Evidence shows that I purchased the #23 BSC entry, as it still has its price tag.  Inside on the first page, there is a listing of all 25 BSC books written up to 1989.  The previous owner circled most of the titles, leaving out #12, #14, #20, #21, #22, and #24.  I'll say this - she was far more avid a reader than even I.

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 When I was around eight, I went to visit my cousins in Michigan.  My cousin Lindsey, who's the better part of half a decade older than me, invited me to take back some of her old books that she was no longer interested in.  She showed me a box full of Baby-Sitters Club books, thus introducing me to the YA series that would become my life - at ( Read more... )

Well, happy holidays and all that!  After a few days in which I bought far more presents than I received for Christmas (and still more on the way!), I'm ready to be done with this book.  And the BSC is ready to be done with the play.

( I don't think I could be in show business as a career. There is just too much pressure. )

Let the heavens rejoice!  I am now home and able to finish this sucky round of snark on Super Special #9.  Let's get started.

( I have pages and pages of stuff to remember, plus about a billion songs to learn. )

Here it is, people - the home stretch.  And just in time for Halloween.  Cool. (And just in time for me to return it to the library).  If by some odd coincidence this is being read, I hope you've enjoyed this epic recap (epic as in long, not awesome - I can't judge that, after all).  Luckily I have come out of this still liking Abby, but I'm ( Read more... )

After a terrible absence, I am back!  Have you missed me?  I've missed having a life in which posting to my LiveJournal was my top priority.

To brass tacks: A mystery has just been declared by the baby-sitters while on a school assignment in Salem, Mass.  Here is where the mystery really kicks in ... right after a pointless baby-sitting chapter from ( Read more... )

... So asks the blurb on the front cover.  Yes, I am back, as promised, with a book some BSC fans might not be familiar with - a lot of people stopped reading after Dawn moved to Cali for good.  This is kind of an Abby book: you can tell because she writes the prologue and the epilogue.  And it's very Halloween-y, so I have pretty good timing, no?

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Don't know who's reading this, but for whom it may concern - I've been having a rocky start to the semester. (The trials of a fifth-year college student.)  Also, I've left Starring the Baby-Sitters at home.  However!  I would like to snark on Baby-Sitters' Fright Night very soon.  I was so psyched when I found it in my school's library.  It was my ( Read more... )

I just opened it up to Chapter 6 and guess what?  It's Cokie's turn!  I swear, the fact that Cokie has a chapter to herself is half the reason I bought this book.  I was so ready to snark along with her about the BSC.  And she doesn't disappoint!

We get a snippet of Cokie's handwritten entry.  She doesn't want to deal with Jessi because "she's only ( Read more... )

I am bored.  I have school in a week, which makes me want to spend my last few days wisely.  So why am I snarking Super Special #9 "Starring the Baby-sitters Club!"?

Summary: Stoneybrook is putting on Peter Pan.  And we get to watch every character exhibit their most negative character traits.  Luckily, this book holds no nostalgic value for me, so ( Read more... )