Oh my god guys I am actually back. It's me, Star Ultranova/syphabelnades (formerly xenaeilonwy) and I got locked out of my LJ account for a whole fuckin' year because of a password conflict. But I managed to get back in and not a moment too soon, because I missed BSC Snark and I missed taking the piss out of terrible books from our childhoods ( Read more... )

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Here's some more ridiculous covers for your viewing pleasure. And my snarking pleasure.

( At least we're getting closer to the end of Dawn and her oversized shirts )

And now we get back to a book that is very, very bad for all of our collective blood pressures. Again, this book is cold, hard evidence that the BSC's criteria for who's a good kid and who's a bad one is "How much BSC Kool Aid is this kid willing to drink?"

( Poor, poor Lou. )

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One of the cats scratched the heck out of my right hand this morning while I was taking them to the vet, so I figured I'd better finish this before I turn into a kitteh-zombie-vampire.

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So I know I said I thought I might tackle Baby-sitters Remember-and I still will!  But I saw this has yet to be seen to the finish, and since it is seasonally apt, I thought I’d give it a whirl.


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Claudia and the Genius of Elm Street

I was quite fond of this one when I was little, partly because I had fantasies of being a child prodigy.  So let’s see how it holds up, shall we?

Cover:

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