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The Secret of the Mansion (Trixie Belden #1)
by Julie Campbell, Michael Koelsch , Mary Stevens
by Julie Campbell, Michael Koelsch , Mary Stevens
Crap: why didn't I have a good librarian at my disposal as a child to put this book in my hand? Instead I was left to my own devices and so reread All of a Kind Family and Ramona over and over. Great, but much like just eating fishsticks and tater tots every day (of gefilte fish and potato kugel in the AoaKF case.)
See, this is the reason why we should all have known the Burton sisters as children. We'd be much more well-read. If someone asked me what historical figure I would most want to be able to travel back in time and meet, I'd say "the Burton sisters circa 1985."
Suddenly the world makes more sense now that I'm reading Trixie Belden. I want to be 11 again and using Bob White as a signal with my friends. I want to gasp at a family eating a whole turkey for LUNCH (WITH all of the fixins' and trimmins').I want to have a whole stack of these books next to my bed and read them under covers with flashlight.
Now I just have to decide if I'm going to keep reading the series at breakneck pace or give the 10 books on my bedside table their due.
I am hooked. As soon as I finish bedside table, I am tackling next one!
See, this is the reason why we should all have known the Burton sisters as children. We'd be much more well-read. If someone asked me what historical figure I would most want to be able to travel back in time and meet, I'd say "the Burton sisters circa 1985."
Suddenly the world makes more sense now that I'm reading Trixie Belden. I want to be 11 again and using Bob White as a signal with my friends. I want to gasp at a family eating a whole turkey for LUNCH (WITH all of the fixins' and trimmins').I want to have a whole stack of these books next to my bed and read them under covers with flashlight.
Now I just have to decide if I'm going to keep reading the series at breakneck pace or give the 10 books on my bedside table their due.
I am hooked. As soon as I finish bedside table, I am tackling next one!
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Gleeps! I'll just die if you don't like it!
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Plus, I think in this one they actually say the word "bra", never to be repeated in any other book. So it's Trixie erotica, too.
You have to read at least far enough into the series so that we hash out which of the boys is the dreamiest Bob White.
Um... are you even *considering* not plunging right into Red Trailer? How will you sleep not knowing whether or not they find Jim... or if (gulp) Jonesy finds him first?!?!
Darsa, in her defense, I know the other books on her nightstand include things like The Four-Story Mistake and Susan and her Classic Convertible.
Thanks, Wendy. Yes, in my defense they include reading the rest of the Melendy series, bc GASP, I have only read THE SATURDAYS. Also, the Crooked Colt, Susan, and The Questions Girls Ask, supplied by Ms. Dersnah Mitchell.FYI: only at the part where Regan knows about Jim and is letting him ride Jupe. NO SPOILERS, PEOPLE!
And finally, am pleased to say I met a teacher from an inner city school with no librarian and I might volunteer there one morning a week to keep the library in shape and give kids books like this!!
"If someone asked me what historical figure I would most want to be able to travel back in time and meet, I'd say 'the Burton sisters circa 1985.'"I've been thinking about what you actually would find. Safe to say, you'd be drinking the Kool-Aid. Tropical punch. Sometimes cherry.
"I want to have a whole stack of these books next to my bed and read them under covers with flashlight." Yes, that was me, age 9.
While there are some fabulous later volumes, the first four Trixie Beldens make a nice quartet.
I've not read any Trixie Belden books. I'm not sure how I missed them given my childhood fondness for mysteries. You're all making me think I'd better rectify that gap in my reading pronto!
Lizz, how do you rate it 3 stars before you have even finished it? Maybe you'll find a really strong ending that will bump you up to 4.
Kate, I recommend you get yourself into the mindset of your 9 year old self before beginning your Trixie Belden quest lest you suffer the dreaded "high expectation let-down" we've all experienced before.
Kate, I recommend you get yourself into the mindset of your 9 year old self before beginning your Trixie Belden quest lest you suffer the dreaded "high expectation let-down" we've all experienced before.
Harumph. It's hard to believe Trixie could let anyone down. I have never experienced this myself, but then, I have already read everything good.
I'm just thinking of our darling Susann... I'm convinced, had she discovered Trixie at a young age, she'd be as big of a fan as the rest of us Honorary Bob-Whites.
Well, add me to the "Yikes, I've never read them!" class. I believe I have one on my shelf, though, so I think I should dive in.
AAAH! That was me! Melissa has already gone to bed and I didn't realize she was signed in on my computer. Melissa would NEVER say something so unrefined.
HAHA, thanks for the clarification, Wendy. I'll look at my shelf and be sure to report in before embarking!
Darsa: You'll notice I DID bump it to four stars!And I think the books stand even for a 35-year-old.
Melissa would NEVER say anything unrefined, right?
