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How Nancy Drew Succeeds as an Adaptation Where The Hardy Boys Fails

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It is a truth universally acknowledged that every few years, a new on-screen adaptation of The Hardy Boys or Nancy Drew will arrive. Since the franchises’ first appearances on the page (1927 and 1930, respectively), we’ve all been collectively fascinated by the stories of spirited teens solving crimes that range from neighborhood theft to international espionage. But this year is perhaps the first time we’ve seen two appear so close to one another.

Hulu’s 2020 The Hardy Boys adaptation is the fifth time the famous sleuthing siblings have appeared onscreen. The CW’s Nancy Drew, which is set to return for its second season in January, is the girl detective’s ninth, and that’s only if you don’t count several failed pilots that never moved forward. (Quietly judging you, CBS.) We’re clearly obsessed with these kids, likely because many of us grew up reading stories of their adventures, and wishing we ourselves could take part in them.

But for a variety of reasons, these stories have proven perilously difficult to adapt for the screen. Perhaps it’s because movies and TV shows naturally dull some of the self-insert joy that young readers get from these books. Or maybe it’s because there are always going to be growing pains when trying to adapt children’s classics for the adults that networks hope will tune in to watch these series. Either way, neither The CW’s Nancy Drew nor Hulu’s The Hardy Boys is particularly faithful to its source material, though each makes different choices about how to strike out on its own, narratively speaking. And one method clearly works better than the other.

Nancy Drew jumps at the chance to create a completely new take on a classic heroine for modern audiences, acknowledging that their girl detective does and should look different than her textual counterpart. Tonally, The Hardy Boys has a lot more in common with the original Stratemeyer Syndicate catalog than its CW cousin does, with its wholesome feel, younger characters, and colorful, vaguely timeless aesthetic. But, of the two, it’s Nancy Drew that ultimately gets the spirit of its source material right.

The Hardy Boys seems content to let the characters languish in a sort of nebulous vacuum, crafting a fairly bland family mystery that’s populated by characters who not only bear little resemblance to the classic novel versions we know but who aren’t interesting enough in their own right to make up for it. True, the show features a pair of appealing young lead actors in newcomers Rohan Campbell and Alexander Elliot, but it makes the brothers much younger than in any previous adaptation to date and needlessly widens the age gap between them in an attempt to appeal to a broader audience. While this move is understandable on paper, in actuality it robs the series of its most important element: The relationship between the Hardy Boys themselves.

With Frank now sixteen and Joe just twelve, their characters no longer feel like equals, or even really like friends. In fact, young Joe has more to do with his BFF Biff – intriguingly now reimagined as a tomboyish girl – than he does with his brother. (What high schooler is naturally this eager to hang out with a twelve-year-old, after all?) Frank’s whole uber-protective vibe is sweet enough, but this isn’t the relationship that any of us remember.

To be fair, this Nancy Drew isn’t necessarily any truer to its literary roots than The Hardy Boys is. After all, Nancy has sex in the CW series, and the show fully embraces the supernatural in a way the original books never did. (In the novels that creepy noise in the attic was probably a neighbor’s cat. Here’s it’s 100% guaranteed a murderous ghost.)

This version of her story bears little resemblance to Carolyn Keene’s novels beyond its eponymous mystery-loving heroine and a slew of self-referential Easter eggs that will make fans of the books sigh with delight. (Truly, there’s an episode whose plot turns on a literal hidden staircase.) The show acknowledges its roots by making its aged-up Nancy a former child detective prodigy in the town of Horseshoe Bay, even as it admits allowing that little girl to grow up into a young woman who regularly breaks into buildings isn’t really that cute anymore. And could have unfortunate legal ramifications.

However, despite the much-changed setting around her, it still feels as though you can draw a line from the Nancy of the novels to star Kennedy McMann’s version of the character. Her Nancy is whip-smart and plucky, but most importantly dedicated to finding the truth, no matter what, even and maybe especially when it personally costs her to do so. From its opening frames, The CW’s Nancy Drew knows exactly what kind of show it wants to be, and embraces that identity with gusto.

Fans of the original novels may or may not find that identity enjoyable, and that’s certainly more than fair, but rightly or wrongly, the show has a point of view. Hulu’s The Hardy Boys, unfortunately, seems stuck serving multiple masters and, in doing so, satisfies none.

Its classic, old school mystery feel seems meant to appeal to families and younger viewers, but its legitimately scary moments and dark themes like death and political corruption are hardly things that parents are going to want to explain to their kids. After all, the boys aren’t just trying to solve a variety of generally low stakes cases in their small town, as they are in the novels. They’re trying to figure out who killed their own mother, and the show is vastly unprepared to really deal with how disturbing that both is and should be.

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The show’s 1980s vibes and likable central squad of teens feel like a slightly less alien-filled Stranger Things, but none of our core characters are particularly compelling protagonists. (Callie Shaw is maybe the exception to this, but the show also puts her in a weird catfight with a new girl at her school, because, of course, it does.) In the end, The Hardy Boys is extremely tonally uneven, trying to balance innocence and adulthood in a way that just doesn’t work.

Is Nancy Drew perfect? Of course not. And if what you’re looking for is a faithful retelling of Keene’s original stories, you’re definitely going to be disappointed by it. But, unlike The Hardy Boys, at least this adaptation is a show that feels like it has something to say. And that makes all the difference.

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This post was inspired by Ally’s series (which was inspired by Lia at Lost in a Story).

It works like this

Go to your goodreads to-read shelf.

Order on ascending date added.

Take the first 5 (or 10 (or even more!) if you’re feeling adventurous) books

Read the synopsis of the books

Decide: keep it or should it go?

The Complete Poetry and Prose by William Blake, David V. Erdman (editor)

Since its first publication in 1965, this edition has been widely hailed as the best available text of Blake’s poetry and prose. Now revised, it includes up-to-date work on variants, chronology of the poems, and critical commentary by Harold Bloom. An “Approved Edition” of the Center for Scholarly Editions of the Modern Language Association.

Date added to TBR: September 2, 2010 Keep or Ditch? Ditch Comments: I went through a William Blake obsession in high school after I read Red Dragon and while, if I saw this book on sale I’d probably buy it, I wouldn’t go out of my way to read it therefore it doesn’t belong on my TBR.

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, Craig Raine

Humbert Humbert – scholar, aesthete and romantic – has fallen completely and utterly in love with Lolita Haze, his landlady’s gum-snapping, silky skinned twelve-year-old daughter. Reluctantly agreeing to marry Mrs Haze just to be close to Lolita, Humbert suffers greatly in the pursuit of romance; but when Lo herself starts looking for attention elsewhere, he will carry her off on a desperate cross-country misadventure, all in the name of Love. Hilarious, flamboyant, heart-breaking and full of ingenious word play, Lolita is an immaculate, unforgettable masterpiece of obsession, delusion and lust.

Date added to TBR: September 2, 2010 Keep or Ditch? Ditch Comments: Honestly? I just don’t think I could stomach actually reading this.

Books That Changed the World by Robert B. Downs

From the Bible, the Iliad, and the Republic to Civil Disobedience, Das Kapital, and Silent Spring, this revised and greatly expanded edition is a monument to the power of the printed word-an informative discussion of many of the most important works ever created.

Date added to TBR: September 2, 2010 Keep or Ditch? Ditch Comments: While this sounds interesting… I don’t think I’d want to read an entire book. Especially one that is likely dated. I think I’d rather skim a blog post with this list LOL!

Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins

Still Life with Woodpecker is a sort of a love story that takes place inside a pack of Camel cigarettes. It reveals the purpose of the moon, explains the difference between criminals and outlaws, examines the conflict between social activism and romantic individualism, and paints a portrait of contemporary society that includes powerful Arabs, exiled royalty, and pregnant cheerleaders. It also deals with the problem of redheads.

Date added to TBR: September 2, 2010 Keep or Ditch? Ditch Comments: I have no idea why I added this to my TBR in the first place…

Immanuel’s Veins (Books of History Chronicles) by Ted Dekker

This story is for everyone–but not everyone is for this story.

It is a dangerous tale of times past. A love story full of deep seduction. A story of terrible longing and bold sacrifice.

Then as now, evil begins its courtship cloaked in light. And the heart embraces what it should flee. Forgetting it once had a truer lover.

With a kiss, evil will ravage body, soul, and mind. Yet there remains hope, because the heart knows no bounds.

Love will prove greater than lust. Sacrifice will overcome seduction. And blood will flow.

Because the battle for the heart is always violently opposed. For those desperate to drink deep from this fountain of life, enter.

But remember, not everyone is for this story.

Date added to TBR: September 15, 2010 Keep or Ditch? Ditch Comments: Dear Bree from 2010… WTF?

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will be busier still.

By her brother’s graveside, Liesel’s life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Gravedigger’s Handbook, left behind there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel, with the help of her accordian-playing foster father, learns to read. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor’s wife’s library, wherever there are books to be found.

But these are dangerous times. When Liesel’s foster family hides a Jew in their basement, Liesel’s world is both opened up, and closed down.

In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.

Date added to TBR: June 27, 2011 Keep or Ditch? Ditch Comments: I actually DNF’ed this book many years ago, but not because I didn’t appreciate it. I actually loved how it was written and remember tagging almost every other page, but I kept choosing other books instead of finishing it until eventually I put it down for good.

Insight Meditation: A Step-by-step Course on How to Meditate by Sharon Salzberg

Insight Meditation box set includes: • 240-page Insight Meditation workbook (wire-o binding)—This workbook is designed as a complete self-guided curriculum. Organized into nine lessons, the workbook features more than 75 step-by-step mindfulness exercises, question-and-answer sections, glossaries, and photographs illustrating correct meditation postures.

• 2 CDs (70 minutes each)—Six meditations teach the cornerstone practices in the Insight tradition.

• Insight study cards (12 cards)—Daily reminders of the fundamentals of meditation in a convenient, portable form.

Workbook Contents Lesson One: The Power of Mindfulness Lesson Two: Bare Attention Lesson Three: Desire and Aversion Lesson Four: Sleepiness, Restlessness, and Doubt Lesson Five: Concepts and Reality Lesson Six: Suffering Lesson Seven: Karma Lesson Eight: Equanimity Lesson Nine: Lovingkindness Last Words Appendix A: Meditation Supplies Appendix B: The Five Hindrances Appendix C: The Three Great Myths Appendix D: The Three Kinds of Suffering Appendix E: The Four Brahma-Viharas Appendix F: The Six Realms of Existence Appendix G: The Eight Vicissitudes

CD Contents Each CD features three guided meditations that will help you explore the direct experience of meditation. The meditations are set up to simulate as closely as possible the ambience of an actual practice session at a retreat center like the Insight Meditation Society. Meditations include: 1. Breath Meditation 2. Walking Meditation 3. Meditation on Body Sensations 4. Meditation on Hindrances 5. Meditation on Emotions 6. Metta Meditation

Excerpt Welcome to Insight Meditation. The compact discs and workbook will take you step by step through a comprehensive training course in basic meditation. The cards included in the box list various helpful teachings that are explored throughout this workbook. This course is rooted in the Buddhist style of vipassana, or insight meditation, but these fundamental techniques for sharpening your awareness and releasing painful mental habits are useful no matter what your religious or spiritual orientation. It’s not necessary to affiliate with any belief system in order to benefit from Insight Meditation. These mindfulness practices can support your existing spiritual path, whether it’s a structured practice like Christianity or Judaism, or simply a personal sense of your relationship with the great questions of human existence. What to Expect: Insight Meditation comprises two compact discs, a workbook, and a set of informational cards. The workbook contains: –Information on meditation resources –Suggestions for setting up a meditation space and a daily practice –Buddhist teachings about meditation and life –Q & A sessions that clarify practical new issues new meditators tend to encounter –Exercises to help you deepen your understanding and experience of meditation (and space to respond to them) –Tips for taking your meditataive awareness into the world and for troubleshooting problem areas in your practice — Glossaries of Pali, Sanskrit, and other terms — A list of books and tapes you can use to further your study of meditation.

Date added to TBR: June 27, 2011 Keep or Ditch? Ditch Comments: My friend and I started a meditation group back in 2011 and this was what we kind of based our meetings on… we followed the meditations in this book, so I got through some of this book, but when our group fizzled out, I never really went back to it and I don’t see myself doing so. That is not to say this isn’t a wonderful book for beginners, because it truly is. I highly recommend this box set to anyone who is interested in meditation, but it just doesn’t belong on my TBR.

Helen of Troy by Margaret George

A lush, seductive novel of the legendary beauty whose face launched a thousand ships

Daughter of a god, wife of a king, prize of antiquity’s bloodiest war, Helen of Troy has inspired artists for millennia. Now, Margaret George, the highly acclaimed bestselling historical novelist, has turned her intelligent, perceptive eye to the myth that is Helen of Troy.

Margaret George breathes new life into the great Homeric tale by having Helen narrate her own story. Through her eyes and in her voice, we experience the young Helen’s discovery of her divine origin and her terrifying beauty. While hardly more than a girl, Helen married the remote Spartan king Menelaus and bore him a daughter. By the age of twenty, the world’s most beautiful woman was resigned to a passionless marriage until she encountered the handsome Trojan prince Paris. And once the lovers flee to Troy, war, murder, and tragedy become inevitable. In Helen of Troy, Margaret George has captured a timeless legend in a mesmerizing tale of a woman whose life was destined to create strife and destroy civilizations.

Date added to TBR: June 27, 2011 Keep or Ditch? Keep Comments: This beauty of a book is currently sitting on my bookshelf and has been since 2011 and there it shall remain. I do really want to read this book because I effing hate Helen of Troy and Paris with a fiery passion. I think they’re both despicably selfish and stupid and I’d love to read this book and see their side of the story.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good times ever committed to the printed page. It is also the tale of a long weekend road trip that has gone down in the annals of American pop culture as one of the strangest journeys ever undertaken.

Date added to TBR: June 27, 2011 Keep or Ditch? Ditch Comments: TBH I read most of this book and saw most of the movie, but I don’t see myself picking it up again.

Vampires: The Greatest Stories by Martin H. Greenberg

Contents • 1 • Introduction (Vampires: The Greatest Stories) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg • 3 • The Bat Is My Brother • (1944) • shortstory by Robert Bloch • 23 • In Darkness, Angels • (1983) • novelette by Eric Van Lustbader • 53 • Dayblood • (1985) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny • 59 • The Man Who Loved the Vampire Lady • (1988) • novelette by Brian Stableford • 81 • The Cookie Lady • (1953) • shortstory by Philip K. Dick • 91 • The Miracle Mile • (1991) • novelette by Robert R. McCammon • 111 • Something Had to Be Done • (1975) • shortstory by David Drake • 117 • Valentine from a Vampire • (1988) • novelette by Ed Gorman [as by Daniel Ransom ] • 151 • Mama Gone • (1991) • shortstory by Jane Yolen • 157 • Beyond Any Measure • (1982) • novella by Karl Edward Wagner • 207 • Red as Blood • (1979) • shortstory by Tanith Lee • 219 • No Such Thing as a Vampire • (1959) • shortstory by Richard Matheson • 229 • The Vampire of Mallworld • [Mallworld] • (1981) • novelette by S. P. Somtow [as by Somtow Sucharitkul ] • 253 • Child of an Ancient City • (1988) • novelette by Tad Williams

Date added to TBR: June 27, 2011 Keep or Ditch? Ditch Comments: #vampirephase #thanksTwilight

Here are the stats

You guys… I’ve added so many books to my TBR the past few months because I’ve been watching more BookTube channels and I made a few Book Outlet and library bookstore purchases, so my count has grown exponentially!

Starting Total TBR Count: 1760 Previous Total TBR Count: 1762 Total Marked TBR ASAP: 138 Updated Total TBR Count: 1849 Total Ditched Today: 9 Total Kept Today: 1

Bye-Bye Books: Decluttering my TBR January 2019 This post was inspired by Ally’s series (which was inspired by Lia at Lost in a Story…

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Boca do Lobo honours Design & Craftsmanship at Milan Design Week 2018

Boca do Lobo honours Design & Craftsmanship at Milan Design Week 2018 – During the fast approaching event Salone del Mobile 2018, one of the most relevant events of Milan Design Week, latest trends and projects will be launched from 17-22 April. Meanwhile, the Portuguese luxury furniture brand, Boca do Lobo will combine meaningful Design with artful Craftsmanship. This exquisite furniture brand has wonderful surprises for all of those who admire authentic and unexpected luxury design pieces in a sort of dramatic theatre exhibit.

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From 17 until 22 of April, Pavilion 1, Stand D06 – Isaloni will be a place for fantasy and unfiltered design expression of utmost beauty. Always matching in the language of design yet so different in the concept, the ultimate Stonehenge Dining Table reflects dramatic lines and curves, the Odette Sofa soft textiles with neutral colours and Soleil Sconce handmade techniques provoking bittersweet emotions and evoking intimate feelings of belonging. Boca do Lobo lifts the veil to this spectacular and rich backstage coloured in tones of Grey and Gold and strives to unveil new design pieces at Salone del Mobile 2018 through the most unique and traditional craftsmanship.

Diamond Pyrite

Projected to be the jewel in the crown of the Portuguese brand Boca do Lobo, the Diamond Sideboard is a reflection of the furniture jeweller’s expertise and quintessence, undoubtedly deserving its title. This opulent object, full of resources and desire, has two carefully sculpted doors that reveal a lined interior with shelves and two drawers.

Odette Sofa

Inspired by the Swan Lake Op. 20, ballet composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Odette Sofa tells the story of a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer’s curse. Its sweeping silhouette is accentuated with a polished brass structure and an asymmetric back offers a sophisticated design and timeless appeal.

Angra Sideboard

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Angra Mirror

Soleil Armchair

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Soleil Sofa

Soleil Sconces

Stonehenge Console Table

This piece promises to elevate your living space to the next level. The metallic hues make an elegant contrast while beautifully combine and pay tribute to the Neolithic and Bronze Age.

Stonehenge Side Table

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Imperfectio Sofa, Metamorphosis Center Table and Supernova Chandelier

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Newton Suspension Lamp

Newton Suspension lamp is a handcrafted piece that has something unique about it. Newton Lamp is a monumental piece which authenticates Boca do Lobo designers and artisans’ work.

Cubic Sconces

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Pixel Cabinet

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D. Heritage Cabinet

Cabinet made from wood and hand-painted tiles with a turned base. Interior is lacquered in glossy black/brown (degrade effect) with high gloss varnish and glass shelf.

Metamorphosis Dining Table

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Nº11 Chair

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Emporium Chair

A sense of fun and frivolity pervades in this chair, but this exclusive piece also manages to be sophisticated, thought-provoking and (above all) finely handcrafted.

Monet Side Table

All the pieces composing Monet are interlinked, from the geometric base, composed of polished acrylic, to the top, which is made from polished brass.

Lapiaz Oval Center Table

Newton Side Table

Mixing the old with new, Newton side table is an insightful combination of grandeur and playfulness. Its structure is made of aluminium, lacquered in black, with a high gloss varnish. This side table’s design is expressive and forward thinking with its gold-plated spheres and semi-spheres.

Robin Mirror

Robin Mirror embodies the strength and character of noble ages, giving them a modern approach. This exquisite piece was given a strong visual texture through the use of handmade nails, each one unique in their finishing, size, and character.

Filigree Mirror

The Filigree mirror’s structure is made from brass cords, gilded in 18k gold. It features a brass sheet which is hand hammered to achieve its concave shape.

Convex Metamorphosis Mirror

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Venice Mirror

Through a passionate explosion of romance, the drama the Venice Mirror stirs emotion in anyone that catches its eye. Hand cut and carved by an experienced artisan who’s passion for glasswork goes back as far as his childhood, the Venice represents Boca do Lobo’s ambition to bring value to true craftsmanship through contemporary design.

Millionaire Safe

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Diamond Watch Winder

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