wanderingfrog
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Post by wanderingfrog on Mar 14, 2020 16:59:25 GMT -5
There haven't been any that I haven't been able to get through. I haven't read every single one of the LS books or the Kids in Miss Colman's Class books, but I have read everything else in the BSC-verse, and since it only takes about 10 minutes to read a KiMCC book, I imagine that even if I get around to one that is super boring or annoying, I'll read the whole thing anyway. I don't mind wasting the 10 minutes. In general I love the BSC, and when there's a book that I think is a real stinker, I'll read it anyway so I can complain about it or poke fun at it. A book that I don't like obviously isn't going to get as many rereads as a book that I do like, though!
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Post by Sideshowjazz1 on Jun 8, 2021 5:49:08 GMT -5
I mean, I was always aware of the no contractions in LS, but it never stopped me from finishing the stories. Did you begin reading them as a child or an adult? Yeah, me neither. My head just reads the contractions, even though they're not there. I think it's just Karen's "voice". I expect the lack of contractions is something she learned to do for her academic writing in school, and because she's seven, she does it for everything else, too. I wish there were Little Sister books other than Karen. There are blood-related little sisters of the BSC. I'd actually like it if they did all female siblings, including older. I'd kind of like to see a Janine chapter and find out how she writes. Of course, that would be tricky because she often speaks in a complicated way, so her thoughts might be even harder to write down. But for example, I'd like to see Charlotte write. I bet she'd be able to use contractions correctly.
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Post by CharlotteTJohanssen on Jun 8, 2021 8:48:56 GMT -5
I tried to read New York, New York recently and just cannot seem to finish it.
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Post by booboobrewer on Jun 8, 2021 16:54:47 GMT -5
Eek! What was difficult about it?
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cnj
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Post by cnj on Jun 8, 2021 21:33:56 GMT -5
I haven't had a BSC book I couldn't get through, but I've had a few where I read it, find the plot not its best or most interesting and I know I will never read it again.
Once I read one dud of a BSC book, Claudia vs Stacey and knew I was never going to re-read it, so I donated it to the closest library.
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Post by CharlotteTJohanssen on Jun 10, 2021 21:00:12 GMT -5
Not really difficult, as much as "why is this a big deal you live an hour away" premise always throws me off when reading it.
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Post by cnj on Jun 11, 2021 1:08:43 GMT -5
Not really difficult, as much as "why is this a big deal you live an hour away" premise always throws me off when reading it. I used to wonder that also, but as the series went on, the NYC trips became more realistic and seen as no huge deal, especially as the BSC went more often. I suspect every few weeks or so throughout high school, the BSC just hopped on the train and took weekend NYC jaunts. They may have even pooled together money to cover a hotel room if Ed McGill wasn't available.
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Post by booklover85 on Jun 20, 2021 20:58:16 GMT -5
I also couldn't get through California Girls, Baby-Sitters at Shadow Lake and Aloha, Baby-Sitters because Mal was definitely treated as a butt monkey in those books.
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Post by cnj on Jun 22, 2021 19:35:40 GMT -5
I also couldn't get through California Girls, Baby-Sitters at Shadow Lake and Aloha, Baby-Sitters because Mal was definitely treated as a butt monkey in those books. I hadn't read those fully yet...how was Mal treated like a butt monkey? I'm sure she wasn't the only one...wasn't Stacey with a group of kids who had a car crash and she ended up in tears in California Girls?
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Post by CharlotteTJohanssen on Jun 23, 2021 19:12:45 GMT -5
Also wanted to include the Mallory Christmas book. I actually finished it on my last reread but did not really enjoy it.
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Post by cnj on Jun 25, 2021 5:09:57 GMT -5
I don't agree that Mallory was any more of a butt monkey overall than any of the other girls.
Mallory is not weak and she is most definitely not stupid.
Just about all the girls had their butt-monkey or awkward instances, not just Mallory.
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Post by livvy on Apr 4, 2022 14:02:02 GMT -5
I haven't read any Little Sister books because I cannot stand Karen and I don't know why she got her own series.
Some bills I can't finish:
MA and Too Many Babies. Kristy for President Dawn Saves The Planet Jessis Wish Jessis Secret Language all the later BSC SS books from when Abby makes an appearance Basically all Abby books
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Post by oldmeanie on Sept 4, 2022 23:58:15 GMT -5
I'm reading Jessi's Gold Medal right now and not enjoying it. Somehow I keep reading the descriptions of the synchro moves and have to read them again. Not that I can't understand it, my mind is just wandering. Obviously I'm not finding it that interesting lol. These books are short, so I know I'll just through it. I'm only on Chapter 5, though, and at the end of Chapter 4, I'm reminded of the mini-Olympics subplot. Blah. These girls organize WAY too many events. I think many of the events are good ideas (like this one actually), but they are just not interesting to read about.
As a kid, I never finished reading Abby in Wonderland (also, apparently there's a Muppet movie of the same name? Lol). I have no idea why... I guess the plot didn't interest me. I wonder what I'd think about it now. I'm not sure I'll go that far in the series on my massive re-read, but I also thought I'd stop in the 30s and look at me now XD.
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Post by fernmariposa919 on Apr 2, 2023 14:24:28 GMT -5
I've always been able to finish these books; luckily they're not very long. However, I definitely have had trouble getting through some of them. Any book with Kristy and softball and Jessi with ballet usually bores me to tears. As you can tell, sports/athletics don't do anything for me. I tried to read New York, New York recently and just cannot seem to finish it. Oh, yes, I totally agree. This Super Special is super boring, which is sad because NYC is such a cool place, but I don't really care about Kristy finding a lost dog or Mary Anne and Stacey baby-sitting fo the two "Mary Poppins"-esque kids and not telling anyone when they think a man is following them. It fell super short for me.
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oldhickory
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Post by oldhickory on Apr 3, 2023 9:22:21 GMT -5
As a kid, I never finished reading Abby in Wonderland (also, apparently there's a Muppet movie of the same name? Lol). I have no idea why... I guess the plot didn't interest me. I wonder what I'd think about it now. Genuinely one of my favorite regular series books. It's a more mature topic and setting than other BSC books and feels unlike the rest of the series, so I can see why some people wouldn't like it but those are the things I especially liked. I hope you do get to read it again.
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