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Post by wenonah4th on May 6, 2008 13:47:40 GMT -5
There are thrift stores out there of all kinds. Goodwill is ubiquitous, Salvation Army nearly so. Some hospitals run them, they're on military bases (and have weird hours usually), some are just plain businesses, others are run to benefit other kinds of charities. No big deal.
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Post by lionessblack on May 6, 2008 21:19:42 GMT -5
I don't think about charities or non-profit or their motivations when I go to thrift shops. I just want to get nifty things for cheap prices. The last time I was at Goodwill, they had half off everything, and I got a CD for $1. I looked for BSC, but they only one they had was Goodbye, Stacey, Goodbye and I already have that one. It was even the cover I have.
That part was kind of disappointing.
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Post by murderedmymuse on May 7, 2008 11:49:31 GMT -5
I've found coming back to YA lit as an adult, I'm more impressed with the BSC series than other teen series. The first 40 books and the super specials have the memory lane factor, and they are also very solidly written books compared to SVH, Girl Talk, or The Fabulous Five. You can tell Ann cared about the BSC books she wrote herself.. I love SVH, but those books have no soul. Ann's non-BSC books stand up to the test of time.
What other YA authors do you feel stood up to the test on time?
For me, I'd say Cynthia Voigt, Ellen Conford, Silver by Norma Fox Mazer.
Edited to add: what is the protocol in posting in old thread. Not saying only 'I agree' or some thing like that, but actually posting a couple of paragraphs on the subject? In another forum this is called necroposting and is not liked. What are your feelings here?
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Post by wenonah4th on May 7, 2008 12:00:17 GMT -5
We've had some revived threads over time. IMO because of the nature of what we're discussing, very few threads really get outdated. A thread about a given book justs gets buried when no one has been reading it recently or there's been a lot of activity about other things.
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Post by Penny Lane on May 7, 2008 12:03:10 GMT -5
I didn't realize anyone would be upset about that. I think most of us would prefer that you do a search before you start a new thread to make sure it hasn't been discussed already.
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Post by wenonah4th on May 7, 2008 12:28:28 GMT -5
Some kinds of boards aren't all as pleasant as everyone here in Stoneybrook!
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Post by murderedmymuse on May 7, 2008 12:55:17 GMT -5
Cool. Thanks for the info. I didn't really want to start a new thread, just post on some old ones that caught my eye. BTW, any one collecting BSC books or YA in general there are two sites that are quite good. www.booksandcollectibles.com.auThis site may look Australian based, but it covers several countries including the USA. It's a searchable database 100s of secondhand bookstores. I put a search in for BSC books today and came back with a 740 book match. also www.oztion.com.au/It's an Australian auction site like ebay--but some of the sellers will sell overseas. I got good results for my BSC search today--one seller was selling BSC books for 60c and had about 40 books listed. My apologies if these sites have already been mentioned.
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Post by sparklymouse on May 7, 2008 16:33:11 GMT -5
I had no idea BSC was so popular in Australia until I saw all the board members from there. I tend to wonder what people from other countries think of Americans when they read our books or watch our tv shows.
Oh, and murderedmymuse, if you see a thread you want to post in, go for it. It doesn't matter if it's a page or two back. Bumping it up with new comments helps to keep the conversations fresh.
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Post by booboobrewer on May 7, 2008 17:52:22 GMT -5
^Exactly. Bumping old threads when you have something to say is perfectly okay and definitely welcomed!
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Post by lionessblack on May 7, 2008 19:36:52 GMT -5
While I agree that adding something to an old post is great, especially when it's a book thread, the phrase "necroposting" cracks me up!
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Post by murderedmymuse on May 8, 2008 4:55:39 GMT -5
I had no idea BSC was so popular in Australia until I saw all the board members from there. I tend to wonder what people from other countries think of Americans when they read our books or watch our tv shows. Oh, and murderedmymuse, if you see a thread you want to post in, go for it. It doesn't matter if it's a page or two back. Bumping it up with new comments helps to keep the conversations fresh. Oh yeah, BSC books were (yes, sadly 'were', not 'are currently') everywhere when I was a teen. Shelves full of them at bookstores and libraries, with thousands of little tween girls reading them. Everything I knew about America as a kid came from these YA book series. They're the reason I have a strange obsession with America. USA's the only country I've ever wanted to visit. I plan to smuggle my adult self into an American high school just to see what it's like, maybe a Never Been Kissed type scenario. Lionessblack, I was concerned about the necroposting because on the Unexplained Mysteries forum there's a whole bruhaha about bringing back old threads. The old time members can't be bothered wading through old posts to get to the new ones, or something. I'm glad this board is different. Sometimes is can get vicious at UM, they definitely need their moderators. Not like here, yay. I think here it's because we're book readers, and I find book readers have a lot of respect. I was wondering, is there a 'A 100 things I learned from the BSC' thread here? I was thinking of starting one. They do these 100 Things I Learned... threads over at IMDB, and they can get pretty funny.
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Post by sparklymouse on May 10, 2008 15:30:23 GMT -5
^11! You dinosaur. Kidding, obviously. What's the target age for these things supposed to be anyway? When some of you say you read them at 6 or 7 that surprises me a little. Not that they're hard to read, but the stories are a little mature for a first grader. I don't think I would have been interested in reading about teenage adventures back then.
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Post by booboobrewer on May 10, 2008 17:06:49 GMT -5
I was reading BSC at 7, I think. They appealed to me because 11 and 13 years old seemed sooo grown up and mature and the adventures they had seemed awesome. Then, when I was actually 11 and 12 and 13, it was like, what the heck is the big deal?
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Post by maryanne13 on May 11, 2008 15:40:32 GMT -5
i started reading them when i was about 8 or 9 (i found 3 books at a yard sale), and now that i'm 14, i still don't stop reading them.
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Post by Kylie90210 on May 15, 2008 22:36:16 GMT -5
I started at 6, stopped at about 10, and started in 2006 at 20, due to online sites such as the HiddenBookcase. I kept my books, but now am recollecting the ones I never had.
I'm in Brisbane, Murderedmymuse. Are you Sydney?
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