I was 7. The librarian gave me hard time at first and was all 'I think you should try another book because this one might be a little to hard for you'. When i first read them i would finish them in a bout a week. By the time I was 8,9 years old i was reading them in about 2-3 days.
sharei was the same age as you. I want to buy some more of em mostly can find them at used bookstores. I am taking a day off and reading some. And I am 22 now. Have a great day!
shareI think I was 9 when I started reading them. I'm now 21 years old. And still enjoying them. Specially the books about Mary Anne and the ones that mentioned Shannon.
You're NEVER Too Old Nor Too Young, To Love The Things You Love!
I was 8, 1989.. just after the books had been released.
I'm on a love walk, the Joaquin Phoenix love walk!
I was born in the same year that the series was launched in 1986.
You're NEVER Too Old Nor Too Young, To Love The Things You Love!
I started reading them at five but only because my next door neighbor was a friend of hers from college and she had 'em lying all over her house w/ nobody to read 'em so she gave 'em to me.
shareI was about nine years old when I first started reading the books and it was the tail end of primary, my first year at high school when my obsession started to ebb and I discovered Point Horror. By that point, the idea of kids of eleven and thirteen being allowed to babysit was just ridiculous.
"I always pretend to root for Gryffindors but, secretly, I love my Slytherin boys."~ Karen, W&G
I was about 11 when I first started reading the BSC books. Once I started I couldn't put them down. It would take me about 1 to 2 days. Then I got to the point where I could finish them in half a day if I could read that long. Anyways, those books were so addictive to me, I remember I would order those collection of books out of the book order magazine we used to have back in elementry school.
shareI was eight. Completely devoured them. That's when I really became an avid reader. I had about fifty or sixty in all. Good memories. I even tried writing my own fan fiction, though at the time, I didn't know what it was.
That's the last time I buy anything because it's fuzzy.
I was 7 when I started reading them and absolutely credit these books to sparking my love and passion for reading. I remember being so impatient for each new book to come out and when it did I would completely devour it. They were always on my Christmas and birthday wish list :) I think I was about 12 when I started to lose interest in them and move on to more mature reading material. Every once in awhile I would be in a book store and pick one up and read through it (even in high school) just to catch up! A couple of years ago I came across a box with my original books in it and decided I wouldn't mind having the entire set for my future daughters. Boy was I shocked to find out just how many of them there were!!! I slowly started filling in the gaps and as of today I have the whole set....and yes I did go back through and read the ones I never had :)
I am 28 yrs old now and still love this series. Afterall it was a huge part of my life when I was young. I think it is a quality series that is almost timeless in its appeal to young girls and hopefully my daughters will eventually read and love them as much as I did!
I started reading the babysitters little sister books when I was about 10 and started the regular BSC books at about 11. I read them until I was 19 because I loved them so much. Near the end I could read one in a hour.
I was about 8 or 9. My parents signed me up for the book club so I always got them in the mail, but I never read them until one fateful day, out of sheer boredom and curiousity, I actually cracked open one of the books and magic happened... I actually liked reading! (22 now)
shareI was about 8 & 9 too. All the girls in my class were reading them.
I miss the series. I am desperate to read the last book in the friends forever series.
I was 7 when I first started reading them. They were my favorite series all the way through 8th grade. Then I really got into the California Diaries series because the themes were more serious. But I will still occasionally pick one up and read it (I'm 22 now). I love them, they take me back to childhood plus I have quite a few. My favorite was Kristy's Big Day.
shareI think I was about 11 when I first started reading BSC. I kind of forgot how I came across reading the book I think I saw the book in the libary or something. Ever since then I've just been reading them like crazy. I'm 26 now and I still have my collection of BSC, every now and then I'll read them when I've read out of books to read. I plan on giving my collection to my daughter when I have one.
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I got my first BBC book for my ninth birthday from a friend. I had a sleepover and I stayed up all night reading it. It was one from the Karen series (Kristi's younger step-sister). I started reading the older girls' stories not long after that.
sharei started to read the 'little sister' series (karen brewer narrated) when i was 5-6 and then moved on the BSC when i was about 6-7 years old. 22 now and have kept my MASSIVE collection (i think i owned probably over 100 books in the series) for when i have kids!
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