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Post by aln1982 on Jan 1, 2008 16:57:14 GMT -5
^ That's what I assumed about the toys. Speaking of Skip-Its, I had one of those and always get a funny mental picture of Vanessa using her's. ;D Did anyone else have a skip it?
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Post by greer on Jan 1, 2008 17:35:03 GMT -5
I did. The counter never worked right.
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Penny Lane
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Post by Penny Lane on Jan 1, 2008 17:59:26 GMT -5
^I had one too, and I agree about the counter. There was also the jump rope that was attached to a plastic stick that would unscrew.. does anyone remember what that was called?
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mckay
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Post by mckay on Jan 1, 2008 18:33:30 GMT -5
A friend of mine had one. I could never work the thing. Neither could she - I think our legs were just too small yet. We were probably around Claire or Margo's age
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Post by sweetvalleygirl99 on Jan 1, 2008 21:16:12 GMT -5
I had one. It was fun for a while, but then it got boring. My counter broke too greer ;D.
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lyricalangel
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Post by lyricalangel on Jan 3, 2008 1:24:44 GMT -5
I had one too ;D
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Post by aln1982 on Feb 25, 2008 20:23:35 GMT -5
I reread this one the other day in honor of Greer since she mentioned it was one of her favorites and wondered if anyone else liked it. ;D I do agree with her and like it a lot – really enjoyed seeing Mal get to be an intern, too, and could really relate to a lot of the book. Even if Mallory was a bit dumb with assuming that all fiction comes from reality, I can’t fault her too much because I know lots of people – including lots of adults – who make this assumption (not to the same degree but still….) I always get a good laugh out of the subplot as well and was glad to see Danielle again, even though I wish she would have had a bigger role. Overall, not one of my very favorites but I did really like it.
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Post by greer on Feb 25, 2008 21:03:14 GMT -5
yay, now i don't feel alone in my enjoyment for this book.
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Post by alula on Feb 26, 2008 2:19:02 GMT -5
Mal said that "JM Barrie is not one of the world's greatest writers." What makes Mal an authority on literature? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh, I totally have to go look that up now. I must have blocked it out of my memory. :pets her collection of weird Victorians: (Also, IMO people write off Peter Pan as all sweetness and light way too easily. It's actually rather mournful, and kind of creepy, even if you don't put it in context of all his other writing, and the multiple ways in which he was kind of crazy.) I wonder who Mal does consider to be among the world's greatest writers (besides Margeurite Henry). Presumably it can't include Tolkein, hamster aside, because he didn't actually know any hobbits or elves or orcs.
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Post by aln1982 on Feb 26, 2008 17:05:40 GMT -5
The Pike subplot in this one still has me laughing. I've been using the word "deflaming" (which made my dad give me a very strange look last night ;D) ever since I read it. ;D I love it when the Pike kids picket and protest things. ;D
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Post by Sweet City Girl on Mar 28, 2008 17:48:45 GMT -5
Everybody here seems to hate this book. Or maybe they don’t all hate it, but they think it’s ridiculous (I see that Greer liked it, though . Guess what. I loved it. In fact, in turned out to be one of my favorite BSC books. True, it was a bit….odd….that Mallory thought all fiction was autobiographical or based on real things. At age eleven. But to me, this added a rather humorous quality to the story. I smiled to myself and thought, Oh, Mallory, you’re really getting yourself into such a mess here. I personally can’t wait to see the disastrous results unfold. ;D Even the cover is slightly amusing, with Mallory having that arrogant pose and a “I know what I’m talking about- you are a LIAR!” look in her eye. Then there were her picketing brothers and sisters- I have to say that these scenes were particularly funny and entertaining. And that play…. Actually, it felt like there wasn’t even the typical subplot in this book, because all of the chapters involving the baby-sitting charges were directly related to the main plot. Not a single part of this book bored me. It wasn’t just the humor that made me enjoy this book. I also thought parts of it were interesting and touching. I liked that Mal finally learned something in the end and grew as a writer in the process. I liked her developing relationship with Ms. Hayes, and thought it was interesting to read about what an author’s life may be like. Maybe this is because I’ve always been interested in writing myself. In all ways, this book was great to me. Seriously!
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msstock87
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Post by msstock87 on Mar 28, 2008 23:59:41 GMT -5
Was this the book where Mallory wrote the play based on her family and her whole family found it insulting?
I did have a skip it when I was a kid and loved it.
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Lauren
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Post by Lauren on Mar 29, 2008 0:01:42 GMT -5
Is skip it similar to Bop It?
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Penny Lane
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Post by Penny Lane on Mar 29, 2008 0:10:21 GMT -5
No, not really. Skip it is an outdoor toy. It's essentially a plastic ring that goes around the child's ankle, which is attached to a ball. You rotate your ankle and "skip" over the ball. I'm really sort of sucking at explaining this, so I will direct you to this image of a girl playing with one. A bop it is ... well, you probably know. I don't think I could adequately explain a bop it. A really complicated version of Simon?
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Lauren
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Post by Lauren on Mar 29, 2008 0:14:58 GMT -5
I know what bop it is. Blame my stupid question earlier on lack of sleep.
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