starrynight
Sitting For The Kuhns
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Post by starrynight on Oct 26, 2007 9:54:06 GMT -5
^ Isn't "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" what she ends up singing in that video she has made at the mall in a later book? The one where they're really surprised that Claire has any singing talent at all, even though she proved she did in this one?
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Post by liss31d on Oct 26, 2007 10:06:13 GMT -5
Yes! Gah d**n those ghostwriters
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Post by aln1982 on Oct 26, 2007 15:47:45 GMT -5
I think Claire had a talent for singing... but it was her choice of song that was the problem... Dawn wanted her to sing something like Somewhere Over the Rainbow, but Claire was like, "No! The Popeye song is my best song!" ;D I guess I meant that she didn't really show "talent show singing talent" - not that she didn't have a good voice but not exactly what a talent show judge is looking for (especially with that song ;D) ;D
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mckay
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Post by mckay on Oct 26, 2007 21:27:11 GMT -5
^ Were Claire and Margo really talented, though? ;D But I guess Myriah was pretty talented. How old was Sabrina? I can't remember if she was older or not. I loved it when Karen said one of the things she would save in the fire was Andrew. ;D I thought that was very considerate. ;D I can't hear Popeye anymore without thinking of this book. ;D I think Sabrina was seven. And it always made me laugh that she said she would save Andrew OR her pen that writes in four colors. (I feel her on that one...I had one of those pens! It was pretty cool.)
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Post by aln1982 on Oct 26, 2007 23:40:37 GMT -5
^ I had one of those pens, too, and if Andrew was being like he was in Karen's Tattletale, well.... let's just say the pen would be easier to carry anyway....;D
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mckay
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Post by mckay on Oct 27, 2007 0:44:44 GMT -5
I just thought of something else I liked in this book - Claire's answer to how she would make the world a better place. "I would help everyone get to be friends and I would give them all free french fries at McDonald's!"
Really, that sounds like the perfect world to me!
I really hope Reina makes this one into a graphic novel.
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blossom114
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Post by blossom114 on Oct 27, 2007 1:43:52 GMT -5
I'm sure there's somebodyd SOMEWHERE out there that can do it... some people can write withh their feet, i'm sure there aer those that can peel a banana. (not to mention the people that were born without arms and do EVERYTHING with their feet, they might get a kick out of the book )
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macca
Sitting For The Newtons
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Post by macca on Oct 27, 2007 5:07:32 GMT -5
I just thought of something else I liked in this book - Claire's answer to how she would make the world a better place. "I would help everyone get to be friends and I would give them all free french fries at McDonald's!" Really, that sounds like the perfect world to me! Yep, there'd be no complaints from me! ;D
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wanderingfrog
Sitting For The Arnolds
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Post by wanderingfrog on Oct 27, 2007 9:54:32 GMT -5
I find it weird now that Sabrina Bouvier, who sounded like one of the pageant girls I generally associate with the Southern USA, with the big hair, makeup and fancy clothes, would be competing in a local, "open" pageant like Little Miss Stoneybrook. It didn't occur to me as a kid, but now I find it odd. In my more cynical moments I wonder if Ann was trying to hammer home the idea that pageants are unfeminist and are more about "presentation" than actual talent. I don't think you have to be particularly cynical to think that was her intent. I think that was pretty obvious.
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Post by liss31d on Oct 27, 2007 10:46:04 GMT -5
I just thought of something else I liked in this book - Claire's answer to how she would make the world a better place. "I would help everyone get to be friends and I would give them all free french fries at McDonald's!"
I think if a kid said that in reality I'd just melt. That's so sweet!
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macca
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Post by macca on Oct 27, 2007 16:56:16 GMT -5
I don't think you have to be particularly cynical to think that was her intent. I think that was pretty obvious. Definitely. Ann was a hardcore feminist, after all.
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mckay
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Post by mckay on Oct 27, 2007 18:16:58 GMT -5
A hardcore feminist who hated fatties, apparently...
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alula
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Post by alula on Oct 28, 2007 3:17:34 GMT -5
I would guess Ann is one of those people who thinks because she's skinny without having to work at it, anyone can be. I just read the Scholastic bio last week and there's one part where it talks about sometimes doctors tell her to gain weight, because she's so thin, and it's written in a very weird, sort of smug tone. That whole book is so weird, anyway. I'm sure there's somebodyd SOMEWHERE out there that can do it... some people can write withh their feet, i'm sure there aer those that can peel a banana. (not to mention the people that were born without arms and do EVERYTHING with their feet, they might get a kick out of the book ) I saw someone do it once (ah, church youth group, once again serving me well) although they ended up squishing the banana in the process and the top half broke off and fell on his head. He had really long toes. One of the things that still kind of cracks me up in this one is when Margo and Claire are walking around with books on their heads, and Mallory (or was it Jessi?) suggests that they try walking "like, um, females."
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macca
Sitting For The Newtons
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Post by macca on Oct 28, 2007 3:39:50 GMT -5
A hardcore feminist who hated fatties, apparently... And didn't particularly value motherhood, but that's a whole other topic! ;D
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Post by liss31d on Oct 28, 2007 10:17:15 GMT -5
Oh God that rhyme about the overweight girl Ethel is so horrible! I don't think overweight readers would have gotten a lot of self esteem from the BSC. Look at the bullying Norman Hill faced, from both the kids at school and his family.
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