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    <body><![CDATA[what a hilariously silly idea with a terrific execution: the memoir of Nancy Drew.  Her roommate at Vassar, Carolyn Keene, stole Nancy's stories and got a lot of the details wrong so here Nancy sets the story straight, and also explains what happened after.  Did she marry Ned?  Did she have children...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10190720">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read every Nancy Drew book as a kid, so I immediately recognized the over-the-top, perky tone of this book. It's a clever idea--Nancy Drew is a real person, was roommates with Carolyn Keene in college, and Carolyn wrote about her life but got a lot of things wrong. This is supposed to be the &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58531999">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I am currently in the middle of writing a Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys Supermystery with a couple of friends. Having read countless Nancy Drew books in my younger years, I was used to the bad writing and have become fairly good at imitating it. Chelsea Cain has done a great job of duplicating that same ton...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39479938">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Well, I must say I was very excited about reading this book.  As a child, I lived for Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden.  Unfortunately, my expectations for what a book like this should be, and the author's expectations of what this book should be were very different! I was disappointed.<br/><br/>Of co...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38521209">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a *hilarious* parody of Nancy Drew books. After 7 decades of being misrepresented, Nancy finally has her say. <br/><br/>Nancy's former college roommate, Carolyn Keene, has been writing about Nancy (without Nancy's permission), and has apparently gotten many details wrong. The truths are th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2349764">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is written from the point of view that this girl's room mate in college was Carolyn Keene, and that she stole her adventures from her. It's kind of funny as a satire, but there's not much substance. Overall, I wouldn't recommend it.]]></body>
    
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