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{Rereading The Baby-Sitters Club: Books 111-115, Mystery 32, Super Mystery 4 and California Diaries: Maggie & Amalia, Book 1}

December 4, 2020 by kelerr

If you’ve been keeping up with this series, you know the drill and the title of the post says it all, so let’s jump right in! In book one hundred and eleven, Stacey’s Secret Friend, a new girl comes to town, and Stacey just gets it all wrong. When she learns that the other eighth graders are making fun of new girl Tess Swinhart (calling her Swinehart and generally comparing her to pigs), she makes it her mission to protect […]

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{What I Read: November 2020}

December 1, 2020 by kelerr

This month has not been a productive one for reading. Well, I should probably rephrase that. This month has not been productive for reading anything outside of the Baby-Sitters Club canon. However, around Thanksgiving I managed to eke out some non-BSC reads in an effort to make sure I stayed at least a tiny bit on track for my “read fifty books that aren’t BSC books” goal. My basic review of both books that I read was that they were […]

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{Pattern Review: Sew Over It Giselle Dress}

November 27, 2020 by kelerr

My sewing motivation is having a moment. I have finished two projects in record speed over the past week, all with fabric from my stash (of course, I also somehow managed to purchase two new fabrics as well, though I will say that I have been really good – well, better than normal – this year about using what I have!). I’ve had the Sew Over It Giselle Dress in the back of my “to make” pile since it was […]

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{Rereading the Baby-Sitters Club: Books 106-110, Mysteries 29-31, Super Special 14, California Diaries 1-2 & Portrait Collection: Abby’s Book}

November 24, 2020 by kelerr

Another week, another installment of “Kelly Rereads Books Written for Preteen Girls” (a.k.a. “Rereading The Baby-Sitters Club“). That would probably be a lot weirder if these weren’t books I read and loved as a preteen girl myself and that I am now revisiting in this strange, strange pandemic year we’re having. So let’s jump in. In book one hundred and six, Claudia, Queen of the Seventh Grade, Claudia is literally voted Queen of the Seventh Grade, a title which doesn’t […]

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{Pattern Review: The Snacky Seamstress Nora Shirtdress}

November 20, 2020 by kelerr

It is not secret that I love all things retro. So when I spotted The Snacky Seamstress‘ Nora Shirtdress pattern on a tester’s feed, I immediately knew I had to have it. It wasn’t quite released yet when I first saw it, so I eagerly waited a few days and purchased it as soon as it came out. I had some fabric on hand that I knew would be perfect for it. I printed the pattern out and taped it […]

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{Rereading the Baby-Sitters Club: Books 96-105, Mysteries 24-28, Super Special 13, Super Mystery 13 & Portrait Collection: Kristy’s Book}

November 17, 2020 by kelerr

We’ve got a big bunch of books today as I combined two installments again. Though the first was chock full of books, but the second was only the usual five books plus two mysteries and so it made sense to combine, not to mention the fact that I’m reading them faster than I can write about them at this point. Book ninety-six, Abby’s Lucky Thirteen, explores the Jewish traditional of the bat mitzvah. Abby and her sister Anna are preparing […]

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{Pattern Review: By Hand London Elisalex Dress}

November 13, 2020 by kelerr

The other day I was working from home and sitting next to a box of stash fabric. During my lunch I started half-heartedly looking through it and came upon a cranberry-red wool-like fabric (I’m not sure what the actual content is, as I got it for free somewhere, but it was heavyweight and felt like it might be in the wool family). I knew immediately what I wanted to do with it, and it was a project I’ve wanted to […]

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{Pattern Review: By Hand London Hannah Dress}

November 10, 2020 by kelerr

Well, better late than never right? I knew today was Tuesday, and went to bed last night knowing full well that I didn’t prepare a blog post for today. It’s been a tiring couple of days, and sometimes (actually always, in my case), a little extra sleep is the solution. I was prepared to just let the day go by without a post, but decided I should just bit the bullet and get one out there later in the day. […]

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{Rereading the Baby-Sitters Club: Books 91-95, Mystery 23, Super Mystery 2, & Portrait Collection: Mary Anne’s Book}

November 6, 2020 by kelerr

In my rereading of the BSC books, I am almost positive we are now in territory I didn’t read as a kid. However, I know there is at least one book I definitely did read in this cluster, leading me to believe that I just got more selective about the BSC books I did read. All the books in this section were published from 1995-1996 which means that I was a freshman in high school. So… yeah. Maybe I don’t […]

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