Dawn tells their parents, who just laugh it off. I can’t wait to see the therapy bills for some of these Stoneybrook kids when they get older.--Nah, they'll just call in the BSC and let them handle the therapy! We don't need professionals in this town! Seriously, I've mentioned my roach phobia on this community before. I've gotten a bit better because my awesome and amazing cats help me a lot because they track the bug, bop it around a bit and I'm able to kill the bug easier than if I'm by myself. That wasn't always the case. I've had cats that will just look at it and not do a thing to it. It's a two sides of the coin deal for me. Do I realize how silly it is to be scared of a bug? Yeah. I realize I'm bigger and it's not like a roach is going to set me on fire or cut my throat or something. But I'm still scared of them. It's something I can't help because this has been with me ever since I was a little kid. But it certainly doesn't help the case if I have people scoffing or just dismissing a fear. The same goes for any fear out there
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I just had the image of Mary Anne having to do a book report on a sad book and the teacher being unable to read it because the paper is completely soaked because of her crying.
To be fair, if my kids were scared of the toilet, I don't know how seriously I'd be able to take that either.
Like I said earlier, MA is seriously displaying signs of a significant mental health disorder. I see way too much of myself in her here and that is NOT A GOOD THING.
I still think whoever wrote this book took Cokie's "stupidity" way over the top, again to a point where I wonder if MA is deliberately misunderstanding Cokie's deadpan sarcasm because she wants to see her as an idiot.
Fucking hell, though, Logan is a bitch. Like...acting like that in front of your recent ex is kind of a douche move.
Also, I remember that Megan Rinehart writes short stories, funny books, drama books AND mysteries? Most YA authors aren't that...varied. That's still bothering me all these decades later.
If I had kids, I'd probably put them up for adoption if they were ever seriously afraid of the toilet.
Didn't Mary Anne go to therapy at some point in the series? I could totally be mis-remembering this though. Not that I think Ann would have written about the subject with tact, sensitivity, or nuance, but Mary Anne really does seem to have legitimate mental health problems. She cries at the drop of a hat, her shyness veers into social anxiety territory, she's moody, and she puts herself in really bad relationships with people who walk all over her (Logan, Kristy, Dawn). Therapy could really help her.
Cokie's stupidity was ridiculous. I'm surprised she can even dress herself in the morning.
Megan Rinehart must be related to the Perfect Perkins Princesses. She can do it all!
I think it was the Memory Garden book. A girl at SMS died in a car accident and I think Mary Anne went back to therapy for that. I believe there was some passing mention of being in therapy before but I can't remember what the reason was/how long she went/etc.
And yet, this doesn’t seem to have swayed her opinion about Logan.
I don't see how she still wants him. He treated her like crap before and now is dating someone she hates. He's also blowing off their project so once again why are we suppose to be rooting for Logan and Mary Anne to get back together?
Why doesn't she date Pete? He's right there and actually working on the project.
...well in my head it's because Pete is secretly hooking up with Alan Gray, but...yeah, otherwise, that makes sense. Pete seems cool, bra-destroying aside.
Mary Anne has a serious problem. No one with a healthy mind would be desperately trying to get back together with this guy at this point.
True. I'd still be turned off from all the other shit Logan was doing but even if it was a case of seeing him moving on or if it's some slick shit in order to make MA jealous, I think my main attitude would be "Cokie can have him. I don't want him."
Yeah, I think that's the healthy response to your ex-boyfriend being a douche. "Jeez, what did I want with this tool in the first place?! Have fun with that, Cokie." Not OMG I WANT HIM BACK!
"Cokie says that she read four picture books once and it only took her a week. Then she actually proposes that they read aloud to each other. I feel like Cokie should maybe be reassigned to the small class with the teachers’ aides.
Pete admits that he’s always dreamed of reading aloud to Logan (it’s in the book, I swear).
Cokie actually asks if Megan Rinehart wrote any picture books. When Mary Anne snarks that Babar doesn’t count, Cokie gets excited, thinking that old Megan wrote Babar.
Now I think I know where Cokie got her nickname. Though I’d probably change it to Weedie or Methie."
There is enough Cokie/Pete/MA/Logan dialogue in these few sentences to last me a life time. And LOL at "Weedie" or "Methie".
He flashed the briefest of smiles back at me. And that was all it took. I knew then that I wanted Logan as a friend and as my boyfriend. How could I ever have said we needed time apart?” =BECAUSE HE'S AN ASSHOLE! HE TREATED YOU LIKE SHIT AND YOU DIDN'T LIKE IT!!
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Like I said earlier, MA is seriously displaying signs of a significant mental health disorder. I see way too much of myself in her here and that is NOT A GOOD THING.
I still think whoever wrote this book took Cokie's "stupidity" way over the top, again to a point where I wonder if MA is deliberately misunderstanding Cokie's deadpan sarcasm because she wants to see her as an idiot.
Fucking hell, though, Logan is a bitch. Like...acting like that in front of your recent ex is kind of a douche move.
Also, I remember that Megan Rinehart writes short stories, funny books, drama books AND mysteries? Most YA authors aren't that...varied. That's still bothering me all these decades later.
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Didn't Mary Anne go to therapy at some point in the series? I could totally be mis-remembering this though. Not that I think Ann would have written about the subject with tact, sensitivity, or nuance, but Mary Anne really does seem to have legitimate mental health problems. She cries at the drop of a hat, her shyness veers into social anxiety territory, she's moody, and she puts herself in really bad relationships with people who walk all over her (Logan, Kristy, Dawn). Therapy could really help her.
Cokie's stupidity was ridiculous. I'm surprised she can even dress herself in the morning.
Megan Rinehart must be related to the Perfect Perkins Princesses. She can do it all!
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I don't see how she still wants him. He treated her like crap before
and now is dating someone she hates. He's also blowing off their
project so once again why are we suppose to be rooting for Logan
and Mary Anne to get back together?
Why doesn't she date Pete? He's right there and actually working
on the project.
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Mary Anne has a serious problem. No one with a healthy mind would be desperately trying to get back together with this guy at this point.
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Pete admits that he’s always dreamed of reading aloud to Logan (it’s in the book, I swear).
Cokie actually asks if Megan Rinehart wrote any picture books. When Mary Anne snarks that Babar doesn’t count, Cokie gets excited, thinking that old Megan wrote Babar.
Now I think I know where Cokie got her nickname. Though I’d probably change it to Weedie or Methie."
There is enough Cokie/Pete/MA/Logan dialogue in these few sentences to last me a life time. And LOL at "Weedie" or "Methie".
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=BECAUSE HE'S AN ASSHOLE! HE TREATED YOU LIKE SHIT AND YOU DIDN'T LIKE IT!!
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