The joy of book donations.

Someone donated a whole pile of books from the Nancy Drew Files series.  The covers are ridiculous:

Believe me, a closer look at that guy's outfit is necessary.  The leg warmers!  The wrinkly crotchal area!  The bare chest!  The... ballet flats?  I sure hope he's the love interest:

Almost ever cover also has a baddie in a background.  This one has what looks like a ninja!:

Comments

[Brian F.]

I think the ninja has a better chance of being the love interest. Because with that outfit? Gay!

[liz]

These are the Nancy Drew books I read as a kid! My younger sister actually had a bunch of them and I'd borrow them between other books.
Ballet flats on a man? Excellent! And I love what I think is the gleam of the ninja's knife.

[Levi Stahl]

Show us more of these! They're great!

I vaguely remember these. I was reading the Hardy Boys Casefiles books at the same time these were out (though I was too old and knew it), and I remember thinking at the time that the Hardy Boys covers were pretty exciting. I bet I was wrong, huh?

[TadMack]

HAHAH!
Had I seen these beauties as a stripling, I would have watched a lot more ballet!

[Little Willow]

I totally read these. Corny but they were BOOKS and I needed BOOKS.

[Kelly]

That cover just made my day. Thanks, Leila!

[jessmonster]

We, uh, have that one at my library. I thought it looked familiar so I double checked the catalog. My mom would only let me read the old Nancy Drews as a kid - the newer ones like this were off limits AND NOW I SEE WHY.

[jes]

yeah, i totally read that one. i'll admit it.

[Jennifer]

Ahhh - I have almost EVERY Nancy Drew Files from 1 to 100 (lost interest after 100). The covers make me laugh now, but I remember those books got me reading when I was little.

That cover is a little scary huh :)