Tom Houston strikes me as creepy for no apparent reason too, but that's probably because I'm picturing the ghostie thinking of Tom Cruise and changing the last name.
Elizabeth, of course, is arguing that the plot was "completely unbelievable," and actually says, "...It wasn't like real life at all."
Even His Bastardliness Bruce Patman is taking this class. Just when you think you have someone figured out, he goes and takes a jewelry class.
Remember that part in Legally Blonde where Brooke says "He did leave a Cher tape in the poolhouse once..." I just have this mental picture of, say, Lila, years later, going "He did take a jewelry class that time in middle school..."
Oh, Sweet Valley. Everyone's got a boat.
This should be an icon.
Sidenote: Lila also mentions that Jessica was passing notes with someone named Helen Bradley in math class. Who the eff is this? Does anyone know, or is she one of those people who is mentioned once and never again?She appears in SVH#10 as a cheerleader and possibly as a
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Remember that part in Legally Blonde where Brooke says "He did leave a Cher tape in the poolhouse once..." I just have this mental picture of, say, Lila, years later, going "He did take a jewelry class that time in middle school..."
--->> I wish you could see how hard this made made me laugh. Yes, I remember that part, and yes, that's perfect. Haha!
Also, I need to get on that "Oh, Sweet Valley. Everyone's got a boat" icon, like now.
And, thanks for shedding some light on Helen Bradley. I'm actually in the process of re-reading all SVHs right now, and I'll probably be on #10 pretty soon.
Loved your recap! I think it's His Bastardliness Bruce Patman there on the cover using his thumb to ask Jessica, "Who's leaky old tugboat is THAT?" though the boat on the cover looks nothing like a tugboat to me. But hey, what do I know? I live in Salt Lake City "where everyone owns either a sailboat or a cabin crusier" (we have little use of tugboats here on our landlocked briny lake!) Anyway, I always pictured tugboats with a cute black smokestack and a red hull.
Thanks! *whew* I'm glad everyone doesn't hate my first one. I guess it makes more sense for that to be Bruce, although Bruce should be way dreamier. But, once again, since when are the cover illustrations supposed to make more than minimal sense? =) In fact, now that you mention it, I think I thought it was Bruce on the cover when I was a kid and read this for the first time.
And, yeah, that doesn't really look much like a tugboat to me. Of course, I don't think I've ever seen a tugboat in real life. Only cartoon ones with eyes and mouths.
He was totally weird in this book! I mean, there's the jewelry class thing, and then his reaction to the boat was just... so not Bruce. He even said something about the boat being cool because it was "unique" and "not everyone in Sweet Valley has one like it" or something. Since when does Herr Patman care about uniqueness over, you know, expensiveness or prestige or being a female he can manipulate?
You'd think at some point Francine would be like, alright, Cover Illustrator, you suck and you make all the boys look gross, and the girls, too, half the time. You're fired.
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I thought maybe I was going nuts, thinking she was blonde. But, yeah, it's understandable if you didn't read much of SVT.
Mary sucks. I think I feel about Mary the way Jessica does about Enid in SVH.
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Elizabeth, of course, is arguing that the plot was "completely unbelievable," and actually says, "...It wasn't like real life at all."
Y halo thar, Mallory Pike.
Even His Bastardliness Bruce Patman is taking this class. Just when you think you have someone figured out, he goes and takes a jewelry class.
Remember that part in Legally Blonde where Brooke says "He did leave a Cher tape in the poolhouse once..." I just have this mental picture of, say, Lila, years later, going "He did take a jewelry class that time in middle school..."
Oh, Sweet Valley. Everyone's got a boat.
This should be an icon.
Sidenote: Lila also mentions that Jessica was passing notes with someone named Helen Bradley in math class. Who the eff is this? Does anyone know, or is she one of those people who is mentioned once and never again?She appears in SVH#10 as a cheerleader and possibly as a ( ... )
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--->> I wish you could see how hard this made made me laugh. Yes, I remember that part, and yes, that's perfect. Haha!
Also, I need to get on that "Oh, Sweet Valley. Everyone's got a boat" icon, like now.
And, thanks for shedding some light on Helen Bradley. I'm actually in the process of re-reading all SVHs right now, and I'll probably be on #10 pretty soon.
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And, yeah, that doesn't really look much like a tugboat to me. Of course, I don't think I've ever seen a tugboat in real life. Only cartoon ones with eyes and mouths.
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HEE. FTW, dude. That Bruce is one weird mama-jamma.
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