starrynight
Sitting For The Kuhns
The Royal Diner of Pizza Express
Posts: 4,004
|
Post by starrynight on Nov 17, 2012 15:25:05 GMT -5
I wouldn't mind reading "Caught in the Middle." #47 was always one of my favorite BSC books. I'd also like to read her story about the mice running around New York City, but it wasn't on the list.
|
|
supprazz
Sitting For The Newtons
Posts: 2,106
|
Post by supprazz on Nov 22, 2012 20:54:49 GMT -5
Yeah sorry about that it was really cute , I agree Now I wish Ann had written it as a picture book
|
|
mallorypike
Sitting For The Papadakis's
If I were thirteen instead of eleven, life would be a picnic...
Posts: 1,636
|
Post by mallorypike on Nov 17, 2013 16:20:19 GMT -5
My favorite piece of writing is The Oogly Oogly Beast.It's about a monster who's obsessed with cleanliness. In Claudia, Live from WSTO!, Mallory wrote that story and read it to her brothers and sisters. I know it's not on the voting poll but I had to tell my favorite piece of writing. It was a very cute story (:
|
|
supprazz
Sitting For The Newtons
Posts: 2,106
|
Post by supprazz on Feb 18, 2014 11:55:37 GMT -5
I forgot all about that, will have to re-read it, it does sound sweet It could be part of her short story collection
|
|
|
Post by bscfan1997 on Oct 10, 2015 18:59:07 GMT -5
I haven't read Mallory on Strike, so I don't have a say for Caught in the Middle. However, believe it or not, I actually like the Early Years. Yes, it was awful, but funny. And the revised version was a whole lot better.
Rainy Days and Froggy Nights sounds cute, too, though I don't know what it'd be about...
The mice tale in New York, New York sounds cute. I wish there was more of the story than the illustration.
|
|
|
Post by Sideshowjazz1 on Mar 30, 2016 20:12:09 GMT -5
She certainly portrayed herself as a Mary-Sue. Her original version of "The Early Years" wrote her character as someone everyone admired and thought was perfect. I mean, "Jill" originally spoke in rhyme about why she wasn't more like "Valery". And she wasn't the only one who did that. Granted, "Mallory Pike: #1 Fan" portrayed Mallory as a jerk, too naive, insulting and stubborn". Stories aren't true? Oh, whoever wrote them is a liar! Her play is insulting? That's only because she won't write lies like some authors! Mallory can write good stories, I'm sure. But why does she think authors had to write the truth? What is fiction, then? I mean, it's all fine to draw from your own experience, but there's nothing wrong with writing things differently, too.
|
|
|
Post by Sideshowjazz1 on Dec 31, 2019 23:31:53 GMT -5
Oh, here's one that I don't think has been discussed! Mallory decides in Super Special #15 to stop writing realism and try writing fantasy. Since she's just found out she's a distant relative of Shakespeare, she starts writing about a girl who wakes up one day and discovers that she's switched places with Shakespeare's daughter. I love time travel stories, and that probably would've been fun to read. We get a snippet of Mallory writing when the girl first wakes up in the past, but that's it. She ends up deciding to wait until they're home to continue writing since it's the only time she'll be in France. I really hope she finished it in the book's universe.
|
|
oldhickory
Sitting For The Arnolds
Heather Loves Boys and Gym
Posts: 3,254
|
Post by oldhickory on Jan 6, 2020 12:23:12 GMT -5
I hardly remember the later super specials, but her time travel story does stick in my mind. I LOVE historical fiction (not so much sci-fi or fantasy though) and that sounds like a book I would have enjoyed as a kid. It reminds me of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, which I did like when I read it.
|
|