tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480238267670217226.post1883697322362663719..comments2024-03-28T04:19:56.449-04:00Comments on The Baby-Sitters Club Revisited: “Novels. Fiction. I suggest you look up the definition of those words in the dictionary before you go about hurling accusations”….. BSC # 80: MalloryBSC Snarker, aka Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15971538547815311694noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480238267670217226.post-5704868121799212742014-08-08T22:08:16.487-04:002014-08-08T22:08:16.487-04:00Fun fact: I saw a Skip-it in a store yesterday. No...Fun fact: I saw a Skip-it in a store yesterday. Now all my childhood dreams can come true! Annenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480238267670217226.post-41186175569686534692013-02-19T15:35:25.009-05:002013-02-19T15:35:25.009-05:00"So, Henrietta Hayes does not exist (at least..."So, Henrietta Hayes does not exist (at least not as a writer). But, I wonder if she is supposed to be representative of a real author."<br /><br />It kind of reminds me of how I felt reading Beverly Cleary's autobiography, A Girl from Yamhill, when I was nine or so. Her parents were pretty strict and oppressive, nothing at all like Mr. and Mrs. Quimby. It was sort of depressing. <Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480238267670217226.post-23172749633652360992010-05-02T09:14:32.635-04:002010-05-02T09:14:32.635-04:00I remember this book annoying me so much when I re...I remember this book annoying me so much when I read it. I think I spent most of the time muttering about how incredibly stupid and annoying Mallory was. This was the point I began to think I was too old for these books and stopped reading soon after that. The Mallory books got bad in later books such as "Mallory hates boys and gym" but this was definitely the worse.<br /><br />Love Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480238267670217226.post-16149216350673214892009-10-17T13:05:19.449-04:002009-10-17T13:05:19.449-04:00mallory is dumb in super special 5 she doesn't...mallory is dumb in super special 5 she doesn't know who Alfred Hichok is (sorry I'm a bad speller) and she does not know what Asama is when i was 7 and reading this i thought she was stupidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480238267670217226.post-79730259702792014112009-10-06T20:16:12.829-04:002009-10-06T20:16:12.829-04:00Okay sorry this is a bit off-topic but weren't...Okay sorry this is a bit off-topic but weren't there like 3 different Hey Arnold episodes with a similar storyline?...<br />-In one Arnold meets his favourite author for a school assignment only to find out she's a cranky old lady.<br />-Phoebe meets her favourite singer only to find out he's a phony<br />-Eugene meets his favourite actor also only to find out he's a phony <br /><Psychenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480238267670217226.post-10711462662903212402009-10-02T22:12:07.336-04:002009-10-02T22:12:07.336-04:00God, I never read this one and I'm glad. List...God, I never read this one and I'm glad. Listen, I love to Mallory-bash as much as the next gal, but sometimes I can't stand to see how the ghosties just shit all over her.nikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12137551380843110484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480238267670217226.post-84663953853089495692009-10-01T00:20:45.259-04:002009-10-01T00:20:45.259-04:00I don't know...Mallory IS pretty gullible. Re...I don't know...Mallory IS pretty gullible. Remember in BSC in the USA how she thought Chincoteague was going to be exactly like it is in the book and was disappointed it wasn't? ;)MelBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12557160172052602021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480238267670217226.post-91469122730109759872009-09-30T19:51:13.918-04:002009-09-30T19:51:13.918-04:00Poor Mallory she always gets the loser stories. T...Poor Mallory she always gets the loser stories. There's no way Mallory wouldn't know writers make up stories.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16179283323631418022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480238267670217226.post-73373226372994972902009-09-30T19:10:51.067-04:002009-09-30T19:10:51.067-04:00there were skip-its in my elementary school i stil...there were skip-its in my elementary school i still love them just saying Mallory is dorkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480238267670217226.post-15844876197502593112009-09-30T17:27:05.539-04:002009-09-30T17:27:05.539-04:00I don't know why they don't just call ever...I don't know why they don't just call every Mallory book "Mallory gets screwed over by the ghost writer (again)". Seriously, maybe this storyline would have worked for Claudia (and even she would have had to be at her least intelligent) but for Mal? Puh-lease. I guess they were going for a "Mallory builds up her idol in her head and it turns out she's not like that"HelenBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10571778960293147441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480238267670217226.post-63546591917496850842009-09-30T14:29:35.140-04:002009-09-30T14:29:35.140-04:00If Mallory were portrayed as just getting into the...If Mallory were portrayed as just getting into the fiction-writing thing, I would have found her self-righteousness more believable. As it is...I don't ever remember confusing fiction with non-fiction, even as a little kid. <br /><br />Dude, I just became an even bigger fan of Cormier. Barring potential stalkers, that's actually really cool.miaohdeuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11829709456145455233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480238267670217226.post-56393361308220588452009-09-30T12:47:11.140-04:002009-09-30T12:47:11.140-04:00I always thought HH was supposed to be AMM - at le...I always thought HH was supposed to be AMM - at least in the sense of her defense of form letters (not unreasonable), and i believe she was always being asked why she didn't have kids, which is pretty obnoxious.Mollynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480238267670217226.post-3976019173643933602009-09-30T12:39:45.794-04:002009-09-30T12:39:45.794-04:00Yes according to BSC #48 which I just recapped, Ni...Yes according to BSC #48 which I just recapped, Nicky and Vanessa are in Kids' Club. Way to go, ghosties!Jannie aka girl talknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480238267670217226.post-32577855775928715652009-09-30T12:32:15.814-04:002009-09-30T12:32:15.814-04:00fun fact: ernest hemingway actually criticized the...fun fact: ernest hemingway actually criticized the characters in f. scott fitzgerald's tender is the night for NOT being 100% made-up (they were in many ways an amalgamation of fitzgerald & his wife zelda, and a couple they knew in france), which went against what hemingway thought fiction should always be.<br /><br />another fun fact: hemingway was kind of an asshole.Isabelhttp://isabelthespy.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480238267670217226.post-26617358381757717002009-09-30T08:29:17.884-04:002009-09-30T08:29:17.884-04:00Vanessa Pike had a Skip-It? I still want a Skip-It...Vanessa Pike had a Skip-It? I <i>still</i> want a Skip-It. <br /><br />This book made my wonder about Ann M, if perhaps she had some sort of sad or shady past...or if she was calling out some unnamed fellow children's author of her time.Kathrynhttp://noseinanovel.paperbackswap.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480238267670217226.post-72404141308678222302009-09-30T07:41:12.464-04:002009-09-30T07:41:12.464-04:00"When Mallory shows up at HH’s house, the wom..."When Mallory shows up at HH’s house, the woman just lets her in. Would an author just let in some strange kid? Has she ever hear of stalkers?"<br /><br />Robert Cormier famously pushed his phone number in one of his books and actually answered when kids called him. Things I wish I had done.Amyhttp://inthemainstream.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480238267670217226.post-47544817598894078792009-09-30T01:35:33.529-04:002009-09-30T01:35:33.529-04:00Mallory totally lost her mind in this one. I have ...Mallory totally lost her mind in this one. I have no idea how you can get to be 11 and be as big a reader and writer as Mallory is and not understand that sometimes people make things up. The book doesn't even have any internal logic in it. It's all ridiculous, but HH's smackdown on Mal is pretty awesome.Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10511914877644410598noreply@blogger.com