msstock87
Sitting For The Braddocks
Here Comes The Bride!
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Post by msstock87 on Jul 9, 2008 16:51:33 GMT -5
I also didn't think I wanted to read this book ,but I finally gave in and read my copy I found it a little boring and jessies handwriting and the artical she put in the time capsule made me cringe it was okay , but I guess I just prefer the regular series , FF just doesn't have the same feel, BSC was a great part of my childhood ,so even though I didn't think this book was Great it was sad to see the series end That is a lot of how I feel about this book. I always had a hard time reading the FF period because they didn't have the same feel. I was very sad when I actually read this book. |
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supprazz
Sitting For The Newtons
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Post by supprazz on Sept 19, 2008 15:18:11 GMT -5
I had to pay outstanding library fees I didn't know about before graduating high school, and same with university.
And I thought Claudia liked science a little bit when there was drawing involved. If she related her school subjects to art a little more, she would have done well.
And I was always an excellent speller for as long as I could remember and would ace spelling tests since they started in grade 2.
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Post by ashley868 on Sept 21, 2008 18:20:07 GMT -5
I finally read this book. I didn't like the way it was written though, it felt like a fanfiction. I'm glad I finally read it though, I've been really curious about the way it would end. I was surprised to see that Kristy had the hardest time with the fact they were going to High School then the others did. I figured Mary-Anne who has always been a bit of baby would but she wasn't.
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wanderingfrog
Sitting For The Arnolds
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Post by wanderingfrog on Sept 25, 2008 18:41:47 GMT -5
And I thought Claudia liked science a little bit when there was drawing involved. If she related her school subjects to art a little more, she would have done well. I am now picturing Claudia doing a lab report for biology. It would have the most beautiful diagrams ever, but the actual report would be completely incoherent. |
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Post by candykane on Oct 8, 2008 17:17:14 GMT -5
I haven't read this book yet. I've been meaning to, but I have so many other books I want to read that this one keeps getting pushed to the bottom of the priority list.
Something that's been mentioned a few times here is that Kristy has a hard time with the idea of leaving middle school and going on to high school. I also recall it from flipping through the first few pages of the book (I really need to just check it out and read it!). This annoys me. In real life, middle school...well, sucks, for a lot of people. I know that I wasn't particularly bummed about leaving eighth grade behind. Starting high school was much more appealing because there were more and better activities, the ability to meet new people because you weren't only in classes with people in your grade, etc.
I suppose since the BSC was Kristy's life and she was afraid it would completely end with the start of high school, it makes more sense that she'd freak out about it. But not something I personally can relate to.
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Post by icequeen on Oct 9, 2008 3:26:23 GMT -5
Yeah, I think the main reason Kristy was worrying about starting high school is because she thought it would most likely be the beginning of the downfall of the BSC.
I just re-read this the other day and I had totally forgotten about the BSC pact to reunite!! REUNION BOOK ANYONE? Ahh.. I can dream!
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starrynight
Sitting For The Kuhns
The Royal Diner of Pizza Express
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Post by starrynight on Oct 9, 2008 11:24:43 GMT -5
The book was published in 2000, which means their 7 year time period for reuniting and opening the time capsule has passed.  |
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Post by sweetvalleygirl99 on Oct 9, 2008 16:34:48 GMT -5
Something that's been mentioned a few times here is that Kristy has a hard time with the idea of leaving middle school and going on to high school. I also recall it from flipping through the first few pages of the book (I really need to just check it out and read it!). This annoys me. In real life, middle school...well, sucks, for a lot of people. I know that I wasn't particularly bummed about leaving eighth grade behind. Starting high school was much more appealing because there were more and better activities, the ability to meet new people because you weren't only in classes with people in your grade, etc. I totally get what you're saying. I hated middle school too for the most part, especially in eighth grade. I went to public school from k-5th and then transferred over to a catholic school for 6th-8th. This school went from K-8th so when I came in, everyone had already known each other for years and I just felt like a total oddball. I had a few friends, but nothing really substantial so I was just really thrilled when gradutation finally rolled around. High school was much easier to adjust to than middle school because there everyone in my class was new and we all got to make our own friends and our own groups. Plus, you got to meet more people older than you and more activities were offered. It was just much more fun. Oh and I also thought to myself after the first few weeks of eighth grade, "Hey this isn't what it was like in the BSC" ;D. |
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Post by greer on Oct 10, 2008 20:58:48 GMT -5
Middle School was absolutely hands-down the worst time in the life, something which the BSC had definitely not prepared me for. I couldn't graduate from eighth grade fast enough. Perhaps that's the idea of the BSC after childhood--it presents an idea of middle school that helps you forget your own.
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starrynight
Sitting For The Kuhns
The Royal Diner of Pizza Express
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Post by starrynight on Oct 13, 2008 11:02:13 GMT -5
^ Well said. Looking back, I'm glad I was sort of clueless in middle school. I had no idea how dorky I really was. As miserable as that time was for me, I can't even imagine what it would have been like if I'd been more self-aware.
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Post by greer on Oct 17, 2008 0:30:41 GMT -5
I was self-aware, so I listened to a lot of metal. While reading BSC.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2009 18:41:57 GMT -5
Is this book hard to find? I was just moseying around the other day and i bought it off trademe for $5 and its brand new!
It arrived today so im actually pretty excited about reading it
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Post by zoar3 on Mar 19, 2009 16:25:06 GMT -5
"Middle School was absolutely hands-down the worst time in the life, something which the BSC had definitely not prepared me for. I couldn't graduate from eighth grade fast enough. Perhaps that's the idea of the BSC after childhood--it presents an idea of middle school that helps you forget your own." Greer you are so very right. Back then, I was in junior high from 7th-9th grade. My 7th grade year was particularly awful. I WISH I had had friends and a group like the BSC back then.
As for this book, it would have been so much better if it had been about high school graduation. "Everything Changes" should have focused on transition between the summer after 8th grade through the start of 9th grade. The FF would then be all about high school. I did feel for Kristy in this a lot--though don't necessarily get why the BSC would automatically cease to exist once the girls entered 9th grade?
Lol, to Claire having two "Ba-Ba's." I never made that connection before. Speaking of the Pikes, since they were such major characters, shouldn't the triplets have graduated from elementary school in this book? But then that goes along with the characters never aging, not even in this one. I almost think that was more disappointing than anything else because it made me feel like the "graduation" aspects of this could have easily been replaced by something else, thus having a 14th year of 8th grade. Zero future or moving on.
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starrynight
Sitting For The Kuhns
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Post by starrynight on Mar 19, 2009 18:15:38 GMT -5
^ I think most of the girls anticipated being really busy with new friends/activities once high school started, and figured that the BSC would just kind of slip away. I think they were probably planning to continue it in some form for at least a little while; it's been awhile since I've read this one, but I didn't get the impression that they were completely throwing in the towel.
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Post by anzuhana on Apr 24, 2009 10:30:10 GMT -5
I reread this book and it was nice hearing from Abby, Mallory, Jessi and Dawn since they're not members of the BSC anymore. I liked that Mary Anne and Logan didn't get back together (it sounded like Mary Anne might ask Logan if he wanted to get back together when she said she needed to talk to Logan since earlier in that chapter Mary Anne said that all the things that seemed wrong seemed fixable now that they're not together). It was interesting reading Charlie's letter since someone other than Kristy spoke about Patrick and their opinion on him. And the Claire, Charlotte and Jackie chapters were nice to read about since they never had a chapter which they narrated. I also enjoyed reading the back of book which had the history of the BSC, the BSC index and the acknowledgements.
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