Welcome to the discussion post for week four! Don't panic if you haven't finished Mary Anne Saves the Day yet - we're all in different time zones, so things will be a little bit staggered. The post doesn't have an expiry date on it, so just comment whenever you're ready.
This is the post to discuss your reading of Mary Anne Saves the Day.
What was your favourite part? What was your least favourite part? Any memorable quotes you'd like to share? What had you forgotten about since the last time this book was read?
There are no mandatory questions or points of discussion for this - anything you want to talk about in relation to this week's book, go ahead!
The excitement over a VCR! Though I don't think my family had one til the early 1990's (same with a microwave and CD player). I remember being in awe that the parents of a friend had a TV in their bedroom. Two TVs in one house!
Everyone has a lot of really petty moments in this one, and at the same time, Mary Ann is really maturing. I'd forgotten how Dawn first appeared in the series - that's all a lot of fun.
I think it must be strange for pre-teens reading the series today considering how many obstacles in the series would be solved via cell phones, which they've probably not known a time without.
Loved the VCR hype too. This is one of my favorites. I love at the end when the girls can't remember why they're mad. I also love the introduction of early Dawn (before she became all crazy)
I always forget how much I like this book until I read it again. It's hard watching the girls fight, but I like the way Mary Anne's friendship with Dawn evolves - and I'm a sucker for their parents' romance, too :P
I really like this Dawn - I wish she could've stuck around. (Literally and figuratively.)
I loooove this book. I love Mary Anne in this book. This is the Mary Anne I tend to base any fic or head-canon on. Honestly, I think she quotes it best herself:
“Maybe I am shy,” I said loudly, edging toward the door. “And maybe I am quiet, but you guys cannot step all over me."
The fandom tends to label Mary Anne as passive aggressive, but honestly, I don't see it - at least, no more than the other girls. (STACEY is passive aggressive, man. Just look at the way she talks about her friends sometimes in her own narrative!)
Mary Anne spends a lot of time in this book not talking to the other girls, but not liking the situation at all. She tries to think of ways to apologise (haha, her first drafts are pretty hilarious), but she's not sure how to go about things because to be the peacemaker, she has to put herself out there a bit.
I love her relationship with Dawn. And I love Dawn in this book! Even if Mary Anne lies to her about her other friends, the beginning of their friendship is really, really sweet.
Also, IDK - Richard doesn't seem that strict to me. The braids and clothing thing, maybe, but everything else seems entirely reasonable to me. I thought their argument was realistic, too, and I liked that they solved it by Mary Anne understanding she needed to show her father she was mature and responsible.
The fandom tends to label Mary Anne as passive aggressive, but honestly, I don't see it - at least, no more than the other girls.
I think it's more from the later books. I see it especially in, like, #50 and #88 (both of which are Dawn's narrative, interestingly enough...)
Richard doesn't seem that strict to me.
Yeah, as an adult, I can totally see his perspective on the situation much, much more clearly - when as an eight-year-old (or even at 12!) the whole braids-and-clothes thing overshadowed his reasonableness :P
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Everyone has a lot of really petty moments in this one, and at the same time, Mary Ann is really maturing. I'd forgotten how Dawn first appeared in the series - that's all a lot of fun.
I think it must be strange for pre-teens reading the series today considering how many obstacles in the series would be solved via cell phones, which they've probably not known a time without.
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I always forget how much I like this book until I read it again. It's hard watching the girls fight, but I like the way Mary Anne's friendship with Dawn evolves - and I'm a sucker for their parents' romance, too :P
I really like this Dawn - I wish she could've stuck around. (Literally and figuratively.)
Reading about the fight always takes me back to the reference
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The fandom tends to label Mary Anne as passive aggressive, but honestly, I don't see it - at least, no more than the other girls. (STACEY is passive aggressive, man. Just look at the way she talks about her friends sometimes in her own narrative!)
Mary Anne spends a lot of time in this book not talking to the other girls, but not liking the situation at all. She tries to think of ways to apologise (haha, her first drafts are pretty hilarious), but she's not sure how to go about things because to be the peacemaker, she has to put herself out there a bit.
I love her relationship with Dawn. And I love Dawn in this book! Even if Mary Anne lies to her about her other friends, the beginning of their friendship is really, really sweet.
Also, IDK - Richard doesn't seem that strict to me. The braids and clothing thing, maybe, but everything else seems entirely reasonable to me. I thought their argument was realistic, too, and I liked that they solved it by Mary Anne understanding she needed to show her father she was mature and responsible.
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I think it's more from the later books. I see it especially in, like, #50 and #88 (both of which are Dawn's narrative, interestingly enough...)
Richard doesn't seem that strict to me.
Yeah, as an adult, I can totally see his perspective on the situation much, much more clearly - when as an eight-year-old (or even at 12!) the whole braids-and-clothes thing overshadowed his reasonableness :P