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Why I Read Peek-a WHO?…and Why I Stopped.

Ways My Life Changed Post-Baby That I Expected:

-No sleep
-Rarely bathe
-Think daily about getting a mom haircut

Unexpected Ways My Life Changed Post-Baby:

-Numb gut from surgery
-Have to run the dishwasher every day
-Developed a taste for Gerber Puffs

And the saddest one of all:

-Too tired to read

I used to love staying up late into the night devouring a book. Now I’m lucky if I can make it through ten pages a night, and eight of those pages are ones I’ve had to re-read because I’ve forgotten major plot points and characters (who’s this Mr. Darcy they keep mentioning? Ah well. Probably not that important).

My new reading material has to be something fast. Something light. But something that packs a punch. I still want to be thrilled. I’m still me, after all.  When I asked my mom friends for recommendations, the one title that kept coming up was Nina Laden’s Peek-a WHO? 

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Which Member of the Baby-Sitters Club Would You Hire?

I may not be leaving an inheritance, land, properties, assets, or practical knowledge of any sort to my daughter, but she WILL be receiving my collection of beloved, tattered young adult novels. I’m talking Sweet Valley High. Anastasia Krupnik. The Gymnasts. The American Girl series. You want Beverly Clearly? I got her. Danziger? Duh. But the crowning glory of this collection is a mostly intact run of books 1-70 of The Baby-Sitters Club, including Super Specials, Mysteries and a few of those weird Portrait books. It will all be yours one day, dear child.

This brings up the obvious question:

Which Member of The Baby-Sitters Club Would You Hire?

Let’s go through the options.

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