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Post by booboobrewer on May 23, 2011 23:25:21 GMT -5
Found my copy of this and the cover is gone, boo and bullfrogs. But I studied the illustration on the back...I think Kristy actually does look her age. I think Mal looks the best which is funny considering her storyline.
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starrynight
Sitting For The Kuhns
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Post by starrynight on Jun 10, 2011 16:01:48 GMT -5
I was reading this one last night, and a thought occurred to me. Are we really supposed to believe that not only were ALL the BSC parents totally okay with their daughters illegally winning the lottery, but that not a single one of the club members had to put any portion of the money into a college fund or something? I can totally see Richard expecting Mary Anne to do that. Also, it doesn't seem like any tax was taken out of the prize, but I think we may have already discussed that at some point.
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Post by zoar3 on Jun 10, 2011 17:18:11 GMT -5
^I never thought of them winning that much money, Starry! A ton for sure but not $10,000! Didn't they each win over $10,000? I haven't read this in a while but didn't they also get the prize money almost immediately?
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Post by sparklymouse on Jun 10, 2011 17:43:13 GMT -5
I don't think the underage lotto playing was a big deal at all. It was a few dollars and was obviously supervised by an adult. They weren't going to become gambling addicts from it. (That could be a poll! Who would go broke later in life trying to replicate their first lotto win...I'd say Mallory but I think she's aware that she has the worst luck ever and wouldn't bother trying.) I think all the parents would be just fine with their kid WINNING MONEY. These people were not that well off that they would turn down prize money. We did discuss somewhere that Sharon and Richard would be stuck paying the taxes since Sharon cashed in the ticket. At least they didn't win the jackpot. It's ridiculous, but I'm kind of ok with them winning just enough to be entertained for one book and have everything go back to normal.
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Post by anzuhana on Jun 10, 2011 17:59:24 GMT -5
The girls won $10,000. Each girl got $1,428.57
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lilafowler
Sitting For The Johanssens
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Post by lilafowler on Jun 10, 2011 18:38:49 GMT -5
I don't think the underage lotto playing was a big deal at all. It was a few dollars and was obviously supervised by an adult. They weren't going to become gambling addicts from it. (That could be a poll! Who would go broke later in life trying to replicate their first lotto win...I'd say Mallory but I think she's aware that she has the worst luck ever and wouldn't bother trying.) I immediately thought Claudia.
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Post by zoar3 on Jun 10, 2011 18:48:31 GMT -5
Okay, thanks, Anzuhana. Still a lot of money! I agree with Sparklymouse that this did seem to be a one time deal.
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Post by booboobrewer on Jun 14, 2011 5:04:09 GMT -5
Hahaha I immediately thought Claudia too, sparkly and lila. She'd buy a ticket every time she went to the store for junk food ;D
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Post by sparklymouse on Jun 14, 2011 17:50:53 GMT -5
^Yeah, that question was kind of a no-brainer, especially since Claudia was the one who started it all in this one.
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supprazz
Sitting For The Newtons
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Post by supprazz on Jul 11, 2011 3:20:04 GMT -5
I used to buy junk food and lottery tickets in high school next door to my family's business, I would get someone to come with me. But by the time I was legal and tried going to a casino, I didn't like losing money though it was just a 40 that I got back, so I didn't like it anymore
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Post by virgoscorpio on Feb 24, 2012 23:51:00 GMT -5
It's not that I don't like this book BUT I think it's one of Ann's worst written Super Specials. This time around I was really observant of all of the repetition going on. Seriously. At the beginning of the chapter, the narrating girl would always summarize stuff you found out in previous chapters. OK. We know Dawn, Kristy and Claudia went to the mall. Stop reminding us! It just wasted a whole bunch of space.
And why would Mary Anne want to stay HOME and look at BROCHURES for the entire day? They should have just had her go to the mall. Adding 1 more body wouldn't have made a difference. Mal staying home made sense, because she was sulky and had no money.
This is one book where Mal gets the BEST storyline. So good! And what's up with Stacey getting in car trouble every Super Special? That girl needs to stay away from cars or something...
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wanderingfrog
Sitting For The Arnolds
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Post by wanderingfrog on Feb 25, 2012 0:11:52 GMT -5
^Ugh, I don't actually like Mallory's storyline. It makes me feel embarrassed for her. And although I have occasionally been teased for having red hair, I have WAY more often been complimented on it, so I can't relate to her RED HAIR IS A CURSE I MUST GO BLONDE thing. Although there is a page in my Judy Blume Memory Book from when I was nine where I wrote that if I could change one thing about my appearance I would "dye my hair blonde or grow taller." But I also said on the same page that I wished my name was Tiffany...
It's kind of embarrassing when someone gives you a compliement on something you have absolutely no control over, isn't it? Like once last week someone told me my hair looked really good that day, and if I'd spent any time at all on my hair I might have felt the compliment was deserved, but since I hadn't washed it that day and possibly hadn't even brushed it (I don't remember), I just said, "Um, thank you, I did absolutely nothing."
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Post by booboobrewer on Feb 25, 2012 2:01:43 GMT -5
In the first chapter Mary Anne gets all defensive when she and Dawn leave for a meeting and Dawn is surprised that she is packing for California a week early. Expect some teasing, Mary Anne, because that IS a little weird.
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Katie
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Post by Katie on Feb 25, 2012 2:32:18 GMT -5
^Ugh, I don't actually like Mallory's storyline. It makes me feel embarrassed for her. And although I have occasionally been teased for having red hair, I have WAY more often been complimented on it, so I can't relate to her RED HAIR IS A CURSE I MUST GO BLONDE thing. Although there is a page in my Judy Blume Memory Book from when I was nine where I wrote that if I could change one thing about my appearance I would "dye my hair blonde or grow taller." But I also said on the same page that I wished my name was Tiffany... It's kind of embarrassing when someone gives you a compliement on something you have absolutely no control over, isn't it? Like once last week someone told me my hair looked really good that day, and if I'd spent any time at all on my hair I might have felt the compliment was deserved, but since I hadn't washed it that day and possibly hadn't even brushed it (I don't remember), I just said, "Um, thank you, I did absolutely nothing." I'm a brunette who spend years dying my hair red. I was jealous of mallory to be honest. I thought my curly brown hair was boring so I dyed and straightened it.
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Post by virgoscorpio on Feb 25, 2012 13:13:45 GMT -5
Hey wanderingfrog, I thought Mallory's storyline was at least somewhat dramatic, compared to the boring sitting plots a la Mary Anne and Kristy. And how did Mallory NOT KNOW what asthma was? I guess she never really took a babysitting course? But seriously, she has 7 brothers and sisters and you'd think these overly intelligent group of babysitters would at least know about asthma. It's not like at 11 you're dumb from the world.
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