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lovely_dayHello everyone! I’m lovely day! For those of you who are thinking, “Who the heck is this person?” I completely understand. I’ve been lurking around for some time here, and decided today that I want to start my own snark. This is my first snark so please don’t judge me too harshly! I’m still learning about things here. I will accept any friendly critiques. So, for my first snark, I’ve decided to do one of my favorites: #17 Mary Anne’s Bad luck Mystery. On the cover of this book, there is a hyphen between the words “Bad” and “Luck”, now I’m no super English expert or anything, but I don’t think that’s grammatically correct, but we’ll roll with it. Snarking this book is so oh convenient for me because it’s one of the four Babysitters Club books I own:) Let’s get this snark going before I keep going on and on. I’m probably going to do only chapters 1-5 for now.
Chapter 1
Of course this book starts off with a gross lunch time description from Kristy. I already feel defeated. We get this dialogue from Mary Anne, “Stop!” I cried. “Stop right there. I don’t want to know what your think it would look like.” We then get this gem from Kristy, “Do you want to know what I think it would smell like?” Kristy asked. “Absolutely not,” I replied, turning green. Wait, um hold up... but why is Mary Anne even best friends with Kristy? It seems like Kristy doesn’t really respect boundaries. Another thing to add, is why does Mary Anne even bother sitting at the same table as Kristy? I mean it’s not like there’s Satan or any weird devil telling her to do this against her will. But I guess I somewhat understand because in middle school you’ll put yourself through anything just to keep a friend around. We then get a description of what the BSC’s eating for lunch. Kristy, Mary Anne, and Logan all have the hot lunch, Claudia has a tunafish sandwich (which is what I had the other day!) and if you already guessed it, Dawn has one of her healthy California lunches with her. Even though I’m not from California, I find it offensive with how the readers are always told that people in California always eat healthy, have blonde hair and blue eyes, and how it’s always hot. I actually feel like the blonde haired blue eyed people are the minority in California!
Anyways, Logan starts egging Kristy on to tell the gross lunch description. Mary Anne asks her boyfriend why he’s doing this to her. I’m not even shitting you when Logan says it’s because “It’s fun watching you turn green.” This makes me worry for Mary Anne’s future for when her and Logan are in bed together. Mary Anne then analyzes why she’s the only one from her friend group who has a boyfriend, and says it’s because she’s sensitive. I think it’s mostly because she won’t speak up for herself, which a lot of boys/men like in a relationship. Ugh! I just hate that!
Mary Anne gets this spooky feeling like she’s being watched. This feeling is then confirmed when she turns around and sees Grace Blume and Cokie Mason pointing and laughing. Mary Anne then comes up with the solution that they’re pointing at Kristy because she’s been wearing the same clothes for the last seven weeks! Damn! She must be smelling funky! I can’t even last a day without taking a bath, even if I’m not going anywhere. Mary Anne thinks that she may actually be the cause of their laughter and quickly inspects herself. She then hears Grace say, “Stuck up” and says she knows that some people find the BSC snobby because they sit with each other at lunch and everything. Mary Anne also brings up how they’re also may be some hurt feelings from people who they sat with in seventh grade. I feel bad for the Shillaber twins because if they only sat with Kristy and MA, that means that all they have is each other now. Maybe they had other friends, but I don’t think so. Another point that proves just how much middle school sucks. There’s also this line about how Dawn’s such an individual because when the BSC sat at different tables she would switch between them. M Individual my ass is all I can say. Logan then finally leaves to go and sit with some guys because he’s tired of being “razzed” for sitting with all girls.
Chapter 2
We all know this as the dreaded exposition chapter. The things of most interest that happen is Mary Anne receives a chain letter and shares with the other club members at a meeting. Also, of course Jessi and Mallory act like babies about the whole thing while the eighth graders act like mucho people. I mean don’t you know that sixth graders and eighth graders are so different!
Chapter 3
Mary Anne begins the day by falling out of bed. She says this classifies as being a klutz. It’s not like you fell out of the bed while you were awake! Mary Anne also finds this embarrassing? It’s not like she oh so happened to be the only person in her own room. Oh, well there was Tigger who got scared, so I guess he counts. Richard then rushes into Mary Anne’s room, seeing what all the fuss is about. Mary Anne then wishes she could die to put an end to her embarrassment. Now, I think this way too sometimes, but this is a little morbid. Richard guesses Mary Anne’s dream correctly because it pretty common, but Mary Anne still acts surprised. We get this from Richard, “I’ve had some strange dreams myself.” Hmmm, what kinds of dreams are these Richard!?!
Mary Anne goes into how strict Richard used to be. I think Mary Anne’s just being ungrateful because Richard proves himself to be a great dad by making her pancakes for breakfast on a school morning! You’d never catch my mom making some breakfast like that on a school morning! You’d also never catch me with an appetite that huge on a school morning. Mary Anne scares Tigger again when she bumps into a chair like a klutz! When she gets downstairs, Richard has pancakes and bacon for her! Forget about Richard being a just great dad, he’s probably the greatest dad on Earth, man. Mary Anne knocks over her orange juice when she goes to grab it, and it spills everywhere. She starts apologizing like crazy to her dad. Richard then totally proves Mary Anne wrong when she calls him strict by saying she’s all right. Oh, I think I forgot to mention that Mary Anne can’t find her shoes. She finally finds them on top of the TV set, and doesn’t stop to wonder because she’s walking to school with Claudia.
While Mary Anne’s at school, her bad luck doesn’t stop. She can’t open her locker, she forgets her homework at home, she spills macaroni and cheese on the floor of the cafeteria. There’s this funny line about how the janitor and her are getting to know each other because she calls him every single time. Logan even mentions this, which pisses her off. Logan calls Mary Anne touchy. How did they date for so long? Mary Anne goes to the school library where she goes looking for Little Women. She ends up not finding it. I hate when that happens! Finally, when Mary Anne makes it home, she finds her own copy of Little Women and goes to the part where Beth dies, to read about someone who’s having a worse time than her. Dang, that’s pretty dark... The phone rings and Mary Anne answers it to only find out that it’s Mrs. Newton asking if everything’s okay and if she’s still coming! At the end of this chapter, Mary Anne thinks it’s important that we know that her and Logan made up and that the orange juice stain came out of her dress...okay.
Chapter 4
This is a Dawn babysitting chapter with Jackie Rodowsky, who’s labeled the walking disaster. I think this is a inappropriate to call a child. Anyways they make a robot for a Halloween costume, which basically falls apart. Here’s a fun fact for everyone: I trick or treated for the very first time when I was 10 years old because my parents (especially my dad) were very superstitious of Halloween. Dawn thinks the robot broke because of the chain letter and bad luck, but then resorts to Jackie being the plain walking disaster he is, which makes my mouth form a two word phrase, which rhymes with duck food.
Chapter 5
Mary Anne receives another thing in the mail, this time it being a box. Mary Anne takes it with her to the meeting, and only notices then that it’s addressed to herself and the babysitters club. This is so important that Kristy says that business can be taken care of at the next meeting. In the box there is a necklace that says Mary Anne needs to wear it or else. Now everyone is afraid. Mary Anne even screams, but contradicts herself once again, by saying that since Jessi and Mallory are two years younger, they still believe in warnings and charms. Mary Anne then makes me want to slap her when she says, “What is with you guys?” Um, I don’t understand, weren’t you also afraid? All of the babysitters describe their bad luck experiences, which include Stacey back in New York City. Mary Anne decides to wear the bad luck necklace.This chapter ends with the babysitters thinking about how to ward off evil forces.
I hope to have chapters 6-10 up soon!🤞🏾
Chapter 1
Of course this book starts off with a gross lunch time description from Kristy. I already feel defeated. We get this dialogue from Mary Anne, “Stop!” I cried. “Stop right there. I don’t want to know what your think it would look like.” We then get this gem from Kristy, “Do you want to know what I think it would smell like?” Kristy asked. “Absolutely not,” I replied, turning green. Wait, um hold up... but why is Mary Anne even best friends with Kristy? It seems like Kristy doesn’t really respect boundaries. Another thing to add, is why does Mary Anne even bother sitting at the same table as Kristy? I mean it’s not like there’s Satan or any weird devil telling her to do this against her will. But I guess I somewhat understand because in middle school you’ll put yourself through anything just to keep a friend around. We then get a description of what the BSC’s eating for lunch. Kristy, Mary Anne, and Logan all have the hot lunch, Claudia has a tunafish sandwich (which is what I had the other day!) and if you already guessed it, Dawn has one of her healthy California lunches with her. Even though I’m not from California, I find it offensive with how the readers are always told that people in California always eat healthy, have blonde hair and blue eyes, and how it’s always hot. I actually feel like the blonde haired blue eyed people are the minority in California!
Anyways, Logan starts egging Kristy on to tell the gross lunch description. Mary Anne asks her boyfriend why he’s doing this to her. I’m not even shitting you when Logan says it’s because “It’s fun watching you turn green.” This makes me worry for Mary Anne’s future for when her and Logan are in bed together. Mary Anne then analyzes why she’s the only one from her friend group who has a boyfriend, and says it’s because she’s sensitive. I think it’s mostly because she won’t speak up for herself, which a lot of boys/men like in a relationship. Ugh! I just hate that!
Mary Anne gets this spooky feeling like she’s being watched. This feeling is then confirmed when she turns around and sees Grace Blume and Cokie Mason pointing and laughing. Mary Anne then comes up with the solution that they’re pointing at Kristy because she’s been wearing the same clothes for the last seven weeks! Damn! She must be smelling funky! I can’t even last a day without taking a bath, even if I’m not going anywhere. Mary Anne thinks that she may actually be the cause of their laughter and quickly inspects herself. She then hears Grace say, “Stuck up” and says she knows that some people find the BSC snobby because they sit with each other at lunch and everything. Mary Anne also brings up how they’re also may be some hurt feelings from people who they sat with in seventh grade. I feel bad for the Shillaber twins because if they only sat with Kristy and MA, that means that all they have is each other now. Maybe they had other friends, but I don’t think so. Another point that proves just how much middle school sucks. There’s also this line about how Dawn’s such an individual because when the BSC sat at different tables she would switch between them. M Individual my ass is all I can say. Logan then finally leaves to go and sit with some guys because he’s tired of being “razzed” for sitting with all girls.
Chapter 2
We all know this as the dreaded exposition chapter. The things of most interest that happen is Mary Anne receives a chain letter and shares with the other club members at a meeting. Also, of course Jessi and Mallory act like babies about the whole thing while the eighth graders act like mucho people. I mean don’t you know that sixth graders and eighth graders are so different!
Chapter 3
Mary Anne begins the day by falling out of bed. She says this classifies as being a klutz. It’s not like you fell out of the bed while you were awake! Mary Anne also finds this embarrassing? It’s not like she oh so happened to be the only person in her own room. Oh, well there was Tigger who got scared, so I guess he counts. Richard then rushes into Mary Anne’s room, seeing what all the fuss is about. Mary Anne then wishes she could die to put an end to her embarrassment. Now, I think this way too sometimes, but this is a little morbid. Richard guesses Mary Anne’s dream correctly because it pretty common, but Mary Anne still acts surprised. We get this from Richard, “I’ve had some strange dreams myself.” Hmmm, what kinds of dreams are these Richard!?!
Mary Anne goes into how strict Richard used to be. I think Mary Anne’s just being ungrateful because Richard proves himself to be a great dad by making her pancakes for breakfast on a school morning! You’d never catch my mom making some breakfast like that on a school morning! You’d also never catch me with an appetite that huge on a school morning. Mary Anne scares Tigger again when she bumps into a chair like a klutz! When she gets downstairs, Richard has pancakes and bacon for her! Forget about Richard being a just great dad, he’s probably the greatest dad on Earth, man. Mary Anne knocks over her orange juice when she goes to grab it, and it spills everywhere. She starts apologizing like crazy to her dad. Richard then totally proves Mary Anne wrong when she calls him strict by saying she’s all right. Oh, I think I forgot to mention that Mary Anne can’t find her shoes. She finally finds them on top of the TV set, and doesn’t stop to wonder because she’s walking to school with Claudia.
While Mary Anne’s at school, her bad luck doesn’t stop. She can’t open her locker, she forgets her homework at home, she spills macaroni and cheese on the floor of the cafeteria. There’s this funny line about how the janitor and her are getting to know each other because she calls him every single time. Logan even mentions this, which pisses her off. Logan calls Mary Anne touchy. How did they date for so long? Mary Anne goes to the school library where she goes looking for Little Women. She ends up not finding it. I hate when that happens! Finally, when Mary Anne makes it home, she finds her own copy of Little Women and goes to the part where Beth dies, to read about someone who’s having a worse time than her. Dang, that’s pretty dark... The phone rings and Mary Anne answers it to only find out that it’s Mrs. Newton asking if everything’s okay and if she’s still coming! At the end of this chapter, Mary Anne thinks it’s important that we know that her and Logan made up and that the orange juice stain came out of her dress...okay.
Chapter 4
This is a Dawn babysitting chapter with Jackie Rodowsky, who’s labeled the walking disaster. I think this is a inappropriate to call a child. Anyways they make a robot for a Halloween costume, which basically falls apart. Here’s a fun fact for everyone: I trick or treated for the very first time when I was 10 years old because my parents (especially my dad) were very superstitious of Halloween. Dawn thinks the robot broke because of the chain letter and bad luck, but then resorts to Jackie being the plain walking disaster he is, which makes my mouth form a two word phrase, which rhymes with duck food.
Chapter 5
Mary Anne receives another thing in the mail, this time it being a box. Mary Anne takes it with her to the meeting, and only notices then that it’s addressed to herself and the babysitters club. This is so important that Kristy says that business can be taken care of at the next meeting. In the box there is a necklace that says Mary Anne needs to wear it or else. Now everyone is afraid. Mary Anne even screams, but contradicts herself once again, by saying that since Jessi and Mallory are two years younger, they still believe in warnings and charms. Mary Anne then makes me want to slap her when she says, “What is with you guys?” Um, I don’t understand, weren’t you also afraid? All of the babysitters describe their bad luck experiences, which include Stacey back in New York City. Mary Anne decides to wear the bad luck necklace.This chapter ends with the babysitters thinking about how to ward off evil forces.
I hope to have chapters 6-10 up soon!🤞🏾
