I was afraid that was going to be the case.

The meteor? What? Just...what?

Being thrown overboard? Swimming in freezing open water, but then not needing much rest? Huh? 1w

dabbe @Ruthiella Maybe it was Bobby. 🤔🤣🤩 1w

dabbe WTH was the meteor even there for? Just to shake things up? And afterwards they pretty much dust themselves off and go about their business.

And, you can't even tell us why they're on this cruise but you devote time to a meteor? 😳 1w

bookandbedandtea @dabbe Right!? A couple lines about what they were doing in Europe (we know they had been in Switzerland where Nancy did some swimsuit shopping but I don't think anything else was mentioned) would have been appreciated! 1w

Bookwormjillk In the 1940 version Nancy got struck by lightning pretty early on too. Or maybe a tree branch hit her when it got struck by lightning? I wasn‘t really sure. 1w

Sace @Ruthiella ME TOO! It‘s probably the number one reason that this was a pick for me. 🤣 1w

Sace Have we all forgotten the dead rat between the trunks (1976)?What was that all about? There‘s was definitely a lot of random “peril”, but it made me laugh. 1w

MariaW I wanted to check the unlikely event of meteor hitting a ship and it actually happened, once in 1648 and another time in 1908. 🙈 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MEX19080429.2.37 What are the odds? A likely event to happen to Nancy Drew! 🤦‍♀️ (edited) 1w

kwmg40 The meteor was definitely bewildering. What really made me laugh were the cartoonish illustrations of the girls in peril in my 1976 edition. 1w

Librarybelle OMG the dead rat, @Sace ! I think I said “eww” out loud. The meteor is the most bizarre episode I think we saw, though it‘s odd that Nancy is struck by lightning or a tree branch struck by lightning in the 1940 edition, @Bookwormjillk ! @bookandbedandtea @DGRachel @Ruthiella @DebinHawaii @CogsOfEncouragement @dabbe @MariaW @kwmg40 3d

Ruthiella @MariaW Thanks for doing the research. 😃 3d

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3. In the 1940 edition, Nancy travels to South America. She has to travel somewhere, and with World War II happening, I suppose South America it is!

1940s South America not only became a refuge to Jews fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe, it later became a refuge for former Nazis fleeing captivity.

And, nations like the US saw an opportunity to capitalize on partnerships. Link in comments to a documentary from the 1940s! #NancyDrewBR

Librarybelle Link to the documentary: https://youtu.be/d8Lo1mkqdi8?si=kwvLI4xspMbxwfog 1w

bookandbedandtea I thought the reason behind Nancy's journey to Argentina was bizarre- her dad had to go "west" (later revealed to be Salt Lake City) for a period of time and, rather than leave Nancy at home with Hannah, he arranged for Nancy, Bess, and George to go on a months long trip to South America?? I mean, fun! But also, weird! 1w

DGRachel @bookandbedandtea That is bizarre! It‘s not like he hasn‘t traveled before and left Nancy with Hannah. He usually lets her go gallivanting all over the US with just Bess and George. 1w

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Ruthiella @bookandbedandtea So funny. It‘s like the authors don‘t even attempt at continuity of character! It would have been so easy to think up some other pretext for the trip. Like maybe the house needed to be fumigated…😂 1w

DebinHawaii It was wacky the reasons for the trip in 1940 & I found Carson especially annoying in this book as he seemed flippant with Nancy & not especially worried about her more about the case. Also Nancy & team are accused in NYC of stealing a bracelet & Nancy plays the “I‘m Carson Drew‘s daughter” card with the plainclothes detectives & they know him & back off. Nepotism at its finest! 😆 1w

bookandbedandtea @Ruthiella Good idea! 🐜 I had thought it would be easier for Nancy & Co to be invited by Mrs Purdy or for them to already be friends with some of the girls from the school. The explanation this author chose seemed clunky and overly complicated. @DGRachel Yes, he travels all the time and has never felt the need to send Nancy away while he does so which made this choice feel strange. 1w

bookandbedandtea @DebinHawaii I agree. Carson was not the affectionate and concerned father we're used to. Ned was pretty annoying too. How many times did he discourage Nancy from thinking of mysteries and try to focus her on other things? He wasn't in it much but he definitely wasn't the supportive boyfriend we usually see. 1w

DebinHawaii @Ruthiella @DGRachel @bookandbedandtea Maybe he was worried he wouldn‘t make it back from the “wilds” of the west! 🙄😂 1w

Bookwormjillk It seemed like it took FOREVER for the girls to get on the boat. And Nancy was all sorts of annoying losing her passport and almost missing the boat following someone. I usually like Nancy but thought she was pretty unlikable in this one. 1w

Sace @bookandbedandtea @Ruthiella @DGRachel even more annoying the end of the last book had an audience member tell Nancy that he needed her help in solving the mystery of the Brass-bound trunk. Why couldn‘t they have continued that for this book? Though I‘m not sure if that was the ending for the original ending on the Tapping heels. 1w

Ruthiella @Sace You‘re right! I‘d totally forgotten. Yes! Why not use that segue way? 🤨 1w

Sace @Ruthiella I‘d be interested to know if Mildred Wirt Benson was still involved at this point and how much power the editor had. If she wrote the segue, why not let her use it? 1w

MariaW In the 1976 version there was no explanation whatsoever why they might have travelled Europe, that annoyed me pretty much. 1w

bookandbedandtea @Ruthiella @sace Yes! I had totally forgotten that the last book had someone offering Nancy this mystey! I wonder what story that writer intended and how that would have played out. 🤔 1w

Sace @bookandbedandtea while the next mystery is always hinted at in the final lines, I don‘t recall it being as concrete as an actual client making the request. That‘s usually at the beginning of each book. I was very disappointed that the segue didn‘t pan out. 1w

Librarybelle @Sace Mildred Benson is still writing the books at this point. I saw that in the edition I read in an acknowledgement section. What an odd reason to go to South America! @bookandbedandtea @DGRachel @Ruthiella @DebinHawaii @Bookwormjillk @MariaW 3d

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2. In the 1976 edition, Nancy uncovers part of the mystery by observing suspects use sign language. She refers to this as “finger language,“ and the casualness of this speaks to the struggles the deaf community have faced to fully recognize sign language as a legitimate form of communication. It was not until 1965 that American Sign Language garnered recognition!

A link to ASL history from Gallaudet University is in the comments. #NancyDrewBR

Librarybelle Link: https://gallaudet.edu/museum/exhibits/history-through-deaf-eyes/awareness-access...

I would also recommend the book True Biz by Sara Novic; it's a fictional account centered on a school for the deaf, but it really also shows the discrimination and the struggles the community has faced. A great book! 1w

DGRachel The dismissiveness of finger language really upset me. That coupled with that stupid meteor brought me centimeters from bailing on this one. 1w

Ruthiella I third the recommendation of

True Biz: From the author of the Women�s Prize longlisted GIRL AT WAR

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DebinHawaii It was interesting to me that that the 1940 version had a blind young woman with a guide dog on the ship that of course Nancy helped by holding her up when the ship rocked to stop her from falling & then pleading with customs in Buenos Aries to let her in the country because she was a talented musician & wouldn‘t be a burden & then again in the city from being hit by a car when “street urchins” unfastened her service dog‘s leash. ⬇️ 1w

DebinHawaii Both portrayals (blind and deaf) were not great. 🙁 1w

CogsOfEncouragement The decision to us the term finger language is so confusing to me. Even if they were thinking “this is a kids book, they won't understand“ - a sentence is all it would have taken to explain the proper term. I was in elementary school in the late '70s and I clearly remember reading a book about Helen Keller. It had a chart in the back with the ASL letters of the alphabet which I enjoyed learning. I feel like most kids knew about this. 1w

dabbe I also read into it that it was so difficult to do that even Nancy (who of course learned sign language) couldn't remember any letters except her name. NANCY couldn't remember? OUR Nancy? C'mon, man! Cringeworthy, indeed. 1w

Bookwormjillk I liked True Biz too. Great book. 1w

Sace @CogsOfEncouragement I agree! It also annoyed me that sign language was presented as if the only thing that existed was the alphabet and that to communicate one would have to spell every word out. 1w

Sace @dabbe AND she lost a ping pong match!!! C‘mon! Who wrote this!? 🤣 1w

CogsOfEncouragement @Sace I was on the edge of my seat to see how they were going to write that part! lol When she didn‘t win the match I figured they decided to show she is a good sport when she loses. ha! 1w

dabbe @Sace Thank the lord she was an “expert swimmer“ and could survive being overthrown into the ocean! 🤣 1w

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement Good point! Sherlock could use a few more of those lessons sometimes. 🤣 1w

MariaW I agree with @Sace. How long mist have those conversiontion between the two culprits taken when spelling out every single word. 🙈 1w

kwmg40 @Sace Yes, the fact that Nancy lost at both ping-pong and shuffleboard was definitely the most implausible aspect of this book! 😆 1w

Librarybelle Wow, @DebinHawaii ! That‘s very interesting about those portrayals in the 1940 edition. It did seem weird for 1976 that the only sign language used was the alphabet, though I suppose the culprits (and Nancy) only felt they needed to know just the alphabet??? Admittedly, I know the alphabet and very few words in sign language. @DGRachel @Ruthiella @CogsOfEncouragement @dabbe @Bookwormjillk @Sace @MariaW @kwmg40 3d

dabbe @Sace IKR? 🤩 3d

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Librarybelle

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1. This month's book has differing plot lines between the original and the revised. In 1940, Nancy and friends travel to South America as part of a tour group and help out a friend of Carson Drew with a mystery. In 1976, Nancy and friends return to NYC from the Netherlands and befriend a young woman recently accused of stealing a diamond bracelet in Johannesburg. Both mysteries, of course, have a brass-bound trunk! Which did you read? #NancyDrewBR

bookandbedandtea I read both versions and liked the '76 a little better. The 1940 version feels like a string of random events and people; I never felt like it formed a cohesive story. 1w

DGRachel I had the 1976 version. I think I need to check my local used bookstore to see if they have any of the original versions. 1w

bookandbedandtea @DGRachel I read the original version via a link @DebinHawaii provided: https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20210625 1w

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Bookwormjillk I‘m still only about halfway through the 1940 version. I‘ll check back when I finish hopefully later today. 1w

Ruthiella I read the 1976 version as evidenced, I think, by the use of a kid riding a skateboard. I know skateboarding is far older than the‘70s, but it became quite popular in that decade. I remember, I was alive then and a kid myself. 😆 1w

DebinHawaii I started with the 1976 version as those are what my library carries & @bookandbedandtea mentioned I was poking around & found the 1940 version & decided to read it too, mainly because I wanted to see the differences & go to South America. Neither was great but I liked the latter one a little better too. 1w

CogsOfEncouragement I read the 1976 version this time. 1w

dabbe I've been reading the ones I grew up with--the 1970s versions. 1w

Sace I read the 1976 version. 1w

MariaW I also read the 1976 version. Thanks for the tip, @bookandbedandtea 1w

kwmg40 I'd read the 1976 version. 1w

BarkingMadRead I have the 1940 version 6d

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#BookReport

I finished Private Revolutions and on audio The Christmas Bookshop

I kept up reading my yearlong reads on the right

I kept up with the buddy reads; Pride and Prejudice #PemberLittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow, Heartstone #ShardlakeBR, Star of the Sea #BookedInTime and Entitled #SheSaid

I‘ve also started Reservoir Bitches and Mystery of the Bass-Bunk Trunk #NancyDrewBR

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Finished # 17.
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Nancy Sue solves another mystery, this time on a ship headed from the Netherlands to New York (although they never explained what they were doing in the Netherlands in the first place!😆). It was interesting at first but it seemed to be the same thing happening over & over again. Like you said @Librarybelle , at least Nancy doesn‘t speak Dutch! But of course she could speak “finger language”. 🙄 These books are so ridiculous but fun lol. 3⭐️

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Ok, this ventured into the absurd (the meteor! 😆) but it was adventurous and I was able to suspend my disbelief enough to have fun with it. It certainly doesn't stand up to much scrutiny though! And Nancy was pretty pushy again. I never picked up on that in my childhood reading but I certainly see it now. 🤔 Soft pick. #NancyDrewBR
I'm going to read the earlier version with the link @DebinHawaii provided, hopefully by Saturday. 🤞🏻

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Librarybelle

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Like @Ruthiella , I want to know why Nancy was on a ship going from the Netherlands to NYC! This one is not a favorite of mine—not only did I catch a few editing errors, but one of the adventure sequences seemed more convoluted than usual.

One thing, though: Nancy does not know how to speak Dutch, so I think there is finally one thing Nancy cannot do!

#LittenDetectives : Discussion on Saturday! #NancyDrewBR

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Ruthiella She‘s also a little pushy again, waking up the ship captain and getting him out of bed! 😆 2w

Bookwormjillk I just started the earlier version last night. Hopefully that one makes more sense 🤞 1w

Librarybelle @Ruthiella Yes! And he obliges! 😂 1w

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Librarybelle I hope so, @Bookwormjillk ! 1w

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BarkingMadRead 🤣🤣🤣 looks like Marcy is making the rounds of all the buddy reads 6d

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Ruthiella

Mystery of the Brass Bound Trunk #17 | Carolyn Keene

#WhereAreYouMonday

I‘m somewhere on the high seas between Rotterdam and NYC with Nancy and co. Weirdly, there‘s no explanation for the trip. How long were Nancy, Bess and George in Europe? Were they in The Netherlands 🇳🇱 only? Inquiring minds want to know! 😅

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Librarybelle 😂 We need the details! 2w

Ruthiella @Librarybelle Right? Just a sentence explaining why they went and where! “The girls were returning from a summer tour of continental Europe, compliments of one of Mr. Drew‘s grateful clients “. 😂 2w

Librarybelle 😂 2w

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DGRachel

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Theres a lot going on in this one and none of it good or amusing to me. I‘ll leave the bulk of my review under a spoiler comment. I am looking forward to discussion though and hearing that the 1930s version had a shipboard cat makes me really sad I got stuck with the newer version. #NancyDrewBR

Librarybelle

DGRachel The references to “finger language” felt at best, ignorant, and at worst, offensive, then we have a George noggin‘ knockout, Nancy faints (seriously?), there‘s a horrible little boy who apparently has no adult supervision, Nancy & Nelda get thrown overboard, and don‘t even get me started on the meteor. 2w

Librarybelle Woe! I haven‘t started yet, but this one sounds really messed up! 2w

Sace Oh this does sound like a hot mess 🤣 2w

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Ruthiella OMG the meteor still cracks me up! ☄️ 😆 2w

DGRachel @Ruthiella When I tell you I almost threw my Kobo across the room…😒😒 2w

BarkingMadRead Yikes! I‘m so glad I had the 1930s edition! 2w

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DebinHawaii

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#Read2025 #SeriesLove2025

So I‘m not sure why I felt I needed to read both the 1940 & the 1976 versions for #NancyDrewBR but I did. My library only has the latter version but I found the 1940 versions online, free to download & read it the other night. Although they both feature brass-bound trunks, ocean liners & stolen jewelry, they are pretty different. I liked 1976 slightly better (Nancy George & Bess cruise from Holland to New York & end up⬇️

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DebinHawaii … caught up in a mystery along with their cabin mate Nelda Detweiler from SouthAfrica. In the 1940 version the 3 are on a ship to Buenos Aries with a cat, no less & a new friend named Nestrelda. I felt like the 1940 version was much more random with too many characters & a very flippant Carson Drew. I didn‘t love either version & only remembered a bit of the 1970s story making me think it wasn‘t a reread favorite of my childhood. Spoiler alert ⬇️ 2w

DebinHawaii … about concussions in both: In the 1976 version, George gets knocked on head pretty hard & ends up in the infirmary. In the 1940 version Nancy gets knocked on the head even harder & passes out “for a long while” & then faints again later on, saying the blow “must have been worse than she thought!”🤕😱 Yikes! So if we go by the 1940 version it makes 7/17 on the Nancy Noggin Knockout counter or #NNK. 🤷🏻‍♀️ ⬇️ (edited) 2w

DebinHawaii … Okay, I oversimplified it all butI look forward to the discussion on 3/15 to see what others thought. Here‘s a link to the 1940 version: https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20210625 (edited) 2w

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Librarybelle That‘s so awesome you read both! Yay!! 2w

DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 2w

DebinHawaii @Librarybelle I wanted to go to South America! 😉 2w

TheSpineView Great job! Kudos for reading both versions 👏 2w

Andrew65 Excellent 🎉🎊🎉 Above and beyond the call of duty to read both versions. 2w

bookandbedandtea I read the 1976 version but still definitely take advantage of your link to read the other one! 1w

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bookandbedandtea

Nancy Drew 17: Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk | Carolyn Keene

💛 Good morning and ✨️Happy Saturday✨️everyone 💛
#CurrentRead

Librarybelle Yay!! 2w

TheKidUpstairs Love your mug! 2w

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DebinHawaii

Nancy Drew 17: Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk (Revised) | Carolyn Keene

#Naturalitsy #HyggeHourReadathon

Hanging out with Nancy Drew tonight during my #HyggeHour with herbal tea & a soft & chewy chocolate chunk/chip oatmeal raisin cookie. (So good!)🍪😋

Mood is tired. My asthma/allergies are still bugging me & I have to work tomorrow, but then I‘m taking some PTO days so I don‘t lose it. So, I‘m grateful to have much of the week officially off (even if I‘ll be working on a big work project part of the time).

TheBookHippie, Chrissyreadit, AllDebooks

Librarybelle That cookie does look good! 3w

AllDebooks Get well soon x 3w

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BarkingMadRead

Nancy Drew 17: Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk (Revised) | Carolyn Keene

Starting the book today, printed in 1940, and we are going to South America! #nancydrewbr

Librarybelle Hooray! 3w

Ruthiella Finally you know the destination! 🚢 🤣 3w

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Librarybelle

Nancy Drew 17: Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk | Carolyn Keene

We‘re two weeks away from our next #NancyDrewBR discussion, #LittenDetectives ! It‘s kind of fun that it takes place on the Ides of March! 😂

Whether you‘re going to South America or The Netherlands with Nancy, the title suggests there‘s a brass-bound trunk, and Nancy has to solve its mystery. What secret does it hold? Will Nancy have to fly a plane or steer an ocean liner? I guess we‘ll find out!

BarkingMadRead I can‘t wait I to find out where I‘ll be traveling this time 🤣 3w

Librarybelle @BarkingMadRead 😂 3w

Ruthiella Looking forward to the next adventure! 3w

Librarybelle Yay, @Ruthiella ! 3w

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Bookwormjillk

Nancy Drew 17: Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk (Revised) | Carolyn Keene

I had the 1940 version on my shelf for next month. Looking forward to seeing what Nancy does next. #NancyDrewBR

Librarybelle

Librarybelle Oh! You‘ll get to go to South America, then!! 1mo

Bookwormjillk @Librarybelle yay! 1mo

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LitsyEvents

Nancy Drew 17: Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk (Revised) | Carolyn Keene

repost for @Librarybelle:

March‘s #NancyDrewBR follows Nancy on a trip—if you read the 1940 version, it‘s South America, and the 1976 version is the Netherlands. I think there must be a mystery surrounding a brass-bound trunk…😂

Discussion on March 15th! Please let me know if you would like to be added or removed from the tag list. Can‘t wait to see what amazing skills Nancy has this time, #LittenDetectives !

Librarybelle Thanks for reposting! 1mo

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Librarybelle

Nancy Drew 17: Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk (Revised) | Carolyn Keene

Can you believe we‘re now up to book 17?!?

March‘s #NancyDrewBR follows Nancy on a trip—if you read the 1940 version, it‘s South America, and the 1976 version is the Netherlands. I think there must be a mystery surrounding a brass-bound trunk…😂

Discussion on March 15th! Please let me know if you would like to be added or removed from the tag list. Can‘t wait to see what amazing skills Nancy has this time, #LittenDetectives !

Librarybelle @LitsyEvents 1mo

Ruthiella Wow! We get to really travel in this one! Maybe Nancy will land the plane in an emergency. 😆 1mo

BarkingMadRead I can‘t wait to see which one I‘ve got 🤣🤣🤣 1mo

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Librarybelle OMG, maybe she does @Ruthiella ! 😂 1mo

Librarybelle @BarkingMadRead 😂 1mo

Bookwormjillk Let me guess Nancy speaks fluent Spanish and Dutch 1mo

dabbe Maybe she'll win a “best tulips“ contest! 🤩 1mo

Librarybelle @Bookwormjillk I bet she does! 😂 1mo

Librarybelle @dabbe Oh my! I didn‘t even think of that angle! 😂 1mo

DebinHawaii @dabbe Best 🌷 contest is gold! 😂😂😂 1mo

dabbe @Librarybelle 🌷💚🌷 1mo

dabbe @DebinHawaii 💚🌷💚 1mo

Sace Dang. I have the later Netherlands version but I want the South American version! *pout* I want to know if the earlier version picks up right after Nancy‘s encore performance in The Clue of the Tapping Heels. I was intrigued that her “client” was a member of the audience. It‘s the first time the next case was more than just a mention. An actual person asked for help. Am I making sense? 1mo

Librarybelle You are, @Sace ! And that‘s a good thought. 1mo

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wordslinger42

Nancy Drew 17: Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk (Revised) | Carolyn Keene

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Another fun, light mystery in the Nancy Drew series and my 6th book for #SeriesRead2022 @TheSpineView

I managed 11 bingo squares this month, which is pretty good for me, but I feel like I was intentionally trying not to get a bingo 😂 Maybe next month! #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

This also filled the Unfogging the Future Prompt for the #OWLsReadingChallenge

tokorowilliamwallace What are all the prompts for the #owlsreadingchallenge? I didn't find a master legend post. I probably would complete it, but it would be fun for mood reading and in thrift shopping! 3y

DogMomIrene 🦉Your owl stickers are adorable!💜 3y

wordslinger42 @tokorowilliamwallace Here is the link to the Google Doc that the challenge hosts created 😊 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HrzMDJRAqq745vE3e0u4gwUAhLrb5OeyiMxHlfStBbk/... 3y

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wordslinger42 @DogMomIrene Thank you! 😊 3y

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3y

TheAromaofBooks @tokorowilliamwallace - They also have the challenge set up on Storygraph, if you use that site - https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/22a2b457-305d-433f-acd8-13d18ad... 3y

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SilverShanica

Nancy Drew 17: Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk (Revised) | Carolyn Keene

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When the wrong trunk is delivered to Nancy‘s room on her cruise ship a new mystery literally lands at her feet.

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SilverShanica

Nancy Drew 17: Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk (Revised) | Carolyn Keene

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When the wrong trunk is delivered to Nancy‘s room on her cruise ship a new mystery literally lands at her feet.

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LauraBrook

Nancy Drew 17: Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk | Carolyn Keene

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I haven‘t read a Nancy Drew book in such a long time, and I don‘t remember ever reading this one when I was a kid. Nancy and three friends are sailing from Rotterdam to NYC when Nancy sees someone on the dock signing her name to someone else on board the ship. There‘s a mysterious trunk, stolen jewels, masked intruders - lots of mayhem and fun! Of course Nancy figures everything out in the end. And this book made me chuckle unintentionally...

LauraBrook ... Nancy constantly refers to signing/using sign language as fingering or using the finger language. That makes me think of the Finger Lakes and the SNL Lawrence Welk sketches and Dooneese. I couldn‘t stop laughing! #deweysoct book 6 5y

Readerann 😂😂 5y

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DebinHawaii

Nancy Drew 17: Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk | Carolyn Keene

#LilithJuly
I thought of this brass-titled Nancy Drew mystery I read years ago. I suppose if you found a brass-bound trunk full of jewelry & documents, you would have #BrassinPocket at least maybe from a reward?😉 Also I once made the Brass-Bound Trunk Candy from The Nancy Drew Cookbook for a book tour review. (Link 👇🏻if you want to see it) but you don‘t want it “in pocket“ as it will melt! 😆

KarenUK, Cinfhen

DebinHawaii Link to candy recipe but it was fairly early blogging days so excuse the photos! 😉 https://kahakaikitchen.blogspot.com/2010/11/books-treats-reviews-of-four-fun.htm... 6y

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ravenlee

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Let‘s call this a pick minus. I enjoyed the sleuthing elements, and the secrets of the trunk. But Nancy just happening to “listen in” on a finger-spelling conversation that mentions her by name, on the dock in Rotterdam? Not so much.

Number 17 down for #nancydrewchallenge (skipping number 18 and the exploding oranges, alternate title to come later).

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Christinak

Nancy Drew 17: Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk | Carolyn Keene

Captain Detweiler whistled. “Longstreet is the name of a famous jewelry firm in England. I understand they have branches in many cities all over the #world.” #QuotsyFeb19
#NancyDrew

TK-421

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Rachbb3

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Nancy gets involved with jewel thieves in a mystery on board an oceanliner. Pure nostalgia for me. I love these books.

#Booked2019 (Female detective)

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BarbaraTheBibliophage Nice pick!! 👊🏻♥️📚 6y

Cinfhen I should try a reread of a Nancy Drew!!! 6y

minkyb I am afraid to reread @Cinfhen because they hold such an important place in my love of reading I would be crushed if they did not hold up. Basically I am a chicken! 😂 6y

Cinfhen I can respect that fear @minkyb sometimes beloved objects from childhood need to remain in childhood 💝nice to “hear” from you😘 6y

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LauraBrook

Nancy Drew 17: Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk | Carolyn Keene

I got my first Homemade Decades box (1930s) last week - it was filled with great stuff!
Along with the book sleeve, book, and scrabble tile decoration, there was a Wizard of Oz coloring book and pencils, candy, bracelet, charm keychain, and a cute Madeline tote! Lots and lots of loveliness, I was thrilled to see all of these awesome presents!
Thank you so much, @mrsamandahood !

bitterbear What!!!!!!??????!!!!!! I'm intrigued!! How amazing is this! 8y

LauraBrook @bitterbear It's pretty great! I was amazed at how much stuff (and quality stuff) was in the box, especially for the price. You should check it out! Every box is a different decade. The next one is 1910s! 8y

bitterbear EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! Where when how !!! 8y

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LauraBrook @bitterbear it's called HomeMade Decades, if you google it it should pop up right away. I'm not positive, but I think our very own @mrsamandahood runs it! 8y

mrsamandahood Yay! I'm SO happy you love everything! Thank you for supporting me and HMD! 😘❤️☺️ 8y

mrsamandahood @LauraBrook @bitterbear Yes! I run it! ☺️ The site is: https://homemadedecades.com - if you want to check it out! Thank you for the shout out and very kind words, Laura! ❤️ (edited) 8y

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