Baby Sitters Club

[pink and green]

I was literally obsessed with the Baby-sitters Club in early elementary school. When my sister got in trouble, she wasn't allowed to watch her favorite TV show, but when I got in trouble, I was banned from BSC books for a day.

I have the VHS tapes of the series that used to air on the Disney Channel. During finals, my friends & I watched them, and they are seriously the cheesiest things ever. This summer we discovered a BSC drinking game....

- drink whenever Claudia is described as 'exotic, with her almond-shaped eyes'
- drink whenever Stacey & Dawn get crackers instead of Snickers at a BSC meeting.
& more stuff even cheesier than that.

And on the SVH topic, my favorite was definitely 'The Evil Twin.' Oh, Margo, you crazy girl.

(wow, this is so sad)

[sugar and spice]

Originally posted by ADqtPiMel
My boyfriend swears this is his favorite movie. Sometimes I question his sanity.

Your boyfriend and Kiki's . . . I swear, sometimes I wonder.


Another hilarious thing about Sweet Valley High: NOBODY HAD SEX. Ever. I think it was mentioned once in the entire series and of course it never happened. That one girl, Annie, was a "slut" because she made out with a lot of guys. Anything beyond kissing was pretty much off-limits, although in the earlier books I think Bruce Patman was always trying to go for second base.

And omg, the Margo storyline. That was just ridiculous . . . this girl that looks just like the twins wants to take over their lives! Except then she dies! But she doesn't really die -- she escapes out of the ambulance on the way to the mental hospital! And then she tries to do it again! And then it turns out that SHE has a twin sister too! And then they both try to take over the Wakefields' lives!

I think that was about the time that I stopped reading SVH . . .

[AWJDZ]

I lovveeeddd the BSC! Whenever we went to the Price Club, I would always get the latest box set. I have the upstairs in my parents house and I have thought about giving them to the girls I babysit, but I just can't part with them.

[TheEpitome1920]

I too was a BSC fan. I had all of the books including the Super Specials, Little Sisters. I also collected Sleepover Friends, Sweet Valley High and Sweet Valley Twins.

I only had 1 BSC movie but I had the Jessi doll. Oh the memories,lol.

[ZTAngel]

Originally posted by pink and green
This summer we discovered a BSC drinking game....

- drink whenever Claudia is described as 'exotic, with her almond-shaped eyes'

Or how about drink whenever it's mentioned in the Sweet Valley series that the twins have shoulder-length, sun-streaked blonde hair, sparkling blue-green eyes the color of the Caribbean, cameo skin, and perfect size-six figures? I think that book is responsible for the reason why our generation has such a complex about body fat and blonde hair.....

I donated all my Babysitters Club books to the local library. I seriously had every single one including all their Super Specials. They still had all my books up until a few years ago when they moved the library into a bigger building and got new copies of all their books.

[mu_agd]

y'all are making me want to head over to the library and take out some bsc and svh books. i loved these things growing up and would re-read them all the time. until my parents moved my freshman year of college and got rid of them all. it was sadness.

[AWJDZ]

I am seriously thinking about reading SVH and SVU books now...thanks a lot

And to think i was going to devote my weekend to my national boards and cleaning, HA!

[jharb]

Originally posted by DZGirl
I also used to get 'Girl Talk' books. They were mailed to me every month. I remember the covers were bright pink. I think I got like four at a time and a newsletter. oh, the days

I got those Girl Talk books too and I thought they were sooo good! I was in love with reading at that age, now it's something I so rarely get to do for enjoyment!

[pinkyphimu]

i loved the babysitters club books. i didn't have a ton tho because i was outgrowing them as they were first coming out. i still read them tho. i loved svh! i read some of the twins ones, but i didn't read nearly as many. as a child, i was in so many book clubs it was crazy. sometimes i would stay up all night reading (even on school nights) and would get in so much trouble!!! i also read a ton of nancy drew's too. when my mom would take me to kmart, i would go to the book section and read a book until she was finished shopping. of course, then i had to buy the book so i could finish reading it! lol...and those scholastic orders, i am sure i helped my teachers furnish their classroom libraries with all of the books i ordered.

[chideltjen]

Originally posted by Taualumna
My friends and I were all addicted to the series books, including "Sleep Over Friends" (anyone remember this? <snip>

*gasp* Someone else had read these books? I inherited them from my cousin, along with the BSC books and such. I had the Sleepover Friend's Sleepover Guide and tried to convince my mom to throw one of the parties it had in there.

But I never knew anyone else that read them. How funny.

[BirthaBlue4]

Originally posted by Taualumna
Did anyone play Karen's favourite game "Let's All Come In"?

I REMEMBER THAT!!! I remember one time they were playing (don't ask me what book) and the baby (the one they got from vietnam) was playing and they were at a hotel. I always remember her trying to say My, what a beautiful hotel, and she said "My booful tel". I remember that for some reason LOL.


I was a BSC crackhead. I think I read all of them up until they got that new girl Abbey. I was mad at the show when they did a book episode and it didn't match up. I hate when they do that. I had the super ones too. The Disney one was the best. The little boy in the wheelchair made me cry. I was mad t Karen for getting her nails done and stuff and just charging it to the room, and that one lady was egging her on lol.


I was a minor Sweet Valley crackhead, Junior and High. I like the one where Jessica wanted to date a new kinda guy, so she signed up to this dating service as two different people, and come to find out at the end, the guys she was with were faking too.

I hate Lila Fowler cuz she was a brat. And that other rich guy (his name is eluding me).


**Just thought of something, I loved how Claudia had candy stashed EVERYWHERE. I always waited to see what she would pull out of like, her pillowcase or something.

[BirthaBlue4]

Originally posted by jharb
I got those Girl Talk books too and I thought they were sooo good! I was in love with reading at that age, now it's something I so rarely get to do for enjoyment!

Yall gonna make me cry from nostalgia over here. I LOVED Girl Talk. I wanted to be Allison with a cross of Randy with Sabrina's hair. My favorite is when Allison gets the modeling contest thing. I stopped getting them in the mail for some reason. They were a very close second to BSC.

[Taualumna]

Originally posted by BirthaBlue4
Yall gonna make me cry from nostalgia over here. I LOVED Girl Talk. I wanted to be Allison with a cross of Randy with Sabrina's hair. My favorite is when Allison gets the modeling contest thing. I stopped getting them in the mail for some reason. They were a very close second to BSC.

I don't think Girl Talk lasted very long There really were only two series that lasted more than a decade, BSC (including the Karen books) and Sweet Valley (especially since there were so many spin offs)

I also read the Taffy Sinclair books and the spin-off series "Fabulous Five"

[PureGoldF2K1]

I was reading these religously starting in the 2nd grade when my mom bought me Kristy's Secret Admirer, which had her friend Shannon in it (I may be mistaken, but I think Shannon was an "alternate" sitter along with Logan haha) I wanted to be Dawn and have a stepsister like MaryAnn, and I loved Kristy b/c her stepsister was named Karen like me lol.

Hmm what else...I never read the Mallory books because I didnt like her for some reason and I also always skipped the journal entries haha. My favorite superspecial was when they went to Disney World/the cruise!!

I'm so lame! This is bringing back memories to my oh so exciting friday night at home!!!

[smiley21]

Originally posted by PureGoldF2K1
I was reading these religously starting in the 2nd grade when my mom bought me Kristy's Secret Admirer, which had her friend Shannon in it (I may be mistaken, but I think Shannon was an "alternate" sitter along with Logan haha) I wanted to be Dawn and have a stepsister like MaryAnn, and I loved Kristy b/c her stepsister was named Karen like me lol.

Hmm what else...I never read the Mallory books because I didnt like her for some reason and I also always skipped the journal entries haha. My favorite superspecial was when they went to Disney World/the cruise!!

I'm so lame! This is bringing back memories to my oh so exciting friday night at home!!!

you want lame??


the members:

Kristy Thomas - President
Claudia Kishi- Vice President
Mary Anne Spier- Secretary
Stacey McGill- Treasurer
Dawn Shafer- Alternate Officer
Mallory Pike- Junior Member
Jessica Ramsey- Junior Member
Abby Stevenson - Alternate Officer (when Dawn moved back to California)
Shannon Kilbourne - Alternate Member/Sitter
Logan Bruno - Alternate Member/Sitter


it is like the alphabet. once you learn it, it will stay with you



the 1st book i read was #14 "Hello Mallory". i hated reading about the sitting jobs. i always skipped it. ironic as it is