Challenge: 50 Books discussion

1. Witch & Wizard - James Patterson

2. Seducing Mr. Darcy - Gwen Cready
3. Supernatural: Bone Key - Keith R.A. DeCandido
4. Emily of New Moon - L.M. Montgomery

5. The Magician's Nephew - C.S. Lewis
6. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) - Rick Riordan
7. White Witch, Black Curse (Rachel Morgan/The Hollows, #7) - Kim Harrison
8. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
9. Dime Store Magic (Women of the Otherworld, #3) - Kelley Armstrong
10. Eragon's Guide to Alagaesia - Christopher Paolini
11. Flirt (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #18) - Laurell K. Hamilton
12. Forbidden City (Rogue Angel, #5) - Alex Archer
13. Apocalypse Happens (Phoenix Chronicles, #3) - Lori Handeland

14. Faefever - Karen Marie Moning
15. City of Souls - Vicki Pettersson
16. The Lost Scrolls - Alex Archer
17. Fang - James Patterson
18. Blackberry Wine - Joanne Harris
19. The Horse and His Boy - C.S. Lewis

20. A Quick Bite - Lynsay Sands
21. Eve of Destruction - S.J. Day
22. Chosen - P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
23. Untamed - P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
24. Prince Caspian - C.S. Lewis
25. Hunted - P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast

26. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - C.S. Lewis
27. Eve of Chaos - S.J. Day
28. How To Live With a Neurotic Cat - Stephen Baker
29. Shakespeare's Trollop - Charlaine Harris
30. The Secret of the Old Clock - Carolyn Keene
31. Black Magic Sancion - Kim Harrison

32. The Hidden Staircase - Carolyn Keene
33. The Bungalow Mystery - Carolyn Keene
34. The Mystery at Lilac Inn - Carolyn Keene
35. The Secret of Shadow Ranch - Carolyn Keene
36. The Secret of Red Gate Farm - Carolyn Keene
37. The Clue in the Diary - Carolyn Keene
38. Nancy's Mysterious Letter - Carolyn Keene
39. The Silver Chair - C.S. Lewis

40. The Last Battle - C.S. Lewis
41. The Sign of the Twisted Candles - Carolyn Keene
42. Dark Lover - J.R. Ward
43. Password to Larkspur Lane - Carolyn Keene
44. The Clue of The Broken Locket - Carolyn Keene
45. The Message in The Hollow Oak - Carolyn Keene
46. The Mystery of The Ivory Charm - Carolyn Keene

47. The King of Attolia - Megan Whalen Turner
48. The Whispering Statue - Carolyn Keene
49. The Haunted Bridge - Carolyn Keene
50. The Clue Of the Tapping Heels - Carolyn Keene
51. Dead in the Family - Charlaine Harris
52. The Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk - Carolyn Keene
53. The Sugar Queen -Sarah Addison Allen
54.The Mystery of the Moss-Covered Mansion - Carolyn Keene
55. The Quest of the Missing Map - Carolyn Keene
56. The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening - L.J. Smith
57. The Vampire Diaries: The Struggle - L.J. Smith
58. The Clue in the Jewel Box - Carolyn Keene

59. The Secret in the Old Attic - Carolyn Keene
60. The Clue in the Crumbling Wall - Carolyn Keene
61. The Mystery of the Tolling Bell - Carolyn Keene
62. Catnap (Midnight Louie #1) - Carole Nelson Douglas
63. The Clue in the Old Album - Carolyn Keene
64. The Ghost of Blackwood Hall - Carolyn Keene
65. The Clue of the Leaning Chimney - Carolyn Keene

66. The Secret of the Wooden Lady - Carolyn Keene
67. The Clue of the Black Keys - Carolyn Keene
68. Mystery At the Ski Jump - Carolyn Keene
69. The Clue of the Velvet Mask - Carolyn Keene
70. The Ringmaster's Secret - Carolyn Keene
71. The Scarlet Slipper Mystery - Carolyn Keene
72. The Witch Tree Symbol - Carolyn Keene

73. The Hidden Window Mystery - Carolyn Keene
74. The Haunted Showboat - Carolyn Keene
75. Lover Eternal - J.R. Ward
76. The Secret of the Golden Pavilion - Carolyn Keene
77. The Clue in the Old Stagecoach - Carolyn Keene
78. Lover Awakened - J.R. Ward
79. The Mystery of the Fire Dragon - Carolyn Keene
80. The Clue of the Dancing Puppet - Carolyn Keene

A Nancy Drew fan! I will get to her books eventually, so glad there are so many of them. (I counted 39 in the titles here, and I know there are more of them you haven't mentioned...)

Carol wrote: "A Nancy Drew fan! I will get to her books eventually, so glad there are so many of them. (I counted 39 in the titles here, and I know there are more of them you haven't mentioned...)"

My mother read Nancy drew to me as a bed time story when I was a little girl. When she told me she wants to get rid of her Nancy Drew books to make room on her shelves, I decided I wanted to read them before they disappeared. There are 56 in the original series. I don't know how many were written after that. They're fun to read but it's very different reading them as an adult.

81. The Moonstone Castle Myster - Carolyn Keene
82. The Clue of the Whistling Bagpipes - Carolyn Keen
83. The Phantom of Pine Hill - Carolyn Keene
84. The Mystery of The 99 Steps - Carolyn Keene
85. The Clue in the Crossword Cipher - Carolyn Keene
86. The Spider Sapphire Mystery - Carolyn Keene
87. The Invisible Intruder - Carolyn Keene
88. The Mysterious Mannequin - Carolyn Keene
89. The Crooked Banister - Carolyn Keene

Kerry, if your mother still wants to get rid of them, I'll take them (and pay the postage to California)...she says with eyes wide open and nodding her head up and down expectantly...

Kerry, when I went away to college my mom gave all of my Nancy Drew Books away. I was furious. I brought it up to my husband like 30 some years later and for my surprise 50th birthday party he ordered the whole set for me. I agree it is harder to read them as an adult, but I am about 1/2 way through them. He recently threw me a surprise 60th birthday party, so it is taking me quite a while to get through them

Carol wrote: "Kerry, if your mother still wants to get rid of them, I'll take them (and pay the postage to California)...she says with eyes wide open and nodding her head up and down expectantly..."

Sorry. My sister has claimed them.

90. The Secret of Mirror Bay - Carolyn Keene
91. The Double Jinx Mystery - Carolyn Keene
92. Mystery Of the Glowing Eye - Carolyn Keene
93. The Strange Message in the Parchment - Carolyn Keene
94. The Secret of the Forgotten City - Carolyn Keene
95. Mystery of Crocodile Island - Carolyn Keene
96. The Thirteenth Pearl - Carolyn Keene
97. Bullet - Laurell K. Hamilton
98. Visions of Sugar Plums - Janet Evanovich

99. Tempted - P.C. Cast
100. Burned - P.C. Cast
101. Shakespeare's Counselor - Charlaine Harris
102. Lover Revealed - J.R. Ward

I won't feel guilty that 56 of the books I read were Nancy Drew.

I got hold of a used Nancy Drew at the local library, I think it was #32. It was very light reading and quick to get through, I think all told the reading time was only a few hours. I rather enjoyed it, though, even if it was written in a kind of bare-bones style...I still got a sense of who Nancy Drew was. I didn't read any ND books as an adolescent, so I had to see what all the talk was about. I wasn't that thrilled, but not that disappointed either. I'd go for the whole series, if I could read them in order.

(My 14-year oldgrand-daughter has them all, so I will borrow hers, I think...)