"Books? You want books?! Ha! We've got books on hairy otters, on onions and on mars! All the fungus you could care for, plus, three triple zillion stars. We've got books on flossing teeth, plus three books on tossing sheep. If we spent our lives just counting books, we'd never get to sleep!" -Leopold the Librarian ("The Great Wishy Woz")
I've sorta read a couple at the bookstore. My main complaint was the romance stuff (her mom and Jennie herself), but I enjoyed the situations she was in and the tie-in with her dad. (Thankfully I read book 4 or whatever which has the main revelation).
No, I have never read them or even heard of them. /
-Cowboy
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COWBOY OF TEXAS wrote:What happened to the old Nancy Drew?
-Cowboy
Nothing. She's still 18 and alive. Did you ever notice how Nancy always stays 18?
No. I never noticed that.
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And I really like Nancy Drew, too... to be perfectly honest, from the description of the books, they sound trashier than most of the Nancy Drew mysteries I remember reading.
And I really like Nancy Drew, too... to be perfectly honest, from the description of the books, they sound trashier than most of the Nancy Drew mysteries I remember reading.
"Trashier" . . . from Rachael who writes . . .*never mind*
They are about a Christian teen. And if you've ever read the Nancy Drew books of her and her friends in college . . . [no longer 18, by the way.] then you'd know trashy.
“God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.” Chester W. Nimitz
Jennifer Doyle wrote:"Trashier" . . . from Rachael who writes . . .*never mind*
Careful... I do see your point.. She was comparing Nancy Drew, not her own writing.
Jennifer Doyle wrote:They are about a Christian teen.
Christian doesn't stop her from "hooking up" with a cute guy she sees. Think of book 4... I enjoyed the story... except the way she and her friend "had dibs" on the 2 hot guys by the pool.
Jennifer Doyle wrote:"Trashier" . . . from Rachael who writes . . .*never mind* O:)
Careful... I do see your point.. She was comparing Nancy Drew, not her own writing. :-k
:-P At least I don't sell my writing to impressionable young children. Not most of the time, anyways. And there's a big difference between writing fanfiction about a villain who is by no means supposed to be a Christian and a children's book about a Christian teenager who's supposed to be a role model for young people. I don't think anyone ever intended for Dr. Blackgaard to be anyone's role model.
Well, trash is trash, whether about a non-Christian or a Christian. In my opinion.
And while I'm not a person who dates at all, there are tons of Christians who date a lot. And most of the time, other people think it's great. I happen not too, but that doesn't bother me about Jennie.
Are any book characters supposed to be role-models? I can't say I've modelled my behavior after any literary characters save JESUS, who is much more than that.
You are entitled to your opinions of course, I'm not saying your wrong because you can believe what you want, I just disagree.
“God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.” Chester W. Nimitz
Jennifer Doyle wrote:
They are about a Christian teen. And if you've ever read the Nancy Drew books of her and her friends in college . . . [no longer 18, by the way.] then you'd know trashy.
Yeah, I read some of those Nancy Drew on Campus books. Not quite as stellar as the older ones.
I have read all 15 Jennie McGrady books (though not recently) and enjoyed them. "Trashy" is definitely not a word that I would associate with them! They aren't the Bobbsey twins books, but they're good, if somewhat outdate by now.
You may not model yourself after a book character but other people might. What's more likely is that they'll gain ideas not specific models. I mean, how many people are in Jennie's situations? Not likely. Most teenaged girls are interested in guys. So it's possible that moving from guy to guy can be impressed as normal or whatever by reading the books. However, that alone probably isn't going to influence someone in that direction. It'd probably be one of several factors. If you don't see a problem with that, then it's no biggie.
[Same looks, height, first and middle names. . .]
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Think of book 4... I enjoyed the story... except the way she and her friend "had dibs" on the 2 hot guys by the pool.
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