Book Review - Process of Elimination by Carolyn Keene

Rating: 9/10

Nancy Drew, with her friend Bess Marvin, were going to have lunch with one of the speakers from the environmental conference in California they just attended. However, Carl Dubchek was not able to come - he was killed, gunned down while he was walking down the street. What;s more, they find out that Dubchek was a CIA agent! In San Diego, Frank and Joe Hardy try to stop a burglary of bamboo from the San Diego Zoo. They investigate the reason behind the puzzling theft, and discover that it is connected to the CIA. The three detectives find themselves entangled in the same web of murder and deceit, with a controversy that could destroy nations.

Process of Elimination is my first book where Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys team up. It's a change from the usual Nancy Drew (where she solves a crime, falls in love with a guy, and still ends up in Ned's arms) and Hardy Boys books. I actually admire the way it was written: entertaining and suspense-filled.

Book Review - Nancy Drew Files Case 1: Secrets Can Kill

Rating: 5/10
Nancy Drew goes back to high school to solve a mystery. Recently, Bedford High School has experienced a series of thefts and Mr. Parton asked the girl detective to find out who is doing it. But when the case turns to murder, Nancy finds there's more to the thefts than meets the eye, and she is determined to find out who is behind it all.
I didn't enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed reading the hardbound ones. Well, I never did like the Nancy Drew Files. It's more like a romance novel than a mystery novel. Sure, there's the sleuthing and all the what-not, but there's just something not right about it. The fact that Nancy could be "cheating" on Ned (because of Daryl Gray) is incredulous. The Nancy I read about in the hardbounds is not this Nancy. She's just so different, more mature maybe. It probably appeals to other teenagers, but not to me.
Like I mentioned above, it's written more like a romance novel. There's a lot of love and kissing going on and I just don't think I'd see the girls doing all that (especially George in the Nancy Drew on Campus series). So yeah, I pretty much didn't like it.

Oh yeah, it has a PC game version which is the first of all Nancy Drew games and I hope I get to play it one of these days. :D