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Post by liss31d on Aug 18, 2012 14:40:12 GMT -5
The part where George the driver was like "fine with me!" when Richard said he was going to show everyone his slides seriously made the whole book for me. Is it Niamh? I like that name Because one of AMM's favorite books growing up was A Little Princess as she tells us in her letter I know! I liked the NYC trip but couldn't enjoy that part because I felt sorry for her... Love it. Yes my middle name is Niamh It's been a long time since I've been on the boards! I still think this book is despicable ;D
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oldhickory
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Post by oldhickory on Aug 19, 2012 19:47:52 GMT -5
that's a pretty name. and welcome back!
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Post by booboobrewer on Aug 19, 2012 21:43:02 GMT -5
Hi again!
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wanderingfrog
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Post by wanderingfrog on Aug 20, 2012 22:02:09 GMT -5
I've been thinking about this book lately because I was reading Listen to the Nightingale by Rumer Godden, and Violetta in the book reminded me of Victoria Kent. Their personalities aren't similar, but they're both wealthy foreign little girls who are a bit spoiled, expected to wear very "proper" clothing instead of things like jeans, and mostly taken care of by household staff rather than parents. Violetta is Italian, though -- Listen to the Nightingale takes place in England, so obviously the (English) author did not think that all British people are dreadfully posh and have never eaten any type of junk food.
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celaeno
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Post by celaeno on Apr 27, 2013 15:09:13 GMT -5
On page 90 in this book, they say Charlotte's hair is red. Has any other book ever said that?
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wanderingfrog
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Post by wanderingfrog on Apr 28, 2013 18:56:21 GMT -5
Huh. She is described as having chestnut brown hair in The Truth About Stacey, isn't she? Of course, Mallory's hair has also been described as being both of those colours!
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starrynight
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Post by starrynight on May 11, 2013 22:58:40 GMT -5
^ Chestnut is a far more common description of Charlotte's hair than red. I always saw her as having dark brown hair with reddish highlights that really pop in the sun.
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Post by booboobrewer on May 12, 2013 12:19:13 GMT -5
^That's exactly how my hair was as a kid. It's darkened a bit over the years, maybe because I'm not in the sun as much as I used to be
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valuemeal2
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Post by valuemeal2 on Nov 9, 2013 5:16:28 GMT -5
I definitely went WTF about the Charlotte red hair thing. Is this also the book where the Arnold twins are suddenly 9? (Or is that #101? It was one that I read this week so far.)
I don't hate this one completely, but I'm really bothered by the Dawn Thanksgiving thing, because it really starts to draw attention to the fact that they're stuck in a weird time warp (same with whenever they start 8th grade and talk about how much harder it is than 7th, i.e. #101... um, you were literally in 8th grade for 10 years, why are you going back to 7th now??). Dawn came for a surprise Thanksgiving "last year", in #91, when she met Abby for the first time. You know, the Thanksgiving when Dawn came out and surprised everyone and Claudia was in 8th grade, but after Jack and Carol got married, which happened in December "before". So we've now had at least three holiday seasons where the girls have been 13. It's not as obvious when Dawn isn't appearing, because you can kind of forget about it... but the fact that she appears for Thanksgiving by surprise twice in 11 books... I have a really hard time not being bothered by that, LOL. And usually I don't mind the time warp that much.
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Post by anzuhana on Sept 20, 2014 18:04:14 GMT -5
For some reason I thought that this book was taking place around Christmas despite reading it beforehand. My favorite part of the book was the trip to NYC though I did feel feel bad for Miss Rutherford when she got separated from everyone.
Also, this book reminded me of two films: Titanic and Jurassic Park. In Titanic, the story about Tir Na n'Og was mentioned when the Irish mother was telling her two kids about it, who were in bed as the ship was sinking. As for Jurassic Park, in the book, Mary Anne says that Miss Rutherford pronounced schedule as shed-yool and in Jurassic Park, John Hammond pronounced it that way before correcting himself.
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Post by booboobrewer on Sept 20, 2014 21:19:12 GMT -5
They also make a thing of "shed-yool" with Ginger Wilder, Rosie's mom.
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Post by virgoscorpio on Dec 16, 2015 15:00:42 GMT -5
I love this book! It's a really good Thanksgiving themed book even though that's not the main plot. I love when Mary Anne, Kristy, Claud, Stacey and Victoria go to NYC and visit all of the famous NY places decked out for the holidays. One of my favourite scenes is at the beginning with Kristy and Logan playing football with some sitting charges as Mary Anne watches and reads a paperback. Miss Rutherford was an awesome character, in my opinion, and who can forget Mary Anne Mistu! ("Miss...too..")
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cnj
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Post by cnj on Apr 28, 2021 1:25:21 GMT -5
I love this book also!!! I love the Thanksgiving theme and the November weather and their trip to NYC. 🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁 🏙🏙🏙🏙🏙🏙🏙🏙🏙🏙🏙🏙 Ms Rutherford made me laugh and often Victoria was funny, despite her prissiness. One touching scene I loved was when Victoria, craving more parental attention, tears up a bit when they're watching an event and they see a little girl in one of the apartment windows in her parents' arms and Stacey notices and makes sure Victoria is all right. Stacey's sweet and so caring and it bothers me when some people, especially fanfic writers trash her as this "bimbo" who allegedly does nothing but clothing-shop and flirt. 😩😩😩 And sweet Mary Anne...she melts my heart and not just with her huge brown eyes. I love the wonderful surprise she planned for Sharon and how patient and kind she was with Victoria, even when Victoria was being difficult. I definitely see Mary Anne doing lots of humanitarian work as well as counseling the troubled. 💜💜💜💜💜💕💕💕💕💕 Chestnut is a far more common description of Charlotte's hair than red. I always saw her as having dark brown hair with reddish highlights that really pop in the sun. Me too...I suspect Charlotte's hair darkened as she grew older...I love her sweet almost-sister relationship with Stacey. I love all the thick, dark hair most of Stoneybrook has.
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Post by oldmeanie on May 4, 2023 21:40:36 GMT -5
Edit: forgot to say this. I almost never comment on the covers because I don't see them as often on Kindle. I love Mary Anne's outfit on the cover; might be my favorite Mary Anne outfit. I want that jacket.
For some reason, I didn't think this one was that bad. Not a favorite, but it was better than I expected (I do like Mary Anne more in my re read).
I have mixed thoughts about Victoria... she is an entertaining character to read about, but I think she's written in a way that we're lead to believe is deep, but it's really not. It's pretty expected that a kid who had parents who travel a lot would have trouble making friends and allowing people to be close to her, plus she's royalty, so he social skills might be a bit unusual (I hope that doesn't sound offensive! I'm just saying she grew up in a very different environment). It's kind of weird that the BSC didn't figure this out right away. Oh well.
I do find Victoria's pretentiousness a bit more tolerable that Rowena and Alistaire from New York, New York, because for some reason I can accept the absurdity a bit better. Idk if that makes any sense at all.
Mary Anne inviting the Kents to her family Thanksgiving is a little weird. I think
I liked the subplot... I really like the more family-focused BSC plots. It could have been done better, though. Definitely needed more development. I wish this was the main plot and not the subplot, because it is much more interesting. I really wanted to see more development of Mary Anne and Sharon's relationship throughout the series, and honestly, there isn't much (especially compared to Kristy and Watson). It's potentially a very interesting dynamic; both of Sharon's bio kids chose to live with their father, Mary Anne didn't know her bio mother, and they are both very sensitive people (although they do have their differences). I believe it is touched on later in the series, so I'm looking forward to that. I do love how close Mary Anne and Richard are now (Richard is also great in this book... I actually like the way Lerangis writes him).
Interesting tidbit about Dawn: "(Dawn, as you can see, has strong views about meat-eating, although occasionally she eats non-red meat — but apparently not Thanksgiving turkeys.)" While being a bit snarky, this makes a lot of sense and is probably the best description of her diet. Although yes, Dawn is a hypocrite for being so judgy. How is chicken much different than turkey (unless she is just repulsed by the taste of turkey, which I can understand. I never liked it much either).
Basically, when I finished this book, my thoughts were, "Not bad." Probably a 6/10. Not boring like I expected, just kind of underdeveloped.
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Post by booboobrewer on May 5, 2023 19:04:13 GMT -5
I’m sure Mary Anne would be watching the king’s coronation tomorrow
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