Eat, Read, and Be Mommy

I might have preferred to bow out of this book review tonight–I’m working on cleaning out my bedroom, and I’m firmly in the ‘you have to make a bigger mess before you can make it smaller’ stage–but I told my 9-year-old that I’d finished Kristy’s Big Day (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix #6), and if I were to then withhold it because I didn’t want to take the time to review it tonight, well–it doesn’t bear thinking of.  She can yell and stomp with the best of them when she’s mad, but she was born with ginormous blue eyes that plead masterfully, and when they get sad?  Well, her sad eyes are a weapon the likes of which most of the world has never seen.

Anyway.  For my own safety AND the health of my decluttering project, I shall simply say that the sixth of the BSC graphic novels was every bit as good as the first five.  (I must be used to Gale Galligan’s art by now, since I barely noticed the difference between this one and the first four installments, done by Raina Telgemeier.)  The story was engaging, I laughed in all the right places, and the ending was satisfying.  Keep on keeping on with this series, folks!  (And now the book goes back to my 9-year-old, who started reading it 10 minutes before bedtime.  Trust me, she’ll want it FIRST thing in the morning!)