It's Scholastic!
Finally, after months of delay, C, LadyLitBlitz, and I had dinner! It was great to see LLB again after several years' lapse. I am happy to report she looks the same as when we last parted, that is, during college. Some people just age well, and LLB is one of them. It took C and I about an hour each way to get to the restaurant, so we had a lot to talk about, mostly books and literature. It reminded me of how much I have fallen behind in my reading over the years and how many great books are out there that I've been wanting to read. I doubt there will ever be enough time to read them all, but I will try to make a dent before my time is up and, if I'm lucky, maybe I'll contribute a few of my own to the publishing ranks.
So now I'm way excited about reading again. It reminds me of when I was in grade school—every time the Scholastic Book Club catalog came out, I had to order at least one book. There was no way all those books were going to get past me. It didn't matter that I was the biggest nerd ever. The thought of all those crisp, new Scholastic books on their way to our school, stuffed with free Clifford and Little House on the Prairie posters, was my drug. And so it is again. Library, here I come!
posted by Jen @ 11:41 AM
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Wow, I haven't thought of Scholastic in such a long time! But I know what you mean - I loved having new books arrive every so often!
If I remember, the lag time between ordering your books and getting them was fairly long (as least for a child). I could never remember what I'd ordered, so it was always a great surprise to see what was coming. And of course, I was always happy with what came since I'd picked it out myself!
Hmmm - any interest in perhaps having a Baltimore blogger book club??
I used to order Star Wars and Encyclopedia Brown books. I was really into Bugs Meany, and Sally Kimball made me want to be a lesbian.
Seadragon, I wish there was an adult equivalent of Scholastic. QPB just doesn't cut it.
Linda, it would be great to start a BBC! Of course, we can only read Scholastic books. Seriously, we can read any books. I would place a copyright, however, on "Baltimore blogger"; it's getting attached to everything these days: BB luncheons, BB meetups, BB sleepovers. What's next?
David, I remember an Encyclopedia Brown episode in which Buster claimed to have hypnotized a lobster to not bite him. Everyone believe him except Encyclopedia, who calmly pointed out that the lobster was red and therefore dead. I, of course, did not figure this mystery out (I was naive and somewhat-stupid child). Or perhaps I was distracted by my huge crush on that Titian-haired beauty, Nancy Drew.
I used to read the solutions to the Encyclopedia Brown mysteries and then convince myself that I already knew that. I'm still convinced I already knew that the one kid's egg was hard-boiled in the one about the egg spinning contest.
I think I remember reading the Bunnicula series through the Scholastic book club. The worst feeling was when you forgot to turn in your order and then, a few weeks later everyone in class would be getting gifts but you. Man I hated that.
I remember a bit about Bunnicula--it was more my twin brother's favorite than mine. My favorite book during that time, other than the S.E. Hinton novels, was Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh. I read all the Encyclopedia Browns also, but didn't fair too well solving the mysteries. As a challenge to myself, I recently bought a lot of 20 EB books (10 from the 1970s series that I would dutifully check out from the library) off ebay to see whether I can solve the crimes now, with twenty more years of experience. You're welcome to take the challenge as well, if you're in the area.
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