BSC Mystery #1 Stacey and the Missing Ring

[blue828]

So, this book starts out with Stacey about to let us in on a huge secret, and imploring us to not tell her friends because she would so die if they knew. Wait, wait, dont tell me Stacey, let me guess. You let Toby get to second base in Sea City? You occasionally sneak puffs out of discarded cigarettes?  You think Karen Brewer is actually the anti-

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[oasis_pink_peng]

Seriously, I would have been VERY suspicious of "look! I found your ring! in a new place!" coming from someone I suspected, but then again, I wouldn't have let Stacey into the house again for fear the laptop would be missing next.

Totally contrived plot. Great snark.

[toesock29]

My concern would be something bigger... Hmmm, the suspected thief AND another girl? They're gonna take the TV! Or the couch!

[ladynorbert]

My failed suspension of disbelief started when Maureen was unaware of her child's birthstone. My mom was buying us birthstone jewelry from the cradle on up, and she had three daughters, so how the hell would Maureen not know the birthstone of her only child?

Really, I don't understand how this qualified as a mystery instead of a regular installment in the series. It's not like the girls put on deerstalkers and went around the house searching for clues. I thought there was more mystery involved in the discovery of Dawn's secret passage!

[corduroyspocket]

"My failed suspension of disbelief started when Maureen was unaware of her child's birthstone."

YES.

[tonights]

I was a jeweler for some years. You'd be surprised and alarmed how many people don't know their kids' birthstones. It got pretty ridic sometimes.

[casualcommunist]

I mean, does Kristy really think that Mrs. Gardella just absent mindedly chucked her expensive ring under the bed one day?

I actually have done that! My grandmother gave me the first diamond ring my grandfather had ever been able to afford to give her in the early days of their marriage and I wear it every day but take it off at night as it's a bit too big and I'm afraid it could fall off in my sleep. One day, after a drunken hazy night out, I woke up and couldn't find it! For 3 days I fretted and then found it under my nightstand. Makes you wonder if maybe Mrs. Gardella did the same...which would fit into my theory of why parents in Stonybrook need babysitters all the time: they are getting trashed every night because they live in Stonybrook, where the only excitement comes from BSC carnivals/fairs/health expos!

[bcrowessteffi]

Haha - one of my college roommates had a habit of throwing things in her sleep. One morning, she woke up and couldn't find her diamond necklace hanging where she usually left it. She spent weeks looking for it, and finally decided it was gone. The day we were leaving on spring break, I was cleaning my side of the room, and found it halfway under my bed. She figured she had chucked it across the room in her sleep one night.

[glitterberrys]

I wonder how you develop a habit of flinging things in your sleep.

[frankdbunny]

The nerd herd (Mallory, Jessi, Mary Anne, and Kristy)

Sadly, these four are nowhere near as awesome as the real Nerd Herd.

[corduroyspocket]

forget Karen-Stacey is going to be on My Super Sweet 16.

also, I think it's funny that Stacey isn't worried about the Gardellas going to the police. I can see her being apprehensive about Kristy's reaction if the Gardellas told other parents not to use the BSC but if I were Stace I'd be more concerned about being taken from school in a cruiser.