jen
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Post by jen on Nov 14, 2006 16:38:06 GMT -5
Oh, yeah, I hated this subplot. It was boring. Although I do like the Kormans, but... the Toilet Monster? Ugh.
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macca
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Post by macca on Nov 14, 2006 16:48:23 GMT -5
Oh, yeah, I hated this subplot. It was boring. Although I do like the Kormans, but... the Toilet Monster? Ugh. I forget how old Bill and Melody were supposed to be - seven and nine? As if a nine yr old would legitimately be afraid of a monster in the toilet
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jen
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Post by jen on Nov 14, 2006 17:13:41 GMT -5
Well everyone under the age of 11 in Stoneybrook is extremely immature, so maybe that's why?
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Post by liss31d on Nov 15, 2006 0:26:00 GMT -5
But wait it also skips up one, as anyone under 11 is immature, but 7th graders are more immature than 6th and 8th graders in the minds of the BSC (think when Claud goes back to 7th grade).
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Post by hitzpink on Nov 15, 2006 10:26:42 GMT -5
The cover of this book makes no sense. Mary Anne misses Logan... but she's still having the time of her life skating with her friends! Yeah, good point! She certainly didn't look like she was missing Logan! I would have liked a shot of her sitting by herself staring off into space all dramatically and angsty.
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Post by sotypical42483 on Nov 15, 2006 12:23:35 GMT -5
^Totally! Mary Anne can pull of angst better than any other BSCer, they should've taken advantage of that.
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Post by liss31d on Nov 16, 2006 2:03:52 GMT -5
Mary Anne is the ultimate angst queen Twas pretty amusing when Cokie said it took her a week to read 4 little Beatrix Potter books when she was 10 ;D
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2007 14:49:45 GMT -5
Group-project-wise, was anyone else let down by how Cokie never really suffered for riding on everyone else's coattails? Ooh, she looked bad in front of the author whose books she didn't give a rat's behind about reading. No one else in the school (and probably not even the teachers) knew when she gave her speech that she cribbed it. I just always find myself hoping for more of a slap-down for her.
Plus, it's a little creepy that Logan's read the book so often he can mouth the words of the dust jacket cover blurb. Maybe Mary Anne (even though it's a stretch - who reads the blurb often enough to memorize it), but Logan?
Very weak, although the Cokie-Logan-Mary Anne scenes and Pete moments are my favorites. Despite being a Mary Anne and Logan shipper, I kind of find myself rooting for a Mary Anne-Pete fling during this book, just to get at Logan.
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Post by aln1982 on Mar 21, 2007 15:07:46 GMT -5
I liked this one pretty well and thought Cokie was funny the way she threw herself at Logan - pathetic. I wasn't let down by Cokie not suffering because unfortunately, that is what probably would have really happened. I saw that as more realistic than if she would have gotten what was coming to her - not to say I wouldn't have loved that All through college, I carried people through group projects and they never suffered but got good grades because of it. I wanted to get the good grade, though, so I just did it. I do agree that consequences would have been good for Cokie as a "lesson" to readers but doubt that they would buy it - even in grade school they already have learned who will do the work I did like Pete pretty well in this book but just can't see him with MA. My least favorite part of this one was the subplot - the Kormans are just too odd for me! Though I do admit that I still laugh about the toilet monster. Is this also the one where the Kormans wear the diapers on their heads?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2007 15:36:21 GMT -5
Yeah, I hated the toilet monster. How old was Buddy, anyway? What did he do at school? I bet he had a ton of friends.
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Post by aln1982 on Mar 21, 2007 15:48:59 GMT -5
Buddy Barret was 8 but I think you're thinking of Bill Korman, who was 9. Agree about the friends
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mckay
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Post by mckay on Mar 22, 2007 9:49:59 GMT -5
Is it normal for a young adult author to have written a funny book, a dramatic book, a compilation of short stories and...what was the fourth one? I'll believe dramatic and comedic, but I don't think I've seen many short-story compilations for young adults...
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Post by aln1982 on Mar 22, 2007 10:10:23 GMT -5
Thinking of it, a short-story compilation for young adults is a good idea. Maybe a short story book featuring BSC characters
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Post by Kylie90210 on Aug 16, 2007 22:33:49 GMT -5
Hehe aln, anything to do with the BSC! I actually quite liked this one! Pete was cool, and really felt for MA when Logan was 'with' Cokie... (WTF?!) Anyway, cool book
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lyricalangel
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Post by lyricalangel on Nov 25, 2007 23:55:07 GMT -5
In one of the books right before this one it says Mary Anne and Logan are broken up but are still good friends. In the beginning of this one it sounds as if they have barely spoken since the break-up. Mary Anne was freaking out about Logan being in her group.
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