macca
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Post by macca on Mar 13, 2006 18:34:22 GMT -5
I think the most shocking thing about this book was the Ramsey's childcare arrangements or lack thereof. Who the hell leaves an eleven yr old in charge of two kids, one being a toddler - for an entire long weekend. Aunt Cecelia's outrage was justified in this circumstance.
Also, Mary Anne. Yes, it's annoying when someone forgets to pass on a phone message, and even more so when it results in the near breakup of your oh-so-serious relationship, but is it really worth "I wish you'd get out of my life forever" ?!
The island adventure itself was okay... although I could've done without the typical feminist Ann stuff when Haley was proud to see that the doctor who helped rescue them on the island was a woman. Ugh.
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Amalia
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Post by Amalia on Mar 14, 2006 1:09:14 GMT -5
I loved this SS. It is one of my favorite ones. But didn't Claudia and Dawn just finish learning how to sail those boats? I mean, who would entrust the safety of all of those kids on board to a couple of newbie, teenage sailors? Oh, and I know I already said this on the old forum, but I thought Jeff was great in this one.
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Post by buffykay70 on Mar 14, 2006 5:41:16 GMT -5
yeah, Mary Anne was a b*tch in this book. and several others too. and logan was a sooky too.
i liked claudia but the illustrations of her are fugly. why is she short and looks like a guy? and her clothes arent even special, some jeans and turtleneck or something.
i agree about the ramsays, what were they thinking? anything could have happened to their children and they just left them in jessis care, god.
and speaking of parentals, staceys dad was a major jerk, not letting stacey go back to stoneybrook and search for her best friend, and forcing her to stay in NY and watch another play or whatever the hell.
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macca
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Post by macca on Mar 14, 2006 16:34:09 GMT -5
^ ugh yeah, I forgot about Stacey's dad. What he said was true - it probably wouldn't have made much difference whether Stace was in Stoneybrook or not, but come ON! She didn't even know if two of her friends - one of them her best friend - were alive or dead, but Mr McGill expected her to enjoy dinner and a play?! And WTF was up with Stacey having to write nice things in her letter to make up for the "not so nice" things. Stacey's dad was a jerk, end of story - and he needed to be told in NO UNCERTAIN TERMS that his actions were completely unacceptable.
Also, in that picture of Stacey and her mum in the car, with the reporter sticking her microphone through the window, uh, why does Stacey look borderline retarded?
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Amalia
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Post by Amalia on Mar 15, 2006 15:04:53 GMT -5
i liked claudia but the illustrations of her are fugly. why is she short and looks like a guy? and her clothes arent even special, some jeans and turtleneck or something. I always thought that she looked like that because she was stuck on an island with no make-up, a bathroom, or other accessories she uses to "beautify" herself everyday, thus she cannot use those things to fix up her look. Therefore, uh oh, the pictures present how she naturally really looks.
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jen
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Post by jen on Mar 16, 2006 1:08:02 GMT -5
Heehee, so Claud's naturally ugly.
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Post by hitzpink on Mar 16, 2006 21:55:31 GMT -5
Oh gosh, Island Adventure has always been one of my very favorite BSC books. I love books about "surviving" (i.e. The Hachett (sp?), and books of that nature), so I was thrilled to read a BSC version. =)
Mary Anne was so ridiculous about the message thing, though. I mean, seriously? Dawn forgets to give you a phone message so you want her out of your life forever? Um, ok. And, of course, Jessi's parents. I love how Jessi was so offended when Aunt Cecilia pointed out that her parents were absolutely insane to leave Becca and Squirt in her care for an entire weekend.
Oh -- for some reason I have always loved Dawn's parts where she is getting ready for the race. Exercising to a workout tape in the VCR, eating healthy foods, going to sleep early. I loved reading random things about their daily lives and different routines that they had.
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Post by sparklymouse on Mar 16, 2006 22:07:12 GMT -5
Stacey's mom was pretty cool post divorce. I liked that she shut her window on the reporter's mic to get her away from Stacey. You could tell in this and Snowbound that she and Stacey had a nice relationship. Her dad seemed to want to show her off and prove what a great guy he was. The book where Stacey's mom was sick and he demanded that Stacey be in NYC with him for some work thing was similiar. Granted it was important to him, but Stacey was only 13 and didn't need to be rubbing elbows with her dad's co-workers.
Loved how Dawn suggested Jamie come along and then immediately told Claudia that he'd be more comfortable with her. I'm sure it had absolutely nothing to do with trying to win the race. Hee.
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Post by macca on Mar 16, 2006 23:53:44 GMT -5
What annoyed me about that scene was that it was written as if we should agree that Aunt Cecelia's shock was totally unjustified. I honestly think we're supposed to believe that it was completely acceptable that Jessi's parents left their three children alone for a weekend and that Aunt C was just being an uptight old b*tch when she objected to it.
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Post by jen on Mar 17, 2006 4:47:37 GMT -5
Well, I agreed with Jessi in that scene when I first read it. Hey, I was young and immature! I reread that scene this morning, and I laughed. You go, Aunt Cecilia.
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macca
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Post by macca on Mar 17, 2006 16:53:17 GMT -5
Well, I agreed with Jessi in that scene when I first read it. Hey, I was young and immature! I reread that scene this morning, and I laughed. You go, Aunt Cecilia. ;D I agreed with it as well, even though I though I thought it was strange that Jessi was allowed to stay home unsupervised with her little brother and sister all weekend. I just assumed that my parents - who would never have considered such an arrangement in a million years - were too uptight, not that Jessi's parents were negligent.
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Post by buffykay70 on Mar 18, 2006 1:09:42 GMT -5
hey, i totally agreed with jessi too, when i was younger and read this book, i thought that aunt cecilia was such a beyotch.
now im older,i realise that she was right and that jessis parents were crazy to leave their three children alone for a weekend with no adult supervision. what were they doing?
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macca
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Post by macca on Mar 18, 2006 5:42:53 GMT -5
I wonder if the BSC made things difficult for real life parents, what with all their rights, privileges and lack of restrictions. Even as a kid, I knew that life was only fantasy for me, but I wonder if any parents were met with some strange requests/expectations - awww mum, can't we just stay home on our own while you go on vacation?! Jessi's parents let her!
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Amalia
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Post by Amalia on Mar 18, 2006 23:26:26 GMT -5
When me and my sister were around 8 years old my dad used to leave us alone to go on business trips. It actually is illegal in California to leave minors home alone, so we kept our mouths shut, lol. Oh well, just sharing.
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Post by jen on Mar 22, 2006 0:47:32 GMT -5
I remember asking my parents when I was old enough to stay home alone, and I was outraged with the age they named (I don't remember what it was, but it was definitely older than 11).
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