Nancy Drew was my childhood hero. A female icon depicting a brave, smart and determined young woman. I had a collection of Nancy Drew Mystery Books when I was younger, and got around to owning around 20 books or so. I started reading Nancy Drew when I was in Grade School. My parents used to reward me with books when I did good at school. That explains my love of them, my parents were the perpetrators and nurturers of my being a book geek :P
I loved the way Nancy and her friends solve their cases. It enabled me to think beyond what is conventional, to see beyond what is normally visible to the eye. Deep, huh? I am not being philosophical or anything, but Nancy Drew made me believe at a young age that girls can kick ass and be smart and save the day. She embedded the notion that certain things can be questioned and that brains are needed to succeed.
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I kept those books I collected when I was a kid until 2009. When Typhoon Ondoy ravaged the country we were part of the population that felt its wrath. Our house was submerged under flood waters for almost 4 days. Part of my book collection including my Nancy Drew Books were sure goners by the time the flood waters subsided.
Now, I am striving to build that collection again, hence the Nancy Drew Challenge. I plan to rebuild my collection, but in a bigger scale. I want to collect all 64 books in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories Series. I started this project last year and I was able to collect Books 1 - 15. Will now start to collect 16 - 30. Then if I am done with that, will move on to the rest :)
Why am I doing this? aside from the fact that I am a bibliophile and collecting and reading books is part of my DNA, Nancy Drew is a part of my childhood. And reading those books make me feel nostalgic, happy :) It kinda takes me back to the days when as a child, life was simpler and brighter :)
So wish me luck! Will post updates on this project from time to time :)
Till next time!
-M
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