Dawn is the newest member of the Baby-Sitters Club. She also might be hated by the club President. But Mary Anne is her friend and Dawn is willing to work, so she takes on a new client, whose kids just might be impossible.
I didn't really need to read these. I didn't gain anything from it. Usually, I enjoy the extra glimpses into the lives of the characters I've read, but this one just felt redundant, unfortunately.
(#49-2022)
The series closes with a twist on Sleeping Beauty. This one was probably the most unique take on the story it's meant to relate to. It may actually be my favourite of the series.
(#48-2022)
The twisted, dark and dirty Little Mermaid variation. Once again, highly adult but quirky and kind of fun.
(#47-2022)
Mary Anne saves the day in more ways that one in this novel. The Baby-Sitters Club is falling apart due to a disagreement between friends. Mary Anne is left to fend for herself at school, and while babysitting. When her charge gets sick, she's left to her own devices, and maybe to a new friend that she's met along the way.
As a shame researcher, Brene Brown takes an interesting perspective to teach us how to live our best selves. In Daring Greatly, she encourages us to embrace our vulnerability and imperfection, to live wholeheartedly, and to courageously engage in our lives. Every moment where we choose to experience uncertainty, risk and emotional exposure gives us the chance to dare greatly in our life.
The ultimate twist on Beauty and the Beast. I wasn't looking forward to this one because the glimpses we'd had of these characters earlier hadn't attracted me at all. But it turned out all right. Definitely not for the faint of heart (or pearl clutches.)
(#44-2022)
Stacey is hiding something. Not just that she has diabetes, but her parents aren't handling it well, and won't let Stacey learn to live with it before bringing her to every doctor they can find who might magically fix everything. Stacey's tired of it.
The second book in the original Baby-Sitters Club series has Claudia going through what every babysitter goes through at least once in their sitting career. Not that everyone got hangup calls, but everyone let their imagination run away with them in scary ways. The resolution of this is cute, and very middle-school appropriate. Still a fun story.
(#42-2022)
So, the twisted version of Captain Hook and Tinkerbell. I kind of loved the characters in this one, even if I never imagined them in quite this way before.
Definitely adult. Definitely a fun book.
(#41-2022)
I read this series, fairly religiously, when I was a middle-schooler. So when I found the collector's tin with the original 6 books in the series, in their original format I was absolutely going to buy it.
The story actually still holds up quite well - except that technology plays NO part in these stories. It was a big deal that Claudia had a phone of her own in her room!
Otherwise, the themes and ideas are still relevant. I'm enjoying the re-read down memory lane.
(#40-2022)
This is an interesting series. Definitely adult - don't think this is going to hit the spot for anyone looking for Disney villains.
In this one, we find out more about Hades, and his furies, but especially Megaera. Plus a little extra Olympus added in.
(#39-2022)
A Homicide detective from Canada, who is visiting Edinburgh to be with her dying grandmother, is somehow transported in time to 1869. She has to figure out how she got there, who she even is, and hopefully, how to get home.
Minnie Hamilton is back with the Bookmobile. And of course, the Bookmobile Cat. This time, she gets caught up in a mystery, when Henry, a curmudgeonly member of the community, dies. Coincidentally, through the Bookmobile, Minnie becomes friends with his best friend and starts to question the situation.
