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irinaauthor's post about the death of Louis Miles gave me an idea. The original thought was to do a poem in the style of Edward Gorey's "Gashlycrumb Tinies" about the death of Jessica's many boyfriends. Well--this might shock you--there weren't enough dead boyfriends to complete the poem. But Irina and I worked on it ALL DAY and we finally came up with this ( Read more... )

Sweet Valley High Magna Edition: Return of the Evil Twin

Oh, Crazy Margo. I just can’t quit you.

If you’re fuzzy on Margo’s backstory, check out the recaps of A Night to Remember and books 95-100. It’s really too much to summarize here.

The cover:


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When the lovely, talented daniellafromage recapped The Unicorns Go Hawaiian, she started by warning everyone that it was probably the best Sweet Valley Twins book ever, and she wasn’t wrong.

Well. Now it’s my turn, because The Evil Twin is the greatest achievement in Sweet Valley High. If Sweet Valley had its own Pulitzer category, this book not only would have ( Read more... )

Sweet Valley High #99: Beware the Babysitter

Did someone say Crazy Margo, murder, and mayhem?


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Sweet Valley High #98: The Wedding

In which Miss Lila Fowler rules all.


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SweetValley High #97: The Verdict

In this installment, Elizabeth is found not guilty of vehicular manslaughter. But who cares about that? Psychotic Margo finally gets to Sweet Valley, y’all! There’s so much fabulous plot in this book that the recap is a little long.

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Sweet Valley High #96: The Arrest

The blurb on the back of the book reads, “Will Elizabeth ever regain her self-respect?” but it should say, “Jessica is going to burn in hell.”

The Wakefields, Enid, Todd, and Billie the Girl Roommate

The book starts out with Elizabeth being questioned at the police station. Ned wants to make sure Liz understands that ( Read more... )

When we last left our heroes, Lila was having her therapist arrested for fake attempted rape (par for the course in Sweet Valley, you know). Bruce was coping with his rage over Heroically Deaf Dead From Coke Regina by getting himself kicked in the head during the riot between Sweet Valley High and Big Mesa, but not before he spots a girl in the ( Read more... )

I'm so excited.  I just went through the SVH books in my closet, and I have all of the ones in the Dead Sam/Elizabeth on Trial/Bruce as Gangbanger/Lila Crying Fake Attempted Rape/Evil Twin/Evil Twin's Twin saga.  I'm going to start reading tonight, and these will be the next ones I recap.  Woo!