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Post by greer on Apr 1, 2009 18:49:20 GMT -5
i thought her name was Risa Ho? There is a Risa Ho on facebook.
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Post by sparklymouse on Apr 1, 2009 19:05:07 GMT -5
Not everyone has facebook or myspace either. I don't and I'm pretty sure I exist.
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oldhickory
Sitting For The Arnolds
Heather Loves Boys and Gym
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Post by oldhickory on Dec 11, 2009 20:12:56 GMT -5
i reread this book last night. i'm so embarrassed to admit it, but when i was younger and i read it, i got really paranoid because i look different from the rest of my family. so for about three days i was convinced i was adopted :] in the end i realized the same thing that claudia's parents told her -- that the reason she doesn't look like either of them is because she looks like them BOTH. also, when claudia heard "heyyo!" for a second i thought it was david michael or sam trying to be cool, answering the phone with, "hey, yo!" but, agreed on the whole overreaction. she jumped to some pretty big conclusions. i can understand feeling out of place, but she assumed that she found her birth mother simply because two other people in wyoming WEREN'T her mother, and that's pretty flawed logic by any standards. (i know there aren't many people in wyoming, but really. haha.) and doesn't she have a picture of the day she came home from the hospital, and janine's testimony, in her autobiography? i wonder which book came first.
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Post by featherearrings on Dec 17, 2009 11:27:05 GMT -5
^ I remember after reading this, I wished I WAS adopted and being really annoyed that I looked exactly like my dad. I was a weird child.
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celaeno
Sitting For The Papadakis's
I have to share a room with Vanessa
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Post by celaeno on Dec 20, 2009 14:06:24 GMT -5
I just read this book and wanted to try drawing some of the crazy BSC outfits again! Anyway, here we have Claudia as described on page 10 in this book: “I, on the other hand, was dressed in one of my usual wild outfits – a very short black skirt, an oversized white shirt with bright pink and turquoise poodles printed on it, flat turquoise shoes with ankle straps, and a ton of jewelry, including dangly poodle earrings. My long hair was swept to one side in a high pony tail held in place with a huge pink barrette.” Claudia has such long and thick hair, how on earth could she hold it up in a high ponytail with just a barrette? I feel like if Jill had tried to pull off this ensemble in the books, Dawn would have flipped her nuts, but apparently it's cool when Claudia wears it. Also, it took me FOREVER to try drawing an oversized shirt without Claudia looking pregnant.
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Post by sparklymouse on Dec 20, 2009 18:39:55 GMT -5
Holy cow, that's a short skirt! The poodles are cute.
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Post by wenonah4th on Dec 21, 2009 12:49:28 GMT -5
there were some strong barrettes available in the 90s.
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supprazz
Sitting For The Newtons
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Post by supprazz on Jan 31, 2010 6:44:42 GMT -5
awww the 90's
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oldhickory
Sitting For The Arnolds
Heather Loves Boys and Gym
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Post by oldhickory on May 23, 2010 13:55:54 GMT -5
just reread again. i thought the part with janine and the balloon was very sweet -- i don't think i caught that before. also, claudia's parents were MUCH more patient than my mom was when i asked if i was adopted. my mom told me that was dumb and to stop asking questions. (haha, she kind of sounded like aunt petunia.)
my favorite part though was when claudia put the pictures of herself and mimi next to each other. she said she would never take them down and she would bring them with her to her dorm room in college. aww! this is the first claudia book after mimi dies. i like the continuity-ness of claudia having a sort of family crisis right after the most important person in her family dies.
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Post by zoar3 on Jun 14, 2010 17:27:38 GMT -5
Loved Janine giving Emily the balloon and her saying "Hey-yo." Like many others on here, I, too, am not a big phone fan, especially to people I don't know or when asking to speak to someone is required. I don't have Caller ID, but could see how that would be handy. The story itself, was disappointing. Would have been much more interesting if Claudia had been adopted or if we got to learn more of Emily's story. Were we ever told anything about her natural parents? The title Claudia and the Great Search is so promising but fell short. A better story might have been Claudia struggling to find her place in her family, truly feeling lost (as she often claims) without Mimi, and maybe needing to talk to someone like Dr. Reese. Or maybe her parents got wind of her junk food stash, re-hid it, after sampling some, you know they secretly love sweets, and lol the "Great Search" was Claudia finding everything. OT to the above, just re-reading the part where Myriah and Gabbie "cook with real ingredients" to make green chocolate chip cookies. Cute idea but does a 5 1 /2 year old really have memorized the Toll house receipe? Myriah just added everything at random as she went along. Of course as we were reminded because of Stacey's (she was the baby-sitter) diabetes, S couldn't taste either the dough or the finished cookies. Just wondered it ever occurred to her to call Claudia, across the street to ask her to sample one before okaying the girls too do so? Other thing, poor Stacey always getting stuck with baking projects. (Charlotte and Becca, the Martians, I think she helped someone make brownies at least once). I realize Claudia might have just said the cookies were great as she gobbled away, but don't you guys think the Perkinses might have appreciated Stacey's telling them she took the initiative to have C test them out before giving them to their daughters?
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lilafowler
Sitting For The Johanssens
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Post by lilafowler on Jun 14, 2010 18:40:00 GMT -5
Oh, no, I totally wouldn't expect a kindergartner to be able to make chocolate chip cookies from scratch without a recipe. I've always found the Perkinses overly perfect Mary Sues-in-training whose impeccability is just boring to read about (for some reason, I do feel bad saying this about small children, even if they are fictional. The existence of the real Perkins women does not help, although I am sure they much more interesting than their insipid namesakes, even if that does mean that they have at least one flaw each). Having said that, none of the ingredients in chocolate chip cookies is particularly offensive; even if Mariah got the proportions wrong they would still probably taste okay and not kill anyone as long as they were baked thoroughly. You can pretty much go overboard with any of those ingredients, except the baking powder, and if you have something resembling dough, end up with something edible. My only concern would be something not included in the ingredients being added, but I'd think Stacey would know not to let the girls eat cookies to which they'd added mustard or sriracha or something.
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Post by zoar3 on Jun 14, 2010 20:15:51 GMT -5
Lol, Lila to your Perkins girls comments. Chocolate Chip Cookies used to be a favorite treat of mine before TMJ (Jaw issues) struck me. I agree the receipe is pretty standard. Knowing Myriah, she probably had created a song of the directions. Green cookies totally sounded like a preschool/young child type of experiment.
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Post by anzuhana on Apr 22, 2011 10:42:01 GMT -5
I did like reading about Claudia tutoring Emily Michelle. It's nice to know that Claudia knows her colors and shapes. I liked that Janine gave Emily a balloon. That was sweet of her. And, celaeno, nice picture of Claudia.
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Post by wiggir13 on May 6, 2011 17:40:24 GMT -5
I reread this book and I didn't realize before, but I think Claudia just feels lost without Mimi and thats why this all comes along. She feels like she doesn't belong in her family. This was pointed out by Janine's big award. There were several times that she said - If Mimi were here, I would....... I guess this just rang out to me that she felt very alone an dsad.
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Post by wenonah4th on May 7, 2011 14:11:08 GMT -5
Agreed, wiggigrl.
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