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Sep. 18th, 2012 04:52 pm[spoilers for a minor point in the ending of the Dwarf Commoner story, tw for parental alcoholism]
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[bsc] book 39+SS5, a distinct lack of gay
Mar. 30th, 2006 07:20 pmSo if, hypothetically, I phone-posted dramatic readings of Baby-Sitters Club chapters, which books/chapters/passages would people vote for? (Bonus points if you choose something I'm unable to read without giggling or shouting "OMG SO GAY!")
Recently read:
#39, Poor Mallory! This is another one where I have very little to say because I liked it so much. Low on the snark/omggay! factor, high on the love.
( a couple of thoughts )
This morning at the mall I read Super Special #5, California Girls. In which the baby-sitters win the lottery and go to California. If you think my favorite part of this book was the ten second appearance by Maggie Blume, you are right!
( other noteworthy items in this book )
Right now I'm reading Mary Anne vs. Logan, which for obvious reasons I expect I will LOVE A LOT.
Mary Anne, on her dad and Dawn's mom getting back together: "The rest is Schafer/Spier history." YES. YESx10000! The next 70-odd books should be entirely devoted to Sharon/Richard and Dawn/Mary Anne. YES.
I have two more things to say, and these are about things that get mentioned in almost every book:
1. The baby-sitters don't pool their money. Each girl (and Logan) keeps what she earns. I get that they do it this way, but why is it so essential that we be told it every book. I feel it's like right up there with "despite all the time they spend with their girlfriends comparing chicken pox scars, the baby-sitters are REALLY REALLY STRAIGHT. Also, not communists!"
2. But on the other hand, it's been mentioned a couple of times in the books I've read recently that secrets don't last long in the BSC.
This is kind of upsetting to me.
It also doesn't feel very realistic.
I mean, I love the idea of a group of girls so close-knit that they tell each other everything and stick with each other through thick and thin and so on and so forth.
On the other hand, being an intensely private person, when I was in eighth grade I had a deep dark secret fantasy world that I shared with no one. The idea of telling anyone, even my bff, everything, is kind of traumatic. And, er, that's about all.
I promise there will be more gay in the next BSC-related post! And get back to me on that dramatic read-aloud thing.
Recently read:
#39, Poor Mallory! This is another one where I have very little to say because I liked it so much. Low on the snark/omggay! factor, high on the love.
( a couple of thoughts )
This morning at the mall I read Super Special #5, California Girls. In which the baby-sitters win the lottery and go to California. If you think my favorite part of this book was the ten second appearance by Maggie Blume, you are right!
( other noteworthy items in this book )
Right now I'm reading Mary Anne vs. Logan, which for obvious reasons I expect I will LOVE A LOT.
Mary Anne, on her dad and Dawn's mom getting back together: "The rest is Schafer/Spier history." YES. YESx10000! The next 70-odd books should be entirely devoted to Sharon/Richard and Dawn/Mary Anne. YES.
I have two more things to say, and these are about things that get mentioned in almost every book:
1. The baby-sitters don't pool their money. Each girl (and Logan) keeps what she earns. I get that they do it this way, but why is it so essential that we be told it every book. I feel it's like right up there with "despite all the time they spend with their girlfriends comparing chicken pox scars, the baby-sitters are REALLY REALLY STRAIGHT. Also, not communists!"
2. But on the other hand, it's been mentioned a couple of times in the books I've read recently that secrets don't last long in the BSC.
This is kind of upsetting to me.
It also doesn't feel very realistic.
I mean, I love the idea of a group of girls so close-knit that they tell each other everything and stick with each other through thick and thin and so on and so forth.
On the other hand, being an intensely private person, when I was in eighth grade I had a deep dark secret fantasy world that I shared with no one. The idea of telling anyone, even my bff, everything, is kind of traumatic. And, er, that's about all.
I promise there will be more gay in the next BSC-related post! And get back to me on that dramatic read-aloud thing.
