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Post by sotypical42483 on Jul 24, 2006 12:22:52 GMT -5
aww, I didn't think that scene was too over the top. The BSC was Kristy's LIFE, I think I would've reacted similarly in her situation. Stupid Claudia raising her hand first. Aww reading that makes me sad  |
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Post by spazgirl on Jul 24, 2006 13:57:45 GMT -5
Reading that now I think its hilariously dramatic, but when I was 10 years old I think I read that one part over and over because I just could NOT believe it  . Haha. I thought it was lame the way they got back together though. Wrapped up too quick  . |
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Post by lilafowler on Jul 24, 2006 13:59:41 GMT -5
I haven't read this book in awhile, and I think I only read it once when I did -- is there any reason Claudia raised her hand first? Like, did she want the BSC to break up the most or something?
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Post by morbiddadestiny on Jul 24, 2006 17:30:19 GMT -5
maybe because of her school problems piling up? she DID get sent back to 7th grade in the next book.
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Post by macca on Jul 25, 2006 6:09:28 GMT -5
I haven't read this book in awhile, and I think I only read it once when I did -- is there any reason Claudia raised her hand first? Like, did she want the BSC to break up the most or something? Maybe she thought she was too mature and cool for it? Actually nah, that's more of a Staceyism. |
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Post by liss31d on Dec 23, 2006 8:52:11 GMT -5
It is realistic that it would get to a point where the BSC would want more time for schoolwork and other activities... but I remember when I first read this book, I felt really uncomfortable reading it. I guess it was the idea of the BSC breaking up I couldn't get my head around. All of the members kinda drove me insane - Kristy, Claudia and Abby in particular, Kristy with her explosive reactions to everything, Claudia's stupidity and her attitude towards Mary Anne throughout the whole book, and Abby and her annoying Abbiness. Also Mal and Jessi bugged me because they were the ones who wanted to do activities on BSC days and made a bollocks of things. Found Claudia's can't be assed attitude in general v annoying aussi.
Yeah... what was it with maple sugaring? Why did Kristy think this would be such a great idea?
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Post by macca on Dec 23, 2006 15:34:26 GMT -5
Yeah... what was it with maple sugaring? Why did Kristy think this would be such a great idea? It's no more bizarre than any of Kristy's other little "activities" she's arranged for neighborhood kids - activities that have been a HUGE success |
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Post by gabbie on Dec 25, 2006 6:56:58 GMT -5
I liked the fact that one of Kristy's "great" ideas turned out to be totally impractical and not feasible.
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Post by sotypical42483 on Dec 26, 2006 11:40:11 GMT -5
What exactly is maple sugaring? I don't get it at all.
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Post by bscfan24 on Dec 26, 2006 14:52:07 GMT -5
What exactly is maple sugaring? I don't get it at all. I think they're talking about when people go into the woods and find maple trees and drill a hole into the trunk and get the sap from the tree, which is maple syrup. Or something like that. |
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Post by claudiascandystash on Dec 27, 2006 2:59:28 GMT -5
^ It could mean a visit to a sugar bush- or "cabane a sucre".
There is a process by which tree sap becomes maple syrup- it needs to be boiled down, filtered, etc. Up here in the great white north (eh), there are various farms that you can visit to see this process, and then eat fresh maple syrup over snow. We try to go at least once a winter, because it actually is a lot of fun. And it is fun for kids.....
Yep, I know I'm a loser.
.....but I'm not sure if Kristy actually meant visiting a sugar bush (man oh man, I love the name), or if she thought she could just bring the kids into the forest and put a hole in a tree, expecting maple syrup to come out.
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Post by jen on Dec 27, 2006 5:31:37 GMT -5
I thought the big idea in this book was apple picking, wasn't it? And Kristy was planning on hanging apples on trees because she couldn't find real apple trees?
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Post by sotypical42483 on Dec 27, 2006 10:58:39 GMT -5
Wow. I have never in my life heard of maple-sugaring. It sounds weird. Then again, I live in Arizona. We don't really have trees or snow, we have cacti.
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Post by starrynight on Dec 27, 2006 18:43:39 GMT -5
This whole book had sort of an "It's a Wonderful Life" quality to it. It's almost like we get to see what life would be like without the BSC, but it's really just some sort of bad dream or something.
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Post by liss31d on Dec 28, 2006 4:05:01 GMT -5
Haha they should have made the book more like It's a Wonderful Life. Kristy getting all ticked off thinking she's a "rotten" babysitter for Jackie falling off the tree and the other BSC members seeming like they don't give a crap about the BSC anymore (which does happen in the book) and then an angel comes and shows Kristy what the world (well Stoneybrook) would be like without the BSC |
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. Haha. I thought it was lame the way they got back together though. Wrapped up too quick 
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