Author Spotlight: Ann M. Martin / Series Spotlight: The Baby-Sitters Club

[slayground]

I grew up on a steady diet of classics and contemporary stories. I'd polish off a book from the 1800s, then pick up the Scholastic Book Order form and dream of writing my own contemporary book series

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[breathesymphony]

Wow! Thanks for bringing back some memories! I too devoured all the BSC books as a kid. I recently purchased 4 of her new Main St series and I am looking forward to reading them.

sarah
thereadingzone.wordpress.com

[slayground]

Hi there, Sarah! Nice to meet you.

[breathesymphony]

Nice to meet you, too. I've been reading your blog for a bit and this post finally convinced me to reply. My best friend growing up owned almost all the BSC books, and I owned most of the special editions, like the Secret Santa and Chain Letter.

I was heartbroken when I found out (only recently!) that most of the later BSC books were ghostwritten.

[slayground]

Thanks for reading and for de-lurking.

I too was shocked when I learned about the ghostwriters. In fact, I had an entire paragraph about that and the name-a-character contest which I deleted. :)

[slayground]

Hurrah for inspiration. :)

The two P.S. books are very sweet.

At some point, I'll see if I can get the BSC Friends Forever books for a good deal.

[iliketea]

I remember being so thrilled when I saw PS Longer Letter Later in a bookshop. Paula Danziger AND Ann M Martin! It was the coolest thing ever.

Yay, BSC. :D

[slayground]

Those two books are sweet.
I'm sad that Danziger's gone.

[briel]

I used to borrow the BSC movies from my library. I'm so going to go watch that ep on youtube right now! Eee. :]

It's funny that I liked these books because I don't like kids much. haha

[slayground]

I watched and taped all of the episodes. :)

I didn't baby-sit that much either!

great

[anonymous]

I love the baby-sitters club books. I think Ms. Martin did a great job.

Re: great

[slayground]

I agree.