macca
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Post by macca on Jun 24, 2006 21:56:05 GMT -5
It's weird that someone who reads as much as Claud (it sounds like she's pretty devoted to Nancy Drew) is such a hopeless speller. I've always been pretty good with spelling and I thought it was because I spent so much time reading and saw how words are written. My sister's spelling is seriously as bad as Claudia's (and she's 22!) and she has always HATED to read.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2006 0:54:03 GMT -5
I never read this book, so besides the obvious; BSC (besides Cluadia?) graduate, what else happens?
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Post by claudiascandystash on Sept 12, 2006 17:21:36 GMT -5
Anyone else realize that Claudia's crappy science project with the plants and the music is the exact SAME crappy science project that won Charlotte Johanssen a prize in "Jessi's Babysitter"? Moral of the story- what will place in an elementary school science fair, will get you a D+ in middle school. Who wants to bet that Charlotte's project was better executed (and of course more well-written) than Claudia's?
...and why would Kristy say that you can find her under "Thomas" in the phonebook? Wouldn't her family be listed under Brewer? I know that she will likely be in University when the time capsule is opened (unless Bart Taylor knocks her up or something), so she will likely be out of town (or living at home- in the BREWER house). This little thing for some reason irks me.
I find that it is better written than the rest of the FF series....but not nearly as well written as the first part of the BSC series. I find that, overall, the FF series is a massive mistake, as it essentially negates an entire year- for instance......Abby joined the BSC when she was in grade 8; but the FF series begins in the summer between grade 7 and 8, which means that she would have not been there. Or that Jessi and Mal were in the 5th grade when they joined. I know, I know, everyone knows this.....it still bugs me though~!
I think that the FF series would have been better served if it would have had them starting 9th grade- that way, the eventual drifting apart and having less interest in the club would have made more sense. It would have had more impact, in my opinion, to show that the other girls are more interested in high school activities, and not necessarily babysitting- while Kristy was still in middle-school babysitting mode. As it was, it seemed as though the girls went from being super-interested in the club and babysitting, to not really caring, without any grey area.
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gabbie
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Post by gabbie on Sept 13, 2006 15:06:27 GMT -5
I think that the FF series would have been better served if it would have had them starting 9th grade- that way, the eventual drifting apart and having less interest in the club would have made more sense. It would have had more impact, in my opinion, to show that the other girls are more interested in high school activities, and not necessarily babysitting- while Kristy was still in middle-school babysitting mode. As it was, it seemed as though the girls went from being super-interested in the club and babysitting, to not really caring, without any grey area. That's what I thought too. In fact I think it would have been neat to see them in high school. But then again unless they had graduated from high school there wouldn't have been the same sort of conclusion. It would have amused me if they had finished high school in twelve books after having been in 8th grade for 121 or so books. ;D |
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wanderingfrog
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Post by wanderingfrog on Sept 18, 2006 9:37:40 GMT -5
Or the schools could have changed so that ninth grade became part of Stoneybrook Middle School and you didn't go to SHS until tenth grade. I don't mean as a continuity error like in the Alice series, where the junior high starts out as being grades 7, 8, and 9 but the ninth-graders stop being mentioned and Alice and her friends start high school in ninth grade with no explanation. I mean with some sort of actual school-overcrowding explanation or something, like the eighth-graders in CD becoming part of the high school at Vista. They could still be in the same school, but a different grade, which would make the timeline a little less nonsensical, make the dirfting-apart-over-time thing a bit more realistic, and still give the series finale a graduation day conclusion.
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macca
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Post by macca on Sept 18, 2006 17:29:05 GMT -5
Anyone else realize that Claudia's crappy science project with the plants and the music is the exact SAME crappy science project that won Charlotte Johanssen a prize in "Jessi's Babysitter"? Moral of the story- what will place in an elementary school science fair, will get you a D+ in middle school. Who wants to bet that Charlotte's project was better executed (and of course more well-written) than Claudia's? Without a doubt. And yes, I noticed the similarity between Charlotte and Claudia's projects. Hardly an original idea. I'm surprised Charlotte placed in the science fair. Don't worry, it bothered me too! Although maybe by that time, Kristy would be allowed to have her own PRIVATE, PERSONAL line like Claudia's with her own phone book listing under Thomas, K. I have always thought that. The BSC should definitely have been in 9th grade in FF. The entire series was so completely different to the rest of BSC Land. Why did they have to STILL be 13 and in 8th grade? |
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Post by sotypical42483 on Oct 31, 2006 11:48:27 GMT -5
oh I just read this for the first time over the weekend. It was... weird. I didn't like the format of it. I wish they would've fleshed out the convo between MA and Logan... I want to know what they talked about and how it all went down! I felt really bad for Kristy. It sucks when you're the only person still desperately clinging to the past and really, the BSC was her world, even moreso than the other girls, so I felt for her. Also, I related cause I'd also prefer it if the BSC never ended  The time capsule thing was ehh... okay I guess. Kind of lame. I have to say, I did expect more out of this book. I do like how at the end they made the pact to reunite in whatever amount of years... maybe 10? Helloooo... REUNION SPECIAL!!! I mean, that totally sets it up... Ann owes us. I noticed that thing about Claud doing the same science project as Charlotte. That was hilarious. I bet Charlotte got an A on hers. I think it's funny how 8th grade graduation is SUCH A BIG DEAL. I didn't go to "middle school", I went to junior high from 7th-9th grade, then high school for 10th-12th. On our last day of 9th grade, nothing happened. we left school and walked home like normal. No ceremonies. I did have a friend who went to Catholic school and they made 8th grade graduation a huge thing. EDIT: I still don't understand why they go on and on about how they probably won't be bff's anymore... Stoneybrook is a teeny little town. How many kids could possibly be in SHS? I guess they do acknowledge kids from other towns go to that school, but don't they say there's only like 1,000 kids? Or am I making that up? I don't understand why they all feel their friendships will go downhill once they hit HS. I really don't like that aspect of it. I prefer to think of them as, uh, FRIENDS FOREVER. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2006 0:07:25 GMT -5
I ended up ordering this book from amazon.ca. It was brand new, and was only about $12 American. The only downside was that it took about three weeks to be delivered because of international shipping, but it was good enough for me!
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Post by jen on Nov 5, 2006 21:08:43 GMT -5
oh I just read this for the first time over the weekend. It was... weird. I didn't like the format of it. I wish they would've fleshed out the convo between MA and Logan... I want to know what they talked about and how it all went down! I agree! I really want to see their big and deep conversation that was supposed to provide closure to their whole relationship. As for everyone who said FF should be 9th grade, I agree. When I read them, I tend to think of it as the second 8th grade. Like they went through 2 eras of 8th grade, the first one that last 15 years and was all innocent baby-sitting. Then the more mature, risque 8th grade of the FF series. |
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macca
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Post by macca on Nov 8, 2006 3:35:30 GMT -5
As for everyone who said FF should be 9th grade, I agree. When I read them, I tend to think of it as the second 8th grade. Like they went through 2 eras of 8th grade, the first one that last 15 years and was all innocent baby-sitting. Then the more mature, risque 8th grade of the FF series. Yeah, I know what you mean. I especially felt like that about California Diaries. No way should they have still been in eighth grade for those books. |
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Post by jen on Nov 8, 2006 4:27:51 GMT -5
Maybe California 8th grade is more mature than lil ol' Stoneybrook 8th grade...
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digigirl02
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Post by digigirl02 on Dec 12, 2006 22:00:00 GMT -5
Could be, but I still can't think about being in 8th grade all those years.
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macca
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Post by macca on Dec 16, 2006 0:30:27 GMT -5
^ my definition of hell right there. Eternal eighth grade.
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digigirl02
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Post by digigirl02 on Dec 20, 2006 20:29:37 GMT -5
Yeah, I agree, but I do feel bad for Mallory though, always being stuck in the akward tween stage.
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macca
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Post by macca on Dec 22, 2006 5:36:18 GMT -5
Yeah, I agree, but I do feel bad for Mallory though, always being stuck in the akward tween stage. yeah, if only she was thirteen instead of eleven. Life would be a picnic ;D |
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