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Post by zoar3 on Jan 23, 2014 12:28:48 GMT -5
I re-read the Valentine sub-plot of this last night. I don't care for the Laine story and wanted some cheer. The Masquerade is still one of my very favorite charge events and I truly would have loved helping the BSC with it. I enjoyed reading about the party decorations (loved when Nicky helped blow up "bumpy (heart-shaped) balloons" with David Michael and Karen and the plates and cups sounded like a lot of fun and my type of accessory shopping The white cups with red hearts and a heart-shaped handle sound especially cute. The Hobart boys really did steal the show and it was great reading about Nicky having some fun and a positive scene for a change, too. Cute story (minus the main plot) and I'm looking forward to come February reading the other Valentine's books.
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Post by supprazz on Jan 24, 2014 9:13:29 GMT -5
Aw I'll have to re-read the valentine masquerade chapters. I've always loved valentine's day themes in the BSC and little sister series, but often overlooked this one, cause I was really hooked on the Stacey-Laine plot. Was going through similar things with friends on both ends.
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Post by Sideshowjazz1 on Jun 13, 2014 19:19:27 GMT -5
Is it just me, or was Laine a total b*tch before this book? I never really liked her. I mean, sometimes she was okay, but I occasionally think she was an unhealthy influence on Stacey, which Claudia doesn't have. Stacey, why in the HELL were you best friends with Laine?
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Post by Honeybee on Jul 17, 2014 15:31:04 GMT -5
This was okay book. Didn't like Laine in this book. She's not my non BSC favorite person. On the front cover. She does not look like she's 13. She looks like she's 21 years old. Cracks me up, when Laine said, she got pay check. Woo, wow, good for you. Minimum Wages. Wait until she gets real job, like lawyer or accountant in New York. She remind me of Lila Fowler.
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Post by starrynight on Jul 17, 2014 22:38:52 GMT -5
I can see the Laine from this book and Lila becoming frenemies. You know...nice and sweet to each others' faces, but catty and constantly trying to one up each other. Didn't Laine make an appearance in the FF books where she was kind of....goth or alternative or something? I can't see Lila even bothering with that version.
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Post by maple on Jul 17, 2014 22:57:25 GMT -5
I can see the Laine from this book and Lila becoming frenemies. You know...nice and sweet to each others' faces, but catty and constantly trying to one up each other. Didn't Laine make an appearance in the FF books where she was kind of....goth or alternative or something? I can't see Lila even bothering with that version. Makes me want to read about Lila Fowler. LOL. Sweet Valley High, right?
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Post by wenonah4th on Oct 4, 2014 6:24:44 GMT -5
Laine WAS a totally different person in this book. no sense of humor.
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Post by oldhickory on Oct 16, 2014 14:00:45 GMT -5
I reread this book the other day. The older I get, the more I feel that I identify really well with Stacey, which normally isn't a reaction I have to these books. I'm sure I would have sympathized with Laine as a kid her age, but now that I'm 25 I just got so impatient with her behavior. Acting snotty and unfriendly isn't what adults do. It's what kids do when they are trying to prove that they aren't kids. I think it's really funny that Laine said that some people think she passes for 18 years old because I am literally twice her age (almost anyway) and people also think that I am 18. A stranger's estimation of age is so arbitrary and just doesn't mean anything, but she's so proud of it still.
I also think the disagreement between Mrs Cummings and Maureen over whose daughter was at fault was really well done, really realistic, especially the part where Maureen says they will patch things up fine. I think that illustrates how different adult friendships and friendships between children are. I had a lot of superficial friendships as a kid that I let go of just fine, but my relationships now are a lot more complex and significant. As friends mature so should their friendships.
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Post by wenonah4th on Oct 16, 2014 14:25:57 GMT -5
My mom and another mom in town think I their respective daughters should be friends, and we're not. I have nothing against Amanda, and if I'm around her I've always been able to be perfectly civil and pleasant, but we aren't friends. I wish that would sink in with her mum. Mine, I think, understood that the last time I said so.
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Post by oldhickory on Oct 16, 2014 17:29:00 GMT -5
Parents and their kids can be so different from each other, so it doesn't always work out that friends will raise kids who will also be friends. It's a good thing your mom is coming around.
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Post by wenonah4th on Oct 17, 2014 5:41:49 GMT -5
Meh, it doesn't really matter. I rarely see the other family anyway.
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Post by sparklymouse on Oct 17, 2014 15:52:09 GMT -5
I reread this book the other day. The older I get, the more I feel that I identify really well with Stacey, which normally isn't a reaction I have to these books. I'm sure I would have sympathized with Laine as a kid her age, but now that I'm 25 I just got so impatient with her behavior. Acting snotty and unfriendly isn't what adults do. It's what kids do when they are trying to prove that they aren't kids. I think it's really funny that Laine said that some people think she passes for 18 years old because I am literally twice her age (almost anyway) and people also think that I am 18. A stranger's estimation of age is so arbitrary and just doesn't mean anything, but she's so proud of it still. Oh, I know plenty of snotty, unfriendly adults. It is funny how somewhere along the line being thought of as younger than you are switches from being an insult to a compliment. I think at Laine's age it is exciting to be able to sneak things that you maybe aren't supposed to be doing yet because you look old enough to do them.
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Post by wenonah4th on Oct 18, 2014 6:09:14 GMT -5
I think that line falls sometime when you're well enough past 21 to think you don't need to show an ID to buy alcohol, and you do anyway!
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Post by oldhickory on Oct 19, 2014 10:22:37 GMT -5
Oh, I definitely know some unfriendly adults. I think Laine must have grown up around a lot of them (especially in the Dakota, or at her fancy private school) since she chose to try to emulate one of those adults, rather than the many perfectly friendly adults in the BSC universe.
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Post by starrynight on Oct 22, 2014 0:09:15 GMT -5
Hmmm...interesting thoughts on how Laine's environment might have affected her. I wonder what a Laine spinoff series would have revealed about her? Probably something Gossip Girl-esque.
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