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Post by anzuhana on Jun 13, 2010 15:30:11 GMT -5
I thought that it was touching when Kristy called Watson "Dad." I liked reading about how important Watson was to Kristy.
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Post by candykane on Aug 30, 2010 10:32:27 GMT -5
She wouldn't have to freeze it. Just stick it in some Tupperware in the fridge and have it the next night. Or eat it with the pizza. Plenty of pizza places have pasta dishes on their menus. Yeah, just eat the pizza and pasta together. Especially if Watson really did just buy ONE pizza to feed ten people. About Nannie moving out and then moving back in immediately - I hope she hadn't signed more than a month-to-month lease on that apartment. I hated that she moved anyway. It was so rushed and unrealistic.
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Post by oldhickory on Aug 30, 2010 14:11:55 GMT -5
^ for all the talk about how cool and laid back nannie is, she bugs me. to move out with just a few day's notice (especially for feeling unwanted) is impulsive and childish. that sounds like something i would expect from charlie.
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Post by wanderingfrog on Aug 30, 2010 19:05:39 GMT -5
Yeah, just eat the pizza and pasta together. Especially if Watson really did just buy ONE pizza to feed ten people My friends and I ordered a twenty-four-inch pizza a couple of months ago. It was epic and terrifying. I assume that's what Watson ordered.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2010 20:09:39 GMT -5
I found the subplot weird I actually had the feeling that even though mrs. marshell didn't have more than 4 kids that she would still know about the rules.
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Post by candykane on Sept 1, 2010 14:35:39 GMT -5
^ for all the talk about how cool and laid back nannie is, she bugs me. to move out with just a few day's notice (especially for feeling unwanted) is impulsive and childish. that sounds like something i would expect from charlie. Yes! Totally impulsive and childish. I felt like she did it without any thought of how the kids, especially Emily, would feel. After all, Nannie seems more like Emily's mother than Elizabeth does.
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Post by zoar3 on Jul 12, 2011 18:57:41 GMT -5
I think Emily's young age was also a huge factor. If Emily were older (and talking more) she probably would have felt like Nannie, her American mother, had abandoned her the same way her biological mom had. I don't think we were ever told why Emily was placed in the orphanage just that she was so that might not be fair to her birth mother. I still would love to know (besides obviously how the entire adoption happened as it did) just why no one apparently gave thought to who would care for Emily before the TB's were allowed to adopt her. We know asking Nannie to move in came after the fact. Elizabeth and Watson spent a few weeks, was it, with Emily before returning to work, (too bad we never saw that), and that was about it.
Slightly, O/T, I instantly liked Mr. Staples. I have yet to truly feel positive about Nannie. It definitely would have been interesting had Nannie ever called him or vice versa. I always wished, he and Kristy had kept in touch.
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Post by wiggir13 on Jul 15, 2011 18:14:50 GMT -5
I would have loved to see Mr Staples again too!
I must say that realistically, I guess Watson could have bought off Nannie's lease - as most places allow you do that. Nannie reminds me a lot of my grandmother who thrived off of the guilt trip of you don't need me etc. It always did annoy me but I loved her all the same!
What I don't get about the subplot, why did Kristy not call Mrs. Marshall after the first incident to stop any further incidents? I guess that would be too practical and it would have killed any subplot before it began. How did the subplot and plot mirror each other in this one? Was it that no one communicated with each other....(I mean isn't that in every book?).
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Post by zoar3 on Jul 15, 2011 18:51:34 GMT -5
Glad there's another Mr. Staples fan. I really did like him, probably because I thought the world of my own Grandpa. Why didn't "individual" Dawn who "doesn't let the opinions of others stop her" say something to Mrs. Marshall herself? Dawn should have told Mrs. M immediately there was a problem. Although, IIRC, Dawn wasn't introduced to all the kids (find out their ages) until after their moms had left. I think the oddest part was, unless Mrs. Phillips had dropped her kids off earlier and was planning on meeting Mrs. Marshall at the gym, why she (as their mother) wouldn't want to have met the baby-sitter? I know, I know, this is Stoneybrook, the land where parents neither interefere nor have much to do with their kids let alone their caregivers.
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Post by Honeybee on Nov 19, 2011 17:36:30 GMT -5
This was okay book. I didn't like it, when I first read it, long time ago. So, I re-read it, again.
Plot: I thought, it was dumb of Nannie moving out. Then couple days later, move back in. Waston Brewer looks so different from LS books front cover pictures inside. (Has anyone know the difference.)
Sub-Plot I didn't like, Mrs. Marshall in this. not wanting to paid Jessi, who came by to help Mallory. (It was nice of Mallory to split with her BSM.)
Took, 81 books for the BSC telling the parents. Their should be 2 sitters, if theirs more than 4 kids, to baby-sit.
Off topic: Since, this was library book. Their was some brown spots in the book. several pages. Look like some mud, chocolate or something else. People, need take care of the book more, if your renting a book. Other people, don't want see brown stuff in the books.
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Post by virgoscorpio on Dec 17, 2011 21:56:19 GMT -5
So, I'm just about to re-read this now and I wanted to add in some comments before I do. I really like this book, or remember really liking it. As I've said, there is something about this part of the series that I enjoy. I always have a weird connection with the BSC and the time the books are set, like the season, month, etc. It may be because I'm really into weather, nature, geography, astrology, birthdays, months, seasons, etc. But I always remember the intro scene when Kristy wakes up to snow and Watson and Charlie are out in the driveway trying to start the car. A very typical winter morning for a lot of people during the winter season...I love it.
I also love the cover. Sometimes Hodges is *way* off, but other times I really like his artwork. And I think he did a good job throughout the 70s and 80s numbers. I love that we get to see a glimpse into the Big House kitchen. Kristy is even sitting on the wooden bench that's talked about quite often. Watson looks cute, not like how I expected him in a way, but I like this drawing of him because he looks like the "All-American" dad in a way. I think David Michael looks adorable, and the way I expected him to look, and ditto with Emily Michelle. Also, I love how you can see green out the window but I wish they added some snow on the trees, since this book takes place in January.
I enjoy how David Michael is on a theater kick in this book, and I wish that they kept this out throughout the series. It would have been nice to see a boy client who is into acting and theater, and that could have been DM's niche (separate from his sport-loving older brothers, even though DM is athletic and into sports).
I love the scene where Kristy throws herself into the snowbank. "A-one, a-two, a-three" hahaha. so lame.
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Post by zoar3 on Jan 1, 2013 12:57:51 GMT -5
I shouldn't have read this book during the holiday season but I did. This time around, I skipped all the Nannie drama and that made the story much better. First off, I want to say I'm so sorry quite a few of you have had family members with heart problems and scares. I hope they are all doing good today. I wish my own related story had turned out so well. :'/ Anyway...I think this book could have made an awesome (longer/more endearing) Kristy's Book. We could have read a little about Kristy's childhood and just how far she and her new family have come together. If that had been a "book," I could see that being the place where the Thomas kids changing their last name to Brewer was mentioned. As it was, it was very refreshing to read a story that mainly centered on every-day life at Kristy's (one sitter). I love the end where everyone helps makes David Michael's opening night so special. I would liked seeing a picture or two. That "reminds" me was he a "Winkie" (what is that, btw)? in a LS book? I'd like to read that story if he was. As Virgo said, it was good to see more of a charge.
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Post by virgoscorpio on Jan 1, 2013 19:59:52 GMT -5
I don't know about anyone else, but as a kid I had no clue what The Brementown Musicians was. I even remember asking my Nana and Popa at the time and they didn't know either. Since this was before you could just "Google it", I remained oblivious until adulthood. (I think I was just lazy and didn't want to research it myself and then forgot about it.) But did anyone notice how they spelled Brementown wrong? Looking it up, it's spelled Bremen Town.
I was actually inspired to read this book again a few days ago after my friends back in the Northeast posted via Facebook about the winter storm that hit a few days before the holidays. I remember the intro scene where Kristy wakes up to snow and she talks about how it was sunny and grassy the day before and then she woke up and it was a Winter Wonderland. It really brought me back to that feeling. I also always liked the scene where Kristy throws herself into a snowbank and makes a snow angel. It was nice to see her doing something fun and frivolous.
In regards to the Nannie thing, reading this as an adult gave me a different perspective from when I as a kid. As an adult, it's easy to see how Nannie might have felt not needed once Watson took over, especially since she is older and may feel like she's "in the way". Of course, this could have been solved if there was communication -- maybe between Nannie and Elizabeth -- but then if that happened, the plot wouldn't have developed anywhere.
I really clued in to how much Kristy really does for the family in this one. She talks about having to get up in the morning and get the little kids ready. At 13, I could barely get myself ready that early!!! She also breaks into her piggy bank once Watson realizes he doesn't have enough money for the kid's lunches.
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Post by oldhickory on Jan 3, 2013 16:29:59 GMT -5
^ the piggy bank part makes me really sad, but it's something i would have done in that situation too.
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Post by zoar3 on Jan 3, 2013 17:58:02 GMT -5
I thought the piggy bank scene was odd but funny. Unless Watson only had very large bills, I didn't get why he couldn't have given each kid a $5 or something. IIRC, school lunches were also pre-paid weren't they? You could also use cash but I do remember the lunch tickets and also in The Summer Before, Emily helping Stacey sign up for some sort of card and also tokens in the cafeteria. I realize that Karen's school may not have had such a thing.
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