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Bookshelves of Doom has posted another wonderful girl sleuth review, of Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #5: The Secret of Shadow Ranch. Leila's copy of the book is inscribed, and I find the inscription rather pathetic: what miserable wretch of a daughter cast off this prize?
Tags: book reviews, books, girl sleuths, Nancy Drew
Posted by Debra Hamel on August 21, 2006 | 
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From a random review:
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Right? I have a hard enough time ditching multiple copies of books, let alone ones that people have taken the time to inscribe. I can't even toss the book that an old boyfriend (who I kind of hate, in a totally immature way) gave me because he took the time to write a message in it!
Bad form, mystery daughter.
Posted by: Leila | August 21, 2006 at 03:55 PM
Funny, but as soon as I saw the link I ran over to read the review even before I read your blog entry and I had the exact same thought about the inscription. However, I can think of many scenarios where disposing of the book would be acceptable. I just hope that my daughter never disposes of a book I inscribed for her.
Posted by: Tom | August 21, 2006 at 07:54 PM
The father could have been evil, it's true.
Leila, you must write more such reviews. I adore them.
Posted by: Debra Hamel | August 21, 2006 at 09:49 PM