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Post by booboobrewer on Oct 17, 2007 13:53:50 GMT -5
^Haha, yeah. He got a lot of the best storylines, though.
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Post by aln1982 on Oct 17, 2007 15:15:26 GMT -5
^ Agree with you, booboo, and BSCfan. It's not that I exactly disliked Peter. He just definitely had one "voice" that could sometimes be a little much. Is there a list anywhere of each book by ghostwriter? I'm curious to see if there is a pattern to who wrote my favorites.
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macca
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Post by macca on Oct 17, 2007 17:26:16 GMT -5
I actually LIKE that Nola Thacker referred to other books and past events in her books. Yes, it does come across as over the top in some cases, but it's okay most of the time. I think Peter tried too hard to be a goofy teenage girl when he was writing. There's such a thing as giving characters TOO MUCH voice! Very true! ;D I also found it somewhat disturbing that he could get into a teenage girl role so easily!
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Post by baseballchica03 on Oct 17, 2007 19:24:54 GMT -5
^^ For serious, macca! Another one who's good at getting into the head of teenage girls is Daniel Handler. "The Basic Eight" is a much more disturbing and grown up book than the BSC, but he got the voice dead-on. It was creepy.
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Post by greer on Oct 17, 2007 20:41:49 GMT -5
Aln, The BSC Companion's summaries list the ghostwriter, but not as a chart or anything. I agree with all of you--Peter, Ellen, and Suzanne FTW.
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Post by aln1982 on Oct 17, 2007 23:37:49 GMT -5
^ Thanks. I'll check that out. I always look at the ghost writer before reading but never really pay attention, except some I notice it is Peter and some I've especially liked I've looked back to see it's Ellen.
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Post by msstock87 on Oct 18, 2007 14:30:19 GMT -5
I am in the habit of checking to see who the ghostwriters are now for each book. I can definatly tell when it is Peter but others are hard for me to figure out if I don't look.
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starrynight
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Post by starrynight on Oct 18, 2007 14:50:52 GMT -5
I just looked at that list to see which of my favorites among the later books were written by what ghostwriter, and there's really no pattern. I really thought there would be!
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Post by aln1982 on Oct 18, 2007 15:23:05 GMT -5
^ I had the same thing. I will have to make list and write them all down, though, because I'm curious if there are any trends in my favorites and least favorite. Writer must not matter as much as plot for me, I guess.
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Post by macca on Oct 18, 2007 17:17:53 GMT -5
^^ For serious, macca! Another one who's good at getting into the head of teenage girls is Daniel Handler. "The Basic Eight" is a much more disturbing and grown up book than the BSC, but he got the voice dead-on. It was creepy. I haven't heard of that... but there is an Aussie author John Marsden who also writes disturbing and "mature" young adult novels with a dead-on teenager girl voice. Many of his books are also sexually explicit, which only adds to the creepiness factor.
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Post by aln1982 on Oct 25, 2007 8:01:53 GMT -5
Did Vicki Erwin Berger write any books other than Haunted Bookstore? For some reason, I found that one very "difficult" to read. Not sure why but some of the books seem to read "harder" than others - lack flow or something. I'll have to see if there is a pattern that depends on the writer.
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Post by fluffy on Oct 25, 2007 8:57:19 GMT -5
^ I agree. HB was one of the worst mysteries.
I didn't find Pete creepy. He was probably just a goofy guy!
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Post by Sweet City Girl on Oct 25, 2007 9:49:29 GMT -5
Vicki Berger Erwin also wrote Claudia's Big Party. Not sure about any others, though.
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Post by starrynight on Oct 25, 2007 12:03:25 GMT -5
Doyou guys think that the publishers decided who would write which book based on who they felt would give it the best "voice," or was it probably random?
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Post by Sweet City Girl on Oct 25, 2007 14:10:37 GMT -5
I was wondering about that myself. It generally seems random. If the writers had been assigned a certain book, wouldn't they have written about only one sitter? Like so many have said, this would have made more sense since the characters would then have their own unique "voice" instead of sharing it with so many others. I do notice a slight trend in some of the books, though, which makes me wonder if there was at least some kind of idea of who would do what. Stacey, for instance, is usually "voiced" by Suzanne Wyen or Peter Lerangis. Ellen Miles did most of the mysteries and the Claudia books. But Peter did practically everything and everybody. Maybe because he was so good at portraying girls. ;D
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