tiff85
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Post by tiff85 on Mar 28, 2009 19:35:37 GMT -5
Yeah, I can agree about Kristy being freaked out. Usually Kristy is the cool and calm one, but when she and Karen were up in the attic it was a different story.
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scrounge
Sitter-In-Training
Boo and bullfrogs!
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Post by scrounge on Oct 26, 2009 14:49:02 GMT -5
I like this book a lot. I like how Karen and her friends all go trick-or-treating as characters from the Wizard of Oz, and I like how Hannie does her own thing and goes as a bride instead of going along with Karen's idea, but they don't fight over it like they might in a later book. I also like the way Lisa explains to Karen that people just made up stories about Ben Brewer because he was odd and kept to himself and ate fried dandelions and sometimes, people make up stories about someone who is a little different.
I also liked that Karen got herself all worked up and scared worrying about the ghost birthday party, but in the end, it was really no big deal. It seems so realistic. I like how the loose ends never really got tied up. Nobody admitted to putting the diary back in Karen's room.
Inconsistency: When David Michael calls Karen at the little house, he tells her, "Daddy and Elizabeth bought me a real lion costume!" Which is very nice, but he should call them Mom and Watson.
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Post by booboobrewer on Oct 26, 2009 17:31:24 GMT -5
LOL I never really noticed that before.
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Post by Kylie90210 on Oct 26, 2009 21:25:04 GMT -5
Lol, I love finding stuff like that. And you're right, in a later book, Karen and Hannie would have fought.
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Post by booboobrewer on Nov 2, 2009 0:46:45 GMT -5
I always wondered why the kids changed into their costumes right before the party, at the end of the day...wouldn't it have been more fun for them to wear their costumes to school? That's what we always did at my school. And what if some of the kids were shy and didn't want to change into their costumes there in the classroom?
I also noticed that Ms. Colman says they will tell scary stories in a circle with the overhead light off. Then when the time comes, Karen tells her story in front of the class while they're at their desks...there's even an illustration of it.
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Post by anzuhana on Jun 10, 2010 13:29:23 GMT -5
^ I don't think it was strange that they changed at the end of the day. I remember one time in elementary school, we changed at the end of the day, instead of coming to school in our costumes.
I liked reading the scene were they were making decorations and what they would be on Halloween. I thought that illustrations of Emily Michelle were cute. I liked the Ben Brewer storyline. I wonder who put the diary into Karen's room.
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oldhickory
Sitting For The Arnolds
Heather Loves Boys and Gym
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Post by oldhickory on Aug 17, 2010 14:48:14 GMT -5
i read this book last night, and it was actually really scary! somehow a dripping wet ghost seems scarier than a regular ghost, because he's probably pissed that he's wet.
this might sound a little mean, but honestly one of my favorite parts of this book was when lisa stopped the car, turned around, and told karen to knock it off. karen gets away with so much stuff, so it's nice to see lisa protecting andrew when karen is scaring him with the stories.
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Post by virgoscorpio on Apr 3, 2011 17:59:50 GMT -5
Many people are mentioning how this is their favourite -- or one of their favourite -- LS books. I thought it was just okay (for example, I prefer Karen't Mermaid although I haven't read all of the LS books yet).
Some things were odd: the kids trick-or-treating in the afternoon. I have never heard of that. Around or after dinner -- yes.
I also thought it was interesting that Lisa got so upset with Karen that she pulled over and stopped the car to scold her. Shows how Karen can be a handful sometimes.
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Post by zoar3 on Apr 3, 2011 22:01:59 GMT -5
^Lisa actually did that? If it isn't too long, would you post the exchange, Virgo? I'd love to read it.
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Post by virgoscorpio on Apr 3, 2011 22:56:06 GMT -5
Sure!
"Andrew," said Mommy, "there are no ghosts. Besides, you will be asleep at midnight so you don't need to worry. And Karen, you are scaring your brother. Please stop it right now."
"Okay," I replied. But I sat back in my seat and said softly, "Yup. Every ten years. A haunted party. A haunted birthday party at midnight."
Mommy stopped the car. She turned around in her seat. "Karen, that is enough. I just told you that you are scaring Andrew. I do not want to hear another word out of you until we get home. And then I want you to go to your room for fifteen minutes and think about what you've done."
I began to cry. In the front seat, Andrew was crying, too. We cried all the way home. Mommy did not say anything.
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Post by zoar3 on Apr 4, 2011 11:01:01 GMT -5
Thank you Virgo! Poor Andrew. I forgot to say yesterday that I, too, never heard of trick or treating in the afternoon. Although in Stoneybrook "dinner" seems to be had between 6:30-7pm, sometimes a little later. So maybe that was why? In Mary Anne's Bad-Luck Mystery, I think Kristy takes David Michael, Andrew, and Karen out after dinner but maybe not.
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Post by sparklymouse on Apr 4, 2011 18:04:24 GMT -5
I don't remember how late it was when I used to go trick or treating. It seemed like the middle of the night but it was probably no later than 7 or 8pm. Now we have official times set up by the city and kids are only supposed to be out trick or treating from 4-7pm.
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supprazz
Sitting For The Newtons
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Post by supprazz on May 31, 2011 2:31:47 GMT -5
I love how this book was written and enjoyed it as a kid, but now I'm more on Lisa's side, though I find the coincidences funny at the end
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Post by wenonah4th on Jul 13, 2011 13:45:05 GMT -5
I like that Karen knows, as Kristy does, that when Sam's behind a joke, he takes credit.
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Post by virgoscorpio on Jul 14, 2011 17:04:07 GMT -5
Karen also doesn't sit near Sam in the morning because he is "grouchy".
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