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Post by aln1982 on Jan 26, 2008 17:38:40 GMT -5
^ I also really felt for Mallory, once again, especially since my mom gets attacked by mosquitos in the same way as her so I can relate. Every year, we actually have to worry about the bugs when planning our summer vacation. ;D I had forgotten about Andrew but he is pretty cute in this one. I'm not a big fan of his in some of the books but I usually like him in the super specials, especially this one. ;D
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Post by greer on Jan 26, 2008 17:55:41 GMT -5
i get really attacked by mosquitos and i also react really badly to them and get five inch welts. i have several large scars from mosquito bites. i can really relate to mal in this book. people act like i'm being ridiculous, but they're not the ones who have to deal with the allergic reaction. i would get very mad when my boyfriend would forget to plug in the fumigator at night, but he can never understand because the bugs would leave him totally alone. nofe air!
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Post by ringdings on Jan 26, 2008 18:05:44 GMT -5
Me too. I felt really bad for Mallory in this one. I'm a mosquito magnet. Any flying things for the matter. And they don't touch my husband.
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Post by aln1982 on Jan 26, 2008 18:42:26 GMT -5
i get really attacked by mosquitos and i also react really badly to them and get five inch welts. i have several large scars from mosquito bites. i can really relate to mal in this book. people act like i'm being ridiculous, but they're not the ones who have to deal with the allergic reaction. i would get very mad when my boyfriend would forget to plug in the fumigator at night, but he can never understand because the bugs would leave him totally alone. nofe air! My mom will be glad to hear this as she can totally relate to all of it. ;D I really feel for you guys as I don't get bit barely at all. I'm lucky. ;D Mom is always yelling at me that it's my shampoo that is drawing the bugs to her. ;D
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Post by inconstant heart on Jan 27, 2008 0:02:28 GMT -5
Add me to the list of people who felt sorry for Mallory. I have to admit, though, her outfits sounded pretty ridiculous- I laughed at her dishtowel and hat ensemble. ;D
This SS was a nice, light read but not one of my favourites. I found MA, Jessi and Dawn's chapters to be kind of boring, but the kids' chapters were cute and I liked Kristy butting into everyone's diary entries. And the Watson and Kristy thing at the end: Too sweet.
I looked at the cover yesterday and my thoughts went like this: -Hmm, Claudia looks pretty normal, and how I imagined her. -Stacey and MA, pretty similar to other covers. -Mal and Dawn looking rather adoringly at some man... Wait, what's a guy doing there? OMG, THAT'S JESSI??
And so forth. I really liked the cover, but it was spoiled by that unfortunate picture of Jessi. She looks terrible in a lot of covers I've seen, but I think this SS is the worst for her.
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Post by booboobrewer on Jan 27, 2008 1:58:25 GMT -5
omg, I get SO many mosquito bites in the summer. It's not cool. And they're so noticeable too, because I have really fair skin.
Is Jessi wearing a blue sweater on this cover? I remember thinking she did look pretty masculine on it...
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Post by inconstant heart on Jan 27, 2008 2:19:45 GMT -5
^ I think it was orange. The Jessi pic (face-wise, anyway) looked similar to the end illustration in 'Snowbound'. Or whichever book had them all in a line at a school dance.
*shudder*
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Post by greer on Jan 27, 2008 2:21:43 GMT -5
that jessi is hideous.
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Post by inconstant heart on Jan 27, 2008 2:40:42 GMT -5
Mallory manages to look pretty okay on most of the covers I've seen and she's not even described as pretty, like Jessi is. I wonder if the cover artist just picked favourites and drew the sitters he liked nicely, and said 'sucks to be you' to the ones he didn't.
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Post by greer on Jan 27, 2008 2:43:30 GMT -5
he used models.
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Post by inconstant heart on Jan 27, 2008 2:45:16 GMT -5
...Knowing that makes it even worse.
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Post by booboobrewer on Jan 27, 2008 2:45:19 GMT -5
That's right, it was orange. Kristy was in the blue I think.
They all look sooo old in that Snowbound pic.
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Post by aln1982 on Jan 28, 2008 17:41:23 GMT -5
^ They used models for the covers? I didn't realize that. Wonder who they got to model....
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Post by Penny Lane on Jan 28, 2008 18:44:29 GMT -5
^I just found out too, from stoneybrookite.org
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Post by greer on Jan 29, 2008 19:00:43 GMT -5
glad that i can be of service ;D
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