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Trixie Belden and the Mystery of the Emeralds. (Trixie Belden Series, No. 14.) | Trixie Belden

#Naturalitsy #HyggeHourReadathon

I realized I didn‘t finish this one a couple of weeks ago 🤷🏻‍♀️ so once again I am spending my #HyggeHour with Trixie for #BobWhiteBuddies along with some chocolate & iced tea because it‘s humid tonight.

Mood is sad & tired & not ready for Monday but I leave Tuesday evening for a work trip to Boise for a conference & a stopover on Oregon for the weekend to see my family, so at least the week will go quickly.

TheBookHippie, Chrissyreadit, AllDebooks

Read-n-Bloom Safe travels! 15h

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DebinHawaii

Merry Month of May | James Jones

I can‘t believe it‘s June 7th & I haven‘t posted my May recap or June TBR yet! While I didn‘t get to everything I wanted to read in a very busy month, I managed to read 16 books & took part in: #SundayBuddyRead #SheSaid #NancyDrewBR #BobWhiteBuddies #EBBR
#AuthorAMonth #ChildrensClassicRead2025 #Roll100 (All 6 books!) #FictionalTraveler #ThematicCozies #MonthlyNonFiction2025 & several books for #SeriesLove2025

Read 12 fiction, 4 NF, 2 Audiobooks

Riveted_Reader_Melissa, Soubhiville, TheBookHippie, Librarybelle, Ruthiella, TheSpineView, TheAromaofBooks, julieclair

DebinHawaii 3 Favorites were Everything is Tuberculosis, Summer at Tiffany & Look Before You Leap. 2w

MatchlessMarie You might start noticing tuberculosis references in everything else you read now, fair warning 😂 👀 2w

kspenmoll I have not gotten mine posted yet either 2w

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TheSpineView Excellent! 🤩📖 2w

Librarybelle Yay!! 2w

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Fantastic month!! 2w

Ruthiella Nice work! 😃 2w

tpixie Great reading accomplishments! Loved

The Woman They Could Not Silence: The Timeless Story of One Woman's Journey to Be Heard

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BookmarkTavern

BookSpinBingo | Untitled

Happy Pride Month! #BookSpinBingo #BingoBoard

#BookSpin The Hanging City, #DoubleSpin Paris in the 20th Century

#Roll100 The Yiddish Policemen‘s Union, Quiet, Gwenhwyfar

#OokBOokClub Men at Arms

#BobWhiteBuddies Mystery of the Emeralds

#BeyondTheYellowBrickRoad The Patchwork Girl of Oz

#QueerBC Black Water Sister

#ThematicCozies Claws Out

#JuneOfARC The Hanging City, Written in Bone

TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looks fantastic!! 3w

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DebinHawaii

Trixie Belden and the Mystery of the Emeralds. (Trixie Belden Series, No. 14.) | Trixie Belden

#Naturalitsy #HyggeHourReadathon

Spending my #HyggeHour with Trixie & the gang for #BobWhiteBuddies along with tea & my favorite dried cinnamon Fuji apple slices.

My mood is sad that the weekend was so short & that it will be another crazy workweek—although hopefully not as bad as the last two weeks.

TheBookHippie, Chrissyreadit, AllDebooks

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TheAromaofBooks

The Mystery on Cobbett's Island | Kathryn Kenny

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I really enjoyed the 13th Trixie Belden book. The banter and teasing between the Bob-Whites was just like I remembered - and just the right amount of flirting between Jim and Trixie!! 😍

@BookmarkTavern was saying how it would be fun to know who ghost-wrote which books, so I did a little research yesterday, but it just looks like that list doesn't exist! The best information I could find is linked below, but it's a lot of hypotheticals. ⬇

TheAromaofBooks https://trixie-belden.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Authors

While I was looking this up, I found a couple of other interesting articles about the originator of Trixie, Julie (Tatham) Campbell. Both talk a little bit about how Campbell literally wanted to create an anti-Nancy Drew 😂 who wasn't perfect and had pesky things like chores interfere with life.

https://bookfever.com/trixie-belden-series/ - I thought it was interesting that Campbell also ⬇ 3w

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) created the Ginny Gordon books (which I've never read but do come across from time to time) and also wrote a few of the Cherry Ames books - another series I've always meant to read!

https://www.series-books.com/trixiebelden/trixiebelden.html - I liked this article because I personally 100% agree with the writer of it about Nancy vs. Trixie - I love both!! But for entirely different reasons. ⬇ 3w

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) So what did you all think about this month's story? I really enjoyed it but also found it kind of... I am not sure what the word is I'm looking for. Not unique? Like I wouldn't especially remember this one vs any of the others in the series, if that makes sense😆 But I really enjoyed the interactions within the gang (minus Dan, of course!), and thought it was fun to see the Bob Whites learn about sailing. I'd love to hear your thoughts! 3w

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TheAromaofBooks #BobWhiteBuddies @BethM @curiouserandcurioser @BookmarkTavern @DebinHawaii @Read4life @lauraisntwilder @MaleficentBookDragon @Sparklemn 3w

BookmarkTavern I did miss Dan, especially since he had played such an important part in the last one. And I loved the trick with the map! But also, this resolution was particularly satisfying. Because not only do we see al the BobWhites and their compassion for their adopted community, but as soon as Trixie learns the background of the “villain” she is instantly empathetic and hoping to not make things worse for him. And the other BobWhites following her lead! 3w

TheAromaofBooks @BookmarkTavern - Yes!! I loved the way that everyone was really willing to take into account the situation of the “bad guy“ and we're left feeling like he is going to get the support he needs to build a better life. It kind of ties into Jim's dream of having a boys' camp to help kids in similar situations. I also loved the little connection to Brian getting to meet a medical student and encouraging him with that dream as well. 3w

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BookmarkTavern

The Mystery on Cobbett's Island | Kathryn Kenny

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A summer vacation gets upended when the BobWhites find a mysterious letter hinting at a map & a lost fortune. It‘s up to the club to track down the money, only someone else is looking too.

A solid mystery, & a pretty good resolution too! I really wish I could find a list of the ghost writers. Who leaves out Dan, who tones down Mart‘s bullying. I also really appreciate how Trixie‘s empathy is forefront through this whole story! 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

BookmarkTavern @TheAromaofBooks #BobWhiteBuddies 4w

TheAromaofBooks I really liked this one!! The banter was fun and the mystery felt kinda sorta like something that could happen?? 😂 4w

BookmarkTavern @TheAromaofBooks it felt much more grounded! The Blinking Eye really felt like it was more of a Nancy Drew level of unrealistic intrigue, as much as I loved the Nancy Drew books. 😂 This one seemed more in keeping with Trixie‘s gal next door vibes. 4w

BookmarkTavern And the ending! I have so many thoughts about the ending for our discussion post. 4w

Bookish_Thoughts Loved this series! My granddaughter is reading them now. 4w

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lauraisntwilder

The Mystery on Cobbett's Island | Kathryn Kenny

Trixie is 14 years old, so I don't think "frustrated" exactly qualifies as a "big word." The website I had been using for info on the Trixie books has disappeared, but I have a feeling this isn't one of my favorite ghost writers. Anybody have a source for those? #bobwhitebuddies

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DebinHawaii

The Mystery on Cobbett's Island (Trixie Belden #13) | Kathryn Kenny

#Naturalitsy #HyggeHourReadathon

Reading some Trixie for #BobWhiteBuddies for my #HyggeHour tonight, along with tea & some dried mini bananas for a sweet treat.

Mood is tired, I‘m still batting the lingering cough of my cold. Not looking forward to another busy week at work.

TheBookHippie, Chrissyreadit, TheAromaofBooks, AllDebooks

TheBookHippie I am sending all the healing vibes your way!!! 1mo

Suet624 Best wishes to you! 1mo

kspenmoll Hope you can take more rest & recover from your cold.❤️ 1mo

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AnnCrystal May you find time for rest and feel better soon 🙏🏼💝. 1mo

AmyG Feel better. 1mo

TheAromaofBooks Hopefully some Trixie shenanigans brightened your day!! 1mo

Chrissyreadit ❤️❤️❤️ 1mo

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DebinHawaii

Merry Month of May | James Jones