Selling more than 190 million copies, this series follows Kristy, Claudia, Stacey, and a crew of other local children who start their own babysitting business. With about 250 books in the series (plus ...

My Life in a Harem', which was published in 2010, five years after she married Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, Lauren details the two years she was part of the harem in the 1990s.

Raising her two young children as a single mother now in her 50s, she juggles her career and navigates romantic mishaps with characteristic wit and self-deprecating humor. The book, our critic ...