Books like The Case of the Lost Song

When all else fails...grab a Nancy Drew book. That's my motto. I grew up on Nancy Drew books, and even though I'm 21...it's always a go-to read for me when nothing else is grabbing my attention. I'm reading a book that my fiance got me for Christmas but it's slow. So when I found this one on my shelf, I figured why not. At thrift stores or book sales I will find a Drew book for 50 cents or so and I can't resist buying it. My favorite ND books are the original mystery series (the hardback yellow copies) but they have made so many different spinoffs of Nancy Drew. They have books like this one here, that are more modern, and then they also have a set of ND books for kids. I bought my daughter a "Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew" book last year via Scholastic and it was adorable. I'm glad that they are writing them to appeal to all age demographics though.The only dislike I have about this book is I felt like Nancy was kind of bitchy. I remember in the original mystery stories they had Nancy as being polite as can be, but in this book she is much sassier. Accusing everyone, even her own hostess, of being a suspect. That was not very "Nancy" of her. Also, she winds up breaking into an apartment looking for clues...and that doesn't sound much like Nancy either. She even says she is not one for doing a B&E, yet a few chapters later she does one. I just think there is a lot more spunk and drooling over boys in this set of Nancy Drew books. I think next time I may go back to the original mystery stories.Also, in one part- a handsome male character is introduced and it's narrated that Nancy's heart does a flip-flop...even though she is tied to her long-time boyfriend Ned Nickerson. That's not something that would have happened in the original series. Don't get me wrong, this book had all the same elements of the books I grew up with and loved. It had the little details about getting ready or going out to eat (I'm weird but I love when authors go into detail about characters doing small unimportant things) and I love the interaction between Nancy and her best friends. Plus it wouldn't be a Drew novel if Nancy hadn't been hit over the head with something and knocked out cold.This book is mainly about the girls attending an antique show to try to sell off some "possibly" old antiques. George winds up finding a tape from a famous band that broke up and it winds up being worth a lot. But the tape is stolen. So everyone at the antique show is a suspect including their hostess and "Old Can be Gold" employee. The details about antiques don't particularly interest me, but the book did hold my interest pretty well. I finished it in one day. Honestly, I could have finished it in one sitting if I had the time.So now, I go back to my other book in hopes I can finish it. But now that I've picked up a ND book, I'm already excited to pick up another. One series that never gets old!