Rereading My Childhood by Amy A. Cowan

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July 2023
The Baby-Sitters Club #25: Mary Anne and the Search for Tigger by Ann M. Martin
In which Logan's existence continues to baffle me, kitty theft is a serious crime, and the NPC children of Stoneybrook are blackmail-committing…
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Amy A. Cowan
June 2023
REVIEW: Fear Street Sagas #5: The Hidden Evil by R. L. Stine
In which a great classic is revisited, old women send old teenagers into old panic, and creepy children gonna creep.
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Amy A. Cowan
May 2023
April 2023
The Baby-Sitters Club #21: Mallory and the Trouble With Twins by Ann M. Martin
In which Mallory wants pierced ears, identical twins wreak havoc on an unsuspecting music teacher, and richies go to an island where man is hunted for…
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Amy A. Cowan
Fear Street: Silent Night by R. L. Stine
In which the protagonist is the most interesting Stine character, Santa is arrested, and retail is the real bad guy.
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Amy A. Cowan
March 2023
The Baby-Sitters Club #20: Kristy and the Walking Disaster by Ann M. Martin
In which Kristy kritiques the performance of a four-year-old, I gloss over long passages about sports, and mediocre boys continue to disappoint.
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Amy A. Cowan
Goosebumps: Go Eat Worms! by R. L. Stine
In which a young boy should get a new hobby, his best-friend has a future as an accomplice, and we discover why Pluto isn't a planet anymore.
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Amy A. Cowan
The Baby-Sitters Club #19: Claudia and the Bad Joke by Ann M. Martin
In which a parent has the audacity of a mediocre white man, Kristy has a strange dream, and Claudia's hospital mate is two toddlers in a trench coat.
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Amy A. Cowan
February 2023
Fear Street: The Bad Girl by R. L. Stine
In which frogs explode on contact, shrub-born boyfriends gesticulate wildly, and I count instances of the worst product placement.
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Amy A. Cowan
The Baby-Sitters Club #18: Stacey's Mistake by Ann M. Martin
In which Kristy is hilarious, Mary Anne returns from a ho-down, and I write a sitcom episode.
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Amy A. Cowan
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