| Baby-Sitters Club # 69 Get Well Soon, Mallory! |
[Nov. 17th, 2009|09:51 pm] |
It appears this book has...never been snarked (in this community)--or else I just couldn't find it. At any rate... my first attempt at snarking in nearly a year. In "honor" of Thanksgiving, I will cover how Mallory and her Kissing Disease ruin the Pike's chances at spending Thanksgiving in New York. Poor Mallory!
I can't find a cover image... I'll admit, I haven't looked that hard, but my computer's slow and linking to it would probably take about ten minutes. So picture Mallory, in her practical-but-feminine pajamas lying pathetically in a bed, a sad expression on her face. Claire and Margo (who has very unfortunate bangs and pointed elf-ears...Claire vaguely looks like a contestant in a "glitz" beauty pageant, dressed as a nurse) are pretending to be nurses and Mallory's room is really, really pink--and has a horse poster on the wall. Of course.
Anyway:
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| Dawn's Family Feud Chapters 9 through 11...I think I got this cut thing figured out. |
[Nov. 6th, 2009|12:05 am] |
Whew! It's been awhile, hasn't it? Between trying to find a job, obtaining a job, getting the flu of swines, and well...just breathing, the problems of a 13 year old heinous biotch didn't seem too important. But I had today off and was inspired by my own 13 year old sister, so here we go!
community.livejournal.com/bsc_snark/155534.html#cutid1 (1-2)
http://community.livejournal.com/bsc_snark/157068.html#cutid1 (3-5)
http://community.livejournal.com/bsc_snark/157475.html#cutid1 (6-8)
In our last meeting, Jeff came to visit and decided they should go to Boston. The Barrets hate the DeWitts, Jeff hates Richard, Mary Anne hates Dawn, and I hate myself for trying to do this again.
( Follow me for a walking tour of Boston. Beware, the price to pay for this is an afternoon with the 3 brattiest kids in Stoneybrook. ) |
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| BSC Friends Forever #1 -- Kristy's Big News |
[Nov. 6th, 2009|01:40 am] |
I was actually going to write a recap for 'Mary Anne's Big Breakup', but while trying to find it, I stumbled upon 'Kristy's Big News'. Which, for the record, I completely forgot existed. I kept thinking that the 'Everything Changes' book was the first in the series, but it's actually a super special. I guess I really mustn't have liked this book, even if the cover's pink and it features lots of Charlie. (I used to have a bit of a crush on him.) 
The cover: Kristy looks like Turtle from Entourage. Enough said. ( Here comes the bride, all dressed in...uh, green, actually. ) |
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| How the BSC Books Shaped (Or Misshaped) My Perception of Life |
[Oct. 25th, 2009|09:55 am] |
Let's face it - those of us who grew up with the Baby-Sitter's Club books probably looked up to these characters, and thought that the books were at least a bit more realistic than they actually were.
I want to know how the books more or less completely skewed your perception of reality. Or am I the only one who feels many of her embarrassing moments later in life were due to the books?
Two of mine:
1. I honestly believed people with diabetes were really not supposed to have any sugar. So when a diabetic friend of mine parents picked up a piece of chocolate and put it in her mouth, I started freaking out thinking she was going to go into a diabetic coma.
2. I honestly thought that thirteen year olds went on real dates and was confused as to why my older classmates thought going to the roller rink
was so romantic.
What about the rest of you? |
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| BSC Friends Forever #4: Claudia and the Friendship Feud |
[Oct. 21st, 2009|07:00 pm] |
That's right, folks. Claudia and Stacey are feuding, as anyone who read (or even glanced at the title of) Claudia vs. Stacey may have gathered. On the cover, Claud's looking...well, a little older than thirteen, but slightly younger than thirty, so I guess we ought to call that a win. What bothers me most about this is the summary on the back cover, which states that (spoiler alert!) Claud becomes friends with Erica Blumberg. Erica, as you may recall, was that annoying do-nothing who annoyingly did nothing in Stacey's Movie, so you can imagine how much I'm looking forward to this.
 ( More catfighting and cold-shouldering behind the cut. )
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[Oct. 3rd, 2009|10:22 pm] |
Ahh, the later books, when the ghosties decided that these were not characters but personality traits with human names. I'm not snarking the entire book, but I was reading this one yesterday and found this small passage hilarious.
"We were halfway through our Monday BSC meeting, later that day. We'd handed over our dues to Stacey, who was balancing our accounts. Mal was writing in the club notebook and smiling to herself. Kristy had folded her arms, and was surveying her kingdom. Mary Anne was flipping through the record book. Abby and Jessi were doing some kind of stretching exercise that was 'good for tight hamstrings.' They had been comparing notes on various muscle stretches required for soccer and ballet. I was going through all the pockets of all the coats in my closet, looking for a bag of candy corn that I knew I had hidden there only a few days ago."
Stacey = Math
Mallory = Dweeb
Kristy = Dictator
Mary Anne = [Okay, I don't how this really describes her, other than Secretary]
Abby = Soccer
Jessi = Ballet
Claudia = Hoarder
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| BSC #130 -- Stacey's Movie |
[Sep. 29th, 2009|07:49 pm] |
Hi all. I'm a long-time lurker, first-time recapper who comes to you from the also-fabulous ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) 1bruce1 community. Since my mother went a little nuts and threw out nearly all my BSC books at some point during my high school career, this community has pretty much been my source for anything BSC. I do have a few books left, though, and one of them happens to be Stacey's Movie. And before you ask, no, it's not that kind of movie. I firmly believe Stacey won't have the idea to videotape her conquests until she reaches high school. The cover: does anybody else see a raging resemblance between Stacey and Amanda Seyfried? It's positively uncanny...except for the late nineties attire, obviously. Also gracing the cover is Pete Black, and...well, I could go on about Pete Black forever. What a catch. Also, the slate Stacey's holding actually says 'Stacey's Movie' on it, which I think is slightly unfair to the other three people in her group. And there's no being unfair to Pete Black when I'm around, let me tell you that.  ( First times aren't easy, so be gentle why I lay back and think of England... ) |
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| just a thought... |
[Sep. 24th, 2009|09:42 pm] |
I was reading ihatewheat's post on The Dairi Burger about Diablo Cody writing a script for an SVH movie, and a bunch of the posters said that it would be best if the movie was done in a campy way (like The Brady Bunch Movie). I would love to see them do the same thing wtih the BSC books. I think some of the running jokes in this community would be funny to see in a movie, like Sharon Porter Schafer Spier being a drug dealer/stoner, Mrs. Newton not being able to use the toilet without calling the BSC for childcare, the Perkins children as robots, Tigger as a perma-kitten, etc...Oh, I also think that the girls should be played by young adults I nominate Alexis Bledel as Mary Anne and Keiko Agena (thanks, IMDB!) as Claudia.
What would you like to see make it into the movie? Who would you cast as the BSC, or as Stoneybrookers? |
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| Hidden Treasure |
[Sep. 15th, 2009|04:58 pm] |
It's not a book snark, but it's definitely snarky, so why not share the giggles I got?
I googled "baby-sitters club" to see if I could find any sites I didn't already know about, and found this:
http://www.ucbcomedy.com/videos/play/4428
Oh, sweet, snarky treasure, how I love you...
(cross-posted to BabysittersClub ) |
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