SVH #57 Teacher Crush; or To Sir, With Love

[murderedmymuse]

 
“I am sick of your foul language, your crude behaviour, and your sluttish manner.” --To Sir, With Love

Okay, this week I go where Sidney Poitier fears to tread. A bunch of class cutting, sanitary napkin burning, East End hoods have nothing on the sweet valley gang. In book #57 Teacher Crush, Jessica pretty much lays off Elizabeth, who puts her

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[dwanollah1]

*cranks up my various Lesley Gore albums*

And yeah, what in the name of Buddha's green earth happened to Olivia in this book? She's such a ding-dong. Plus she wears a purple silk jumpsuit. Just- no, Liv. NO!

[murderedmymuse]

If I were to cry over a SVH book, it would be this one: because Olivia going fashionable, nooooo. I love her style.

Why do SVH fashions sound okay in the books, but when you see them in real life they are so cringe worthy?

Also, I'm going to go really nerdy and squee! You read my recap. Dwanollah, I've been reading your blog and it's great. Especially the piece on the teen romance novels (were they Sweet Dreams novels? It's been a while since I read it).

[dwanollah1]

Aw, man, thank you... you totally made my week! And I didn't discriminate... I recapped some Wildfire and Flare and whatever else YA trash I could find, too. I've had another one in the works for months, but pesky things like actual work-related academic writing keep getting in the way, darn it.

[murderedmymuse]

I love that YA trash. It's so bad for you but sooo good. Not too many people review the really unknown stuff. Have you read 'Fifteen' by Beverly Cleary? Very snarkable. Also, it's so hard to find those 80s teen romance titles in secondhand book stores. SVH is easy compared to those.

As for academic writing, I used to be sneaky and hand in pop culture essays (like on Buffy, and Kids In The Hall), just couched in academic phrasing. I even slipped in a Simpsons quote or two.

[dwanollah1]

Dude, can you believe there is very little critical writing done on Beverly Cleary? A bunch of us are trying to fix that. And yeah, I read all her YA stuff. Ah, the good old days....

[murderedmymuse]

Beverly Cleary is the shit. And she's been writing for so long, you think she'd get a little recognition. Oh well. If I can help you out on the Beverly Cleary front, with some critical writing or whatever, just give me a shout.

Have you read Louis Sachar or Norma Fox Mazer? Or the Taffy Sinclair books? What are your YA faves?