Gladys Baker Bond (1912–1985)

I recently read two Trixie Belden books for the same reasons, so both reviews will be ninety percent the same.

My cousin, J, gave me these, claiming her mother, my late aunt, had read them. J said my late aunt had written notes in them, and wanted me to have them "since I like books". She handed them to me with some other books of my late aunt's. J had been apparently hanging onto these books since her mother's death ten years ago. For some people, that's heartbreaking. For my cousin...this is yet another example of her being a huge jerk for reasons that are beyond this book review. Each book was helpfully marked with the little--I had to look up what these were called. Post-it flag stickers. As I read both books, I realized my cousin had stuck them onto pages capriciously. J has...a history of...she uh...inflates or downplays things severely, according to her worldview and mood. My aunt had actually written no notes. She had underlined things on three pages total in the first book I read. J and me have not spoken for ten years, and only started to a few months ago. She does not know what kinds of books I like and does not care. My cousin just wanted these books off her hands and wanted to tell herself she was doing a nice thing. .

I first heard about Trixie Belden because a librarian mentioned liking her books as a kid. This was a few months ago, and we were talking about library book sales. "Oh, so like Nancy Drew, but earlier," I piped up. The librarian frowned a little.
"She sounds interesting," I assured the librarian, out of social nicety really. I'd outgrown Nancy Drew books and was uninterested in returning, as it were. Then my cousin dropped off books at my apartment. Two Trixie Belden ones and three Xtian romances from the 80s. Each heaped with the little post-it flag stickers.
I read these two Trixie Belden ones because I wanted to know more about my aunt. She would have read and enjoyed these as a kid, maybe even a teenager.

The Mystery of the Uninvited Guest: This holds up after all this time! There's some instances of trying to make fetch happen that are increasingly annoying: "gleeps" again. The rivalry between cousins has probably been around since prehistorical times and haha, it reminded me a little of me and my cousin. This was a far darker book than I had been anticipating. I'm glad I got to read it..… (more)

This site keeps defaulting to The Sasquatch Mystery when I click.
This review is for The Ghostly Galleon.
I recently read two Trixie Belden books for the first time for the same reasons, so my review of both will be ninety percent the same.

My cousin, J, gave me these, claiming her mother, my late aunt, had read them. J said my late aunt had written notes in them, and wanted me to have them "since I like books". She handed them to me with some other books of my late aunt's. J had been apparently hanging onto these books since her mother's death ten years ago. For some people, that's heartbreaking. For my cousin...this is yet another example of her being a huge jerk for reasons that are beyond this book review. Each book was helpfully marked with the little--I had to look up what these were called. Post-it flag stickers. As I read both books, I realized my cousin had stuck them onto pages capriciously. J has...a history of...she uh...inflates or downplays things severely, according to her worldview and mood. My aunt had actually written no notes. She had underlined things on three pages total in the first book I read. J and me have not spoken for ten years, and only started to a few months ago. She does not know what kinds of books I like and does not care. My cousin just wanted these books off her hands and wanted to tell herself she was doing a nice thing. .

I first heard about Trixie Belden because a librarian mentioned liking her books as a kid. This was a few months ago, and we were talking about library book sales. "Oh, so like Nancy Drew, but earlier," I piped up. The librarian frowned a little.
"She sounds interesting," I assured the librarian, out of social nicety really. I'd outgrown Nancy Drew books and was uninterested in returning, as it were. Then my cousin dropped off books at my apartment. Two Trixie Belden ones and three Xtian romances from the 80s. Each heaped with the little post-it flag stickers.
I read these two Trixie Belden ones because I wanted to know more about my aunt. She would have read and enjoyed these as a kid, maybe even a teenager.

Ghostly Galleon: Three stars, fine, glad I read something new to me. I can totally understand why this was a popular series for teens back then. I did feel like I got to know my late aunt a little bit better. I'm looking forward to donating this so someone can really love it. There's some instances of trying to make fetch happen: I had no idea what the word "gleeps" was, what it meant in context, or why it was repeated.… (more)

The Bob-Whites find an abandoned baby in Reddy's doghouse one night. It doesn't take long to discover he belongs to a family nearby. Both their small sons are missing, and the parents are worried sick over a ransom note that tells them not to get the police involved. Somehow Trixie manages to talk Sergeant Molinson into letting her and Honey help out, since the kidnappers won't be expecting a couple of teenage girls to be doing a policeman's job (and for good reason...). Trixie realizes the ransom notes are fake when they still refer to "children" as being missing after the baby has been returned to his parents. It was fun to see the Bob-Whites caring for an infant, fighting over who got to feed him and take care of him.… (more)