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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2006 3:30:36 GMT -5
I just read this one today, and had found the following really funny:
"But the biggest success of the evening was the silly bathing cap contest...Karen strutted out like a model on the run-way, her towle draped over her like a cape, wearing a bathing cap covered in sequins...She'd even decorated a pair of sixties-style sunglasses and a pair of thongs to match. Hers was a real crowd pleaser."
I took it completely the wrong way, as being a New Zealander, the first thing I think when I see the word thong is a g-string, and somehow I read that part as being "a thong to match" rather than "a pair of." So my first reaction was along the lines of "These people are sick! She's seven! This is not the sort of stuff I expect in a BSC book!" Then I realised they were referring to what NZers call jandals.
On another note, I think this book contains the most pointless notebook entry of all time, by Claudia, in the chapter of the pool party (Where Karen displays her footwear, rather than her underwear):
Party, party, praty. We are real party anemals. Pool party anemals.
Even for somone who's bad at writing, and dislikes writing in the notebook - surely she should be able to come up with something better than that?! And was it really necessary to have a notebook entry there at all? And why can Claudia spell "party" correctly four times, but not the third?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2006 19:19:33 GMT -5
Oh my god, I do not have this one and i have never read it. I totally want to now. Please tell me more about this book!
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Post by alula on Nov 18, 2006 15:19:51 GMT -5
Heh, I'm American and I did a double-take, too! People called those thongs when I was little (I could never and still can't wear them--the little piece between my toes drives me insane), but I think most people call them flip-flops now, probably to avoid that kind of confusion.
I wish I knew enough BSC fans in real life, just so I could host something and send out invitations saying, "Party, party, praty. We are real party anemals!"
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Post by booboobrewer on Nov 18, 2006 21:30:17 GMT -5
omg, yes. I remember being irritated at the pointlessness of that... And Claudia's inconsistent, illogical misspellings (party, praty)...picked up on that always. Crappy ghostwriters.
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Post by aln1982 on Jun 25, 2007 7:58:52 GMT -5
I just read for the second time and liked this one pretty well. Found it one of the more suspenseful mysteries and actually didn't mind the BSC trying to solve it without adult help - maybe since their parents weren't there to talk to, anyway. It had just enough "danger" for me I enjoyed reading about the train ride and their visit to Boston and always love Derek and Todd. I also liked the subplot and thought it was cute how Jenny played "Old Bachelor" with Stephen. Doesn't she play with him in another book, too? I like it how little kids are sometimes more accepting of kids who are afraid. I could relate to Stephen's fear of the water as I have always hated swimming. One question I had about the mystery is if their was a point to the fact that the reporter looked just like Stacey. I don't remember it really being used in the plot for anything but maybe I totally missed it??? Not one of my favorite mysteries but definitely good.
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Post by lark on Aug 27, 2007 15:30:20 GMT -5
I just read this one and thought it was one of the better mysteries. It was a little bit scary at the end there, kind of like Stacey and the Haunted Mascarade.
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Post by aln1982 on Aug 27, 2007 16:50:05 GMT -5
^ Agree that this one always makes my heart race at the end. I actually find it more suspenseful than spooky, which is how I view Haunted Masquerade, but it is definitely exciting. The only thing I didn't like about this book was the inconsistency with Ben in the subplot where he is almost picking on Stephen and the girls kind of seem to be sitting for him. Very odd....
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Post by booboobrewer on Aug 27, 2007 18:21:47 GMT -5
This book has a great title but I thought it was a little mediocre, like the writer just wanted to race through and get it over with. Somewhat of a letdown. I have only read it once, though... ;D
The cover is cute - Abby reminds me of someone, I'm not sure who, and Kristy always looks nice in red.
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Post by greer on Aug 27, 2007 22:23:10 GMT -5
I wish I knew enough BSC fans in real life, just so I could host something and send out invitations saying, "Party, party, praty. We are real party anemals!" If there's ever some sort of meetup for this board, that is what the invites should say.
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Post by toshemeup on Jul 18, 2008 15:36:10 GMT -5
I just read this one and had to mention poor, nerdy Mallory, thinking that she had to write up Stephen Stanton-Cha in the mystery notebook! Really? The kid can't swim, that's a mystery? It's like she is just dying to write in the notebook and will use any excuse.
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Post by starrynight on Sept 3, 2008 12:08:09 GMT -5
I just won this one off of Ebay and thought it was weird. The mystery itself wasn't a bad concept, and on its own, I think it might have been okay. I HATED to subplot, though. It was just odd to have Mallory all of a sudden be the one that's obsessed with getting too much sun, while Mary Anne doesn't seem to care. Also, the whole Ben-as-a-sitting-charge aspect was strange. Nola Thacker is usually better about bringing in details from past books, but her mysteries have disappointed me. Plus...some of those names were just ridiculous. Anne Arbour? Jane Atlantic? ROCK HARDING?
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Post by wanderingfrog on Sept 28, 2008 21:17:11 GMT -5
I HATED to subplot, though. It was just odd to have Mallory all of a sudden be the one that's obsessed with getting too much sun, while Mary Anne doesn't seem to care. It's odd, but it would have made sense if Mallory had been worried all along about getting too much sun. She's a redhead. Lots of us burn easily.
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Post by booboobrewer on Oct 11, 2008 2:55:15 GMT -5
Well, she really wasn't a redhead in the beginning, she was supposed to have chestnut brown hair that was more reddish than her siblings.
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Penny Lane
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Post by Penny Lane on Dec 22, 2008 11:05:07 GMT -5
I read this one last night, and there is so much to discuss!
-- I was kind of annoyed at the dialog, even if Derek is very well spoken for an 8 year old movie star, it was completely unrealistic and took away from the story. He was giving WAY too much exposition.
-- The ending to the mystery was lame. Who would go t hrough all the trouble to set up crazy scary thing when a simple call to a lawyer would have sufficed.
-- One of the things I watched for was Mallory sitting for Ben, as it has been discussed on here a lot. I didn't really read it like that. They made a point to say that Ben is Mallory's age - maybe he just wanted to join in the swim cap contest?
-- Mallory is a dork and she should go to boarding school now, before I have to read about her and the stupid mystery diary again. Also, the hardy har at the end with the bug spray annoyed me.
-- I liked the idea of the mystery train. It sounded like something fun and different for those kids to do. I also liked that Kristy was wearing a tee-shirt instead of turtlenecks.
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Post by greer on Dec 22, 2008 17:37:55 GMT -5
I'm reading this now and I didn't notice that they mentioned that Ben was Mallory's age. He appears in the first Greenbrook Club chapter and appears to be hanging out with Jackie Rodowsky (?!). Regardless, you'd think that they'd mention that Mal and Ben had a romantic connection.
Another weird thing I noticed is the kids who accompany Derek on the train. James Hobart? He hasn't lived in Stoneybrook very long and I doubt that they would have been close friends. Buddy, I buy, especially because he's such good friends with Nicky. But Linny Papadakis? They don't even go to the same school!
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