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A review by finesilkflower
Logan Likes Mary Anne! by Ann M. Martin
5.0
Mary Anne has a sweet flirtation with Logan "the Boy Baby-sitter" Bruno.
Mary Anne forms an instant crush on the new boy, Logan Bruno, a Louisville transplant with a cute Kentucky accent and a startling resemblance to Mary Anne’s favorite actor, Cam Geary. Logan overhears the girls stressing about how busy they are and volunteers that he, too, is a babysitter. Mary Anne observes Logan on a test sitting job, and he’s good with new client Jackie Rodowsky, the walking disaster, but when he attends a meeting, everyone feels awkward and inhibited, unable to indulge in "girl talk." When Mary Anne calls Logan to discuss the club’s concerns, Logan tells her he doesn’t want to join the club--but he does want to take her to the Remember September dance. Mary Anne and Logan have awkward but adorable dates to the dance and to a party of Stacey’s which turns out to be a surprise birthday shindig for Mary Anne, who is mortified by the attention. Logan is understanding of Mary Anne’s special introvertedness, and the experience brings them closer together. Mary Anne finally asks why Logan didn’t want to join the club, and he says he found the meetings awkward, but he readily agrees to be club back-up in case they get too busy to handle all the jobs. Thus the associate member position was born.
This book contains one of the world’s most unappealing descriptions of a first crush (Mary Anne’s physiological reactions are just plan frightening; Logan incapacitates her) and one of the world’s most appealing descriptions of starting school (Mary Anne, like me, has an affinity for fresh school supplies). Logan is at once alien and unpredictable and sweet and perfect, and the little kinks on the road to true love are largely charming.
Lingering Questions: ONE awkward meeting, and everyone just gives up? I’m sure they would quickly learn not to indulge in too much bra strap discussion, or Logan would quickly learn to just deal with it when they did. It’s so sexist that they can’t have male members because of their ridiculous feelings about "girl talk" and "boy talk." I bet Kristy would far prefer a moratorium on girl talk during meeting time, anyway. I’ll just pretend that Logan had a time commitment issue. He does sports, so it’s not unreasonable.
Timing: September of eighth grade. (From now on, I’m not going to say "of eighth grade," because it will never not be eighth grade. I will just note the month or time of year.)
Mary Anne forms an instant crush on the new boy, Logan Bruno, a Louisville transplant with a cute Kentucky accent and a startling resemblance to Mary Anne’s favorite actor, Cam Geary. Logan overhears the girls stressing about how busy they are and volunteers that he, too, is a babysitter. Mary Anne observes Logan on a test sitting job, and he’s good with new client Jackie Rodowsky, the walking disaster, but when he attends a meeting, everyone feels awkward and inhibited, unable to indulge in "girl talk." When Mary Anne calls Logan to discuss the club’s concerns, Logan tells her he doesn’t want to join the club--but he does want to take her to the Remember September dance. Mary Anne and Logan have awkward but adorable dates to the dance and to a party of Stacey’s which turns out to be a surprise birthday shindig for Mary Anne, who is mortified by the attention. Logan is understanding of Mary Anne’s special introvertedness, and the experience brings them closer together. Mary Anne finally asks why Logan didn’t want to join the club, and he says he found the meetings awkward, but he readily agrees to be club back-up in case they get too busy to handle all the jobs. Thus the associate member position was born.
This book contains one of the world’s most unappealing descriptions of a first crush (Mary Anne’s physiological reactions are just plan frightening; Logan incapacitates her) and one of the world’s most appealing descriptions of starting school (Mary Anne, like me, has an affinity for fresh school supplies). Logan is at once alien and unpredictable and sweet and perfect, and the little kinks on the road to true love are largely charming.
Lingering Questions: ONE awkward meeting, and everyone just gives up? I’m sure they would quickly learn not to indulge in too much bra strap discussion, or Logan would quickly learn to just deal with it when they did. It’s so sexist that they can’t have male members because of their ridiculous feelings about "girl talk" and "boy talk." I bet Kristy would far prefer a moratorium on girl talk during meeting time, anyway. I’ll just pretend that Logan had a time commitment issue. He does sports, so it’s not unreasonable.
Timing: September of eighth grade. (From now on, I’m not going to say "of eighth grade," because it will never not be eighth grade. I will just note the month or time of year.)