My Book Facination

Let's see. I just started re-reading some of my old Baby-sitters Club books. The funny thing is the discrepancies that I have noticed, and how little they bug me as compared to those found in the Sweet Valley series. The funny thing is, when reading Mary Anne's Book, more or less, all of the plot of Mary Anne and the Secret in the Attic was recapped, yet the picture in Mary Anne's Book showed Mary Anne with the short hair, that is shown on the cover (right), yet during the time of the story, she still had long hair (left). I just thought that was quite funny and something worth sharing. However, I recently read an article talking about Ann M. Martin poured over each story before it was published in order to make sure that everything fit. So I guess we should just let the picture go.

There are 131 BSC books (just regular books, not including the Mysterys or Super Super specials). I have all of them. There are 35 (I think) mysteries. I have all of them. 15 Super Specials, yeah, you see where this is going. For the past few years all of those books have been boxed in the garage. When recently I started cleaning out the garage, I was afraid of the shape of what the books would look like. I was surprised (and grateful) that all of them are in good shape, except for a few stains on two or three, that actually could have been there to start with. I remember that my very first BSC book was Mystery #1 Stacey and the Missing Ring. I bought it at the school book fair in 3rd grade, and was hooked immediately, and after that point, I bought them whenever I could, and then finally caught up, and then waited each month for the next one to come out and then bought those, as well as the Little Sister books. (Which I have almost all of those, and am working on completing that series). It may seem nuts that I'm 26 1/2 (literally!) which puts me in the close to 30 range, and still reading these books. However, you must take into account that they first came out when I was about 3 1/2 ( so obviously I couldn't have started reading them then.)

My shopping at used bookstores, online, and at thrift stores, I have been able to get all of the books in the series. What'll happen after I read the ones that I haven't yet read? I guess they'll get put in the box with the ones that have been read. However, this time around, I'll keep up with the books, keep them INSIDE and always make sure I know where they are. It's a wonderful way to go back and mark special attention to certain books or passages that are metnioned by others in their blogs or on websites.