mallorypike
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If I were thirteen instead of eleven, life would be a picnic...
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Post by mallorypike on Feb 22, 2014 17:35:38 GMT -5
I like Old Navy, too (guilty pleasure!!!) but their flip-flops are not really good quality at least in my area.
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Post by zoar3 on Mar 13, 2014 22:44:25 GMT -5
Is this the first book of the phantom phone caller Mr. Ohdner? I had forgotten he supposedly had two daughters. I don't think they are ever mentioned again just that their dad had called the BSC. Anyway, I cheered for Charlotte saving Myriah's bag from Chewy and was so glad Mrs. Newton whisked Lucy out of his path, too. MA describes Chewy as having more energy than all the Pikes and Jackie combined, it sure sounded like he was exuberant here. I wish he was able to share some health with Louie. :/ That is one thing I'll always dislike about this book, knowing Kristy and the Snobs come next. I still don't understand MA running out on her party and in fact this reread that scene came across as though she really was having a good time until then. SMS Lunch topic, MA tells us that she and Kristy decided bringing their lunches in a brown bag was baby-ish. I wonder if that was more about the brown bag than the lunch because we are told in that same paragraph that Dawn always brings her own lunch to school. MA and K could have easily used an insulated bag. IIRC, didn't Claudia once bring snacks or something in one of those metal lunchboxes for kids? Speaking of Claudia , on page 5 of The Ghost at Dawn's House was the first mention of her hollow book. I had forgot to say that in that book's thread. I think that is so cool and funny, too, though not sure how good an idea it was to store Hershey kisses inside (chocolate). If Ann and Co had remembered Janine's candy confession from #2, a hollow book would have been such a cool gift for Claudia to have given her sister.
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Post by Sideshowjazz1 on Jun 3, 2014 2:23:39 GMT -5
What I thought was weird about this book was that they sent Logan on a job with a new client. This was the first book when the Rodowskys started using the club. Yes, Logan dealt with everything that happened very well, but Mary Anne had no idea what she was getting herself into. Shouldn't they have signed him up to another family that had been using the club, like the Perkinses, or the Newtons, etc. That said, Logan seemed to be generally more capable when dealing with just about everything that went wrong. That brings up something else. It feels like Jackie's "walking disaster" characteristic was underplayed. I know this was his first appearance, but did the ghost writers try to emphasize it later on - like slapstick to amuse the little kids reading? It wasn't necessarily that Jackie was any less accident-prone, but more like Mary Anne didn't make any deal out of it. She explained that Jackie was a nice kid, but accident-prone and klutzy, and that was it. I actually do really like this particular book, mainly because I'm a hopeless romantic and I kind of like Mary Anne as a character. However, after reading "The Baby-Sitters Remember", the way Logan instantly felt something when he first saw her felt way too quick and early Disney-fied.
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Post by virgoscorpio on Jan 4, 2016 16:48:05 GMT -5
This book has always been one of my favourites! I love the scene where Richard gives Mary Anne his charge account and she goes shopping with the BSC for a new ouftit. She ends up buying a shirt, sweater, shoes (and maybe a shirt?) but I remember thinking that it was a lot. I also like the scene where Logan and Mary Anne dance wildly and wish that Mary Anne had shown off more of her carefree personality, especially as Logan admits it is attractive to him. This is the first introduction of Tigger, and as some of you know, I named my first cat Tigger after THIS Tigger! I'm glad he was rescued from a shelter.
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Post by bscfan24 on Jan 3, 2018 12:21:39 GMT -5
I just finished re-reading this book last night and I had a few thoughts. During their shopping trip, did anyone else find it odd how Stacey kept talking about Mary Anne buying new underwear?? I mean, I could understand certain bras or something to go with a certain dress (although it's not like she would need a strapless bra), but it just seemed....odd...to me how Stacey kept talking about that. It's not like it's a wedding and she needed sexy lingerie!
Also, when they went to the shelter and they asked for a kitten, the lady there said "it's not really the time of year for kittens." Say what?? Since when do they have a hard time finding kittens? That really jumped out of me as an odd statement.
Still love this book. Still love Mary Anne and Logan. In fact, I ended up having a weird dream that actually could turn into a fun fanfic because I read this book before bed.
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Post by wistfuldreamer86 on Sept 1, 2018 18:01:34 GMT -5
^ Well, cats typically go into heat twice a year, in the spring and fall. Since this was early September (I think?), it does make sense that there weren't a lot of kittens. I just went to a shelter the other day and there were more adult cats than kittens right now. Anyway, Tigger sounds like such a cute kitty! We have a tiger-striped cat named Tiger-Lilly (we usually just call her Lilly) and she's pretty. Anyway, I think one of my favorite moments in the book was the end where Tigger was playing in the wrapping paper and didn't pay attention to the BSC members. That's something I've seen our cats do, lol. I was always a Logan/Mary Anne fan and they were cute in this book. I agree with others who said they wish we got Logan's pov on the events in this book. I'm also curious as to what drew Logan to Mary Anne specifically. I mean, she could barely speak around him at first, lol. I know what that's like though, I was painfully shy at her age. And even though I'm not as socially awkward as I was back then, I can still relate to it. It's hard for an introverted person to figure out what to say so someone they don't know. And even people they've talked to a few times. Especially when it's someone you like, at that age at least. I still think Richard was never strict, Mary Anne just didn't ask him for stuff. I mean, it look him five minutes to agree to let her have a kitten. And as of #9, he's not dating Sharon atm so that can't be the reason why he "changed". And he was also pretty agreeable about her going out with Logan. So...I still tend to think he was never as strict as the girls made it out to be. MA just lacked the courage to talk to him about things. I liked this Mary Anne book loads more than #4. This was moreso how I remembered Mary Anne as a kid. I like that she made up with her friends this time instead of letting it go on like she did before.
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cnj
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Post by cnj on Sept 8, 2018 11:24:35 GMT -5
haha, that outfit. i loved alan gray with his orphan annie eyes at the party. like maryanne, ur shy, get over it, its just a party. be thankful. She did 'get over' it...the very next day, her friends brought cake over for her and she graciously let them in and thanked them. Mary Anne couldn't help being so shy and sensitive any more than she could help having brown eyes, so have some compassion for her. hsperson.com
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andrew
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Post by andrew on Sept 10, 2018 11:20:39 GMT -5
I think it's interesting that at this point Kristy seemed to kind of like Alan for a boy, thinking that he's a pest and yet "but we always end up doing stuff together" and at least she probably knew what to expect for him-so he was better and more approachable than most boys.
Also interesting that Mary Anne didn't seem to mind going to and enjoying a pretty-big party, including with boys, until she found out it was her birthday party and so her being the center of attention made her feel really distressed.
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oldhickory
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Post by oldhickory on Sept 10, 2018 16:17:20 GMT -5
I'm kind of like Mary Anne, so I can understand that situation. I can blend into the background just fine, but having attention on me is a totally different story. It can be really intimidating when you realize that people are paying closer attention to you than you thought. So going to the party wouldn't be a problem, but suddenly all the eyes looking at you is a problem. I hope that makes sense.
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Post by wistfuldreamer86 on Sept 10, 2018 18:26:21 GMT -5
^ It does. And I'm the same way. I know some people here thought it was unrealistic for her to run out of the room, but I can imagine myself doing the same thing in that situation. Being the center of attention is something I dread and I've only become more comfortable in front of groups now that I'm adult. But I still prefer smaller group settings.
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livvy
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Post by livvy on Jan 10, 2021 2:49:37 GMT -5
In the beginning of the book Mary Anne puts on some earrings . Now I know her dad isn't as strict now but I know she didn't have pierced ears before this book.
Thirteen is way too young to date !
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Post by Sideshowjazz1 on Jan 10, 2021 5:26:34 GMT -5
In the beginning of the book Mary Anne puts on some earrings . Now I know her dad isn't as strict now but I know she didn't have pierced ears before this book. Thirteen is way too young to date ! I think the earrings were clipons. She didn't have pierced ears later in the series, either. In book #21 when Mallory and Jessi are planning to get their ears pierced, Mary Anne says her dad won't let her. Claudia gets one more hole in her ear at the time, and Dawn gets two piercings in each ear. At the end, Claudia gives all the girls earrings she's made, including clip on earrings for Mary Anne and Kristy.
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livvy
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Post by livvy on Jan 19, 2021 13:07:47 GMT -5
I thought MA was a little too hard on Logan during his sitting job for Jackie. No one is perfect and mistakes can be made and I think she was being hard on him because she liked him.
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Post by hurricanebill on Apr 30, 2021 20:54:46 GMT -5
I just read the graphic novel. Didn’t mind it as I read the book also years ago and Jackie Rodowsky was cute but perhaps just a typical kid really. Lots of boys that age are clumsy. 13 year olds in serious relationships creep me out in real life. I suppose because I am aware of the reality behind what goes on at such a young age when emotionally (and often physically) teenagers aren’t really ready. Logan is so intense. So is Mary-Anne but girls are usually more emotional than boys. Boys were always the hot topic at that age but I really don’t think many boys started looking at the girls much in my school until they were around 15/16 years old. They definitely explore different sides of their relationship throughout the series. They were mostly innocent though in the books I guess. Now that I’m a “grown up” I see so many issues.
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cnj
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Post by cnj on Apr 30, 2021 21:12:37 GMT -5
True, Mary Anne is really emotional because she is highly sensitive, a special trait about twenty percent of the population carries in varying degrees. I agree that thirteen/middle school age is too young to date. I'm glad they didn't have Logan be Mary Anne's primary relationship. Too many other teen girl series end up making that mistake of pairing off all twelve and thirteen-year-old girls off with boyfriends, Betsy Haynes' Fabulous Five series being a prime example I know when I was growing up in the 1980s, neither girls or boys starting dating until after they started ninth grade, which is usually fourteen. Many high school kids didn't start dating until late in high school or even university. Mary Anne and Logan did end up breaking up for good late in the series. Did you ever read Mary Anne's Big Breakup? And the series didn't rush Mary Anne into having another boyfriend either, which was good.
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