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... )

This is my first recap. I've been putting off writing one because I don't think I can hold a candle to the rest of you. I hope you enjoy.


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Part six SVH #36 - Rumours

The Bridgwater Ball is coming up and Lila doesn’t have a date. This is a source of shame for her, as very few people from SVH will go. So it’s badder than usual, or something. Susan Stewart will be going with her boyfriend Gordon Stoddard, because his family are big mucky-mucks. Lila seems hugely offended by this - ( Read more... )

Sweet Valley High #73: Regina’s Legacy

Backstory: Regina is dead. I don’t know if you knew that already, but now you can’t say nobody told you.


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Sweet Valley High #41: Outcast

I'm really happy the cover image was available on Amazon. The 80's hair is awesome. I think Molly's head looks a bit like a butt.

Will anyone ever speak to Molly Hecht again? (The answer to this is, "Not for like a hundred pages.")

Last time on Sweet Valley High: Heroically deaf Regina died at Molly Hecht's house ( Read more... )

I found this diary to be a little more interesting than Jessica’ probably because I’m less familiar with the storylines. It does have the same flaws as Jessica’s diary, the plot is jumpy and disconnected. Also, when the kidnappings, near rapes and other shocking events are stretched between 15 books it seems a tiny bit more realistic. When crammed ( Read more... )

I believe this one was requested.

Sweet Valley High #40: On the Edge
( Subtitled: In which tragically deaf Regina becomes tragically dead Regina )

Sweet Valley High Magna Edition: A Night to Remember Part 2

"Elizabeth wanted to have it all, even what doesn't belong to her!"

Continued from Part One.

That weekend, Jess makes Lila go to the track meet so she can keep busy and not have time to mope. Again, see what I mean? If nothing else, Jess obviously cares very much about Lila. If only she could ( Read more... )

I haven't seen anyone claim this one, and I just finished reading it.  Sorry I don't have a picture of the cover.  I'm at home, on dial up, and LJ and pictures is being tempermental.  So without further ado, let the snarkiness continue....

So this book was confusing.  And pretty boring to start with.  This scene opens with Olivia Davidson talking to ( Read more... )

Since sundancekid just did a review of "Kidnapped" I thought it was appropriate to do a review of another mystery SVH.

Sweet Valley High #26, Hostage! or, Girls Who've Read Too Many Whodunnits.


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