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Post by aln1982 on Apr 19, 2006 7:59:23 GMT -5
I just reread this book and liked it pretty well overall. Agree that Mrs. Arnold was totally unrational in expecting Claud to catch on to the girls' tricks. This was one book where I actually felt sorry for Claudia. I liked how Mal took the girls shopping. Reminded me of one time when I took a friend "back to school" shopping for a day when I was 9 instead of just buying stuff here and there when I needed it like usual.
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Post by macca on Apr 19, 2006 16:57:33 GMT -5
Mal's shopping trip with the girls seems to be a universal fave. I bet Mal was jealous of Carolyn's sweatshirt with the sparkly moon and stars!
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Post by ktag on Apr 19, 2006 17:03:56 GMT -5
I'm surprised Mal didn't offer to model it for her. But I guess she was afraid her parents would catch a single stray sparkle on her. Oh, the horrors of being Mallory Pike.
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Post by aln1982 on Apr 19, 2006 18:59:25 GMT -5
I've been meaning to ask, what is the joke with Mal and the sparklies? I missed something.
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Post by ktag on Apr 19, 2006 19:11:47 GMT -5
There's a few vague mentions scattered throughout the series, but the most specific reference I found recently in Claudia and the Bad Joke: "Right now, she'd settle for getting a miniskirt and a glittery sweat shirt (just two of the things her parents say she's not old enough for)."
ETA: The joke is that it's kind of hilarious that glittery sweatshirts are considered inappropriate and Mal is so desperate to have one.
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Post by Amalia on Apr 19, 2006 20:50:52 GMT -5
I wonder where Mal got that obsession for sparkles from anyways?
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Post by macca on Apr 19, 2006 22:23:28 GMT -5
I've been meaning to ask, what is the joke with Mal and the sparklies? I missed something. There have been a few instances where Mallory has complained that her parents think she's too young to wear sparkly/glittery clothes (despite apparently being easy-going liberals with no rules). In Mallory and the Trouble With Twins, during the family trip to the mall in Chapter One, Mal says "I look at stuff I want, but my parents say I'm not allowed to have yet, like short skirts and hair glitter". Also, in Hello Mallory, she says "when the older girls get dressed up, they probably wear leggings and sparkly tops. I don't have clothes like that, my mum says I'm too young. Maybe when I'm twelve or thirteen".
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Post by Amalia on Apr 20, 2006 1:44:59 GMT -5
Yeah I agree, Mal has the most hilarious pre-teen angsts.
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Post by macca on Apr 20, 2006 2:23:46 GMT -5
^ total word. And what's with those weird parents?! Do they think Mal's gonna be some kind of sleeper if she wears sparklies? It wasn't like the kid was wanting to wear ultra-low hipsters or midriff tops, which wouldn't be too unbelievable for an eleven yr old these days. If the worst thing your tween daughter wants to do is put glitter in her hair, it's time to count your blessings, Mr & Mrs Pike!
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Post by aln1982 on Apr 20, 2006 8:26:17 GMT -5
Thanks for filling me in on the sparkles joke. Sounds like Mal does have a real interest in them. Agree, Macca, about the sparklies being the least of the Pikes worries in dressing. Especially these days. I hate looking in the kids department for clothes anymore. Some of these outfits that people think are so "cute" make girls as young as five look like.... you get my drift.
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Post by macca on Apr 20, 2006 16:36:24 GMT -5
ugh I hate the way these boards change all the naughty words, lol! wh*re = sleeper? I've never heard that term before. I think the kiddie fashions have improved slightly, they hit an all time low a few yrs ago when Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera were the inspiration. But still. Even as a little kid, the Pikes opposition to anything glittery was just... weird. I mean, I could understand it - maybe - if they were uptight parents who only liked traditional, no-nonsense clothes, but they were apparently ultra-liberals who didn't believe in rules. Not allowing an eleven yr old to have pierced ears or cut her hair ( ) is VERY conservative. And it sounded as if they opposed the sparkles on a MORAL basis, not a practical basis. Mallory was totally prepared to pay for the stuff herself.
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Post by jen on Apr 21, 2006 5:33:47 GMT -5
I never thought about that! I always just accepted it as part of Mal's obligatory chapter two whinings: "My parents treat me like a baby because they won't let me get contacts or wear glitter". But yeah... why *didn't* the liberal Pikes, who don't care about a messy house or what their kids eat, let the super-mature, practically-adult Mallory choose her own clothes?
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Post by inge on Apr 21, 2006 7:09:37 GMT -5
I never really thought about that either. I do know though. I guess they just had to keep poor Mallory akward. Glitters might've given her some confidence!
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Post by jen on Apr 21, 2006 7:47:03 GMT -5
Heh... it would've made her shine. Geddit?
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Post by ktag on Apr 21, 2006 17:02:39 GMT -5
Maybe they didn't want her to go blind from the sparkles. Glasses are expensive enough as it is.
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