Comments on: Pre-BSC Ann http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2008/08/04/pre-bsc-ann/ the best friends you'll never have Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:37:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: nikki http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2008/08/04/pre-bsc-ann/#comment-3566 nikki Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:48:20 +0000 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2008/08/04/pre-bsc-ann/#comment-3566 I also loved Inside Out. The one about the boy with the severely autistic brother. My review of With You and Without You should be up on my blog in the next month or so. I have it in my YA queue. I remember for my 11th birthday I got With You and Without You, Inside Out and Bummer Summer. Best bday ever! I also loved Inside Out. The one about the boy with the severely autistic brother. My review of With You and Without You should be up on my blog in the next month or so. I have it in my YA queue.

I remember for my 11th birthday I got With You and Without You, Inside Out and Bummer Summer. Best bday ever!

]]> By: Taren http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2008/08/04/pre-bsc-ann/#comment-3543 Taren Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:26:46 +0000 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2008/08/04/pre-bsc-ann/#comment-3543 Aww are you not posting anymore? I hate that. I love this blog. Anywho, I've read a few of AMM's (who do people say ANM?) non BSC books: Bummer Summer, Just a Summer Romance, 10 Kids, 11 Kids, and while they kept my attention (I'll admit, I haven't read any since I was a kid) I'll admit they weren't like the greatest kids books I've ever read. So I wonder then, since apparently a lot of people agree that she's not a *great* writer, why did her publishers go to her for the BSC and not someone else? Aww are you not posting anymore? I hate that. I love this blog.

Anywho, I’ve read a few of AMM’s (who do people say ANM?) non BSC books: Bummer Summer, Just a Summer Romance, 10 Kids, 11 Kids, and while they kept my attention (I’ll admit, I haven’t read any since I was a kid) I’ll admit they weren’t like the greatest kids books I’ve ever read. So I wonder then, since apparently a lot of people agree that she’s not a *great* writer, why did her publishers go to her for the BSC and not someone else?

]]> By: heartofasuperhero http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2008/08/04/pre-bsc-ann/#comment-3407 heartofasuperhero Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:11:03 +0000 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2008/08/04/pre-bsc-ann/#comment-3407 oh, and just a summer romance is awful. it reminded me of the bsc book where stacy goes to fire island. anyway, don't look too hard for it. oh, and just a summer romance is awful. it reminded me of the bsc book where stacy goes to fire island. anyway, don’t look too hard for it.

]]> By: heartofasuperhero http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2008/08/04/pre-bsc-ann/#comment-3406 heartofasuperhero Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:09:57 +0000 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2008/08/04/pre-bsc-ann/#comment-3406 oh god. lamely, i really liked all of her other books. i was the exact right age for them. yours truly, shirley. ten kids, no pets. with you and without you. i continued to grow into missing since monday and slam book. slam book was by far the darkest. i recently reread part of with you and without you {as a mid-twenties adult} and maybe it's nostalgia, but i think the book is a good opener to deeper fiction for the third and forth grade realms. oh god. lamely, i really liked all of her other books. i was the exact right age for them. yours truly, shirley. ten kids, no pets. with you and without you. i continued to grow into missing since monday and slam book. slam book was by far the darkest. i recently reread part of with you and without you {as a mid-twenties adult} and maybe it’s nostalgia, but i think the book is a good opener to deeper fiction for the third and forth grade realms.

]]> By: mizzmarvel http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2008/08/04/pre-bsc-ann/#comment-3321 mizzmarvel Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:20:56 +0000 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2008/08/04/pre-bsc-ann/#comment-3321 I read all of AMM's other books up until a certain point (I had outgrown most of them by the time P.S LLL came out, for example) and enjoyed most of them. I think reading Eleven Kids, One Summer before Ten Kids, No Pets definitely helped me enjoy the latter, as the sequel was much better. I also remember really digging Just A Summer Romance, but not enjoying Missing Since Monday - I had read better books with basically the same plot. In contrast, the AMM books I've read only as an adult, I have been very, very disappointed in. She's not really a writer whose work translates well to adults. I read all of AMM’s other books up until a certain point (I had outgrown most of them by the time P.S LLL came out, for example) and enjoyed most of them. I think reading Eleven Kids, One Summer before Ten Kids, No Pets definitely helped me enjoy the latter, as the sequel was much better. I also remember really digging Just A Summer Romance, but not enjoying Missing Since Monday - I had read better books with basically the same plot.

In contrast, the AMM books I’ve read only as an adult, I have been very, very disappointed in. She’s not really a writer whose work translates well to adults.

]]> By: Meghan http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2008/08/04/pre-bsc-ann/#comment-3315 Meghan Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:38:33 +0000 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2008/08/04/pre-bsc-ann/#comment-3315 And I have to disagree with your comments on With You and Without You - I definitely don't think Liza seems to take her father's death "in stride" - she spends a large part of the book trying to deal with her emotions and moving forward. Granted, a boy probably didn't need to be the catalyst for that to happen, but I thought that the topic of death in the family, and the aftermath, was handled very well. God, I'm such an English major. And I have to disagree with your comments on With You and Without You - I definitely don’t think Liza seems to take her father’s death “in stride” - she spends a large part of the book trying to deal with her emotions and moving forward. Granted, a boy probably didn’t need to be the catalyst for that to happen, but I thought that the topic of death in the family, and the aftermath, was handled very well.

God, I’m such an English major.

]]> By: Meghan http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2008/08/04/pre-bsc-ann/#comment-3314 Meghan Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:34:05 +0000 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2008/08/04/pre-bsc-ann/#comment-3314 I LOVED With You and Without You - I still pick it up and read it every once in a while, and it still brings me to tears. My other favorites were Yours Turley, Shirley and Me and Katie (The Pest). I read both of them over and over. I never read Slam Book, but now I kind of want to check it out! I LOVED With You and Without You - I still pick it up and read it every once in a while, and it still brings me to tears.

My other favorites were Yours Turley, Shirley and Me and Katie (The Pest). I read both of them over and over.

I never read Slam Book, but now I kind of want to check it out!

]]> By: BananaBomb http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2008/08/04/pre-bsc-ann/#comment-3305 BananaBomb Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:17:18 +0000 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2008/08/04/pre-bsc-ann/#comment-3305 I never read <i>Missing Since Monday</i> or <i>Slam Book</i> (looks like I need to) but I did save <i>With You or Without You</i> from my dad's goodwill pile. I also came across <i>Ten Kids, No Pets</i> and <i>Eleven Kids, One Summer</i> and snapped them up. I've been looking for <i>Just a Summer Romance</i> (doesn't that have a sequel?) for a while but haven't seen it. I like the crossover of characters in Eleven Kids and Summer Romance. <i>Bummer Summer</i> seems to stick out in my mind, is that the one about the girl who goes to summer camp and her hamburger is pink in the middle? And the Macy's Thanksgiving parade with her dad's girlfriend's daughter or something? Weird things that stick in my mind. Great site! (I've been lurking here for a while!) I never read Missing Since Monday or Slam Book (looks like I need to) but I did save With You or Without You from my dad’s goodwill pile. I also came across Ten Kids, No Pets and Eleven Kids, One Summer and snapped them up. I’ve been looking for Just a Summer Romance (doesn’t that have a sequel?) for a while but haven’t seen it. I like the crossover of characters in Eleven Kids and Summer Romance. Bummer Summer seems to stick out in my mind, is that the one about the girl who goes to summer camp and her hamburger is pink in the middle? And the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade with her dad’s girlfriend’s daughter or something? Weird things that stick in my mind.

Great site! (I’ve been lurking here for a while!)

]]> By: Sugar http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2008/08/04/pre-bsc-ann/#comment-3304 Sugar Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:57:21 +0000 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2008/08/04/pre-bsc-ann/#comment-3304 I've read Slam Book a few times as an adult and it is pretty creepy. Good creepy. I highly recommend it. I remember Missing Since Monday being okay, but I just can't bring myself to read the rest of them, they just seem so boring. I’ve read Slam Book a few times as an adult and it is pretty creepy. Good creepy. I highly recommend it.

I remember Missing Since Monday being okay, but I just can’t bring myself to read the rest of them, they just seem so boring.

]]> By: wanderingfrog http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2008/08/04/pre-bsc-ann/#comment-3281 wanderingfrog Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:34:28 +0000 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2008/08/04/pre-bsc-ann/#comment-3281 I read Ann's early non-BSC books as a kid and I really like <i>Bummer Summer</i>, <i>Me and Katie (the Pest)</i>, and <i>Slam Book</i>. I read Ann’s early non-BSC books as a kid and I really like Bummer Summer, Me and Katie (the Pest), and Slam Book.

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