Tag Archives: Mystery

Nurses Three: On Call For Trouble (#4) By Jean Kirby

Posted on October 20, 2021 by mondomolly

Why is Linda so angry? What can I do to help? Another week in October, another Whitman girls’ series by Jean Kirby, AKA Jinny McDonnell AKA Virginia Bleecher McDonnell. Background: I’ve noted before the reasons for the enduring popularity of Nursing as profession for YA heroines, so it’s … Continue reading →

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Nurses Three: A Very Special Girl (#3) By Jean Kirby

Posted on November 29, 2020 by mondomolly

She had not expected to find romance on this assignment – but then, almost everything at the Indian Services Hospital had come as a surprise… And we finish off the fall with another Whitman girls’ series by Jean Kirby, AKA Jinny McDonnell AKA Virginia … Continue reading →

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Ginny Gordon And The Broadcast Mystery (#5) By Julie Campbell

Posted on November 15, 2020 by mondomolly

“If she gets involved in any more mysteries I’d be in favor of the boarding school idea. As you say, she might get a lot out of it. How do you feel about going away to school, Ginny?” It is … Continue reading →

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Robin Kane (#3): The Mystery Of Glengary Castle By Eileen Hill

Posted on October 11, 2020 by mondomolly

“Heavens, so many things to worry about. I don’t want to tell Mom and Dad any of it. They’ll tell me to go to the Police. We don’t want to to that. Not yet anyway…” Striving for some semblance of … Continue reading →

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Movie Madness and/or Mania: Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939)

Posted on July 15, 2020 by mondomolly

For the fourth and final entry in Warner Bros. 1938-39 series of Nancy Drew films, we finally get to a credited adaptation of an actual Nancy Drew book. Now, I have not read The Hidden Staircase, the second book in … Continue reading →

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Movie Madness and/or Mania: Nancy Drew…Trouble Shooter (1939)

Posted on July 6, 2020 by mondomolly

Continuing this week with the third of four Nancy Drew movies produced by Warner Brothers in 1938-39, and I suspect we are getting farther and farther afield of the source material, and the emphasis continues to be on the wacky … Continue reading →

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Movie Madness and/or Mania: Nancy Drew… Reporter (1939)

Posted on June 22, 2020 by mondomolly

So, I decided that if I’m in for a penny, I’m in for a pound on Nancy Drew’s 90th Anniversary… no, not actually reading them, but watching the other three Warner Bros. films from the 1930s. The accent is definitely … Continue reading →

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Movie Madness and/or Mania: Nancy Drew… Detective (1938)

Posted on June 16, 2020 by mondomolly

So, confession on the occasion of Nancy Drew’s 90th Anniversary: I have never actually read a Nancy Drew book. Back in the early years of this site I did read and review Grosset & Dunlop’s Nancy Drew Cookbook (mmm, Crooked … Continue reading →

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Nurses Three: First Assigment (#2) By Jean Kirby

Posted on October 13, 2019 by mondomolly

For a nurse, she knew, a first assignment like this one could be the most decisive step in her life… Another week in October, another Whitman girls’ series by Jean Kirby, AKA Jinny McDonnell AKA Virginia Bleecher McDonnell. Background: I’ve … Continue reading →

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Ginny Gordon And The Lending Library (#4) By Julie Campbell

Posted on October 6, 2019 by mondomolly

“This town was made to order for our portable lending library. It’s filled with old people and shut-ins who like to read.” If it’s fall, it must be time for a look at the girls’ series books published by Whitman … Continue reading →

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