read-through

[ozqueen]

So, is anyone else interested in doing a reread of the canon with me? At this stage I'm thinking a book a week. It will take a couple of years to finish the series... but I can't really step up the pace much more than that right now.

I'm happy to go with BSC regular series, mysteries and super specials - how do people feel about things like the portrait collections/readers requests? Yay? Nay?

If we go by the list I have (and I cannot remember where I got it, ugh), we can read the series with events unfolding chronologically according to canon. I'll put the list below, but as you can see, it only includes regular/mystery/super specials. It wouldn't take much to edit in the portrait collections and stuff, but if people aren't keen for that to happen, let me know.

I'm going to vote against the Little Sister series right now, purely because A) I have no interest in them, B) I don't have access to 99% of those books, C) This is going to take a long time with just BSC books.
But if people want to overrule me on that, we can totally include LS books too. Just let your preferences be known.

Thoughts? There's a poll at the bottom, because YAY POLLS.


CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF BSC BOOKS ACCORDING TO CANON:

#1 Kristy's Great Idea
#2 Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls
#3 The Truth About Stacey
#4 Mary Anne Saves the Day
#5 Dawn and the Impossible Three

#6 Kristy's Big Day
#7 Claudia and Mean Janine
#8 Boy-Crazy Stacey
#9 The Ghost at Dawn's House
#10 Logan Likes Mary Anne!

#11 Kristy and the Snobs
#12 Claudia and the New Girl
SS#1 Baby-sitters on Board!
#13 Good-bye, Stacey, Good-bye
#14 Hello, Mallory

#15 Little Miss Stoneybrook... and Dawn
#16 Jessi's Secret Language
#17 Mary Anne's Bad-Luck Mystery
#18 Stacey's Mistake
#19 Claudia and the Bad Joke

#20 Kristy and the Walking Disaster
#21 Mallory and the Trouble with Twins
#22 Jessi Ramsey, Pet-sitter
#23 Dawn on the Coast
#24 Kristy and the Mother's Day Surprise

#25 Mary Anne and the Search for Tigger
SS#2 Baby-sitters' Summer Vacation
#26 Claudia and the Sad Good-bye
#27 Jessi and the Superbrat
#28 Welcome Back, Stacey!

#29 Mallory and the Mystery Diary
SS#3 Baby-sitters' Winter Vacation
#30 Mary Anne and the Great Romance
#31 Dawn's Wicked Stepsister
#32 Kristy and the Secret of Susan

#33 Claudia and the Great Search
#34 Mary Anne and Too Many Boys
#35 Stacey and the Mystery of Stoneybrook
SS#4 Baby-sitters Island Adventure
#36 Jessi's Baby-sitter

#37 Dawn and the Older Boy
#38 Kristy's Mystery Admirer
#39 Poor Mallory!
SS#5 California Girls!
#40 Claudia and the Middle School Mystery

#41 Mary Anne vs. Logan
#42 Jessi and the Dance School Phantom
#43 Stacey's Emergency
#44 Dawn and the Big Sleepover
SS#6 New York, New York!

#45 Kristy and the Baby Parade
#46 Mary Anne Misses Logan
M#1 Stacey and the Missing Ring
#47 Mallory on Strike
#48 Jessi's Wish

#49 Claudia and the Genius of Elm Street
M#2 Beware, Dawn!
SS#7 Snowbound!
#50 Dawn's Big Date
#51 Stacey's Ex-Best Friend

M#3 Mallory and the Ghost Cat
#52 Mary Anne + 2 Many Babies
#53 Kristy for President
#54 Mallory and the Dream Horse
M#4 Kristy and the Missing Child

#55 Jessi's Gold Medal
SS#8 Baby-sitters at Shadow Lake
#56 Keep Out, Claudia!
M#5 Mary Anne and the Secret in the Attic
#57 Dawn Saves The Planet

#58 Stacey's Choice
#59 Mallory Hates Boys (and Gym)
M#6 The Mystery at Claudia's House
SS#9 Starring the Baby-sitters Club!
#60 Mary Anne's Makeover

#61 Jessi And The Awful Secret
M#7 Dawn and the Disappearing Dogs
#62 Kristy and the Worst Kid Ever
#63 Claudia's Freind Friend
M#8 Jessi and the Jewel Thieves

#64 Dawn's Family Feud
#65 Stacey's Big Crush
M#9 Kristy and the Haunted Mansion
SS#10 Sea City, Here We Come!
#66 Maid Mary Anne

M#10 Stacey and the Mystery Money
#67 Dawn's Big Move
#68 Jessi and the Bad Baby-sitter
M#11 Claudia and the Mystery at the Museum
#69 Get Well Soon, Mallory!

#70 Stacey and the Cheerleaders
M#12 Dawn and the Surfer Ghost
#71 Claudia and the Perfect Boy
#72 Dawn and the We ♥ Kids Club
M#13 Mary Anne and the Library Mystery

#73 Mary Anne and Miss Priss
#74 Kristy and the Copycat
M#14 Stacey and the Mystery at the Mall
#75 Jessi's Horrible Prank
#76 Stacey's Lie

M#15 Kristy and the Vampires
SS#11 The Baby-sitters Remember
#77 Dawn and Whitney, Friends Forever
M#16 Claudia and the Clue in the Photograph
#78 Claudia and Crazy Peaches

#79 Mary Anne Breaks the Rules
M#17 Dawn and the Halloween Mystery
#80 Mallory Pike, #1 Fan
SS#12 Here Come the Bridesmaids!
M#18 Stacey and the Mystery of the Empty House

#81 Kristy and Mr. Mom
#82 Jessi and the Troublemaker
M#19 Kristy and the Missing Fortune
#83 Stacey vs. the BSC
#84 Dawn and the School Spirit War

M#20 Mary Anne and the Zoo Mystery
#85 Claudia Kishi, Live From WSTO!
#86 Mary Anne and Camp BSC
SM#1 Baby-sitters Haunted House
#87 Stacey and the Bad Girls

M#21 Claudia and the Recipe for Danger
#88 Farewell, Dawn
#89 Kristy and the Dirty Diapers
#90 Welcome to the BSC, Abby
M#22 Stacey and the Haunted Masquerade

#91 Claudia and the First Thanksgiving
#92 Mallory's Christmas Wish
SM#2 Baby-sitters Beware
#93 Mary Anne and the Memory Garden
#94 Stacey McGill, Super Sitter

M#23 Abby and the Secret Society
#95 Kristy + Bart = ?
#96 Abby's Lucky Thirteen
M#24 Mary Anne and the Silent Witness
#97 Claudia and the World's Cutest Baby

M#25 Kristy and the Middle School Vandal
#98 Dawn and Too Many Sitters
SS#13 Aloha, Baby-sitters!
M#26 Dawn Schafer, Undercover Baby-sitter
#99 Stacey's Broken Heart

#100 Kristy's Worst Idea
SM#3 Baby-sitters' Fright Night
#101 Claudia Kishi, Middle School Dropout
#102 Mary Anne and the Little Princess
#103 Happy Holidays, Jessi

M#27 Claudia and the Lighthouse Ghost
#104 Abby's Twin
#105 Stacey, the Math Whiz
M#28 Abby and the Mystery Baby
#106 Claudia, Queen of the Seventh Grade

#107 Mind Your Own Business, Kristy!
M#29 Stacey and the Fashion Victim
#108 Don't Give Up, Mallory
#109 Mary Anne to the Rescue
M#30 Kristy and the Mystery Train

SS#14 BSC in the USA
#110 Abby the Bad Sport
M#31 Mary Anne and the Music Box Mystery
#111 Stacey's Secret Friend
#112 Kristy and the Sister War

M#32 Claudia and the Mystery in the Painting
#113 Claudia Makes Up Her Mind
#114 The Secret Life of Mary Anne Spier
SM#4 Baby-sitters' Christmas Chiller
#115 Jessi's Big Break

#116 Abby and the Best Kid Ever
M#33 Stacey and the Stolen Hearts
#117 Claudia and the Terrible Truth
#118 Kristy Thomas, Dog Trainer
M#34 Mary Anne and the Haunted Bookstore

#119 Stacey's Ex-Boyfriend
#120 Mary Anne and the Playground Fight
M#35 Abby and the Notorious Neighbor
SS#15 Baby-sitters' European Vacation
#121 Abby in Wonderland

M#36 Kristy and the Cat Burglar
#122 Kristy in Charge
#123 Claudia's Big Party
#124 Stacey McGill... Matchmaker?
#125 Mary Anne in the Middle

#126 The All-New Mallory Pike
#127 Abby's Unvalentine
#128 Claudia and the Little Liar
#129 Kristy at Bat
#130 Stacey's Movie (May 1999)
#131 The Fire at Mary Anne's House

Poll #13970 The Great BSC Read-Through

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Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 9

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Read-through according to the above list?

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Yay
9 (100.0%)

Nay
0 (0.0%)

Inclusion of Portrait Collection and Reader's Request books?

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Yay
8 (88.9%)

Nay
1 (11.1%)

Inclusion of Little Sister and/or Ms Colman's Class books?

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Yay
3 (33.3%)

Nay
6 (66.7%)

Which day works best for discussion posts after finishing each book?

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Saturday/Sunday
3 (33.3%)

Monday/Tuesday
0 (0.0%)

Wednesday/Thursday
0 (0.0%)

Friday/Saturday
0 (0.0%)

I have no preference
6 (66.7%)

Comments

[rubyscarlett]

I'll participate in the discussion but won't start reading until Goodbye, Stacey, Goodbye because I've just started reading the series for the first time and that's how far I've reached. I don't want to reread the ones before that just yet since I just finished them but I do want to read along too :) I don't mind waiting for you all to reach that book, it'll be fun!

[ozqueen]

That's totally fair enough, haha! At least you're not TOO far ahead, so jumping into the discussion posts won't be too difficult for you! :)