“Duh. Because he has a crush on you and wanted to impress you. If anyone looked at me like he looks at you, Sam would run him over with his dirt bike.” Hee! I would love to see that book.
We have a record: Perfect size six is not mentioned until page 127. Wow! Isn't it usually like page five or something! That's insane. This ghostwriter must've gotten demerits from Francine.
did I mention that Ned apparently wants to be a meerkat when he grows up? Or was perhaps raised by them in the wild? Why didn't the Wakefield's of Sweet Valley mention that Ned was raised in Meerkat Manor? That would've been way interesting!
Lila loses interest in that touching scene right away, though, because John Pfeifer (boo!) has just walked into the cafeteria. The girls tease Lila about having a crush, and Lila firmly promises that they’re just friends. Noooooooooo. I was jammin' on how awesome Lila was with purple hair and honesty. Then they had to go and ruin it! Nooo. That's like a honor movie!
You know whats funny? I've read so many different kinds of books in my day, and hello, I'm a 23 year old woman living in American society. But every time I hear the phrase "perfect size six" even though I've read a lot of other things since then and slept a lot since then and seen plenty of magazine articles about famous people since then...
my mind always has this image of the Wakefield twins.
My, Sweet Valley is close-minded. They all mock Lila because she's put purple streaks in her hair? I wore my hair like that for months, and the only comments I ever got were people wanting to know where I'd found dye that shade of purple. Don't people know this is Lila Fowler? They should be standing in line to join this fad!
They're mean about it too! They're like, "She looks like an alien!" and "It makes her ears stick out!" And then a little kid gets an eyeful of her and bursts into tears. It was so strange.
Oh man, there's some journalism drama in this book! As a huge newspaper nerd, I appreciated that. Competition is fierce, and I could totally see why Olivia was pissed. I bet she gets sick of playing second string to Liz all the time. I might kind of love if she got all crazy Margo on her ass, but because it's Olivia the most she would ever resort to violence might involve throwing a hunk of frozen tofu at Liz's perfect blonde head.
But I digress.
Ned's meerkats are the most random subplot EVER! The total honesty day for Jess brings the lols, but I agree that Lila's purple hair should have been a fad after she did it, and not this weird thing. I can see a scene not unlike the one in "Mean Girls" after Regina wears that shirt with holes so you can see her bra and then everyone else wears one just like it the next day. Lila's pretty influential, after all.
Thank you so much! The Honesty for Jessica day was one of my favorite parts. The other girls are all, "Hey, Jess, did I tell you that so-and-so hates your guts?" and some cheerleader asks her, to her face, "Have you gained a few pounds or does your outfit just make you look fat?" That's when she almost cries, right before Liz swoops in and shames them all by praising Jessica's honesty.
I agree that Lila's purple hair should have been a fad after she did it, and not this weird thing. I can see a scene not unlike the one in "Mean Girls" after Regina wears that shirt with holes so you can see her bra and then everyone else wears one just like it the next day. Lila's pretty influential, after all.
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I would love to see that book.
We have a record: Perfect size six is not mentioned until page 127.
Wow! Isn't it usually like page five or something! That's insane. This ghostwriter must've gotten demerits from Francine.
did I mention that Ned apparently wants to be a meerkat when he grows up? Or was perhaps raised by them in the wild?
Why didn't the Wakefield's of Sweet Valley mention that Ned was raised in Meerkat Manor? That would've been way interesting!
Lila loses interest in that touching scene right away, though, because John Pfeifer (boo!) has just walked into the cafeteria. The girls tease Lila about having a crush, and Lila firmly promises that they’re just friends.
Noooooooooo. I was jammin' on how awesome Lila was with purple hair and honesty. Then they had to go and ruin it! Nooo. That's like a honor movie!
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my mind always has this image of the Wakefield twins.
I wonder what this says about me?
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Mr. Collins assigns a huge essay on "Imagery in Literature and Panting."
I'm sorry, that made me giggle. Yes, I'm thirteen.
Edited 'cause I fail at spelling.
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But I digress.
Ned's meerkats are the most random subplot EVER! The total honesty day for Jess brings the lols, but I agree that Lila's purple hair should have been a fad after she did it, and not this weird thing. I can see a scene not unlike the one in "Mean Girls" after Regina wears that shirt with holes so you can see her bra and then everyone else wears one just like it the next day. Lila's pretty influential, after all.
Great recap!
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I know, right? What is wrong with these people?!
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