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Adventures in Babysitting

Midnight on Beacon Street by Emily Ruth Verona

February 12, 2024 by dreadpiratekel 3 Comments

It is October 1993, just after midnight, and six-year-old Ben Mazinski is in the kitchen; there is blood and there is a dead body. So, exactly how did we get here? That is the story that Midnight on Beacon Street sets out to tell. It covers what happened in the lead-up to midnight to Amy (the babysitter) and her two charges, Ben and his older sister, Mira. It doesn’t do this linearly, but rather jumps around in time, revisiting moments from multiple points of view. […]

Filed Under: Horror, Suspense Tagged With: 1990's, 90s nostalgia, babysitting, crime thriller, Emily Ruth Verona

dreadpiratekel's CBR16 Review No:7 · Genres: Horror, Suspense · Tags: 1990's, 90s nostalgia, babysitting, crime thriller, Emily Ruth Verona ·
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A Solid Addition to the Baby-Sitters Graphic Novel Series

The Baby-Sitters Club: Stacey's Mistake by Ellen T. Crenshaw

September 29, 2023 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

CBR15Bingo: Nostalgia (a nostalgic series updated for the modern day) I was excited to see this pop up in the bookstore as I’d missed there was a new one in the series coming out. I am a big fan of these graphic novel adaptations of the Baby-Sitters Club series, so it’s always a treat when they release another one. Stacey’s Mistake follows the group going to visit Stacey in New York City, as she moved back to the city for her dad’s job in a […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: babysitters club, babysitting, cbr15bingo, Ellen T. Crenshaw, female friendship

GentleRain's CBR15 Review No:53 · Genres: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: babysitters club, babysitting, cbr15bingo, Ellen T. Crenshaw, female friendship ·
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a sweet and familiar coming-of-age story that sidestepped my biggest worries

Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau

May 25, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Let me start out with a BIG sigh of relief: WHEW!!!! That was a CLOSE one! In a story where a 14 year old girl is introduced to sex, drugs, and rock and roll things could have gone quickly and irreparably off the rails- especially with blurbs on the jacket comparing Mary Jane to Daisy Jones and the Six and Almost Famous! Don’t get me wrong: I loved Almost Famous as a teen, but it does not treat it’s female characters with much kindness. I found Daisy Jones to be […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Young Adult Tagged With: 1970s, audo, babysitting, Baltimore, Caitlin Kinnunen, coming-of-age, historical fiction, Jessica Anya Blau, mother daughter relationships, music

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR13 Review No:47 · Genres: Fiction, History, Young Adult · Tags: 1970s, audo, babysitting, Baltimore, Caitlin Kinnunen, coming-of-age, historical fiction, Jessica Anya Blau, mother daughter relationships, music ·
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Sometimes you really do need to sit on the baby…..

Babysitter's Club V05 Dawn and the Impossible Three by Gale Galligan

February 9, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Dawn and the Impossible Three is a comfortable read for an adult and a good read for a kid aged 10 to 13 about rules, making limits, family and dealing with friendship woes. Gale Galligan has adapted the Ann M. Martin original Babysitters Club book, the graphic novels have the feelings of the years the book was set in during the novel. The novels of the Babysitters Club came out around the 1980s and early 1990s. And they dealt with some of the “uniqueness’s” of […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Ann M. Martin, babysitters club, babysitting, friendship, Gale Galligan, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:76 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Ann M. Martin, babysitters club, babysitting, friendship, Gale Galligan, Social Themes ·
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