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Post by fairy3lf2 on Feb 6, 2011 1:51:03 GMT -5
This is inspired by a thread on Twilight Zone Cafe: twilightzonewor.9.forumer.com/index.php?showtopic=3738We go through each book in the series, starting with Kristy's Great Idea, and each person gets to name three things they like about it. A poster can only make consecutive posts if it's been twenty four hours since their last one. No discussions of a previous book if a new one has since been discussed. This is too avoid this thread getting too jumbled. I'll start. Why Kristy's Great Idea is great: 1. It uses the "show, don't tell" technique instead of the Chapter Twos of later books. For example, we learn that Mary Anne is shy and her father is strict when she's biting her nails and says that it doesn't matter because it'll years before her father lets her wear nail polish. 2. Likeable characters: even characters that annoyed me in later books (Karen, Mary Anne...) were great here. 3. The beginning of the Kristy/Watson relationship. I love the dynamic between the two of them. Next: Why you shouldn't be afraid of Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls. I can't think of three negatives now so somebody else is free to start the Negative BSC. If not, I'll probably think of them by tomorrow or the day after.
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Post by u4me on Feb 6, 2011 9:16:25 GMT -5
Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls: 1. "Have you found my red ribbon?" 2. Kristy tells her "charge" she'll punch his lights out. 3. Claudia wears tights with clocks on them. Ta-daaa! Next: The Truth About Stacey. What could it be? ??
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Post by booboobrewer on Feb 8, 2011 19:43:29 GMT -5
The Truth About Stacey:
1. The Stacey/Kristy interaction and Stacey willing to do anything for the club.
2. Wearing sandwich boards to school.
3. "You're liars! And dirty businesswomen!"
Next: Mary Anne Saves the Day
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Post by sarish on Feb 8, 2011 22:30:14 GMT -5
Mary Anne Saves the Day:
1. Mary Anne stands up for herself and shows her maturity.
2. Mary Anne and Dawn think it is totally awesome they get paid 10 dollars each!
3. When they all realize they don't really know why they were fighting.
Next up: Dawn and the Impossible Three
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Post by zoar3 on Feb 9, 2011 21:02:45 GMT -5
Dawn and the Impossible Three:
1. The image of Buddy Barrett wearing a cowboy hat and swimming flippers, ready to "attack" Dawn.
2. "Don't you think we should serve food our guests will like?" (Dawn to her mom about the menu for their Memorial Day picnic).
3. The Barretts "puddle walk" with Mary Anne.
Next: Kristy's Big Day
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Post by anzuhana on Feb 9, 2011 21:04:06 GMT -5
Dawn and the Impossible Three
1. Dawn and Kristy bonding
2. Dawn taking the brownie from Mallory
3. Dawn talking to Mrs. Barrett about her disorganization
Next up: Kristy's Big Day
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Post by BuckinghamAlice on Feb 11, 2011 2:00:17 GMT -5
What I liked about Kristy's Big Day: 1. Stacey and Mary Poppins. So in. 2. David Michael and Karen's wedding 3. Kristy's wedding present. A little saccharin, yes, but sentimental. What did you like about Claudia and Mean Janine?
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Post by candykane on Feb 11, 2011 9:52:33 GMT -5
Claudia and Mean Janine:
1. Claudia and Janine learning to get along with each other better
2. The play group
3. Mimi (not Mimi's stroke, just the presence of her in the book because Mimi is awesome).
Next up: Boy-Crazy Stacey
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Post by oldhickory on Feb 11, 2011 11:43:24 GMT -5
Boy Crazy Stacey:
1. stacey and byron bonding.
2. all the great beach and boardwalk scenes.
3. the girls getting nervous about going to the mansion for the first time, until they see kristy eating a popsicle.
next: the ghost at dawn's house
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Post by booboobrewer on Feb 12, 2011 1:23:30 GMT -5
The Ghost at Dawn's House
1. Trip-Man!
2. The shampooing incident at the Pikes
3. The slumber party...I like that end-of-summer feel of it. And Claudia admitting her Star Wars love.
Next: Logan Likes Mary Anne
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Post by BuckinghamAlice on Feb 12, 2011 14:36:03 GMT -5
3 Things I like about Logan Likes Mary Anne:
1. The introduction of the dreamy Cam Geary lookalike, Logan Bruno
2. Tigger
3. Mary Anne's famous cities skirt
What did you like about Kristy and the Snobs?
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Post by zoar3 on Feb 12, 2011 19:01:55 GMT -5
Kristy and the Snobs:
1. Stacey "taming" Amanda and Max. (I wish they had never moved especially in favor of the Kormans) and teaching them Snail.
2. David Michael sleeping with Louie. I hated that AMM killed him off and made him suffer but it was so sweet how DM did that.
3. I liked that Sam and Charlie actually had meaningful scenes instead of just "good old Charlie always drives me to BSC meetings" and Sam is a jokester. The two of them seemed like "real" people and good brothers in this one.
Next: Claudia and the New Girl (sorry about originally saying it was #13)
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Post by BuckinghamAlice on Feb 14, 2011 5:49:40 GMT -5
Er, Claudia and the New Girl: 1. Ashley's outfit on the cover. Odd? Yeah, but I like odd. 2. Claudia spelling pharaoh with "farrow." Killer silent letter ftw. 3. The snarkiness of the girls. I know that should be a bad thing, but it's what I love about them. Sometimes they're bitches. Next: Good-bye Stacey, Good-bye
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Post by nat2412 on Feb 14, 2011 18:48:24 GMT -5
Goodbye Stacey,Goodbye
1. The yard sale! ($40.00 sweaters!!)
2. The Pikes Secret Agent game - always sounded like heaps of fun.
3. Claud's letter to Stacey at the end of the book - funny and sad at the same time. A real nice moment between best friends. It always makes me smile.
On to the next.... #14 Hello Mallory
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Post by BuckinghamAlice on Feb 16, 2011 1:48:54 GMT -5
Hello, Mallory: 1. Mallory noticing Jessi for the first time, lol. 2. Claudia confusing soy formula and soy sauce. 3. Mallory and Jessi starting their own club. Next: Little Miss Stoneybrook... and Dawn
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