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Post by virgoscorpio on Mar 21, 2011 16:30:24 GMT -5
I liked this book. I liked the February feel to it. Kudos to Abby for going out for runs in winter weather, that's something that I wouldn't like doing...
The ending was rushed, especially in regards to the writer's workshop. Also, the fact that Abby went to NYC and didn't get in trouble for it was annoying to me.
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Post by zoar3 on Mar 21, 2011 18:09:15 GMT -5
It bothered me more that Anna didn't go with Abby to NY than the fact that there were no consequences for her having done so. They could have left Eli with Nannie.
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Post by oldhickory on Mar 22, 2011 0:05:27 GMT -5
^ i doubt nannie would have agreed to babysit if she knew what anna would have done.
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Post by zoar3 on Mar 22, 2011 11:02:55 GMT -5
^Good point. I just wanted Anna to (for once) be a bigger part of the story.
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Post by zoar3 on Aug 5, 2011 21:26:55 GMT -5
I just re-read and overall this book was a breath air over the last 20 or so. Abby was much more tolerable with one glaring exception at the bottom of page 5-top of page 6. ^In other words, she makes fun of people. And the way they talk. :/ Moving on, I still wish Erin had more involvement and that maybe Maria Kilbourne had actually seen (I mean realize it wasn't UPS) Miriam leave Daniel on the Stevensons' doorstep. Oldhickory, good point upthread about Mrs. Stevenson trying to protect her daughters. I think, under the circumstances, until she knew Daniel was M's son and probably also that M was alive and okay, it was best to keep quiet. I just thought the deception went on a little too long to be believable. Question: When did Jessi join Mal's writing class at the library? Two moments/editing mistakes, when Abby calls her mom at work and the "temp receptionist, Lucinda" answers, Abby and the lady refer to A's mom as "Ms. Stevenson." Second when Abby is telling us about Claudia's sitting job with Mal, she mentions that Claudia was not offended by Stacey's kidding her (C) about the bad spelling in the notebook entry.
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Post by greer on Aug 6, 2011 3:16:24 GMT -5
How is Ms. Stevenson incorrect?
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Post by zoar3 on Aug 6, 2011 11:22:31 GMT -5
Shouldn't it have been Mrs. Stevenson? Her maiden name was Goldberg.
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Post by greer on Aug 6, 2011 11:28:24 GMT -5
Shouldn't it have been Mrs. Stevenson? Her maiden name was Goldberg. "Ms." can be used regardless of marital status; that's the whole point of the term. She may not want to be "Mrs." since she's widowed and not married anymore, for instance. Also, Ms. is generally used in a professional setting, rather than Mrs.
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Post by zoar3 on Aug 6, 2011 14:44:29 GMT -5
^I didn't know that.
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Post by wiggir13 on Aug 7, 2011 11:05:48 GMT -5
I sort of liked this one, but parents really annoy me with their whole keeping things from their kids. Perhaps this annoys me from personal experience but I still got mad at her for not telling them. At the very least, she could have just said - hey the baby is my sisters and leave it at that! Ugh another snore of a subplot for me. I do think it would be funny to have a list somewhere of all the things the BSC put together and plan to do annually. That list would be sooooo long! It's luck that they just keep repeating this year
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Post by zoar3 on Aug 7, 2011 11:39:51 GMT -5
^I never did think of that though I still say she should have made sure Miriam was okay before saying anything. IDK, it would have been better had the baby truly been a mystery. I started thinking what would have happened had he (Daniel) shown up on any other members' doorstep. I think on Stacey's doorstep might have been the most interesting simply because Maureen had been trying for a baby.
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Post by oldhickory on Aug 9, 2011 0:32:12 GMT -5
^ i would love it if a baby showed up at the kishi house, because their family is the most structured. of course the TBs have already had a baby show up out of nowhere.
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Post by zoar3 on Aug 9, 2011 11:10:46 GMT -5
^And if Mr. Kishi found it. I picked him since he's a rarity and actually sometimes seems more rules-bound than his wife. It could have also been a young kid, too. Maybe someone is baby-sitting and doesn't realize they have an "extra" charge out of nowhere until it's too late. I just was hoping for more of a "mystery" or at least "story" with this one. I hold higher hopes for the Stoneybrook, taking place (non crazed criminal) ones in general.
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Post by u4me on Oct 15, 2011 23:15:51 GMT -5
I read this for the first time yesterday. I liked it until finding out that Ms. Stevenson had some long lost sister. Did anyone notice that Claudia and Mallory wrote up a sitting job, but on the very next page it said Claudia babysat with Stacey? I should probably go back and double check just to make sure I'm not the stupid one before posting this. Zoar - I didn't think Abby meant she made fun of the way people walk. Like, if someone had a limp she wouldn't make fun of it. I think she meant that some people carry themselves differently and when she's doing an impression she tries to mimic it. Like if she was doing an impression of Jessi, she would be a lot more graceful Kristy. I'm sure Kristy walks very fast and like she's on a mission.
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Post by zoar3 on Oct 16, 2011 13:07:20 GMT -5
^I did notice that Claudia/Mallory mistake. Maybe Claud was trying to write poor Mal off even that way. I think in this case that might (I hope) would be what she meant too, U4me. The problem I had is when she mimics people's patterns of speech for example, is that often time with an audience (depending on the audience), the impersonations can easily become stretched into something not funny. I love to laugh, have a good time, but have never been a fan of jokes. I think in Abby's impersonations can fall into the joke category since regardless of her reasons for doing them, the hope is for a laugh and lasting (sorry for the pun) impression of her on her audience.
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