msstock87
Sitting For The Braddocks
Here Comes The Bride!
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Post by msstock87 on Jul 21, 2008 16:13:52 GMT -5
I could have sworn I responded to this thread at some point, I guess not.
I like some of the babysitting chapters, but it really depends on the client. I love reading about the Pikes, The Brewer/Thomas kids, The Perkins girls etc. I never skip over the babysitting chapters though, even if they bore me I always read them.
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Penny Lane
Sitting For The Arnolds
The Girl With Colitis Goes By
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Post by Penny Lane on Jul 21, 2008 21:32:05 GMT -5
I don't know if I responded here or not already. I used to always skip the notebook entries when I was a kid, and then skip like hafl the babysitting. I hated reading cursive and I usually just wanted to get to the main plot.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2008 2:41:12 GMT -5
I'd struggle through the notebook entries on my first read-through --- Jessi's and Claudia's were next to impossible for me, with Mary Anne's trailing close behind --- and then skip them during subsequent readings. I hated when major plot points were contained in the "handwriting" parts of the books --- I know that I read Mary Anne and the Secret in the Attic at least once when I was little (because I totally did a diorama of that book in the fifth grade) ...but I re-read it again recently and forced myself to read the last chapter (I think that's the one that's all in MA's handwriting) and I didn't remember ANY of that part of the plot from the first time around.
I suppose, if nothing else, BSC cursive taught me patience --- my grandmothers still to this day send me long letters in what vaguely resembles Jessi's handwriting... which I muddle through because I know they put a ton of effort into writing me. But cursive was the bane of my existence in elementary school --- I seriously think I have some sort of dyslexia-related issue with it. My print comes out fine, but I still to this day can't write cursive without half the letters coming out backwards or upside-down. My signature is literally a scribble. :\ I have so many report cards from elementary school that were straight A's... with a C in "Handwriting." And that was still after hours of practice with the stupid brown lined paper.
Ah. Cursive angst.
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Post by wenonah4th on Jul 22, 2008 8:19:49 GMT -5
^ My best friend actually is dyslexic and has a hard time reading anyone's cursive. I have to try to remember to print when I write a note to her.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2008 8:43:30 GMT -5
I've not been diagnosed, but tend to write letters and numbers -- mostly numbers -- backward if I'm in a hurry (either transposing two numbers, or literally writing the numeral backward). It's mild, if anything... if I take my time, it doesn't happen. But I am kind of curious if it's the source of my cursive issues.
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Post by anzuhana on Jan 4, 2010 12:04:00 GMT -5
For me to read the babysitting chapters, it would depend on the book. If I liked the babysitting chapters in a certain book, then I would reread them and while in others, I would just skim.
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digigirl02
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The P is for Princess
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Post by digigirl02 on Jan 4, 2010 20:07:51 GMT -5
The babysitting chapters are my favorite -especially when they involve Charlotte or the Pikes. I like reading about the Pikes as well.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2010 13:19:39 GMT -5
I don't mind the Baby-sitting chapters at all. Though, it does depend on who the clients are. For some reason, I just don't enjoy reading about Jackie Rodowsky and his bad luck. I like reading about the Pikes as well. Same here! I really loved them in "Boy Crazy Stacey".
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Post by sparklymouse on Apr 15, 2010 16:24:10 GMT -5
I don't really like the books where they sit for the same kids the whole time. The ones where family X has a problem and coincidentally need a sitter 3 times a week for the next month so that every club member just happens to be able to sit for them and they work out a solution and make everything all better just before the month is up. There are almost as many of those plot lines as there are festivals.
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Post by zoar3 on Apr 15, 2010 22:31:09 GMT -5
^ITA, Sparklymouse. Often times such books also contain a semi "super-sitter" plotline which I don't care much for. Either that, or the reminder that the BSC Members are the Parents (or at least all-knowing person) the Charges parents should be in terms of handling a problem. I am in rare minority in that I liked reading about most of the festivals. Most being the key word! There were some such as the extremely random Strawberry one that never resulted in the Sitters taking the kids to that water park or the Health Fairs in one of Logan's books or the Class in Dawn Saves the Planet, along with others at the moment I am tiredly blanking. I will say most of these events seemed to run their course in a very similar way.
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