{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/670d24d5cf7ee45f9e24c55e/67c1c54f5c185beda41f00e5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 314: Stacey's Big Crush (Baby-Sitters Club #65) (with Saumya Dave)","description":"<p>Bad news: this is the last Baby-Sitters Club-centric episode of SSR.</p><p>Good news: this is an <em>amazing </em>Baby-Sitters Club-centric episode of SSR!</p><p><br></p><p>This week, former BSC superfan Saumya Dave joins Alli for one final trip to Stoneybrook to hang with everyone's favorite young entrepreneurs. They discuss the sixty-fifth book in the series, <em>Stacey's Big Crush</em>, along with hot teachers, women in STEM, all-consuming crushes, long school days, portrayals of divorce in books, goat sitting, and how the baby-sitters have helped us understand ourselves over the years.</p><p><br></p><p>Saumya Dave is the author of <a href=\"https://bookshop.org/a/20867/9781984806154\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Well-Behaved Indian Women</em></a>, <a href=\"https://bookshop.org/a/20867/9781984806178\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>What a Happy Family</em></a>, and—most recently—<a href=\"https://bookshop.org/a/20867/9780778368342\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Guilt Pill</em></a>, which was inspired by her work as a pyschiatrist. Follow her on Instagram <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/saumyajdave/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@saumyajdave</a>.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>CHECK OUT SAUMYA'S BOOKS:</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/a/20867/9781984806154\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Well-Behaved Indian Women</em></a></p><p><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/a/20867/9781984806178\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>What a Happy Family</em></a></p><p><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/a/20867/9780778368342\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Guilt Pill</em></a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>CHECK OUT ASHA'S BOOK RECOMMENDATION: </strong></p><p><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/a/20867/9780063250833\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Yellowface</em></a><em> </em>by R.F. Kuang</p><p><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/a/20867/9781984881687\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Push</em></a> by Ashley Audrain</p><p><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/a/20867/9781538770993\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Other Lata</a> by Kirthana Ramisetti</p><p><br></p><p><strong>MORE READING: </strong></p><p>\"<em>Stacey's Big Crush</em>\" (<a href=\"https://babysittersclub.fandom.com/wiki/Stacey%27s_Big_Crush\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Baby-Sitters Club Wiki</a>)</p><p>\"#65: <em>Stacey's Big Crush</em>\" (<a href=\"https://www.livethemovies.com/bsc-blog/staceys-big-crush\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Live the Movies</a>)</p><p>\"<em>Stacey's Big Crush</em>\" (<a href=\"https://bsc-snark.livejournal.com/572409.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Baby-Sitters Club Snark-fest!</a>)</p>","author_name":"Alli Hoff Kosik"}