Comments on: Like Logan http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/11/01/like-logan/ the best friends you'll never have Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:29:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: corduroy http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/11/01/like-logan/#comment-1852 corduroy Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:12:55 +0000 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/11/01/like-logan/#comment-1852 Male BSC fan here. Like John, my parents never gave me any issues about reading the BSC books. (My dad even read The Truth about Stacey aloud to me.) Male BSC fan here. Like John, my parents never gave me any issues about reading the BSC books. (My dad even read The Truth about Stacey aloud to me.)

]]> By: John http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/11/01/like-logan/#comment-320 John Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:38:49 +0000 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/11/01/like-logan/#comment-320 Hi Greer! This is johndawn from the boards. I grew up obsessed with the BSC and in all honesty I never really got too much flack for it, especially considering I grew up in an extremely small town in middle America. My parents never seemed bothered by it and never had a problem picking up books for me, or giving me a few bucks to run in the mall and get the books myself. It was kind of a non-issue, or they just didn't let it show if it was. I can remember a couple of times getting teased by boys in school for reading them, but nothing major. Now that I'm older and rereading the books, my friends don't seem to think anything of it. Then again, I have very open-minded friends who have their own fair share of unique quirks so I guess that explains a lot. I don't know any other guys who read the books as voraciously as I did so I don't know how their experiences would compare to mine. I imagine there are a lot of guys out there who had to pull a Claudia and hide their BSC books. As for what I personally enjoyed about, or got from, the books... it's kind of hard to say, really. I read a LOT when I was little, everything from Nancy Drew and The Boxcar Children, to Stephen King and even V.C. Andrews. I just loved reading and the BSC, for a child anyway, was a fairly well-realized series with a large group of characters that offered a nice escape from boring reality. I guess what I'm saying is that for a child it was a series you could really sink your teeth into and get wrapped up in. Does that make any sense? lol I did relate to some of the characters, particularly angsty Mallory and "individualistic" Dawn. So even though I was a boy I did see qualities of my own in some characters, which is the main purpose of kid-lit. Hi Greer! This is johndawn from the boards. I grew up obsessed with the BSC and in all honesty I never really got too much flack for it, especially considering I grew up in an extremely small town in middle America. My parents never seemed bothered by it and never had a problem picking up books for me, or giving me a few bucks to run in the mall and get the books myself. It was kind of a non-issue, or they just didn’t let it show if it was. I can remember a couple of times getting teased by boys in school for reading them, but nothing major. Now that I’m older and rereading the books, my friends don’t seem to think anything of it. Then again, I have very open-minded friends who have their own fair share of unique quirks so I guess that explains a lot. I don’t know any other guys who read the books as voraciously as I did so I don’t know how their experiences would compare to mine. I imagine there are a lot of guys out there who had to pull a Claudia and hide their BSC books.

As for what I personally enjoyed about, or got from, the books… it’s kind of hard to say, really. I read a LOT when I was little, everything from Nancy Drew and The Boxcar Children, to Stephen King and even V.C. Andrews. I just loved reading and the BSC, for a child anyway, was a fairly well-realized series with a large group of characters that offered a nice escape from boring reality. I guess what I’m saying is that for a child it was a series you could really sink your teeth into and get wrapped up in. Does that make any sense? lol
I did relate to some of the characters, particularly angsty Mallory and “individualistic” Dawn. So even though I was a boy I did see qualities of my own in some characters, which is the main purpose of kid-lit.

]]> By: Joha http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/11/01/like-logan/#comment-293 Joha Sat, 03 Nov 2007 19:04:28 +0000 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/11/01/like-logan/#comment-293 haha. I still remember when my dad took me and my sister roller skating (i was 8, she was 6) and had one of BSC books with him. HE WAS READING IT WITHOUT SHAME AT THE ROLLER RINK. Of course we made fun of him. haha. I still remember when my dad took me and my sister roller skating (i was 8, she was 6) and had one of BSC books with him. HE WAS READING IT WITHOUT SHAME AT THE ROLLER RINK. Of course we made fun of him.

]]> By: WickedWonder http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/11/01/like-logan/#comment-278 WickedWonder Sat, 03 Nov 2007 03:54:12 +0000 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/11/01/like-logan/#comment-278 One of my mom's babysitting charges (and one of my good friends growing up) used to read the BSC with me. Of course, he totally used to lie to me and tell me that the books were up in the hundreds (this was earlier than 1994- dunno when the series actually did hit 100). Still, we used to gossip about Kristy and how Stacey was so cool. One of my mom’s babysitting charges (and one of my good friends growing up) used to read the BSC with me. Of course, he totally used to lie to me and tell me that the books were up in the hundreds (this was earlier than 1994- dunno when the series actually did hit 100). Still, we used to gossip about Kristy and how Stacey was so cool.

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