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Post by aln1982 on Feb 12, 2007 10:51:21 GMT -5
Read this one today for Valentine's Day and really enjoyed it - a nice change from some of the far fetched mysteries because it was actually pretty plausible. Brought back memories for me of selling Valentine's grams when I was in 6th grade. I enjoyed reading about the girls' spying and found some of Stacey's narration particularly funny. Just realized a lot of her books are pretty funny. Also liked the subplot with the Hobart boys' crushes - they are so cute! Noticed some foreshadowing to Stacey's Ex-Boyfriend with the stuff about her and Robert. I actually disliked him less in this book than usual. Speaking of characters I despise, Cary really creeped me out how he was sitting in the basement because he "needed solitude." I swear he is going to grow up to be a serial killer  If there is a thread for this book already, sorry for reposting. I'm just so glad I got the book off e-bay in the lot I won in time for Valentine's Day |
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Post by booboobrewer on Feb 13, 2007 14:29:44 GMT -5
Oh, tell me about it...I don't dislike Cary, but that part was over the top. He and the janitor had an "arrangement". omg.
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Post by msstock87 on Feb 15, 2007 16:28:01 GMT -5
That arrangement thing creeps me out...
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Post by starrynight on Feb 15, 2007 18:11:48 GMT -5
Makes me wonder what Cary has on poor Mr. Halprin.  |
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Post by msstock87 on Feb 15, 2007 20:41:11 GMT -5
Makes me wonder what Cary has on poor Mr. Halprin. hehe! that made me literally laugh out loud ;D |
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Post by greer on Feb 18, 2007 8:05:38 GMT -5
Stacey also looks cute on the cover in this one.
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Post by aln1982 on Feb 18, 2007 8:37:55 GMT -5
I thought the same thing. And I like the description of the outfit she wears on Valentine's Day. Usually, I don't pay attention to the clothes but that one caught my attention - much better than some of Claudia's "creations".
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Post by msstock87 on Feb 18, 2007 12:50:59 GMT -5
Stacey looked cute and more her age on this cover in my opinion.
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Post by starrynight on Mar 9, 2007 17:29:59 GMT -5
I thought the "new" cover art on the later mysteries was kind of odd myself.
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Post by wanderingfrog on Mar 9, 2007 18:29:15 GMT -5
I like the cover art on the last four mysteries, actually.
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Post by mckay on Dec 30, 2007 23:46:07 GMT -5
This is the only mystery besides Mallory and the Ghost Cat that I really enjoyed. It's a reasonable mystery for middle schoolers to be tackling, and the perpetrator and his motivation seemed pretty realistic. I actually liked Cary a lot in this book, and really felt sorry for Alan.
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Post by aln1982 on Dec 31, 2007 1:20:22 GMT -5
^ What happened to Alan in this one? Was this where he wrote a valentine to the girl and got rejected or something? I think a lot of Alan's joking around is a way of him putting up defenses to getting hurt.
I love this mystery! It always reminds me of when I sold Valentine grams when I was in 6th grade. Unfortunately, we didn't have a mystery to make it interesting. ;D
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Post by mckay on Dec 31, 2007 15:35:40 GMT -5
Apparently a bunch of the kids had a plot to write fake Valentine-grams to him.
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Post by aln1982 on Dec 31, 2007 20:26:25 GMT -5
^ That is really mean. Poor Alan. No wonder he always thinks he has to be a comedian when kids treat him like that.
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Post by liss31d on Jan 1, 2008 7:52:57 GMT -5
He found out that the girl whom he had sent a valentine gram to had sent one as a joke to him, as he overheard them talking about it. Poor Alan  |
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