Logan Likes Mary Anne! (The Baby-Sitters Club, #10)

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Logan Likes Mary Anne! (The Baby-Sitters Club #10)

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Mary Anne's budding new relationship with adorable boy baby-sitter Logan is complicated when she recommends him to the other members of the Baby-sitters club for extraneous jobs.

Paperback, 160 pages

Published February 1st 1988 by Scholastic (first published January 1st 1988)

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Feb 19, 2009 Sonali rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: female-protagonist, friendship, loved-as-a-teen, suburban-fiction, romance

I just re-read this BSC book. It's been 18 years (omg!) and I still love it. I want Mary Anne's Eiffel tower skirt! I want to kitten named Tigger! I want a bff from California named Dawn! It is seriously awesome.

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Apr 22, 2013 Swankivy rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Another one whose title turned me off immediately because as much as I thought the characters were cool I didn't really care if they liked boys because I couldn't relate to it. On top of that, I always thought Logan was a Ken doll every single time he was introduced, and he has a Kentucky accent instead of a personality, and so I guess it makes sense that even though Mary Anne is a total dork around him, he falls for her. Because that's what boys are FOR in books for silly girls.

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Apr 07, 2013 Laura Hughes rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: babysitters-club

Mary Anne forms an instant crush on the new boy, Logan Bruno, a Louisville transplant with a cute Kentucky accent and a startling resemblance to Mary Anne’s favorite actor, Cam Geary. Logan overhears the girls stressing about how busy they are and volunteers that he, too, is a babysitter. Mary Anne observes Logan on a test sitting job, and he’s good with new client Jackie Rodowsky, the walking disaster, but when he attends a meeting, everyone feels awkward and inhibited, unable to indulge in "gi...more Mary Anne forms an instant crush on the new boy, Logan Bruno, a Louisville transplant with a cute Kentucky accent and a startling resemblance to Mary Anne’s favorite actor, Cam Geary. Logan overhears the girls stressing about how busy they are and volunteers that he, too, is a babysitter. Mary Anne observes Logan on a test sitting job, and he’s good with new client Jackie Rodowsky, the walking disaster, but when he attends a meeting, everyone feels awkward and inhibited, unable to indulge in "girl talk." When Mary Anne calls Logan to discuss the club’s concerns, Logan tells her he doesn’t want to join the club--but he does want to take her to the Remember September dance. Mary Anne and Logan have awkward but adorable dates to the dance and to a party of Stacey’s which turns out to be a surprise birthday shindig for Mary Anne, who is mortified by the attention. Logan is understanding of Mary Anne’s special introvertedness, and the experience brings them closer together. Mary Anne finally asks why Logan didn’t want to join the club, and he says he found the meetings awkward, but he readily agrees to be club back-up in case they get too busy to handle all the jobs. Thus the associate member position was born.

This book contains one of the world’s most unappealing descriptions of a first crush (Mary Anne’s physiological reactions are just plan frightening; Logan incapacitates her) and one of the world’s most appealing descriptions of starting school (Mary Anne, like me, has an affinity for fresh school supplies). Logan is at once alien and unpredictable and sweet and perfect, and the little kinks on the road to true love are largely charming.

Lingering Questions: ONE awkward meeting, and everyone just gives up? I’m sure they would quickly learn not to indulge in too much bra strap discussion, or Logan would quickly learn to just deal with it when they did. It’s so sexist that they can’t have male members because of their ridiculous feelings about "girl talk" and "boy talk." I bet Kristy would far prefer a moratorium on girl talk during meeting time, anyway. I’ll just pretend that Logan had a time commitment issue. He does sports, so it’s not unreasonable.

Timing: September of eighth grade. (From now on, I’m not going to say "of eighth grade," because it will never not be eighth grade. I will just note the month or time of year.)(less)

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Jan 21, 2010 Ciara rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: kids-books, read-in-2010

so glad we don't have a pike storyline in this one. instead, the main babysitting charge is poor jackie rodowsky, the BSC punching bag for the rest of the series. but first, the set-up:

it's the first round of eighth grade for the BSC. mary anne goes to school with a poster of cam geary & a stick of gum so she can put the poster up in her locker with buts of chewed gum. yeah, i tried that when i was kid. the gum eventually loses its sticking power...after like twenty minutes. this would never...more so glad we don't have a pike storyline in this one. instead, the main babysitting charge is poor jackie rodowsky, the BSC punching bag for the rest of the series. but first, the set-up:

it's the first round of eighth grade for the BSC. mary anne goes to school with a poster of cam geary & a stick of gum so she can put the poster up in her locker with buts of chewed gum. yeah, i tried that when i was kid. the gum eventually loses its sticking power...after like twenty minutes. this would never work. anyway.

stoneybrook middle school has a new student, logan bruno. mary anne thinks he looks just like cam geary. she is instantly in love. it's weird how these BSc girls are always falling in love at first sight just because the boy they like is cute. the world is full of cute boys. it takes more than cute to turn my head...& it always has. lucky for the girls that none of these cute boys turns out to be a sexual predator or a serial killer or something. anyway. all the other BSC girls also think logan is cute, but for some reason, when they realize that mary anne likes him (even though she denies it), they back off & let her have him. i really don't get that part. i mean, it works out, because logan likes mary anne back (hence the title of the book), but it seems uncharacteristic of some of the more "boy-crazy" members of the club. & i don't entirely understand WHY logan likes mary anne. he explains at one point that he likes that she takes people seriously & seems kind, but for most of the book, she is too flustered & tongue-tied to say two words to him. seems like a dude would get bored with that pretty quick. but i guess this is all supposed to play on the tween girl fantasy of meeting a nice, cute boy who everyone else also finds cut & nice, but who picks you because he sees your real self even when you are bad at letting it out. kind of the whole edward/bella thing, now that i think about it more...minus the vampirism.

logan says he used to babysit in kentucky, so the girls invite him to try out the club & take a sitting job. he & mary anne sit for jackie, who manages to pull down the shower curtain trying to do a chin-up, gets his hand stuck in a jar, spills a glass of grape juice all over the carpet, alomst cannonballs into a side table, falls off his bike, & knocks mary anne backwards into logan's waiting arms. sounds like a pretty typical kid to me. logan decides not to join the club as a full-fledged member because it's awkward when they talk about girly stuff at meetings. he signs on as an associate member & he & mary anne start dating.

the thing everyone always remembers about this book is the famous cities skirt that mary anne bought for the remember september dance she attends with locan. "sketchy pink & blue drawings of landmarks like the eiffel tower & london bridge on a white background." she teams it up with a pink sweater & white shoes with pink & blue edging--a classic moment in 80s tackiness. i swear they sported a similar look on "designing women" or "golden girls" at some point. she likes the outfit so much (even though she said previously that she hates pink) that she wears it to the party stacey throws, not knowing that it's a secret birthday party for mary anne. when they bring out the cake & gifts, she turns tail & runs all the way home. & then her dad lets her get a kitten. what? there's a lot happening here.

anyway, she makes up with her friends, they rush over to meet the kitten, she gets famous cities socks for her birthday, & know she will forever be introduced as having a steady boyfriend, like it's some epic accomplishment that junior high girls should measure themselves against. yuck.(less)

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Oct 09, 2010 Bunny rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: catholic-school-read, read-in-10, owned, library-sale

I bought a hell of a lot of BSC and Sweet Valley High books at the last library sale. Mostly for my niece, if she'll read them. But also for me.

Why, you may ask, would I re-read Babysitter's Club when I'm 28 years old and have hundreds of books waiting to be read?

Allow me to provide a quote:

"I thought we made a pretty good-looking group. Claudia was wearing short, tight-fitting black pants and a big white shirt that said BE-BOP all over it in between pictures of rock and roll dancers. She had f...more

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Sep 10, 2007 Kate rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

oh babysitters club, heck yeah! i read every single one of these, dare I admit it? (And which one of us hasn't wanted to start our own babysitters club after reading about its awesomeness??)

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Mar 16, 2013 April rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: childrens, reviewed

Fantastic books for young girls getting into reading!! Great stories about friendship and life lessons. The characters deal with all sorts of situations and often find responsible solutions to problems.

I loved this series growing up and wanted to start my own babysitting business with friends. Great lessons in entrepreneurship for tweens.

The books may be dated with out references to modern technology but the story stands and lessons are still relevant.

Awesome books that girls will love! And the...more

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Dec 31, 2011 Lorraine rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: childhood-trauma

This was the first Baby-sitters Club I ever re-read. I did so with the express intent of making fun of it for Childhood Trauma, so you should take that into consideration as you read my review. Also, the fact that I'm 25 and not in fifth grade. Also, also, the fact that I once loved these books with the indiscriminate love of a fifth grader.

Onward.

Mary Anne Spier is the most boring member of the Baby-Sitters club and according to fellow Snark Squad-er Sweeney, the most boring character in the...more

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May 08, 2011 eva rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: a-lifetime-ago, children-fiction

I pretty much read the entire babysitters club collection. I used to swap the books in an american bookstore that was in Venezuela.
it was great fun.
I don't really recall all the titles I read but this one is a for sure...because I wanted my very own Logan (since I identified myself with MaryAnn), and I was sooo sad when the broke-up a whole lot of books alter.
I remember also watching the movie but that sucked.

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Apr 30, 2012 E Reyes rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

After reading book #41, I thought book #10 will be different. I'm surprised that it's related to book #41, like 98% related. On book #41, Logan and Mary Anne broke up, and you'll find here in book # 10 the beginning of their story. It's like reminiscing everything. I thought something as sweet as what they had could last forever.

In book #10 (only in book #10) , I saw Logan as lovely and sweet.

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Nov 22, 2012 Ruby Scarlett rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Very cute. I really liked Mary Anne and I know what Logan sees in her - she really is genuinely interested in people. Logan was also a good addition to the group. My favourite part is still the baby sitting tips for some reason. It's fun to imagine what the girl would grow into much later, I can see Kristy being a sensational businesswoman for example.

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Jan 06, 2010 Lacy rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

HAHAH still remember this book like I read it last night. Huge fan of these books when I was young. I always like Mary Anne, Stacey, Dawn and Claudia. I hated Kristy and the "alternate" sitters. Duz.

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Jul 03, 2012 Kimberly rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: children-and-young-adult

I loved the BSC series when I was younger and even more glad that I held on to them all these years so my children would be able to enjoy them as well. I would recommend for tween girls.

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Jun 11, 2010 Graykrickette rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Mary Anne gets a boyfriend, with read hair. I think this was when I was on the twelve-thirteen fence, so I wasn't really into romance quite yet. I didn't think it was that interesting.

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May 12, 2010 Chelsea rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: 5th graders to 9th graders

completely adoreable. for the first romance of the series it was cute while not mushy. i am excited to see what happens ith the romance as the series ontinues.

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Jan 26, 2013 Jessica rated it 3 of 5 stars

Not only was Logan cute but he had an accent (a southern boy!) and he liked Mary Anne.
Which goes to show that sometimes, good girls do get the dreamy guy.

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Jun 07, 2007 jacky rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: childrens-chapter-books

I read about 20-25 of these books. I read them in fifth and sixth grade. I strongly remember wanting to read these because they seemed cool and my older sister read a few of them. I remember that our library had a little display of them and I also bought a lot of them through the book catalogs we got at school. I remember most strongly the set up of the books; each book started explaining the club and describing each of the members. I also strongly remember the covers.

I really liked the characte...more

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May 05, 2010 Maria M. Elmvang rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2002-and-before, 4-stars, 2010, baby-sitters-club, owned

This used to be one of my favourites, and I still think it's really sweet, even though Logan does act a LOT more mature than most 13-year-old boys ;)

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Jul 09, 2011 Stephanie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I remember loving this book SO much as a kid. I was beyond excited that Logan liked Mary Anne and I just knew that if Mary Anne had a chance, so did I!

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Jan 26, 2013 Natalí rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: bbc, kindle, oldie

I though I had already read this back in the 90s but no! The first book I read of the BSC was "Logan Vs Mary Anne" so this is quite the opposite book XD I used to like Mary Anne back then but in this book, I think she isn't much of a character. Her interactions with Logan where lame and its quite surprising he likes her if she is always mute when he is around. Also we must note that this book marks the moment where the girls enter a time loop in which they'll never get older than 13 XD But it wa...more

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Apr 19, 2009 Stephanie I rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Loved this book, years back. It was all so cute! Logan sounded adorable.

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May 06, 2013 Jureshka Naidoo rated it 5 of 5 stars

It was a nice story, I liked it.
I read this in the car.

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Dec 11, 2012 Marijoy rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

this was like the first love story-ish i encountered!!! <3

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Oct 15, 2012 Rylee rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I liked this book but it was not one of my favorites!

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May 02, 2009 The names Su..(: rated it 5 of 5 stars

OK, Ithese books are so great! Read them everygirl!

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Feb 19, 2009 Jennifer rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: from-my-childhood-teen-years

I used to like this series when I was young.

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May 01, 2012 Diane rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This one was fun. I remember my first crush...

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Feb 07, 2012 Samantha Comer rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: childhood-books, my-2012-booklist

I just loved this series as a kid and wanted to rereadit

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May 17, 2013 Wetnys rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Beautiful couple.

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Sep 06, 2011 Imani rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It was a cool book.

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