{"id":4643,"date":"2006-03-23T11:06:23","date_gmt":"2006-03-23T16:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=4643"},"modified":"2006-03-23T11:06:23","modified_gmt":"2006-03-23T16:06:23","slug":"great-great-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=4643","title":{"rendered":"Great great idea:"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a blogger who loved the Babysitters’ Club book series growing up<\/a> – and has decided to re-read all of the books (there are quite a few!!) – and blog about her responses to the books now. Her entire blog is focused on this endeavor. Great idea!!<\/p>\n

I never read that series – they started coming out when I was a bit too old to get into them – but if I recall correctly, my younger sisters looooooooved them.<\/p>\n

So I have been having just a FABULOUS time re-reading some of these posts.<\/p>\n

What a great idea for a blog. I have to read every single one of her posts now.<\/p>\n

Some choice quotes below – but I imagine if any of you out there read and loved that series, you will have a BLAST reading through her posts. I love the ADULT analysis of the childhood favorites. So funny!!<\/p>\n

From this post<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Sometimes, although not nearly as much as when I\u0092m watching the John Hughes oeuvre, I wonder where the parents in Stoneybrook are. Not necessarily the parents of the BSC\u0092s charges, but the parents of the BSC members. I know that they show up for advice, or to punish the BSC members for not doing their homework. But when something serious is going on, where are they? Seriously.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And from this post<\/a> – this made me laugh out loud:<\/p>\n

Jessi volunteers to help with a six week ballet class for \u0093underprivileged\u0094 kids. One of the other volunteers is Mary, who is also in Jessi\u0092s regular ballet classes. When all the volunteers go out for fast food (yeah, right, ballet students going out for fast food after class\u0085my ass), Mary doesn\u0092t eat, she just pushes her food around. She also obsesses about her body in the locker room, if that\u0092s what it\u0092s called in ballet. Well, Jessi gets to worrying, especially after Mary collapses in class. After checking in with the BSC, she decides to confront Mary about her anorexia. Well, of course, Mary denies it; what, has Jessi never seen that tv movie starring Tracey Gold? Or that one after school special? Or Center Stage? Then Jessi talks to big, scary French ballet teacher\u0085and all is well in the world of ballet, you know the one that encourages healthy bodies and even healthier body image.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And this<\/a>:<\/p>\n

So, why do these bitches get mad at their friends for changing their looks? Not just in this one, but also in the-not-yet-recapped Mary Anne\u0092s Makeover. Apparently, when you start to look even a little different, you are a traitorous bitch.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

hahahaha<\/p>\n

Or this<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Not too much to say about this book. In it, Dawn gets a crush on an older boy (sixteen with his own car) and loses all sense of self. I never read this series for realism, so this one kinda blew\u0085if I wanted to see girls turn into doormats for stupid boys, I\u0092d watch mtv or lifetime or Degrassi. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I am in love with this new blog. I love the comments, too – people who read and loved and remembered the books all weighing in. Awesome. It’s called BSC Headquarters<\/a>. Go check it out.<\/p>\n

(via Book Slut<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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