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Best Story Of The Week…August 8
God bless the child who has a book, or 6.
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What a satisfying encounter you had! I’ll bet she was very pleased to meet you, a Nancy Drew fan.
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She was well-mannered and I made sure not to overstay my welcome. It did please me though she wasn’t buried in Social Media. A rare event these days.
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A friend of my mother’s gave me an entire Nancy Drew collection that her daughter had outgrown. I plowed through them in record time. We then donated the books to the daughter of another of mom’s friends who was bedridden for a couple of months. So nice to hear that girls still enjoy Nancy’s adventures.
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Isn’t it? They really launch a young girl’s literary muscle that hopefully will flourish and flourish and flourish.
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I love that the title of this post is “Best STORY…” as it applies all the more.
Isn’t it funny how we get all tickled by seeing a fellow young reader? It is true it has become a rare occurrence… sigh…
I loved Nancy Drew and The Bobbsey Twins and the Black Stallion and Beverly Cleary… “We must, we must, we must increase our bust!”… oh my… I think I read three-quarters of the books in the Boucherville Elementary School Library… great memories.
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I don’t think it’s an accident that as an adult you’re such a great reader. That library put down roots in your avid imagination, and look at your photos. Do you think your reading your whole life hasn’t affected your elegant eye that can capture a moment so vividly? Hello!!!
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That it did. Plus my mother always had/had a book in hand!
I honestly never put the two together. But one must have influenced the other!
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Of course. She was your first role model, across the board. Mine taught me how to mix a martini, but thank God for Auntie Ida. :0
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Lawzy… Thank God for Auntie Ida, indeed.
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I so loved her. She was one of those Aunts who, if she knew you wanted something, she’d go get it for ya. I just, well…she was such a hero to me when I was a mere girl, as hard to believe at that is, even to me.
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I am so happy you had her. I recently saw the movie “Dumplin” in which an aunt is the most important person to a young girl… She was her hero as well.
It’s a beautiful thing
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It’s nice to look up to someone that way. It’s like your first lesson in chosen love.
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Yes. This is so true.
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Love at its finest.
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I had no idea where that “we must increase our bust” quote came from!
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We forget, they come from somewhere. I remember that.
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Oh man…”Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret” was a book I’ll never forget!
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Nothin’ like a chat room with readers. 🙂
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Yes!
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Kids? Reading? Like . . . actual books?
You could’ve sold a pic of that for big money to one of the local tabloids. They would have fit her image in between a hazy shot of Bigfoot and Trump’s lost tax returns!
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I know Mr. Imma, and you’re right, what a fucking photo Op.
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It’s gold, Susannah . . . Gold!
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You’re such a reader and lover of words, that’s why you get that remark so plainly.
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Guilty. As charged, Ms Susannah.
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A grand thing to be guilty of Mr. WOO 🙂
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I think I prefer Mr Imma. 🙂
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Nancy Drew, my hero! The Titian-haired wonder sleuth. I’m so glad she seems to be a timeless draw for young readers.
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It’s amazing she’s still in play. It’s such a comfort to know that certain things really do not change. Hats off to her parents.
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That was the first Nancy Drew book ever written, I think. My sister had a bunch of them growing up, while I collected Hardy Boys books and my younger sister had Bobbsey Twins books, all written in a similar style. It’s always good to see kids reading.
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This explains why you all love to read. Those were seeds into your imagination, and yours in particular as we know, is off the charts. You had a great mom David.
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Never read Nancy, but did read the Hardy Boys and a zillion other comics, magazines, and books. Plus, managed my 77 hours a week of television, too. Thank you very much. You can do much if you put your mind to it. lol
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