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Post by sparklymouse on Nov 5, 2008 18:22:39 GMT -5
I had a Border Collie growing up. They are brilliant animals. I assume regular Collies are very similar. The part where Louie's in the kitchen unable to walk properly is very real for old pets. David Michael insisting on sleeping on the floor with him that last night is the saddest part for me.
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Post by booboobrewer on Nov 5, 2008 21:08:08 GMT -5
^ I never knew the story behind the song...I doubt Ann ever heard it. "Louie Louie" would have been a little more appropriate, content-wise, but still not something I'd want to see played a funeral. Funny, I thought the song they played was Louie, Louie, but bizzer sign is right, it was Brother Louie. I've never heard Brother Louie, but agreed Ann probably didn't listen to the song closely enough to realize its inappropriateness. Reminds me of Sixteen Candles being MA's favorite movie.
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Post by sweetvalleygirl99 on Nov 6, 2008 16:40:35 GMT -5
I never gave much notice to the song either. I always thought that they played Louie, Louie at the funeral but I guess it was Brother Louie. Time for a reread .
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Post by fairy3lf2 on Nov 6, 2008 20:57:18 GMT -5
David Michael insisting on sleeping on the floor with him that last night is the saddest part for me. I forgot about that part but that's sooooooo sad!
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Post by anna on Dec 1, 2008 20:50:17 GMT -5
you what i never understood about Shannon? Okay, It mentions that the reson Shannon hated Kristy ( In this book) was Because she was "Steeling all of her baby Sitters Charges, Right? Well does it ever Mention again that Shannon is SO into Baby Sitting? No! In Kristy and the Sister war Shannon does not even have enough time to baby sit for her own sisters, let alone some other kids! It dosen't seem like baby Sitting is so Important to Shannon As it made out to believe in this book! Did any of you guys notice this aswell?
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wanderingfrog
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Post by wanderingfrog on Dec 1, 2008 21:54:05 GMT -5
David Michael insisting on sleeping on the floor with him that last night is the saddest part for me. I slept on the floor with Leia two nights before I had to have her put to sleep. Luckily, she decided she wanted to sleep in my bed with me the following night.
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Post by tiff85 on Mar 16, 2009 18:42:00 GMT -5
I cried at the end, when they had to put Louie to sleep. Shannon acted like a jerk in this one, but she compensates by being nice and giving Kristy and her family a puppy. How sweet.
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Post by wenonah4th on Mar 18, 2009 8:18:57 GMT -5
Was Astrid mostly Shannon's dog or thw whole family's?
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Post by greer on Mar 18, 2009 8:27:21 GMT -5
I always thought she was the whole family's.
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Post by tiff85 on May 10, 2009 14:42:30 GMT -5
The whole family's.
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Post by sillybillygoogoo on May 21, 2009 17:45:45 GMT -5
Funny, I thought the song they played was Louie, Louie, but bizzer sign is right, it was Brother Louie. I've never heard Brother Louie, but agreed Ann probably didn't listen to the song closely enough to realize its inappropriateness. Reminds me of Sixteen Candles being MA's favorite movie. Never having heard the song in the book, and being horrible with lyrics (when I was little I thought the Folger's jingle went; "The best part of waking up is soldiers in your cup" : , I always assumed the song she was referring to was "Louie, Louie" When I was younger. Oh well. Maybe Ann thought so too.
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Post by firecausesburns on Oct 23, 2009 0:52:16 GMT -5
I reread this today for about the millionth time, and shed a tear for about the millionth time. My cat is getting to the end of his days (he's 14 or 15), and now I can kind of see my family having to put him down in the near future, and it's not like this book didn't make me cry enough without my imagining my cat in Louie's place!
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Post by shannon86 on Oct 24, 2009 22:19:31 GMT -5
Kristy & The Snobs is my absolute favorite BSC book of all-time. It didn't make me cry the numerous times that I've read it. I love it because it is the very first book with Shannon.
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Post by zoar3 on May 16, 2010 19:38:35 GMT -5
I (still) all these many years later wish Louie had not died. (Or been so ill). I wonder how the Series might have been different had he lived or at least had been "7" like DM instead of one minute 7 the next 13.
DM sleeping on the floor with Louie was heartbreakingly sad. I choke up every time and feel awful for him. My own beloved dog died at only 10 (he was a small dog, too) and though I was MUCH older than DM at the time, it still devastated me.
I honestly never gave much thought to Shannon/Kristy suddenly becoming friends. I never did like the explanation given in SS #11, though we have:
MA "choosing" Dawn over Kristy. Ashley Wyeth chooses Claudia. (Temporarily Claud goes along with it). Laine choses who "The Group" will consistent of in NY, ditching Stacey for Them.
So I guess Shannon chosing Kristy as her new friend after being dumped as a potential friend by that rich girl with the horse...blanking on her name at the moment, fits the pattern.
ITA with those who questioned the Papadakises re-hiring the BSC. I admit to also never before having give thought to a comment a poster named Anna made about never again hearing about Shannon's baby-sitting past. Or Tiffany's for that matter. I think it would have created a whole new dimension had Tiffany Kilbourne been a junior officer of the BSC. Lol, maybe she could have been an associate junior member just for her neighborhood.
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Post by lilafowler on May 17, 2010 11:34:34 GMT -5
According to Wikipedia, there are two songs called "Brother Louie". The Hot Chocolate one (about the interracial relationship) was released in 1973 and Modern Talking's is from 1986, so I guess Ann could have had either one in mind when writing this book. I happen to love 80sy New Wave so the 1986 song would probably work at my funeral, but both songs made me cringe a little when I listened to them, imagining them being played at a funeral.
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