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The Baby-Sitters Club #41
Mary Anne vs. Logan
Shy Mary Anne must decide whether she has to break up with her handsome boyfriend to regain her independence.
137 pages, Library Binding
First published February 1, 1991
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Ann M. Martin
1,112 books3,056 followersAnn Matthews Martin was born on August 12, 1955. She grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, with her parents and her younger sister, Jane. After graduating from Smith College, Ann became a teacher and then an editor of children's books. She's now a full-time writer.
Ann gets the ideas for her books from many different places. Some are based on personal experiences, while others are based on childhood memories and feelings. Many are written about contemporary problems or events. All of Ann's characters, even the members of the Baby-sitters Club, are made up. But many of her characters are based on real people. Sometimes Ann names her characters after people she knows, and other times she simply chooses names that she likes.
Ann has always enjoyed writing. Even before she was old enough to write, she would dictate stories to her mother to write down for her. Some of her favorite authors at that time were Lewis Carroll, P. L. Travers, Hugh Lofting, Astrid Lindgren, and Roald Dahl. They inspired her to become a writer herself.
Since ending the BSC series in 2000, Ann’s writing has concentrated on single novels, many of which are set in the 1960s.
After living in New York City for many years, Ann moved to the Hudson Valley in upstate New York where she now lives with her dog, Sadie, and her cats, Gussie, Willy and Woody. Her hobbies are reading, sewing, and needlework. Her favorite thing to do is to make clothes for children.
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Ann gets the ideas for her books from many different places. Some are based on personal experiences, while others are based on childhood memories and feelings. Many are written about contemporary problems or events. All of Ann's characters, even the members of the Baby-sitters Club, are made up. But many of her characters are based on real people. Sometimes Ann names her characters after people she knows, and other times she simply chooses names that she likes.
Ann has always enjoyed writing. Even before she was old enough to write, she would dictate stories to her mother to write down for her. Some of her favorite authors at that time were Lewis Carroll, P. L. Travers, Hugh Lofting, Astrid Lindgren, and Roald Dahl. They inspired her to become a writer herself.
Since ending the BSC series in 2000, Ann’s writing has concentrated on single novels, many of which are set in the 1960s.
After living in New York City for many years, Ann moved to the Hudson Valley in upstate New York where she now lives with her dog, Sadie, and her cats, Gussie, Willy and Woody. Her hobbies are reading, sewing, and needlework. Her favorite thing to do is to make clothes for children.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/annmma...
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April 6, 2016
this is my first time reading this book!
after logan is a controlling jerk to mary anne one too many times, she finally tells him she wants to take a break. he listens but then decides for himself when the break is over by enacting a big romantic gesture. mary anne is irritating and indecisive about it for a while, but eventually she legit breaks up with him. meanwhile, four-year-old jenny prezzioso is getting prepped to be primary caretaker to her baby sister-to-be (her mom keeps forcing her to practice changing diapers and stuff. UGH.) and then that baby sister-to-be andrea gets borned. also karen brewer breaks up with her fake fiance.
highlights:
-now they're saying acute in addition to dibble, distant, and dibbly fresh. THESE DORKS.
-while dumping glitter into david michael's hair, andrew says, "you look cool! you're a punk rocker!"
-jenny decides to pretend to be a baby as a game so that she can get attention like the stupid brat she is, and mary anne clowns her by being like, "okay, you need to drink formula and go to bed at 6pm" and stuff like that. BOOM. BABYSITTER'D.
-I guess there's some cool fighting against men who try to control women stuff in this book, but it is mostly negated by mary anne being an idiot and a jerk (and the fact that she only just grew a backbone but in the past she really liked having logan make all her decisions for her).
lowlights/nitpicks:
-at one point logan wants to hang out with mary anne but she's supposed to baby sit, so he tells her to cancel her sitting job last-minute. I find it hard to believe he would try to get mary anne to cancel her sitting job considering HE IS A BABY SITTER TOO. HE IS RESPONSIBLE AND UNDERSTANDS THESE THINGS.
-when mary anne asks logan to slow down while they are skating, instead of responding like a reasonable human he says, "oh, you want a leisurely turn around the ice? that's a good idea. then everyone can see what a great couple we make." BARF.
-mary anne says she's cold so she wants to go home. logan keeps saying she can't be cold because he's not. UGHHHHHH.
-logan planned to go see halloween 3 with mary anne. even aside from the fact that she OBVIOUSLY wouldn't have wanted to see that movie, it's also r-rated. how were you gonna get in? goody two shoeses don't sneak into movies.
-the mrs. prezzioso situation is the worst. usually she's just an insufferable snob but in this book she is actually A TERRIBLE PARENT. four year olds DO NOT NEED TO KNOW HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR SIBLINGS. do not teach A FOUR YEAR OLD to CHANGE A BABY'S DIAPER. you need to teach the four year old how to hold a baby and about the soft spot and stuff like that, but YOU HAD A BABY. it is YOUR JOB to take care of that baby, not your tiny child's. I AM SO MAD.
-karen and her fiancee split up in a parallel plotline, but it is only addressed for a short time (one chapter I think) and never brought up again. huh? why do we have two subplots and only one gets fleshed out?
claudia outfit:
-"Claud was wearing an oversized raspberry-colored shirt, a short black skirt, and black leggings (the layered look). On her feet were black cowboy boots, and dangling from an earcuff was a huge collection of beads and stones."
stacey outfit:
-"Compared to Claudia, I looked like a complete nerd, even though I was wearing one of my better outfits: blue print pants that were wide on top but narrowed to cuffs at the ankles, and a short-cropped T-shirt with the sleeves rolled up and this acute picture of a cactus wearing a cowboy boot."
snacks in claudia's room:
-red hots (n.s.)
-heart candies (n.s.)
-chocolate covered cherries (n.s.)
-pretzels
after logan is a controlling jerk to mary anne one too many times, she finally tells him she wants to take a break. he listens but then decides for himself when the break is over by enacting a big romantic gesture. mary anne is irritating and indecisive about it for a while, but eventually she legit breaks up with him. meanwhile, four-year-old jenny prezzioso is getting prepped to be primary caretaker to her baby sister-to-be (her mom keeps forcing her to practice changing diapers and stuff. UGH.) and then that baby sister-to-be andrea gets borned. also karen brewer breaks up with her fake fiance.
highlights:
-now they're saying acute in addition to dibble, distant, and dibbly fresh. THESE DORKS.
-while dumping glitter into david michael's hair, andrew says, "you look cool! you're a punk rocker!"
-jenny decides to pretend to be a baby as a game so that she can get attention like the stupid brat she is, and mary anne clowns her by being like, "okay, you need to drink formula and go to bed at 6pm" and stuff like that. BOOM. BABYSITTER'D.
-I guess there's some cool fighting against men who try to control women stuff in this book, but it is mostly negated by mary anne being an idiot and a jerk (and the fact that she only just grew a backbone but in the past she really liked having logan make all her decisions for her).
lowlights/nitpicks:
-at one point logan wants to hang out with mary anne but she's supposed to baby sit, so he tells her to cancel her sitting job last-minute. I find it hard to believe he would try to get mary anne to cancel her sitting job considering HE IS A BABY SITTER TOO. HE IS RESPONSIBLE AND UNDERSTANDS THESE THINGS.
-when mary anne asks logan to slow down while they are skating, instead of responding like a reasonable human he says, "oh, you want a leisurely turn around the ice? that's a good idea. then everyone can see what a great couple we make." BARF.
-mary anne says she's cold so she wants to go home. logan keeps saying she can't be cold because he's not. UGHHHHHH.
-logan planned to go see halloween 3 with mary anne. even aside from the fact that she OBVIOUSLY wouldn't have wanted to see that movie, it's also r-rated. how were you gonna get in? goody two shoeses don't sneak into movies.
-the mrs. prezzioso situation is the worst. usually she's just an insufferable snob but in this book she is actually A TERRIBLE PARENT. four year olds DO NOT NEED TO KNOW HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR SIBLINGS. do not teach A FOUR YEAR OLD to CHANGE A BABY'S DIAPER. you need to teach the four year old how to hold a baby and about the soft spot and stuff like that, but YOU HAD A BABY. it is YOUR JOB to take care of that baby, not your tiny child's. I AM SO MAD.
-karen and her fiancee split up in a parallel plotline, but it is only addressed for a short time (one chapter I think) and never brought up again. huh? why do we have two subplots and only one gets fleshed out?
claudia outfit:
-"Claud was wearing an oversized raspberry-colored shirt, a short black skirt, and black leggings (the layered look). On her feet were black cowboy boots, and dangling from an earcuff was a huge collection of beads and stones."
stacey outfit:
-"Compared to Claudia, I looked like a complete nerd, even though I was wearing one of my better outfits: blue print pants that were wide on top but narrowed to cuffs at the ankles, and a short-cropped T-shirt with the sleeves rolled up and this acute picture of a cactus wearing a cowboy boot."
snacks in claudia's room:
-red hots (n.s.)
-heart candies (n.s.)
-chocolate covered cherries (n.s.)
-pretzels
July 12, 2014
I liked the Baby-Sitters Club books for the most part when I was a kid, but the focus on mysteries and dating drove me up the wall. I was actually kinda eager to see Mary Anne and Logan have a fight or whatever, as I figured they would based on the title. However, I was kind of irritated by how Logan suddenly started acting like a jerk in order to manufacture plot (I guess). Logan does a bunch of insensitive things. Mary Anne finally grows a backbone and tells him she wants some cool-down time from their relationship. Instead of listening to her, he gives her some illusionary space and then pushes her into a surprise date. I was glad, actually, that she didn't melt and decide he's so romaaaantic. She actually broke up with him for not listening to what she said. Good for her. I liked that, even though their arguments were stupid and seemed suddenly invented. I think that the babysitting-related plot was mostly about one of their bratty sitting charges having to deal with having a new baby in the house, and just like Logan was trying to change Mary Anne's feelings with gifts, the kid's mom was rewarding her by trying to distract her from being bratty. That kind of stuff never works.
October 24, 2023
Someone made a comment on my review of Logan Likes Mary Anne! saying they didn’t like how seriously the books take Mary Anne and Logan’s relationship, and, I tend to agree.
Though, I don’t have an objection, necessarily, because, I’m its depiction of jr. high relationships, it feels accurate.
The story here is that Mary Anne has started to feel like Logan is taking over her life. He even tries to get her to bail on a babysitting job to go to the movies with him (do you even know who you’re talking to here, Logan?!). Mary Anne feels increasingly pressured to dance to Logan’s tune, and can’t seem to tell him to back off because: shyness.
As I read this it occurred to me how, once Mary Anne started going out with Logan, ALL her stories were subsumed by the narrative of MaryAnneandLogan. Claudia has art, Jessie has ballet, Mallory had reading, even Dawn has sprouts or whatever. All the girls have something that they’re interested in and passionate about. An aspect to their personality outside of babysitting that helps define them. Mary Anne starts to have that when she stands up against her father’s strict rules, but she meets Logan quickly after and then, alllllllll her stories are about Logan drama. It’s kind of a bummer.
What’s interesting about this book is that it addresses exactly that. MaryAnne realizes she’s let Logan take over her life, and she doesn’t like it.
She wants to cool things off with him, and he doesn’t take it very well (he’s cold and standoffish), and then, on Valentine’s Day, he tricks her into coming over (to babysit, obvs) and surprises her with a romantic evening (which is disturbing on many levels, not the least of which being he's forced his family to hang out in the basement all night so he and Mary Anne can be alone . . . and they said okay) and tells her he’s decided it’s time to warm things back up.
It’s an interesting moment, because Mary Anne’s been imagining Logan with other girls and has been feeling really jealous. Though, when he gives her a bracelet, she’s not relieved. She doesn’t say anything, but, the next day, gets up the nerve and tells him it’s over.
And that’s the end.
No resolution beyond Mary Anne just saying, I don’t want my 13-yr-old life to revolve around you. Which is actually pretty great.
Though, I don’t have an objection, necessarily, because, I’m its depiction of jr. high relationships, it feels accurate.
The story here is that Mary Anne has started to feel like Logan is taking over her life. He even tries to get her to bail on a babysitting job to go to the movies with him (do you even know who you’re talking to here, Logan?!). Mary Anne feels increasingly pressured to dance to Logan’s tune, and can’t seem to tell him to back off because: shyness.
As I read this it occurred to me how, once Mary Anne started going out with Logan, ALL her stories were subsumed by the narrative of MaryAnneandLogan. Claudia has art, Jessie has ballet, Mallory had reading, even Dawn has sprouts or whatever. All the girls have something that they’re interested in and passionate about. An aspect to their personality outside of babysitting that helps define them. Mary Anne starts to have that when she stands up against her father’s strict rules, but she meets Logan quickly after and then, alllllllll her stories are about Logan drama. It’s kind of a bummer.
What’s interesting about this book is that it addresses exactly that. MaryAnne realizes she’s let Logan take over her life, and she doesn’t like it.
She wants to cool things off with him, and he doesn’t take it very well (he’s cold and standoffish), and then, on Valentine’s Day, he tricks her into coming over (to babysit, obvs) and surprises her with a romantic evening (which is disturbing on many levels, not the least of which being he's forced his family to hang out in the basement all night so he and Mary Anne can be alone . . . and they said okay) and tells her he’s decided it’s time to warm things back up.
It’s an interesting moment, because Mary Anne’s been imagining Logan with other girls and has been feeling really jealous. Though, when he gives her a bracelet, she’s not relieved. She doesn’t say anything, but, the next day, gets up the nerve and tells him it’s over.
And that’s the end.
No resolution beyond Mary Anne just saying, I don’t want my 13-yr-old life to revolve around you. Which is actually pretty great.
September 20, 2010
the one in which mary anne & logan break up. i just (re)read this book a couple of days ago & i have already forgotten what instigates mary anne's decision to break up with logan. there's something about how he's been kind of a pushy jerk lately, i guess. there's some backstory on the fight that mary anne & logan had in super special #4, while claudia & dawn were lost at sea. it made mary anne realize that logan cannot be counted on during a crisis. it made me realize that mary anne uses her emotions to manipulate & control the behaviors of her loved ones. mary anne also mentions the events of book #25, in which tigger was kidnapped & logan was something less than supportive. another great example of mary anne using a personal crisis as impetus to encourage her loved ones to drop everything & be at her beck & call. logan handled that situation poorly because he was distracted by his poor performance on the baseball team. i'm sure this was a personal crisis for him...but he didn't even mention it to mary anne, let alone expect her to bend over backwards supporting him every second of every day. can we cut the dude a little slack for getting bored listening to his girlfriend fuss over her goddamn kitten all the time?
so, already, mary anne is feeling a little iffy about things. then logan comes over unexpectedly one afternoon when mary anne was planning to lay in front of a fire & read wuthering heights (which seems a little mature for a 13-year-old, but whatever). he wants to make a day of it in the park, ice skating & drinking hot cocoa & making snow angels & such forth. mary anne reluctantly joins him, but quickly becomes too cold & begs to go home. i think both are at fault: mary anne shouldn't have gone if she didn't want to go, & logan could have done a far better job listening to mary anne & reading her signals.
another night, logan takes mary anne out for dinner & a movie. but he orders for her at the restaurant (ann m. martin has a real vendetta against this--travis does it to dawn in book #37 & it is evidence of what a douche he is), & then he wants to see a horror movie that mary anne doesn't want to see. mary anne realizes she needs to take action.
she ends up meeting logan in the park & telling him that she wants to cool their relationship off. not necessarily break up--just slow things down. he is hurt, but what can he do? he barely speaks to her in school the next day & mary anne wonders if she made the right choice.
valentine's day is approaching, & logan calls the BSC to request mary anne as a sitter for his younger siblings that night. mary anne reluctantly takes the job, & imagines that logan has a new girlfriend with whom he's planning a hot valentine's day date. she wonders if logan wants her to sit so she can see the hot new girl he is with & lament what she gave up. she is pretty upset when she shows up at his house & he's wearing a tux & carrying a corsage. he shows mary anne a romantic table for two all set up in the dining room & she wonders why logan is rubbing her face in his date. then logan clarifies: she's the date. the babysitting job was a ploy to get her to his house. he's ready to start the relationship back up again. he gives her a bracelet made of linked hearts to symbolize their love. mary anne is pretty upset.
the books ends very dramatically, with mary anne breaking it off for real with logan. i guess the B-plot has something to do with mrs. prezzioso having another baby & bribing bratty jenny with new toys & clothes into liking the baby, but i can't remember what connection this has to the A-plot.
so, already, mary anne is feeling a little iffy about things. then logan comes over unexpectedly one afternoon when mary anne was planning to lay in front of a fire & read wuthering heights (which seems a little mature for a 13-year-old, but whatever). he wants to make a day of it in the park, ice skating & drinking hot cocoa & making snow angels & such forth. mary anne reluctantly joins him, but quickly becomes too cold & begs to go home. i think both are at fault: mary anne shouldn't have gone if she didn't want to go, & logan could have done a far better job listening to mary anne & reading her signals.
another night, logan takes mary anne out for dinner & a movie. but he orders for her at the restaurant (ann m. martin has a real vendetta against this--travis does it to dawn in book #37 & it is evidence of what a douche he is), & then he wants to see a horror movie that mary anne doesn't want to see. mary anne realizes she needs to take action.
she ends up meeting logan in the park & telling him that she wants to cool their relationship off. not necessarily break up--just slow things down. he is hurt, but what can he do? he barely speaks to her in school the next day & mary anne wonders if she made the right choice.
valentine's day is approaching, & logan calls the BSC to request mary anne as a sitter for his younger siblings that night. mary anne reluctantly takes the job, & imagines that logan has a new girlfriend with whom he's planning a hot valentine's day date. she wonders if logan wants her to sit so she can see the hot new girl he is with & lament what she gave up. she is pretty upset when she shows up at his house & he's wearing a tux & carrying a corsage. he shows mary anne a romantic table for two all set up in the dining room & she wonders why logan is rubbing her face in his date. then logan clarifies: she's the date. the babysitting job was a ploy to get her to his house. he's ready to start the relationship back up again. he gives her a bracelet made of linked hearts to symbolize their love. mary anne is pretty upset.
the books ends very dramatically, with mary anne breaking it off for real with logan. i guess the B-plot has something to do with mrs. prezzioso having another baby & bribing bratty jenny with new toys & clothes into liking the baby, but i can't remember what connection this has to the A-plot.
July 7, 2020
While I actually started reading around age 3 (thank you, my Granny's Dick and Jane books!), this series is what I remember most about loving to read during my childhood. My sister and I drank these books up like they were oxygen. I truly think we owned just about every single one from every one of the series. We even got the privilege of meeting Ann M. Martin at a book signing, but of course little starstruck me froze and could not speak a word to my biggest hero at that time. Once in awhile if I come across these at a yard sale, I will pick them up for a couple hour trip down memory lane, and I declare nearly nothing centers and relaxes me more!
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December 1, 2019Literally the most dramatic relationship/breakup ever. As a child, this book crushed me. But as an adult, I realize that Mary Anne is a literal child and her boyfriend needs to calm down so much.
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November 3, 2021I read this in elementary school and to this day I bear a grudge against Logan WE HATE LOGAN
January 4, 2020
Logan and Mary Anne are having relationship problems. Things haven’t felt right for a while. Mary Anne has a big decision to make...should she stay...or leave. Also Jenny Prezzioso is going to have a baby sibling in just a short while and is getting jealous. She hates the baby already! Can the girls get her to loosen up and learn to love the new baby?
February 3, 2024
Now if only Mary Anne came out as a lesbian later on in the series...
I was 10 and a half when this one was first published, and I remember being proud of Mary Anne for ditching Logan and putting herself first, and I'm even more so now, as a middle-aged misandrist. I really appreciate the author for tackling this topic, even though of course in 1991 it wasn't going to be handled with the kind of depth it would get in a modern middle grade novel. But this is the age group where these things start becoming issues, and especially for girls or those socialized as such, you're told to be pleasing and pleasant, particularly with boys, and it can be very hard and scary to go against that. Having Mary Anne come to the realization that so much of her life and thoughts were centered on Logan and, crucially, that this was not a good thing, was really great to see in an older MG book. Showing a young girl putting her own happiness and desires above those of a boy was unusual back then, so kudos Ms Martin.
But could someone please talk to Mrs Prezzioso because why in the eff was she basically training her 4-year-old daughter to be a second mommy to her newborn baby sister? Creeeeeeepy.
But anyway, this one was a good read and I'm glad the author and publisher went for it. I do think Mary Anne should have just hocked the bracelet and taken herself out for a treat, but she's a better person than I am.
I was 10 and a half when this one was first published, and I remember being proud of Mary Anne for ditching Logan and putting herself first, and I'm even more so now, as a middle-aged misandrist. I really appreciate the author for tackling this topic, even though of course in 1991 it wasn't going to be handled with the kind of depth it would get in a modern middle grade novel. But this is the age group where these things start becoming issues, and especially for girls or those socialized as such, you're told to be pleasing and pleasant, particularly with boys, and it can be very hard and scary to go against that. Having Mary Anne come to the realization that so much of her life and thoughts were centered on Logan and, crucially, that this was not a good thing, was really great to see in an older MG book. Showing a young girl putting her own happiness and desires above those of a boy was unusual back then, so kudos Ms Martin.
But could someone please talk to Mrs Prezzioso because why in the eff was she basically training her 4-year-old daughter to be a second mommy to her newborn baby sister? Creeeeeeepy.
But anyway, this one was a good read and I'm glad the author and publisher went for it. I do think Mary Anne should have just hocked the bracelet and taken herself out for a treat, but she's a better person than I am.
December 23, 2025
Logan pisses me off so bad (here, not as much before this book). I wonder if they'll explain why he changed and became more controlling, or if they'll just chalk it up to becoming different people.
June 5, 2018
There's something about being in the hospital that just makes me crave comfort reads, and the BSC is always first on that list. So, I apologize in advance for the many BSC reviews that will be coming your way.
I remember being appalled at Mary Anne dumping Logan when I first read this as a kid. Logan was perfect in every way! What was she thinking? Re-reading this as an adult I am really concerned with the fact that I thought this, and was instead cheering MA on.
Too bad the breakup doesn't last long, though.
I remember being appalled at Mary Anne dumping Logan when I first read this as a kid. Logan was perfect in every way! What was she thinking? Re-reading this as an adult I am really concerned with the fact that I thought this, and was instead cheering MA on.
Too bad the breakup doesn't last long, though.
October 24, 2020
I don’t think I’ve read this one before, probably because Mary Anne was never my favorite sitter. It was cute, and I liked seeing her stand up for herself. The secondary plotline with Jenny P getting a younger sibling was cute.
July 28, 2010
I have to admit, I preferred the Jenny plot to the MA/Logan plot. I owned this book as a kid and it wasn't one of my favourites. When did Logan suddenly become a jerk? There didn't seem to be any lead up to this at all! I liked that MA stood up to her boyfriend, but it all seemed a bit over the top. At least Jenny getting a new sibling was quite realistic, although all of the BSC toddlers can talk a lot better than those that I know in real life. Also, my copy has a sticker of a dog on the front cover. I love books that look like they've been well-loved! 7/10
June 3, 2013
This is the one where Mary Anne finally dumps Logan's butt and gets some more of her backbone back. You go, girl. Although, looking at the cover, you'd think they were just on their way to their Valentine's date. Trust me, there is no smiling and soul-searching gazes in this book. Read my full review here & check out Claudia's steampunk outfit!
March 22, 2017
Whooooaaa! What?? I thought Mary Anne and Logan would totes be together 4eva! They're 13! Its a serious relationship!
Sigh..
As a kid i thought Mary Anne was so cool. As i get older she's super whiney. And this takes the cake. Poor Logan.
Loved the Jenny P as a big sister storyline. Shame about all the teen angst.
Sigh..
As a kid i thought Mary Anne was so cool. As i get older she's super whiney. And this takes the cake. Poor Logan.
Loved the Jenny P as a big sister storyline. Shame about all the teen angst.
April 3, 2009
wait a second, when did logan become a big jerk?
i like that mary anne gets assertive in this book, but i'm so confused about logan's character change.
there's also this really quality typo where, even though the book is narrated by mary anne, she says that mary anne says something.
i like that mary anne gets assertive in this book, but i'm so confused about logan's character change.
there's also this really quality typo where, even though the book is narrated by mary anne, she says that mary anne says something.
June 11, 2010
BSC = Good.
BSC - Logan + Mary Anne = Bad.
Stacey moves... AND Mary Anne breaks up with Logan? What is wrong with you Anne?
Well you did get me to read the next few hoping they would patch things up...
BSC - Logan + Mary Anne = Bad.
Stacey moves... AND Mary Anne breaks up with Logan? What is wrong with you Anne?
Well you did get me to read the next few hoping they would patch things up...
April 29, 2009
Even at the time I never really bought into the whole having-a-boyfriend-at-13 thing, and I just never cared about Mary Anne and Logan so why should I care if they split up? Whateverrr.
November 3, 2009
Oh Logan, with that dirty blond hair and Southern drawl, how could anyone see through to your misogynistic ways?
December 7, 2022
Maryanne Vs. Logan
Maryanne and Logan have been having relationship issues as of late. Maryanne gets ready to go on a sitting job for Jenny and gets a call from Logan trying to persuade her to ditch the job to go to the movies. She tells him that won’t be happening. But while she’s at the job he rings the phone of the hook. She finally agrees to go out with him the next night.
Maryanne starts to feel like she’s losing herself in her relationship. (Jenny is being bribed to like her new sister when she arrives).
At a meeting the next day Stacey gets a job with the Odner’s and Maryanne Stacey, and Claudia gets a job for a surprise baby shower for Mrs. Prezzioso.
Maryanne gets a free day and she wants to spend it reading Wuthering Heights in front of the fireplace, but Logan comes by and asks her to go ice-skating with him. Maryanne reluctantly agrees but after a while of ice-skating and building a snowman with the kids in the park, the cold starts to kick in. Logan gets annoyed because she asks him to take her home.
Kristy has a job watching her younger brothers and sisters. Karen is depressed because she and a boy named Ricky were supposed to get married but now it’s up in the air because Karen is jealous of a girl they both agreed to be mean to at her party. but Rickey went back on his word. Then he did something mean to her and she retaliated.
Emily, David, and Andrew are restless and running through the house, so when Emily falls Kristy suggests they make Valentine cards for their class. (Kristy, REALLY?)
Maryanne and Logan have another date that doesn’t go well. She wants grilled cheese and a milkshake. He orders a cheeseburger and a Coke for her. She wants to see The Music Man. He wants to see Halloween. So, she just goes home instead. Mr. Spier tells Maryanne she and Logan need to cool it now and she agrees. She calls Logan and tells him they a space break and he says ok. Then she cries.
Dawn is shocked and takes it as a breakup. The next at school Logan avoids Maryanne, but at the end of the day, he speaks to her. Maryanne admits to Dawn that even though she wasn’t happy, she still misses him.
Mal sits for Jenny and she shows her some more new things. This includes a doll to practice on. Even though Mal points out the positives to having siblings and tries to convince Jenny the baby won’t take her place, Jenny isn’t convinced (or all that thrilled to be a big sister).
At the next meeting, Maryanne tells the BSC about her situation and they all start talking about different love interests from different books they had to separate from. Karen calls and tries to hire them to sit for her stuffed animals because they get lonely when left alone. Kristy suggests introducing them to Andrew's stuffed animals. Kristy says she tries to be nice to Karen because she’s from a separated family. Then they all talk about Jenny feeling like she’ll be separated when the baby comes. Maryanne is just about to realize that it doesn’t have to be this way with her and Logan and that she can control things. Then Logan calls and asks that she sit his brother and sister on Valentine because he’s going out.
Maryanne sits for Jenny and daydreams about Logan and his mystery date (Olivia). Jenny has invented a new game of pretending she’s a baby. While Maryanne is distracted, she trashes the baby’s room. After making her clean it up (and helping) Maryanne uses reversed phycology and starts to treat Jenny like a baby. She quickly grows tired of the game.
The surprise party starts off badly. There’s a mix-up with the cake, the caterers will be late, and Jenny doesn’t want to go. But the party goes off ok. That is until Jenny gets jealous over the cheap gifts she gets compared to the baby’s and says she hates the baby.
On V-Day, Maryanne goes to watch Kerry and Hunter, only Logan surprises her with a corsage, a box of chocolate, dinner (lasagna, broccoli, and chocolate cake), a rose, and a gold, charm, heart bracelet. GO HEAD LOGAN! Maryanne feels like he just didn’t *get it* at all.
Mr. P calls Jessi to watch Jenny while he and Mrs. P go to the hospital to have the baby. Later they call and say they had a girl (Andrea). Jenny says she wanted a boy. Maryanne sits for Jenny again and she’s still not feeling her new sister, but by the time they bring the baby home and Jenny sees her it’s love at first sight.
Maryanne realizes that the reason she and Logan have fallen apart is that he hasn’t given her understanding. She calls him up and tells him to meet her in the park. There she gives him back his bracelet and tells him it’s not working out, she isn’t happy, and goodbye.
My Thoughts:
“What I need from you is understanding! How can we communicate if you don’t hear what I say? What I need from you is understanding. So simple as 1 2 3 understanding is what we need” (singing Understanding by Xscape). Which perfectly describes this book.
Let’s start with Jenny’s plot. I GET IT! Usually, Jenny is such an annoying character. But I'm with her here. Not everyone is excited about the “miracle” of a new baby. Some people just do not like change and I am one of those people.
I was just told about a month ago someone in my family was about to have a baby and it was not meet with excitement by anyone in my family because of the situation. (No it wasn’t me). But it's coming and there's nothing we can do but just deal. Then to find out that this baby will be a lot more in my life than I want it to be.
Jenny felt like the new baby would separate her from her parents. I feel like this new baby will separate me from my peace of mind. Unlike Jenny (and its mother) I really don’t think it’ll be love at first sight. To be honest, I don’t even think the new mother-to-be is all that thrilled about it either. But that’s just between you and me.
As for Maryanne and Logan. Wow! A lot of things I understood more clearly as I’ve grown up more. I’m a lot like Maryanne. So, I understood that first date. I would have much rather wanted to stay home and read than go out in the snow (which everyone in my family seems to get all excited about and I’m just like oh kaay. It’s snow) and the COLD (which I absolutely hate) to ice skate (which I think I went to an ice-skating rink once and don’t remember a thing about the experience which meant I probably blanked it out because I didn’t like it).
I also get what it’s like when someone doesn’t listen to what you say and how frustrating that can be in ANY kind of relationship. Although I *do* think on that date, Maryanne should have went after the waiter and got the grilled cheese and milkshake SHE wanted. So that was kind of on her. But I know what it's like to feel pressured like you have to go along with things people in your life want to do just to keep the peace. I also know what it’s like when someone orders something for you (or says you shouldn’t have something you might have wanted) and you just go along with it. But I do think that maybe she should have tried to communicate that better with Logan (even as hard as that can be).
I don’t think Logan is a jerk. I know grown men who won’t get you roses, bracelets, candy and take you to dinner for Valentine's. If this were the case, maybe I’d care about Valentine's Day more (I don’t). He honestly just seemed to want to spend time with his girlfriend.
So I’m of two minds. I do understand how Maryanne felt and why she did what she did. On the other hand, guys like Logan are VERY hard to come by. But I do know they get back together down the line. So I guess we all need space.
Rating: 8 Logan DID THAT with the Valentine dinner!!! VERY NICE! That chapter stuck out to me more than anything in the whole book. Even the breakup.
Maryanne and Logan have been having relationship issues as of late. Maryanne gets ready to go on a sitting job for Jenny and gets a call from Logan trying to persuade her to ditch the job to go to the movies. She tells him that won’t be happening. But while she’s at the job he rings the phone of the hook. She finally agrees to go out with him the next night.
Maryanne starts to feel like she’s losing herself in her relationship. (Jenny is being bribed to like her new sister when she arrives).
At a meeting the next day Stacey gets a job with the Odner’s and Maryanne Stacey, and Claudia gets a job for a surprise baby shower for Mrs. Prezzioso.
Maryanne gets a free day and she wants to spend it reading Wuthering Heights in front of the fireplace, but Logan comes by and asks her to go ice-skating with him. Maryanne reluctantly agrees but after a while of ice-skating and building a snowman with the kids in the park, the cold starts to kick in. Logan gets annoyed because she asks him to take her home.
Kristy has a job watching her younger brothers and sisters. Karen is depressed because she and a boy named Ricky were supposed to get married but now it’s up in the air because Karen is jealous of a girl they both agreed to be mean to at her party. but Rickey went back on his word. Then he did something mean to her and she retaliated.
Emily, David, and Andrew are restless and running through the house, so when Emily falls Kristy suggests they make Valentine cards for their class. (Kristy, REALLY?)
Maryanne and Logan have another date that doesn’t go well. She wants grilled cheese and a milkshake. He orders a cheeseburger and a Coke for her. She wants to see The Music Man. He wants to see Halloween. So, she just goes home instead. Mr. Spier tells Maryanne she and Logan need to cool it now and she agrees. She calls Logan and tells him they a space break and he says ok. Then she cries.
Dawn is shocked and takes it as a breakup. The next at school Logan avoids Maryanne, but at the end of the day, he speaks to her. Maryanne admits to Dawn that even though she wasn’t happy, she still misses him.
Mal sits for Jenny and she shows her some more new things. This includes a doll to practice on. Even though Mal points out the positives to having siblings and tries to convince Jenny the baby won’t take her place, Jenny isn’t convinced (or all that thrilled to be a big sister).
At the next meeting, Maryanne tells the BSC about her situation and they all start talking about different love interests from different books they had to separate from. Karen calls and tries to hire them to sit for her stuffed animals because they get lonely when left alone. Kristy suggests introducing them to Andrew's stuffed animals. Kristy says she tries to be nice to Karen because she’s from a separated family. Then they all talk about Jenny feeling like she’ll be separated when the baby comes. Maryanne is just about to realize that it doesn’t have to be this way with her and Logan and that she can control things. Then Logan calls and asks that she sit his brother and sister on Valentine because he’s going out.
Maryanne sits for Jenny and daydreams about Logan and his mystery date (Olivia). Jenny has invented a new game of pretending she’s a baby. While Maryanne is distracted, she trashes the baby’s room. After making her clean it up (and helping) Maryanne uses reversed phycology and starts to treat Jenny like a baby. She quickly grows tired of the game.
The surprise party starts off badly. There’s a mix-up with the cake, the caterers will be late, and Jenny doesn’t want to go. But the party goes off ok. That is until Jenny gets jealous over the cheap gifts she gets compared to the baby’s and says she hates the baby.
On V-Day, Maryanne goes to watch Kerry and Hunter, only Logan surprises her with a corsage, a box of chocolate, dinner (lasagna, broccoli, and chocolate cake), a rose, and a gold, charm, heart bracelet. GO HEAD LOGAN! Maryanne feels like he just didn’t *get it* at all.
Mr. P calls Jessi to watch Jenny while he and Mrs. P go to the hospital to have the baby. Later they call and say they had a girl (Andrea). Jenny says she wanted a boy. Maryanne sits for Jenny again and she’s still not feeling her new sister, but by the time they bring the baby home and Jenny sees her it’s love at first sight.
Maryanne realizes that the reason she and Logan have fallen apart is that he hasn’t given her understanding. She calls him up and tells him to meet her in the park. There she gives him back his bracelet and tells him it’s not working out, she isn’t happy, and goodbye.
My Thoughts:
“What I need from you is understanding! How can we communicate if you don’t hear what I say? What I need from you is understanding. So simple as 1 2 3 understanding is what we need” (singing Understanding by Xscape). Which perfectly describes this book.
Let’s start with Jenny’s plot. I GET IT! Usually, Jenny is such an annoying character. But I'm with her here. Not everyone is excited about the “miracle” of a new baby. Some people just do not like change and I am one of those people.
I was just told about a month ago someone in my family was about to have a baby and it was not meet with excitement by anyone in my family because of the situation. (No it wasn’t me). But it's coming and there's nothing we can do but just deal. Then to find out that this baby will be a lot more in my life than I want it to be.
Jenny felt like the new baby would separate her from her parents. I feel like this new baby will separate me from my peace of mind. Unlike Jenny (and its mother) I really don’t think it’ll be love at first sight. To be honest, I don’t even think the new mother-to-be is all that thrilled about it either. But that’s just between you and me.
As for Maryanne and Logan. Wow! A lot of things I understood more clearly as I’ve grown up more. I’m a lot like Maryanne. So, I understood that first date. I would have much rather wanted to stay home and read than go out in the snow (which everyone in my family seems to get all excited about and I’m just like oh kaay. It’s snow) and the COLD (which I absolutely hate) to ice skate (which I think I went to an ice-skating rink once and don’t remember a thing about the experience which meant I probably blanked it out because I didn’t like it).
I also get what it’s like when someone doesn’t listen to what you say and how frustrating that can be in ANY kind of relationship. Although I *do* think on that date, Maryanne should have went after the waiter and got the grilled cheese and milkshake SHE wanted. So that was kind of on her. But I know what it's like to feel pressured like you have to go along with things people in your life want to do just to keep the peace. I also know what it’s like when someone orders something for you (or says you shouldn’t have something you might have wanted) and you just go along with it. But I do think that maybe she should have tried to communicate that better with Logan (even as hard as that can be).
I don’t think Logan is a jerk. I know grown men who won’t get you roses, bracelets, candy and take you to dinner for Valentine's. If this were the case, maybe I’d care about Valentine's Day more (I don’t). He honestly just seemed to want to spend time with his girlfriend.
So I’m of two minds. I do understand how Maryanne felt and why she did what she did. On the other hand, guys like Logan are VERY hard to come by. But I do know they get back together down the line. So I guess we all need space.
Rating: 8 Logan DID THAT with the Valentine dinner!!! VERY NICE! That chapter stuck out to me more than anything in the whole book. Even the breakup.
August 28, 2025
This book follows Mary Anne and her friends in the babysitters club. She is a shy 7th grader who is having trouble with her boyfriend Logan while trying to navigate school and babysitting. Throughout the story Mary Anne has two different plot lines going on. First, she is trying to figure out who she is as an individual person. Since she started dating Logan, she has felt as if their identities have become intertwined in a codependent way. Second, Mary Anne and the BSC have been babysitting for a family with a little girl named Jenny, who is not happy that her mother is pregnant. After multiple babysitting sessions, Mary Anne realizes that Jenny understands more than her parents realize. She knows that the big-girl gifts they have been giving her are a bribe to like the new baby and her parents attention is now going to be split. Mary Anne confides in her friends and her sister as a source of comfort while dealing with relationships and understanding yourself.
This book deals with many themes that are suited for young readers such as heartbreak, friendship, family dynamics, identity and life lessons that are emotionally relevant and personal to children. I would use this book potentially as a reference for students who may be dealing with similar themes. Although this is just one book, the series deal with a wide range of themes that could be helpful for children to see a new perspective or understanding. There are a couple pages that are written in cursive which may be challenging for younger students or students who have never learned cursive.
This book deals with many themes that are suited for young readers such as heartbreak, friendship, family dynamics, identity and life lessons that are emotionally relevant and personal to children. I would use this book potentially as a reference for students who may be dealing with similar themes. Although this is just one book, the series deal with a wide range of themes that could be helpful for children to see a new perspective or understanding. There are a couple pages that are written in cursive which may be challenging for younger students or students who have never learned cursive.
May 29, 2017
I feel like I spent so much time as a kid waiting on Marry Anne to grow a pair, and in this one she finally sort of did! To be fair a big part of her problem with Logan was his not behaving the way she wanted him to be have. He wasn't someone she could count on in a crisis (ie: during that convoluted Super Special where Claudia and Dawn got lost at sea and I wish I was kidding) and she just can't seem to get past that. Not everyone is super emotional and wired during times of crisis. Some are calm, some shut down, etc etc but OH NO. Gotta be all up in Mary Anne's business, crying and hugging her and being her emotional tent pole or you're just no good.
Anyway some of it I did get. He was kind of a jerk-off, and if somebody just rolled up at my door with a head full of plans for my day without consulting me first...well, you can leave or get punched in the dick. Your choice. It was just nice to see her FINALLY stand up to the guy when he won't stop pushing and dump his sorry ass.
You can do better, Mary Anne. Then again, so can Logan.
Anyway some of it I did get. He was kind of a jerk-off, and if somebody just rolled up at my door with a head full of plans for my day without consulting me first...well, you can leave or get punched in the dick. Your choice. It was just nice to see her FINALLY stand up to the guy when he won't stop pushing and dump his sorry ass.
You can do better, Mary Anne. Then again, so can Logan.
November 26, 2016
Mary Anne and Logan can't overcome their middle school problems, and so. . . they break up. And then get back together. And then break up "for good" or until Mary Anne turns into a sappy mess a few books later, and gets back together with him.
Things I remember from reading this as a kid:
Mary Anne and Logan going ice skating, even though they didn't have plans to, and Mary Anne had been looking forward to reading her book in front of the fire.
Jenny wrecking the room of her new sibling, and then falling in love with her the second she lays eyes on her. I also remember Jenny's mother buying her things as a bribe to like the baby, and Jenny seeing right through it. Even as a kid reading this (I was probably nine or ten) I was impressed that a four year old could see through a bribe so clearly.
Things I've considered since reading this as an adult:
Mary Anne and Logan are so lame. Mary Anne frustrates me because she has legitimate concerns about Logan's attitude in this book, but she can't JUST TELL HIM. He forces her to leave her cozy house to go on an impromptu ice skating date, and then doesn't listen to her when she's too cold to ice skate. He wants her to ditch her sitting job to go to the movies with him, and instead of saying "Sorry, I already said I'd baby sit. Want to go tomorrow?" she starts using a scared, trembling voice, and not speaking up firmly enough. Which makes me insane because Logan acts like such a jerk in this book. In Mary Anne and the Search For Tigger he was a jerk also, but the way he acts in this book is pretty out of character for him. He's bossy, pushy, dominating, and obnoxious. If he was this way all the time I don't think the BSC would have wanted him as a member, and I don't think Mary Anne would have wanted to go out with him. (But who knows? There are plenty of stupid women out there, and Mary Anne fits the bill for a co-dependent, scared-to-say-no mess.) I also think that Mary Anne's overprotective father would have intervened, and that he wouldn't have allowed her to get back with Logan later in the series. So this book is just a weird anomaly in Logan's behavior, making me think he's getting abused at home, or abused by his baseball coach or something. Presumably this isn't the case because this is happy shiny Stoneybrook we're talking about, but in the real world Logan's sudden behavior changes would raise an alarm.
I believe this is the first book that mentions the stupid words the BSC makes up to describe cool things. (Acute, distant, and dibble, which all mean cool.) Even as a kid I thought this was so ridiculous, and sounded just like something a desperate, drippy wannabe would do to sound like she was popular and with it. As an adult I can picture some loser telling the mean girls at her school that she's really good friends with all the popular kids at another school, and that THEY all say dibble, and acute, and that's why she says it. It's a thing they have. The popular kids at the other school just love her, and think she's really smart and hilarious. And the mean girls laugh at her behind her back and say "Oh yeah, she's so acute. Boy, is she just dibble." Then they pour pig's blood over her at the prom.
I thought it was sort of interesting to read about Logan ordering for Mary Anne in the restaurant, especially when Travis did it for Dawn pretty recently. I wonder if Ann M Martin, or one of the ghost writers had had a recent date do that to them, and they were still appalled by it.
Mary Anne is so annoying in this book, and I constantly wanted to shake her. She can't stand up for herself, even when Logan is being bossy and controlling. (I think some of the reason that he is being so bossy is because Mary Anne doesn't seem to have any opinions or preferences at all -- he has to make all the decisions for them, and because he's only thirteen he doesn't know how to do it in kinder way.) Instead of telling Logan what's wrong she just shuts down and refuses to continue dates with him. She moons around school and home after she cools things off with him, missing him and crying, and carrying on, but when he decides (without talking to her first) to warm their relationship up again, she is offended. (I mean, I would be too, but I probably wouldn't have made everyone else miserable by being upset about breaking up with Logan first.) And then she just goes along with their getting back together until. . .
. . .she has an epiphany about their relationship. Mary Anne unexpectedly redeems herself for her annoying behavior in the last chapter. She realizes that she may not be as independent as Dawn, but she still has her own thoughts and opinions and it's not ok for Logan to dismiss them. "I didn't want to be anybody's girl. Ever. . . I did not want to be owned," she decides. It is incredibly difficult for her to do since she's such a passive aggressive loser, but she somehow stands her ground, and tells Logan she wants to break up with him. The book ends VERY abruptly after she tells him goodbye. (She literally says "Goodbye Logan" and that's the last sentence in the book.) Because there's nothing more left there is a lot to speculate about. Did Mary Anne spend a week in bed reliving the Remember September dance, and crying? Does Logan keep his membership in the BSC? How awkward is this situation? I want to know (I feel like this is where the story picks up) and there is nothing there.
Things I remember from reading this as a kid:
Mary Anne and Logan going ice skating, even though they didn't have plans to, and Mary Anne had been looking forward to reading her book in front of the fire.
Jenny wrecking the room of her new sibling, and then falling in love with her the second she lays eyes on her. I also remember Jenny's mother buying her things as a bribe to like the baby, and Jenny seeing right through it. Even as a kid reading this (I was probably nine or ten) I was impressed that a four year old could see through a bribe so clearly.
Things I've considered since reading this as an adult:
Mary Anne and Logan are so lame. Mary Anne frustrates me because she has legitimate concerns about Logan's attitude in this book, but she can't JUST TELL HIM. He forces her to leave her cozy house to go on an impromptu ice skating date, and then doesn't listen to her when she's too cold to ice skate. He wants her to ditch her sitting job to go to the movies with him, and instead of saying "Sorry, I already said I'd baby sit. Want to go tomorrow?" she starts using a scared, trembling voice, and not speaking up firmly enough. Which makes me insane because Logan acts like such a jerk in this book. In Mary Anne and the Search For Tigger he was a jerk also, but the way he acts in this book is pretty out of character for him. He's bossy, pushy, dominating, and obnoxious. If he was this way all the time I don't think the BSC would have wanted him as a member, and I don't think Mary Anne would have wanted to go out with him. (But who knows? There are plenty of stupid women out there, and Mary Anne fits the bill for a co-dependent, scared-to-say-no mess.) I also think that Mary Anne's overprotective father would have intervened, and that he wouldn't have allowed her to get back with Logan later in the series. So this book is just a weird anomaly in Logan's behavior, making me think he's getting abused at home, or abused by his baseball coach or something. Presumably this isn't the case because this is happy shiny Stoneybrook we're talking about, but in the real world Logan's sudden behavior changes would raise an alarm.
I believe this is the first book that mentions the stupid words the BSC makes up to describe cool things. (Acute, distant, and dibble, which all mean cool.) Even as a kid I thought this was so ridiculous, and sounded just like something a desperate, drippy wannabe would do to sound like she was popular and with it. As an adult I can picture some loser telling the mean girls at her school that she's really good friends with all the popular kids at another school, and that THEY all say dibble, and acute, and that's why she says it. It's a thing they have. The popular kids at the other school just love her, and think she's really smart and hilarious. And the mean girls laugh at her behind her back and say "Oh yeah, she's so acute. Boy, is she just dibble." Then they pour pig's blood over her at the prom.
I thought it was sort of interesting to read about Logan ordering for Mary Anne in the restaurant, especially when Travis did it for Dawn pretty recently. I wonder if Ann M Martin, or one of the ghost writers had had a recent date do that to them, and they were still appalled by it.
Mary Anne is so annoying in this book, and I constantly wanted to shake her. She can't stand up for herself, even when Logan is being bossy and controlling. (I think some of the reason that he is being so bossy is because Mary Anne doesn't seem to have any opinions or preferences at all -- he has to make all the decisions for them, and because he's only thirteen he doesn't know how to do it in kinder way.) Instead of telling Logan what's wrong she just shuts down and refuses to continue dates with him. She moons around school and home after she cools things off with him, missing him and crying, and carrying on, but when he decides (without talking to her first) to warm their relationship up again, she is offended. (I mean, I would be too, but I probably wouldn't have made everyone else miserable by being upset about breaking up with Logan first.) And then she just goes along with their getting back together until. . .
. . .she has an epiphany about their relationship. Mary Anne unexpectedly redeems herself for her annoying behavior in the last chapter. She realizes that she may not be as independent as Dawn, but she still has her own thoughts and opinions and it's not ok for Logan to dismiss them. "I didn't want to be anybody's girl. Ever. . . I did not want to be owned," she decides. It is incredibly difficult for her to do since she's such a passive aggressive loser, but she somehow stands her ground, and tells Logan she wants to break up with him. The book ends VERY abruptly after she tells him goodbye. (She literally says "Goodbye Logan" and that's the last sentence in the book.) Because there's nothing more left there is a lot to speculate about. Did Mary Anne spend a week in bed reliving the Remember September dance, and crying? Does Logan keep his membership in the BSC? How awkward is this situation? I want to know (I feel like this is where the story picks up) and there is nothing there.
July 17, 2019
I don't really know why this took me so long to get through, maybe because Mary Anne and Logan are a little boring? Reading about Mary Anne's meek thoughts, Logan's complete change in personality, and Jenny being unrealistically clued into how her little life is changing quickly - I just wasn't totally into this book.
I did like the ending though, and Mary Anne finally taking a stand and getting her life on the course she wants it to be. You go, girl!
I did like the ending though, and Mary Anne finally taking a stand and getting her life on the course she wants it to be. You go, girl!
November 22, 2019
Everything about Mary Anne annoys me most of the time, but I felt her when she was all sad that Logan ruined her indoors day when she was trying to read (that said, she was reading one of my least favorite books, so). The Logan ridiculousness aside (maybe I'm just too old to care about this plotline) the subplot with Jenny and her new sibling was surprisingly touching, and I enjoyed this one a lot more than I expected to.
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July 29, 2020As a kid my best friends sister had the whole BSC series on a book shelf in her room. I thought she was so grown up. And I envied this bookshelf. And would often poke my head into that room just to look at it.
And when I read BSC, I felt like such a grown up.
And while I might have still been a little too young to understand some of the issues dealt with in these books, I do appreciated that Ann M. Martin tackled age appropriate issues, some being deeper than others, but still important.
July 3, 2022
3 stars. Mary Anne isn't my favorite but I was proud of her in this one. She dumps Logan and I was happy for her because he is such an unlikable jerk. I remember as a child loving their relationship and thinking they were the cutest but as an adult I can't stand it. I'm sure they get back together somewhere down the line (can't remember right now and am too lazy to look it up) but whatever. I liked this one though the other girls aren't really in it but it was still a fun read.
March 20, 2025
I kind of felt sorry for Logan, he didn't know what the problem was so he didn't have much of a chance to fix it before Mary Anne broke up with him. I have been guilty of this too, sometimes it seems so obvious what the problem is so you assume the other person must realize it too, but this is not always the case and sometimes talking is best to resolve an issue as opposed to cutting the person out of your life without any discussion.
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March 25, 2025
I normally don’t like Mary Anne but I liked her in this book. Same with Jenny. And I’ve disliked Logan since the kitten book where he was really short with her so good riddance! His quote from that book where Mary Anne is upset because her cat is missing for like a week… “Oh come on. Don’t be so dramatic, Mary Anne. A lost kitten is sad, but aren’t you overreacting a little?” I would have dropped him then!
March 5, 2023
When I was 10 I joined a readers club/group where we got a new book every week. I chose The babysitters club.
The books are fantastic! So enjoyable. I loved getting the book every week. They are super quick reads and I was able to read it in one day.
Highly recommend for young teenagers to read or even younger if they are able too read well.
The books are fantastic! So enjoyable. I loved getting the book every week. They are super quick reads and I was able to read it in one day.
Highly recommend for young teenagers to read or even younger if they are able too read well.
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