Baby-Sitters Club makes a modern comeback

It's time to dust off your slouch socks and pull your hair up in a Scrunchie. We're heading back to Stoneybrook.

The New York Times is reporting Scholastic Inc. will publish Ann M. Martin's prequel this year to "The Baby-sitters Club." That's right ladies (ages 20s to 30s), we will soon know what like was like before Kristy, Claudia and Mary Ann dreamed up their all girls club. (Dawn was my favorite. She had divorced parents, just like me.)

So here's my only concern: "The Baby-sitters Club" got its start in 1986 - a decade without cell phones, Wiis and DVD players. How is this prequel going to be relevant to girls now?

I really hope Martin can jazz up "The Summer Before" without losing the simple charms and wholesome storylines found in the pages of dozens of "BSC" books.

Thousands of "BSC" fans will stroke out if Martin makes David Michael (Kristy's brother) a vampire or gives Mallory Pike a drug problem.

Cake Wrecks

"Congradulations Rhonda".

It was an embarrassing error scrawled across a cake purchased for a co-worker.

A longtime composing manager charged with proofing advertisements daily for misspellings, the cake mistake did not go unnoticed by Rhonda.

Jen Yates, creator of Cakewrecks.com, has made a sweet living poking fun of mistakes like "Congradulations Rhonda" and worse.

Yates' new book, "Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong" ($12.95 hardback, Andrews McMeel Publishing) landed on my desk Wednesday, triggering my own cake wreck memory. Co-workers passing by soon caught glimpse of the cover, many sticking close to my desk as they thumbed through the pages, some giggling to the point of tears.

Here's a selection of some of their favorite Cake Wrecks:

Favorite of the Week: Dan Brown

It's no "Harry Potter" or "Twilight", but one of the most anticipated literary works of the year is coming out tomorrow.

Let us all rejoice in unison now!

Dan Brown's "The Lost Symbol" - his first novel since "The Da Vinci Code" - brings professor Robert Langdon home to America on a 12-hour thrill search through the streets of Washington D.C.

Get yours at Barnes & Noble or Books-a-Million for around $18 hardback tomorrow.