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Post by thejunkbucket on Nov 4, 2015 14:45:52 GMT -5
Could you combine some of your thoughts into one or two posts or edit posts in the future? No double posting is one of the forum rules and you have six posts in a row. Thanks. That's a law? It's stupid.
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Post by thejunkbucket on Jan 16, 2016 3:30:14 GMT -5
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Post by Sideshowjazz1 on Sept 14, 2016 4:09:58 GMT -5
Hmmm...I'm just remembering the playground thing in this book. Who had their own chapters besides the club this time? I remember Robert having one chapter when he rejected Jacqui (well, she was asking for it), but anything else? I keep thinking Janine should've had a chapter, but I don't remember her having one. And at that point, I don't remember her being in any other Super Specials, when she should probably get some POV. She's probably one of my favourite minor characters. I'd rather hear from her than from, say, Karen.
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Post by andrew on Jun 30, 2018 0:31:11 GMT -5
Not much special in any of the plots but all pretty OK (the Claudia-Janine conflict was a little forced). Interesting to see Jacqui and Robert again but I would have preferred if he had been more attracted to her. Mallory being related to William Shakespeare and how she reacted to it was entertaining and even better that she realized it would be more interesting & fun for her fiction writing to be more fictional.
I didn't like the early interactions between Michel and Kristy much, Michel seemed a little too annoying even though his harmonica-playing wasn't (so it was also a little annoying that Kristy was so bothered by that). The idea of them saying they were just acting like friends and that that became more genuine was nice though.
Edit: Also in some of the illustrations it was interesting that Jessi looked so tall, about as tall or taller than Stacey (her height usually is emphasized but not that much) and OTOH Abby looked short, about same as Kristy's height (or else Kristy looked not short). Mallory looked nice in the internal illustrations with straight and medium-length hair.
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Post by hurricanebill on Jun 15, 2021 4:17:59 GMT -5
Yes. Cokie says something like, "If it isn't the Baby-Sitters Club wet t-shirt contest. Not that anyone would notice." I was so shocked by this talk in a BSC book! π It was like I was reading a different book all of a sudden! I only picked this book up a few years ago and second time Iβm reading it and just up to this part. I donβt think I was concentrating on it much the first time I read it. Itβs fun reading about the βgood olβ daysββ of travel (this one and USA).
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Post by booboobrewer on Jun 16, 2021 16:33:38 GMT -5
I was shocked at that too when I first read it. I was like βmmk, Iβm growing up and the BSC is too. Cool.β Lol
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Post by cnj on Jun 17, 2021 18:28:07 GMT -5
Yes. Cokie says something like, "If it isn't the Baby-Sitters Club wet T-shirt contest. Not that anyone would notice." I was so shocked by this talk in a BSC book! π It was like I was reading a different book all of a sudden! I wasn't at all shocked...I always laugh so hard in that scene. Neither Claudia or Mary Anne were shocked either, which was great. They were just annoyed with Cokie's laziness than anything else. I see more funny, smarmy humor with the BSC in high school...I'm adding some to my BSC legacy stories. I was shocked at that too when I first read it. I was like "Mmk, I'm growing up and the BSC is too. Cool." LOL. I thought that scene was hilarious and so realistic. π
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I just wish all the BSC girls had gone to Europe, not just some of them. Perhaps have half of the BSC go for the first two or three weeks while the other half takes the playground jobs, then have the first half return and take the playground jobs and the second half go to Europe for the second two or three weeks. Also, it would have been better for them to visit maybe the U.K, but also Germany and/or Italy. France and Paris are far too overused in too many books. I've visited Paris and it's not necessarily more "glamourous" or "romantic" than London, Berlin, Rome, Venice or Geneva. And not all Parisians are "sophisticated" and fashionable. It would have made this book far better and more intriguing to visit other places besides London and Paris.
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Post by oldmeanie on May 27, 2022 1:15:11 GMT -5
Just finished this one. I hate to echo popular opinion, but I thought that Kristy and Stacey had the best chapters (interesting, since they both bug me in later books).
Even though the hate to love thing has been done to death, I enjoyed the Michel plotline. Stacey's was really well-done and it felt like she had actual character development. I thought it was cool that she was reading about WWII in one of the middle chapters. After reading all the Super Specials, I decided I really like her plots that don't involve romance. Adds more depth to her character.
Again to echo popular opinion, I didn't like Mal, Abby, or Jessi's plots. Really, both the actor AND the understudy are out? Come on. I was okay with Mallory being related to Shakespeare... whatever. But spending all her time writing when she's visiting PARIS bugged me so much. Abby's plot just felt too ridiculous to me as well and I'm not sure why. I loved her conversation with Kristy in the sewers, though. I really like their friendship.
WHY did Claudia not want to go? I'd think that she'd be one of the ones jumping up and down. I haven't read the whole thread so this might have been discussed quite a bit, but it bothers me. As an artist, I would absolutely have gone on the trip if I could have. Maybe it's explained in Playground Fight? Overall I prefer when they all go on a trip together, as unrealistic as that is. It's just that I don't want to read about Stoneybrook when they're going to someplace cool like Hawaii, you know?
I can understand Mary Anne and Dawn staying (Dawn wanted to spend time with her Stoneybrook family and Mary Anne wanted to spend time with Dawn), but Dawn went to Hawaii and across the country, so I'm not sure why that's a problem now.
That being said, the camp chapters weren't that bad. I liked Janine standing up to Kerry and the epic insults that Cokie and Claudia throw at each other. Still would rather read about Europe.
I guess I had more to say about this one than I thought. Lol. I thought it was decent. Of the late Super Specials (#10 and later), it's probably a close second to #14 for me. If they all went to Europe (and the ones who didn't were absolutely crazy to turn it down), then it might have edged it out.
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Post by fernmariposa919 on Mar 7, 2023 13:16:51 GMT -5
WHY did Claudia not want to go? I'd think that she'd be one of the ones jumping up and down. I haven't read the whole thread so this might have been discussed quite a bit, but it bothers me. As an artist, I would absolutely have gone on the trip if I could have. Maybe it's explained in Playground Fight? Overall I prefer when they all go on a trip together, as unrealistic as that is. It's just that I don't want to read about Stoneybrook when they're going to someplace cool like Hawaii, you know? Yes! This absolutely makes no sense to me that Claudia didn't go; in fact she even says she preferred to stay in Stoneybrook. The hell? Claudia, the artist and fashionista and dessert lover didn't want to go to London or Paris? O-kay. The Stoneybrook chapters of this book were so boring! Here is my review of this book: thebookshelfofsara.blogspot.com/2022/04/tea-crumpets-and-champagne-foie-gras.html
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Post by oldmeanie on Mar 7, 2023 14:28:04 GMT -5
WHY did Claudia not want to go? I'd think that she'd be one of the ones jumping up and down. I haven't read the whole thread so this might have been discussed quite a bit, but it bothers me. As an artist, I would absolutely have gone on the trip if I could have. Maybe it's explained in Playground Fight? Overall I prefer when they all go on a trip together, as unrealistic as that is. It's just that I don't want to read about Stoneybrook when they're going to someplace cool like Hawaii, you know? Β Yes! This absolutely makes no sense to me that Claudia didn't go; in fact she even says she preferred to stay in Stoneybrook. The hell? Claudia, the artist and fashionista and dessert lover didn't want to go to London or Paris? O-kay. The Stoneybrook chapters of this book were so boring!Β Here is my review of this book:Β thebookshelfofsara.blogspot.com/2022/04/tea-crumpets-and-champagne-foie-gras.htmlSeriously, the more I think about it, the more it bugs me. Good point about Camp Mohawk... Claud basically already had a camp counselor experience. Claudia is crazy for not going due to her interests. Tbh I would've preferred if instead her parents didn't allow her to go because of grades or something idk. I can accept Mary Anne not going a little more because Dawn was visiting, but I agree that she should've gone as well. Omg if the famous cities skirt made a reappearance this would be an S-tier Super Special and I am not kidding lol (best outfit in the series. Idk why I like it since I never wear skirts!). The Super Specials were better when they were together. #10 feels so disjointed to me and barely feels like a vacation. #12 is justified imo. Agreed that it makes sense for them to split up in #14 to cover more states. But as unrealistic as it is, I really wish they'd all gone to Hawaii (why could Dawn go in this one? She wasn't even enrolled at SMS anymore. Might be explained) and Europe together. This series isn't known for its realism anyway. Omg word on the cover, it is pretty awful aside from Kristy and Abby (Abby wears socks with sandals in BSC in the USA too. Idk why it works for me, it just does. Her fashion sense was never really defined in text iirc so I like that the goofiest BSCer wears notoriously bad combos tbh). I kind of like Mal's terrible outfit though for some reason lol.
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Post by blossom114 on Nov 29, 2023 20:42:22 GMT -5
Popping onto here!! I went to London for my 40th, met up with an old camp friend and met Helsieboo! Also went to Paris for a day (ExHAUSTING). Read most of the book (to finish) on the way from Frankfurt, Germany to London. Check Marks: Saw the Churchill War rooms sign , Buckingham Palaces, (The Guards!!), SAW the Globe Theatre, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, Parliament, Kensington Palace (Diana Gardens). On the way to Paris...boom. Same train system the schools took (by name). That station is right across the street from King's Cross. (Also a ginormous Christmas tree made out of books in there.) Walked through the Tuilleries where Mallory was writing her "fanfiction" about Shakespeare, with the Obelisk and Arc de Triomphe in the distance after seeing the Mona Lisa . Eiffel Tower where Kristy and Michel were waiting to be picked up ... up on one of the observation desks. (To be fair, look at that picture in the book, it seems higher than the first stop, and there was a good wait to get up there and on the elevator. Though I can only speak from this time period, don't know about the 90s). I'm sure there is much more that I'm forgetting to tie into the book. (Couldn't make it up to Stratford Upon Avon. Lol), but throw in two shows from the West end that I'd never seen ... at least Live (Hamilton which I hadn't even seen the disney + video, and Phantom of the Opera...both of which I knew all the music to) and White Chapel...which was...interesting. (One of the Jack the Ripper murders happened right by the underground station). Oh! And for personal reasons, I swung by where Judy Garland died . Now a very nice, upscale neighbourhood tucked away in a side street (original building no longer there, and a new house in its place)... which the nearest underground station that I left out of ... Harrod's. Didn't go in but nagged a picture just for Stacey. That and white chapel were the day before I left. (before nagging Paddington Bear the next day at Paddington station on the way back to Heathrow).
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Post by oldhickory on Nov 30, 2023 9:48:31 GMT -5
What an unbelievable vacation. You must have been there for a month because I don't know how you managed all of that! Not to mention reading a book too, haha.
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Post by blossom114 on Nov 30, 2023 13:03:36 GMT -5
Let's just say I'm still in recovery mode. Plane from Germany to London was just long enough to knock out the book in a quick reread (or start where I'd left off). As much as I wanted to see more... I couldn't. A lot of the pictures I got were passing by and/or on the double decker sight seeing bus. (Speaking of which we went over the bridge that the knight bus in the prisoner of Azkaban movie squeezed through two cars on... On a double decker bus). Just could NOT fit it all in. And I wore myself out!! Wanted mentally to squeeze in a third show but physically I knew I couldn't . (At least that one would have been one I've already seen) Nevermind I was also staying in notting hill. Yes. I chose it for the movie. (Helped sister paid for hotel room π) I could have spent the entire day in the Louvre (if not more) but was on a time crunch . Tried to take in as much as possible. (Headless winged statue also known as Nike got a good snapshot of.) Luckily plenty to see on the way to Mona Lisa and on the way back out . I shouldn't have taken a taxi to the louvre but I just wanted to get there. The taxis only took cash. So not worth it. Little bike rider person stopped at an ATM on the way to the Eiffel tower but much cheaper. Uber much easier . Learned my way around the London underground a bit, but a few times I just went screw it and got an Uber as a matter of time... Or not wanting to lug around luggage. (Getting to the hotel was a trip in and of itself. Once I knew I was reasonably close I did my best Stacey impression and hailed a cab. I was EXHAUSTED. Took a few hours long nap before camp friend arrived that night) .. did my best to checkmark places and see others for my own happiness. A lot of that corresponded. (Looking back I have to laugh a bit. For my 30th I was in Boston and that day went to the site of the Boston tea party... And 40th I saw Hamilton in London. It was a nice parallel hehehehe.). Ramble ramble ramble.
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