starrynight
Sitting For The Kuhns
The Royal Diner of Pizza Express
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Post by starrynight on Jul 3, 2006 12:57:09 GMT -5
I'm another one who likes the food in this book. It always makes me hungry.
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Post by greer on Jul 3, 2006 15:42:45 GMT -5
I hate charity bsc books. It's like, look how perfect and unselfish we are! Bo-ring!
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macca
Sitting For The Newtons
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Post by macca on Jul 3, 2006 21:00:26 GMT -5
^ and were they ever charitable... never heard of such selfless 13 yr olds!
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jen
Sitting For The Johanssens
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Post by jen on Jul 6, 2006 6:47:01 GMT -5
It's something in the water that gives them that small-town, community loving spirit
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macca
Sitting For The Newtons
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Post by macca on Jul 6, 2006 21:59:11 GMT -5
We need more of it in our society, that's for sure.
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Post by booboobrewer on Apr 15, 2007 17:07:33 GMT -5
I love this book! Dawn was very simple and thoughtful in her approach to helping the kids. "If I were them, what would I most need right away? Food, clothes, money..." All the activities tired her out, but she really cared about the outcome.
Some things I was thinking of as I reread...
As others have already said Dawn definitely met Ms. Besser before, when Jeff is being kept after school and she takes the Perkins girls in a wagon to SES. I was so bugged when Dawn says she is a "teacher I didn't even know." Helloo...
When did the Delaneys move? They're in Poor Mallory, about five books or so earlier, and the Kormans are sat for in a couple books after this...I was surprised to see Mrs. Delaney show up at the garage sale, but I wasn't sure if they were still in Stoneybrook at the time.
Whey they look around the empty gym after all the kids have left, underwear is among the mentioned items strewn on the floor. Um...ew.
At the breakfast, Dawn was all tired and needed to wake up, so was there any good reason why she refused the orange juice Stacey offered her?
I thought that was a super cute ending. But Mary Anne, opening the letter "by mistake" even thought it said right on it "Only to be opened by Madame Leveaux"? Right...
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Post by aln1982 on Apr 16, 2007 10:25:36 GMT -5
Glad to see another fan of this book. It just has such a good "feeling" to it for me. But I don't really care for the subplot. Some parts are cute. I really like how Watson buys back his book and love Alan and Pete getting their fortunes told. I didn't remember MA opening the letter at the end, will have to reread now.
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Post by liss31d on May 16, 2007 8:34:56 GMT -5
I like this book but... why the hell did Dawn and the BSC think a sleepover full of kids from 7, 8, 9 and 10 years old would be a good idea? The idea scares me actually... not the pizza and games and stuff, but the getting the hundreds of kids sorted out, with pyjamas, sleeping bags, brushing teeth, going to the bathroom... agh how the hell would that even work?
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inge
Junior Sitter
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Post by inge on May 17, 2007 5:49:52 GMT -5
Don't forget it's the BSC handling the kids But I agree with you, it's madness. How the hell do you get that many kids to shut up? You'd never get any sleep.
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Post by aln1982 on May 17, 2007 15:14:49 GMT -5
A cool idea but agree that in reality, it would have been a mess. I liked it in Sea City Here We Come when one of the sitters commented that staying in the gym during the hurricane reminded them of the sleepover. I was just thinking that when they said it in the book. I don't know why but this book gives me a kind of cozy feeling - nice to read in the winter. I also love reading about the Zuni pen pals and was glad they were mentioned in BSC in the USA. Wish they would have been featured in some more books.
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Post by Kylie90210 on Aug 21, 2007 22:01:45 GMT -5
This was an enjoyable read I also liked the continuity with SS14. I picked up on the Barrett's (plural) too, and while the sleepover would have been cool as a kid, as a baby sitter, no thanks!
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fluffycakes
Junior Sitter
A silken-haired beauty with a laugh like pealing bells
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Post by fluffycakes on Sept 10, 2007 22:46:05 GMT -5
I'm not really a big fan of this book. It's okay, but not one that I read over and over again. My favourite part is when the girls are at the assembly, and one of the triplets tells Mal there's something climbing on the wall behind her, and they crack up when she turns to look. I don't know why I like that so much, but I thought it was pretty funny. Definitely something your bratty younger brother would do to embarass you!
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Post by booboobrewer on Sept 10, 2007 22:56:14 GMT -5
I loved that too!
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alula
Sitter-In-Training
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Post by alula on Sept 11, 2007 2:43:06 GMT -5
I like this book but... why the hell did Dawn and the BSC think a sleepover full of kids from 7, 8, 9 and 10 years old would be a good idea? The idea scares me actually... not the pizza and games and stuff, but the getting the hundreds of kids sorted out, with pyjamas, sleeping bags, brushing teeth, going to the bathroom... agh how the hell would that even work? I had church lock-ins and things when I was that age, although never with quite that many people as I think are supposed to be here, and I helped out at a couple when I was in high school. (But unlike the selfless BSC members, we were horrible teenagers who surreptitiously flirted and gossiped with each other when the kids were supposed to be watching movies and stuff.) It's possible; it's just a big headache. Now, whether any school or organization would agree to do such a thing where so many of the chaperones were (ahem) thirteen-year-old girls, what with liability, is a whole other issue. And yeah, you're better off expecting any sleep you get to be a delightful bonus.
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Post by hitzpink on Sept 12, 2007 8:11:05 GMT -5
I used to LOVE this book because the idea of a huge sleepover with pizza and breakfast in the morning with a million of your friends sounded so much fun to me. But now I'm bored by it and stressed out at the idea of being in charge of all of those kids overnight! And good point about so many of the chaperones being 13 years old, alula. I can't imagine how that was approved!
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