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The Secret of the Old Clock/The Hidden Staircase | Carolyn Keene

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The story that turned me into a fanatic lover of detective fiction. Nancy Drew embodies the kind of girl we all wanted to be: beautiful, beyond clever, adventurous, inquisitive, friendly, I mean she even drives a convertible at 18! The story holds up well, though I found I was quite nostalgic while reading it. The puzzle is easier to solve as an adult (esp. with the title), but it doesn't make it any less fun. #NancyDrewBR #ChildrensClassicRead

TheBookHippie, Librarybelle

Librarybelle So true!! 13mo

TheBookHippie It was what they call good clean fun- right? 13mo

dabbe @Librarybelle 🤩😃🤗 13mo

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dabbe @TheBookHippie I admit I was surprised at her being locked in the closet; I thought the thugs were quite rough for an ND mystery! 🤩 (edited) 13mo

TheBookHippie @dabbe well I mean …. 👀🤣 they did it to children as punishment around these parts - the “Christians” 13mo

dabbe @TheBookHippie Why am I not surprised? Now that you mention it, my mom did try and lock my sister in her bedroom to “keep her out of trouble.“ She just escaped through the window--until they put locks on that as well. #sucharebel #thosewerenotthegoodoldays (edited) 13mo

tpixie @dabbe the locked closet was a little tense 😬 13mo

dabbe @tpixie It was, wasn't it? I kept thinking how I didn't remember such a tense seen in a Nancy Drew book, but boy, was I wrong! 🤣 13mo

tpixie @dabbe 👍🏻. BTW- I love that photo!! 13mo

dabbe @tpixie I thought it was kinda cool! 🤩🤗😘 13mo

tpixie @dabbe 👍🏻 13mo

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Is It Just Me?: Or Is It Nuts out There? | Whoopi Goldberg

Am I the only one on Litsy who has no earthly idea what their first grown up book was? Absolutely no clue.

BooksTeasAndBookishThings No... I see some that I read young that others are posting: Gone With The Wind, VC Andrews' novels, Agatha Christie's novels, etc... But, I cannot recall my very first adult book. =/ 8y

Sue The only reason I could guess the author is because the pickings were so slim in my area back in the 80s. :) 8y

Chessa Me neither! I mean, Little Women maybe? Or Dandelion Wine? Or Night Shift? Possibly Clan of the Cave Bear? 8y

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Titania My reported first adult book is not really my first adult book. I know I read To Kill a Mockingbird before I read Forever, but Forever is the first book I remember feeling like I was reading an adult book. 8y

DreesReads I don't know either--mine was probably an Agatha Christie from the junior high library (I read every one they had). My mom full-on policed my reading before that (and after), but anything from the school library passed her criteria. 8y

moranadatter Nope. I had to guess and I have no idea if I got that right. 8y

BarbaraTheBibliophage I have absolutely no idea. It was so many decades ago! And I've read a gazillion books since then. But I'll pick like others - the first adult book I remember! 8y

BookishMarginalia Nope. I don't know either. I pretty much was left to my own devices and could read whatever I wanted 8y

Trav Nope, I definitely can't remember... Then again, I can't remember what I had for breakfast 2 days ago. 8y

Owlizabeth I had such a controlled childhood, sneaking The Shining was a BIG deal for me. I'd read other adult books, but they were classics or religious. The Shining marked what I consider adult reading, because it wasn't parent approved. #sucharebel 8y

LauraBrook I have vague memories, but neither a title nor an author will surface. When I was little I thought Nancy Drew was adult-ish bc they had hard covers and thicker spines. Yeah, not really adulty. I'm going to guess and pick an early one, that I know I read in middle school.

My Antonia (Revised)

RebL Nor I. Part of the reason is that my public school was like a prep school. Assigned reading versus elected reading gets jumbled and so my thinking gets muddy when I try to figure it out. 8y

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