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Post by hitzpink on Jul 27, 2006 21:39:29 GMT -5
I thought this book was ok. The Mini Olympics was seriously stupid, but surprisingly it didn't take over half of the book. Usually those kinds of subplots pop up in every other chapter, but we only had to read about the Mini Olympics in 3 or 4 chapters.
I just hated how Jessi and Elise won the gold medal. Come on. They beat out everyone else in the class who'd been doing synchro for much longer than the two of them? It would have been cool if Jessi and Elise could have maintained their friendship after quitting the synchro team.
Oh I loved in the beginning when Mallory wore her dorkiest, babiest swimsuit when they started swimming in gym class. Jessi agreed to stand in front of her the entire time so that none of the boys would see her. LOL.
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Post by macca on Jul 27, 2006 21:54:02 GMT -5
Ugh, poor Mallory. Ann and the ghostwriters seemed to really hate her. They never ran out of ways to torture the poor girl.
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Post by jen on Aug 1, 2006 3:38:12 GMT -5
I just hated how Jessi and Elise won the gold medal. Come on. They beat out everyone else in the class who'd been doing synchro for much longer than the two of them? It would have been cool if Jessi and Elise could have maintained their friendship after quitting the synchro team. They practised a lot, though. And they mentioned that they never saw any other pair practising after hours. So I guess it's just sending the message that hard work and perserverance pays off. Hardly a suspenseful ending, though, since the title is called "Jessi's Gold Medal". Geez, spoiler much?
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Post by macca on Aug 1, 2006 4:46:41 GMT -5
;D That occurred to me as well! Why didn't they call it "Go for it, Jessi", which was the little comment on the front cover instead of giving the entire outcome away in the title!
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Post by sparklymouse on Aug 1, 2006 12:35:03 GMT -5
I laugh at the thought of Mallory in her suit with the butt ruffle. Becca's suit when she was playing in the sprinkler was described as plain white with magic marker drawings scribbled all over it. The hell? They didn't specify if they were permanant markers, but wouldn't swimming suit + markers + water = one horrible disaster?
I thought it was seriously weird how pressured everyone was to participate in everything. Stacey almost made Charlotte cry and Mallory injured herself on purpose. Way to make people feel like crap, BSC.
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Post by lilafowler on Aug 1, 2006 14:01:42 GMT -5
^Word. I was an extremely unathletic child (I emulated Mallory twice in that I intentionally hurt my wrist to get out of playing volleyball) and when I read the book as a child, I remember being glad I didn't live somewhere like Stoneybrook where the uncoordinated were practically shunned.
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Post by ktag on Aug 1, 2006 22:59:43 GMT -5
I don't get why they were all gung ho about sports all of a sudden either. Kristy, definitely, but Stacey and Dawn deciding to do random stuff just because it's a school activity and they have to be involved in everything? Doubtful. Also, why does Mallory always have to go the angsty way to get out of something, whereas Mary Anne can just go "oh I'm shy, I'll just sell soda" or whatever?
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Post by jen on Aug 2, 2006 1:52:19 GMT -5
Hey, good point, ktag! Maybe because Mallory is more creative than Mary Anne, and thus could think of elaborate schemes to get out of things (she pretends to faint in Mallory Hates Boys (and Gym) as well). And Mary Anne just goes and have a cry.
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Post by macca on Aug 2, 2006 6:33:06 GMT -5
Heh. As a fellow former hopelessly unathletic kid, I have nothing but utmost sympathy for Mal - dramatics and all. Maybe she couldn't think clearly with her desperation to avoid being involved in sports.
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Post by sotypical42483 on Aug 2, 2006 11:41:14 GMT -5
lol I remember Becca's swim suit now... that is so weird. I remember Jessi is talking about it how it has all these designs and she's like "no, it's not a fancy expensive swim suit" or whatever and explains how Becca drew on it... because swim suits with designs on them cost more than plain ones? Who wears white swim suits anyway?!
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Post by greer on Aug 2, 2006 13:00:13 GMT -5
Even for a little kid a white swimsuit seems like the worst idea ever. Little kid wet tshirt/bathing suit contest. Yuck. Plus, as someone said before, I don't think patterns affect price in swimwear. But I do know that this passage made me self-conscious of my apparently bourgeois swimwear choices as a kid.
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Post by lilafowler on Aug 2, 2006 14:04:55 GMT -5
Ughhh. I just audibly shuddered.
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Post by greer on Aug 2, 2006 14:32:09 GMT -5
^I really question the Ramseys' shopping choices. They should have just gone to walmart and gotten her a patterned bathing suit.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2006 1:20:26 GMT -5
I always thought patterned suits would be cheaper. It seems like most little kid suits would be colorful anyways, so you might have to pay more for a more adult looking suit. But I never understood this issue in the BSC anyway. Mallory was always complaining that she was wearing a plain white t-shirt or sweatshirt - couldn't she have bought some non-sparkly colorful things?
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Post by sparklymouse on Aug 5, 2006 19:33:57 GMT -5
It's summer. Swim suits are on sale. Just by glancing at the kids racks I can tell you that it'd be extrememly difficult to find a solid colored suit, nevermind a white one. They all have bizarre designs on them. But I didn't really get the vibe that Becca's suit was cheap, it was more that Mrs. Ramsey had no taste.
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