Bella Donna

Well I have finally completed my read of the original 57 books in the Nancy Drew Mystery Series, but am pretty much just carrying on until I finish the series. I can knock out a few a day, so am rapidly catching up to my annual target. This is weird, as in, was the ghostie smoking some seriously serious stuff??? Nan and the squad (including boyfriends) head off to a forest in search of a UFO that seems to appear every 10 years. They meet a cool old geezer called Old Joe (who has a mystery for Nancy as well), there is also a mysterious Indian called Shoso who randomly throws nuts at Bess (hysterical) but actually turns out to be a good guy. In fact, there are sadly no baddies in this book. Just the mysterious spaceship that creates bad weather and seems to have hallucinogenic properties, or maybe that is just *Dismal Swamp* (cool name) which  is where the aforementioned UFO lands. One night Nancy and Ned go off to investigate and get *abducted*, yes, this is a thing!!! This whol...

So I am trying to fill out my Goodreads challenge of 550 books this year and I was a bit behind, so decided to reread all the Nancy Drew books I've been collecting for  the last ten years but haven't actually read since circa 1990! I've just finished Book 3 - or Book 43, OR something considering the weirdness of Nancy publishing... WTF! The numbered books on my shelf are NOT official order. Luckily the ghosties didnt really give a crap about continuity anyway, which  leads us fans to endless hours of fruitless speculation and argument! So, plot: Nan gets a mystery that takes her to France. An old lady is having bad dreams about 99 steps. Whoop Nancy and her squad head off to France after being threatened by villains- quelle surprise? Blah blah, Carson *daddy dear* is dealing with his own personal case of "the frightened financier". Msr Neuf (hint:bad guy with pseudonym) contunues to harass Nance and her mates; bops them on the head, sends dodgy messages... aka ...