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Anonymous
Posted July 31, 2004
Funny book kept me reading
While Barbara and I didn't agree on everything, like our feelings about the cats in our families, I could sympathize with her from the first chapter, where she is thinking that she doesn't know what she wants to do after high school and college and reflects despairingly that her guidance counselor, an English teacher, probably thinks that life should have a topic sentence. Most of us have felt sometimes that people expected things of us that we weren't ready for, that we were forgotten or left out of something exciting, or perhaps that we have been caught in the middle of a dispute between our parents and another relative, whether it's our sister or another relative, just as Barbara finds when she relays her college-freshman sister Rosemary's news of her engagement, plans to marry very soon, and description of her soon-to-be in-laws. Cleary shows us the exciting, awkward, and sometimes frustrating situations of teen and family life with humor and enough details to make us feel like we're living through them--but probably enjoying them much more than we did the similar situations in our own lives. Every now and then there was a detail that reminded me that the book was originally written about forty years before when I was reading it, in late summer of 2001--like Barbara's aunt who works in the corsit department of a department store, which surprised me, since I didn't know they still had those by the late 1950's--but these truly dated moments were few and were outweighed by the timelessness of Rosemary's relationships with her parents and fiance as the wedding day nears and Barbara's relationships with her bride-to-be sister, her younger brother, his cat about whom she has conflicting feelings, and two boys from her high school, so that whenever I hear about someone preparing for a wedding, I think happily of reading this book.
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Anonymous
Posted April 3, 2013
Cool
I liked it
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Anonymous
Posted February 25, 2013
WONDER!!
I am reading wonder and if you read that book or are reading it just write and have the subject WONDER!!
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tweetg66
Posted January 11, 2013
Not a Happy Camper with Barnes & Noble
Very disappointed with Barns & Noble, I had order these book via Nook by mistake in the beginning of December 2012 and I have not received my refund yet. And had to go to the actual store and buy the books for my daughter. So it's like I've purchased this book twice
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Anonymous
Posted January 7, 2013
A real page turner
A realy good book it kept me reading and i did not put mt nook bown till i was done
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Anonymous
Posted December 30, 2012
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That was enough for me. "No!" I shouted. "No way!"
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The arguing in the room stopped. Everyone looked up at me with mixed expressions of shock and anger. Everyone exept Madge, which for some reason made me madder.
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Anonymous
Posted December 28, 2012
Its azwomw!!!!
I love this book!!!!its so good!!!
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Anonymous
Posted December 18, 2012
Havent read it but ready too!
Can not wait
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Anonymous
Posted August 2, 2012
Please read this
Is this book worth the money?
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Anonymous
Posted August 29, 2012
Awesome
Luv it ya should get it
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Anonymous
Posted June 5, 2012
Beth to leah
Plz be here!
0 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted January 7, 2012
I LOVE YOU B. CLEARY!!!!!!!
Beverly Cleary is my most favorite author EVER! She is so amazing! Her books are so stupendous. They have really made a big impact on my life since I started reading about little darling Ramona Quimby at a young age. Now she is the most adored character I have enjoyed reading about among all the millions of books I have read in all my ten years and three months. The Sister of the Bride is another breathtaking book by my role model: Beverly Cleary.
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KWrightTX
Posted April 2, 2011
good
good book! read it!
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Anonymous
Posted March 17, 2011
Sister of My BRIDE
This book was AWESOME!!!!!!!! I read it at school for my other library book. The reason I dont have 2 library books is because my teacher wants us to have an IR BOOK. It stands for Independent Reading Book. Then the day for library came and I have had the book for 4 weeks and we cant have thhe book for that long. I would love it, if you would just buy it and read it. And also, give it a review. Beverly Cleary is the best
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5785340
Posted February 2, 2011
dissapointing
it was not beverlys best work
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5785340
Posted January 22, 2011
olivia
i liked this book but the chapters are long for a bevery cleary book but it was good
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Giabella1999
Posted January 16, 2011
REALLY COOL!!!!!!
THIS BOOK IS MOSTLY ABOUT THIS GIRL NAMED BARBRA GETS EXITED ABOUT HER OLDER SISTER GETTING MARRIED. SO IF YOU LIKE TRUE LOVE, THIS IS THE RIGHT BOOK FOR YOU
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Anonymous
Posted April 13, 2001
Could Have Been Better
It was okay, but it dragged on a little. I think it could have been a lot more interesting.
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Anonymous
Posted January 3, 2010
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Anonymous
Posted October 12, 2011
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