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Trixie Belden and the Happy Valley Mystery (Trixie Belden, #9) | Kathryn Kenny

#Naturalitsy #MidWinterSolace #HyggeHourReadathon

Spending #HyggeHour with Trixie & the Bob-Whites, herbal tea & some peely gummy mangoes to snack on. Also, how cute is this Bob-Whites of the Glen sticker from @TheAromaofBooks ? (Thank you, Sarah!) 🤗

Mood is sad that Monday is tomorrow & it‘s a whole long week of work. I may have the January blues. 😨

TheBookHippie, Chrissyreadit, AllDebooks

TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ honestly we just need a field trip to France for our book comprehension …. 5d

AllDebooks Oh no, January blues be gone xxxx 5d

kspenmoll @TheBookHippie Wouldn‘t that be heavenly? 5d

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TheAromaofBooks I got so excited when I found those stickers!!! We've gotten about 5“ of snow with more coming down, so our weekend is getting an extension today!! 5d

TheBookHippie @TheAromaofBooks ❄️❄️❄️❄️ 5d

TheAromaofBooks @TheBookHippie - Probably not much compared to what you are used to 😂 But that's a pretty good 24hr total for us!! We've gotten about an inch or more since this morning, too!! 5d

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BookmarkTavern

Trixie Belden and the secret of the mansion | Julie Campbell, Kathryn Kenny

I guess Trixie Belden is getting republished?!? I wonder if the books are getting updated like the Nancy Drew books were.

#BobWhiteBuddies #NetGalley #ARC

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TheAromaofBooks That's so crazy! I hope they don't get updated. Part of their charm is their era. 1mo

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TheAromaofBooks

Trixie Belden and the black jacket mystery | Kathryn Kenny

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I really enjoyed November's Trixie mystery. I know I've said it before, but I love how Trixie isn't perfect. In this story, she's biased against Dan from the start just because of how he looks/what he wears, and that comes back to bite her. Were some things in this book a little too tidy/easy? Absolutely, but that's okay because it's fiction 😂

Did you all get to this one? Any thoughts?

One other thing, I wondered how crazy the mountain lion ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) aspect was, so I looked it up - there were still reports of mountain lions in upstate New York through the mid-1900s, although they were considered pretty rare after around 1930, as prior to that there was a bounty on them, so they were hunted excessively. They weren't put on NY's endangered species/protected list until 1973, over ten years after this book was published. So, implausible but not impossible 😂 1mo

TheAromaofBooks OH Also we are going to skip December and come back in January with The Happy Valley Mystery!! The overall consensus seemed to be everyone is pretty busy this month so the fewer “assignments“ the better 😆 I'm really looking forward to continuing this series with you all, though, as I am thoroughly enjoying this jaunt down memory lane!! 1mo

TheAromaofBooks #BobWhiteBuddies @BethM @curiouserandcurioser @BookmarkTavern @DebinHawaii @Read4life @lauraisntwilder @MaleficentBookDragon @Sparklemn 1mo

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lauraisntwilder Of course mountain lions were rare, all the Mr. Maypennys of the world were too ready to shoot them! 1mo

curiouserandcurioser @TheAromaofBooks im loving reading these again! Trixie isnt perfect, but has a good heart:) i cant wait to get back to reading these in January! 1mo

Read4life I‘m still in the VI and my books are home. I had no idea when we quickly traveled to get to my FIL in October that we‘d still be here. 1mo

TheAromaofBooks @lauraisntwilder - It's always tough to know how to deal with dangerous animals in populated areas. But at this time the government had decided eliminating them was the way to go 😬 1mo

TheAromaofBooks @curiouserandcurioser - She really does, and I love how she is able to admit she's wrong and tries to do better next time. 1mo

TheAromaofBooks @Read4life - Family gets crazy sometimes!!! Is your FIL doing okay? 1mo

BookmarkTavern That‘s one of my favorite parts of these books! When Trixie (and the others) make mistakes or judge people too harshly, they apologize and change their behavior. 💖 1mo

Read4life He‘s still in the hospital but they‘re talking of sending him home for hospice care. 1mo

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lauraisntwilder

Trixie Belden and the black jacket mystery | Kathryn Kenny

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Yay! We're back in Sleepyside, getting lost in the woods repeatedly! But now there's a mountain lion! I love this cover so much, and loved the idea of Trixie judging someone for wearing a black leather jacket. 😂 My biggest critique was that, in my edition, Di Lynch didn't show up until page 80 and she wasn't part of any of the action of the story. Not sure how another BWG is going to fit, if we barely had room for Di! #bobwhitebuddies

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DebinHawaii

Trixie Belden and the black jacket mystery | Kathryn Kenny

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#ReadAway2024 #SeriesLove2024

Finished Sunday for #BobWhiteBuddies Trixie # 8 revolves around Trixie coming up with an idea to have an ice carnival to help raise money to rebuild her Mexican penpals‘ school library (a concept any reader can get behind). It also introduces a new character & addition to the club, Dan, who has a rocky start with the group & especially Trixie. Small spoiler… I always felt sorry for Dan because he rarely got to go ⬇️

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DebinHawaii … anywhere with the Bob Whites—he was always working. But anyway, this one is a fine addition to the series, no big thrills but no major notes. I did worry about Mr. Maypenny‘s poor head. As in our Nancy Drew reread, I‘m realizing head injuries & concussions weren‘t a big thing back in the day! 🤕🙁 1mo

DieAReader 🤕😳It‘s quite astonishing to realize how much hings have changed regarding head injuries & concussions!! 1mo

TheSpineView 👍🤩📖 1mo

Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 1mo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! I always felt the same way about Dan! It was like they introduced him to the series but then they didn't know what to do with him 😂 But it never seemed fair that everyone else went on fun trips and stuff and he was always stuck working! 1mo

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DebinHawaii

Trixie Belden and the black jacket mystery | Kathryn Kenny

#NaturalLitsy #LitSolace #HyggeHourReadathon #BobWhiteBuddies

Trixie & I are hanging out for #HyggeHour tonight, along with Sleepytime tea & some peanut butter & jelly M&Ms. (I feel like these are better in theory than in taste but they aren‘t bad, because… chocolate) 😉

Looking forward to a shorter week with the holiday although it will still be a busy one & I need to work Friday morning. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 2mo

AllDebooks ❤️ 2mo

TheAromaofBooks Trixie is on my list for this week, too! 2mo

JenReadsAlot Oh I might have to try and find those to try! 2mo

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lauraisntwilder

Trixie Belden and the Mysterious Code | Kathryn Kenny

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Playing catch up, since I missed last month's #bobwhitebuddies read. I enjoyed this one, even though the mystery took a backseat. My favorite part was when Trixie went dress shopping with her mom.

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BookmarkTavern

Trixie Belden and the black jacket mystery | Kathryn Kenny

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A new kid in town means a new mystery for the Bob Whites! In addition to figuring out an ice carnival to raise donations, Trixie needs to find out just what is going on with tough city boy Dan.

A lower stakes mystery for the kids, but just as much heart. Love how the kids all take on an activist role for their friends, & seeing most of them jump to conclusions about Dan, then apologize when they‘re wrong is heartening.🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

BookmarkTavern #BobWhiteBuddies @TheAromaofBooks 2mo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! I'm looking forward to this one!! 2mo

jitteryjane724 Trixie! Wow, what a classic 🤩 2mo

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TheAromaofBooks

Trixie Belden and the Mysterious Code | Kathryn Kenny

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Book 7 in the Trixie Belden series is the first book not written by Julie Campbell. However, I felt like if I hadn't known that, I wouldn't necessarily have guessed it haha There were several things about this one that I liked, and a few things that kind of annoyed me. The entire premise of the school forcing the Bob-Whites to disband felt unrealistic (can the school control what you do at home??) ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (con'td) especially since the Hawks just got a “oh yeah you're cool“ with zero effort. It just seemed like they could have done this entire fundraiser without the weird school board potentially breaking up the club. Someone else who reviewed this book this week (I can't remember who, sorry haha) mentioned the outdated stereotypes of the Japanese men in the story. While this is definitely true, this book was published in 1961, a time when many ⬇ 2mo

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) people were still biased against the Japanese, despite them technically being our allies. So the fact that the author chose to present them as kind and helpful, instead of making them the villains of the piece, actually seemed like a solid move to me. We also get a little glimpse into the idea of the Japanese having a beautiful, rich, interesting heritage.

I was a little let down by how little the code actually figured into the story??⬇ 2mo

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) I also JUST read the Sherlock Holmes story that involved a similar code - do you think that's where the author got the idea?? I know St. Nicholas was a real magazine, but I couldn't find out if the code actually appeared in it at any point.

I actually really enjoyed a lot of the scenes of the club just being friends, plus the little spark of (very innocent) romance between Trixie and Jim. I shipped them soooo hard growing up! 😂 ⬇ 2mo

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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) So, any thoughts from you all? This one didn't blow me away, but I enjoyed it. Can't wait to hear what all of you thought!!

#BobWhiteBuddies @BethM @curiouserandcurioser @BookmarkTavern @DebinHawaii @Read4life @lauraisntwilder @MaleficentBookDragon @Sparklemn 2mo

Read4life Due to some unavoidable circumstances, I haven‘t finished yet. But I will. I love this buddy read. 2mo

BookmarkTavern The beginnings of the romance were very sweet, and felt really age appropriate! You make an excellent point about the context of the inclusion of the Japanese men. And the code made me think of that Holmes story too! I looked up those ones and while the actual code is different, the dancing men are the same style! 2mo

TheAromaofBooks Tagging everyone on this post again because I found a little something-something that I would LOVE to send to each of the #BobWhiteBuddies (very small, like in an envelope haha) If you all are willing to do so, could you email me your mailing addresses?? itsthegoodlife15 at gmail

@BethM @curiouserandcurioser @BookmarkTavern @DebinHawaii @Read4life @lauraisntwilder @MaleficentBookDragon @Sparklemn 2mo

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DebinHawaii

Trixie Belden and the Mysterious Code | Kathryn Kenny

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#ReadAway2024 #SeriesLove2024

Read for #BobWhiteBuddies Book 7 in the series doesn‘t quite live up to my childhood hype of it. I remember it being a favorite because of the code found in the magazine (Saint Nicholas-a real children‘s magazine) & the little spark of Trixie/Jim romance (a corsage & a dance but be still my preteen heart) Unfortunately the racist caricature of the Japanese brothers doesn‘t age very well. It still gets a nostalgic ⬇️

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DebinHawaii … but soft pick. I‘m also using it for the #HauntedShelf #BookScavengerHunt #FIgure prompt as in addition to Trixie, there‘s the figure of a very bad guy on the cover.

Read during the following readathons for Team #Flerken 👻 points:

#HalloweenAtoZReadathon @TexReader
#Spookoween @TheSpineView
#31x31 @catsandbook #HappyAutumn #PSReadathon @bookwormjillk
#BodyDouble @PuddleJumper #BirthdayBash @TheAromaofBooks 3mo

TheSpineView Excellent! 3mo

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! I just started this one, but already I'm like... why does the school board give the Hawks a pass but the Bob-Whites (who are all model students and children of prominent citizens) have to work for it?? 😂 I also remember being intrigued by the code growing up, but now am like, this seems like a lot of work to write SOS 😆 3mo

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