blossom114
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Post by blossom114 on Feb 6, 2008 13:17:19 GMT -5
Just read this one for the first time last night, and rather liked it. .. of coure Hey Dude was one of my favorite shows growing up and ever since I wished i could go visit a dude haha... One thing that stuck out in my mind though.
She gets waken up at 5:30 to catch a plane at 7. (say who? really? Only an hour and a haf?) Okay they catch the plane. I'm not sure how long exactly the flight would be from Stamford (I'm guessing) to Colorado (denver perhaps) would be, but i'd guess between 3-4 hours... there were no mentions of a layover. They drive for 3 hours to get to the ranch, and when they arrive there's a moon high above in the sky. I went "wait a minute." There's a 2 hour time difference between CT and CO , even if there was a layover I find it hard to believe that the moon was high in the sky when they arrived... considering this is a couple of weeks before halloween and daylight savings time probably hasn't happened yet.
There was another thing that i saw, but since it was an ebook and was typed up, the person typing it up more than likely threw it in. Karen actually says "pretty d**n close." I had to do a double take at that one... but i'm pretty sure it wouldn't have been in the book Lol.
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Post by aln1982 on Feb 6, 2008 16:52:26 GMT -5
I love this one, too. Even though I've never really wanted to go to a dude ranch, myself, (no need to, except maybe just because I love the west ;D) I always love reading about and watching them. I also like any book that involves horses (not actual "horse" books but horse mentions in other series) and any book that takes place in the west. Brings back lots of good memories of traveling out there as a kid. I also enjoy how Karen helps the cowboy feel better about himself (though I don't remember barely any of the details right now) I was actually going to read this one soon so I'll have more thoughts then, I'm sure. Blossom, where does Karen say "pretty d**n close"? If that's what I think it is ("am" being the letters omitted I assume ;D) I am almost positive that isn't in there but would love to check. Now I'm curious. ;D
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blossom114
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Post by blossom114 on Feb 6, 2008 17:30:17 GMT -5
I'm sure the person who typed the book up added it... since it was an ebook, not sure... I have to look where it's at Lol.
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Post by sweetvalleygirl99 on Feb 6, 2008 20:07:06 GMT -5
This book was pretty cool, I liked the dude ranch tons, reminded me of my horse obsession when I was five (I'm not obsessed anymore though, I can't stand horses much now ;D). Also, I think this was the last book in the LS series, because when I look at a complete list, this book is always listed last. If this is true, then the series really didn't have much of an ending .
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Post by sparklymouse on Apr 9, 2008 16:28:00 GMT -5
I guess I'm the only one that thought this was really boring. The only part I liked was Karen doing a search on the Internet, and her saying that Kristy taught her how and it's a very good thing to know how to do. Yes it is, Karen! ;D The cowboy on the cover with Karen is cute. It was a terrible last story for the series considering the little house 4 + Granny were the only main characters in it. I read somewhere that when BSC ended, they stopped the LS series with no notice. My copy has the complete checklist on the inside front and back covers with a little quote "And more to come!" at the end of it, so it would seem that they were planning more books. To think poor Andrew never turned 5 or the Three Musketeers never got past 2nd grade is a tragedy.
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Post by sweetvalleygirl99 on Apr 9, 2008 19:41:51 GMT -5
It was a terrible last story for the series considering the little house 4 + Granny were the only main characters in it. I read somewhere that when BSC ended, they stopped the LS series with no notice. My copy has the complete checklist on the inside front and back covers with a little quote "And more to come!" at the end of it, so it would seem that they were planning more books. To think poor Andrew never turned 5 or the Three Musketeers never got past 2nd grade is a tragedy. So when BSC ended they just chose to stop writing books for LS? That sucks, they should've kept LS going even if BSC ended so that it could've had an ending .
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Post by booboobrewer on Apr 9, 2008 21:45:51 GMT -5
Yeah, I read that they stopped every series - BSC, CD, LS - at the same time.
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Post by annieb on Dec 16, 2008 13:25:57 GMT -5
The book that ended the bsls. I wish they would have continued writing some more bsls books. I know some of the books would have repeated themselves, but some of them could have some new themes like Karen turning 8, going to third grade, or Natalie Springer becoming popular!
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Post by tiff85 on Dec 19, 2008 19:43:24 GMT -5
Yes, the book that ended the beloved series. They had to end the bsls books when the ended the bsc. Too bad though.
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Post by booboobrewer on Apr 24, 2009 4:26:18 GMT -5
I only read this once before, years ago, so I picked it up again recently, and I loved it! It's too bad that Hannie and Nancy aren't in it, but for the book that ended it all, I couldn't find much to be dissatisfied with. I liked when Karen and Andrew were watching TV together, when Karen pretended to barf into her barf bag on the plane ;D, and when Jenny taught Karen how to play Sardines. Now she won't feel left out when the kids in Stoneybrook play it There were some awesome food descriptions. Jon was cool. And I've never read Karen's Pony, but now I want to after Karen mentioned Blueberry. She also talks about how fly-fishing is really difficult...OMG it is! I've been fly-fishing before and like Lisa, Seth, and Granny, my line kept getting tangled up and it was a total waste.
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Post by anzuhana on May 2, 2010 13:41:14 GMT -5
I liked this book but I don't like how the year was mentioned on the rock when Jon wrote on it when he was younger because it makes it seem a little dated. I wanted to go to a dude ranch after reading this book. It's too bad that this is the last little sister's book.
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Post by virgoscorpio on Sept 22, 2011 17:07:37 GMT -5
Waaaa! No more Little Sister books!
This was an interesting book to end off the series as it had nothing to do with Stoneybrook or many of the central characters around Karen's life (no Big House family!)
What bothers me, though, is how Jon (the cowboy) looks like he is in his 20s or 30s on the cover. When I was reading this, I was waiting for some young cowboy to be introduced -- and it never happened. In the book, Jon says he was around Karen's age in 1965 which would make him probably older than 40 in 2000 (when this book was published). He DOES NOT look that age on the cover. He looks like a hot Ford model or something...
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Post by zoar3 on Jun 14, 2013 15:09:05 GMT -5
^He looks like Logan. My only new thought to add is the cleverness of the very last line--I wonder if Garbielle Charbonnet the ghostie, for this book did it intentionally. In one scene on the Arrow A ranch, I did like the name and the Annie story , Andrew is frightened by the sound of wolves howling. Jon, the host, comforts him and explains to the guests about wolves and their habits. When I was little I loved White Fang 2 so that was cool to read about here when Andrew said dogs and wolves are related. My point is that on the plane ride home, I am glad I was not on that plane, , Andrew and Karen end up howling like wolves. Andrew has shared he will be a wolf for Halloween and Karen tells us that regardless of whether she ever returns to the ranch it will always be special to her. The very last sentence of this book (as A and K are howling) is: "And nobody even told us to use our indoor voices." I thought of that as a semi nod to LS fans who had repeatedly read about Ms. Colman and others reminding Karen to use her "indoor voice." This was one "indoor" time to let go. Of course, the BSC, regardless of how many times I read the books will forever have a place in my heart and be most special to me.
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Post by sparklymouse on Apr 6, 2023 12:29:34 GMT -5
It annoyed me that Ms. Colman "gave permission" to miss a week of school and also added an extra homework project just for Karen. Fortunately, Karen really liked her journal assignment. It was very mature of Karen to be able to recognize Jon's sadness. At one point she said something like his eyes didn't realize that his mouth was smiling. It sounded like he had a lot of fresh grief with his dad passing so recently. It also sounded like maybe he didn't know how to run the place since there were only 12 guests. This vacation sounded like a nightmare to me just for the fact that I would be stuck mingling with strangers for the entire duration. Of course, there just happened to be another couple with kids the exact same age as Karen and Andrew. What was up with that third family? Three adult Maryland Russians decided to go to a dude ranch, lol. My library has a copy of She Wore a Yellow Ribbon. *Puts that on the to watch list* I kept thinking of Jon and Kate + 8 with those names. I thought the hot cowboy on the cover was supposed to be one of the ranch hands. I guess it's Larry because he was the lasso expert. (He does not look like a Larry.) Punkie did the archery, and Bill taught square dancing. What a fun little trio... Karen was an expert archer. She and Mallory should have bonded and started their own little archery club. I pictured Andrew lassoing things for like two months straight after they got home. The Little Sister series went out with a whimper. I thought the same thing as zoar3 above me. Karen's "last words" was a wolf howl.
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