In Episode 75, we discuss Nancy Drew & The Strange Message In The Parchment. Whelp, it was definitely strange, and is currently holding the lead for one of our least favorite books yet. The reason, you ask? In this episode:

- Nancy full-on re-kidnaps a child

- “The bank in Deadwood runs a tighter ship than this.”

- The reformation of Sid Zikes

- A biblical shepherd who may be in the wrong field (pun extremely intended)

- There’s a bug! IRL

- Robotic attack birds

- And most of all: ad hoc sheep poetry. Or, sheep trauma poems. Or, slaughterhouse limericks.

To quote Kelly: What in the Hannibal Lector was this book?

To quote Karen: Is Harriet Stratemeyer Adams OK?

In other news, Karen is hunting a librarian, and Kelly has a new jar of pickles.

Rated (an extremely generous) 5 out of 12 baby lambs.

Recommendations:

Dept. Q on Netflix (books by Jussi Adler-Olsen)

Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson

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In episode 74, we delve into Nancy Drew & The Sky Phantom. We need to know - what are YOU wearing to a last-minute masquerade? In addition to the titular "Skyjinx"(TM), there were too many crash landings for Karen's liking, and not enough duels for Kelly's. There are many lessons learned, including:

• magnetized clouds are rough on 'dometers
• secret societies shouldn't have membership lists
• Nancy needs to establish a risk assessment plan with an operational mindset

Also, Bess almost breaks up the Clue Crew.

Rated 9 out of 12 mysterious clouds.

Recommendation Station:

• Death at Morning House by Maureen Johnson
• All the Other Mothers Hate Me by Sarah Harmann

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In this episode of It’s A Clue, we discuss Nancy Drew & The Secret of the Forgotten City! But first, we crash elaborate field trips, Karen learns why vacation is a thing, Kelly heeds the PSA, and we fangirl over The Residence. Otherwise, this book was pretty “whelp”, but there were some (unintentionally) funny moments that put the shine back on our apple. In this book, George grabs a car snake by the face, everyone's terrible at archaeology, there are lots of overly complicated codes, Nancy completes a truly epic craft project, and a dude named Archie has strong “well actually” vibes while contributing nothing to the plot. That said, we both have some feedback for Harriet on this one...

Rated 6 out of 12 forged relics

Recommendations:

• TV Show: The Residence
• Book: Sunrise on the Reaping (new Hunger Games book by Suzanne Collins)

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