Sweet Valley Twins #13: Stretching The Truth

[howvicious]

... or, Mary Gets, I Don't Know, Her 3rd or 4th Last Name In a Year.

Comments

[loubeelou]

Helen Bradley is totally a seventh-grader. But continuity doesn't matter in SV. All that matters is whether you have a boat.

Unless you pulled a Peter Griffin and chose the mystery box instead.

[howvicious]

Mystery box!! I wonder if that's how Tim ended up with a tugboat instead of a nice boat, like everyone else in Sweet Valley.

[daphne_23]

All I remember about this book was that the caption for the little extract-thing on the first page of the book (I don't know if this would be the same in the US version?) was 'Mary's Terrible Tugboat' like that, in bold. Hehehehe!

I always thought the person on the cover was meant to be Mary, but it's true, she does look exactly like Jess, so I'm confused.

[howvicious]

OMG, I think you're right. I'll have to go look at it and check for sure, but I'm pretty sure I remember that being there, and yeah, it's terrible.

[pancake_syrup]

I was always confused about the cover, too. i thought it HAD to be mary, because why the hell would Jess be on the cover? But then...why did it look EXACTLY like a wakefield? i was always SO SO confused by this cover.

[hauntedmemories]

It's definitely Jessica. She's even got the infernal purple sweatshirt on. Besides, since when did SVT covers ever make sense?

[zippyladoodles]

He also owns a condominium and an apartment building. I totally read that as a 'condom' building. And then I realised that George doesn't need condoms; he's too busy working to have a social life and see his daughter.

Excellent 1st recap - the crowd cries more, more, more....

[zippyladoodles]

And, eww, I just realised that inferred that George would need to use the condoms with his daughter - oh well, you know what I meant (I hope).

[zippyladoodles]

Oh the lolz - I do apologise! Unlike Ned and Steven, who are totally inappropriate (I still haven't forgotten the scene in the SVH book Kidnapped where Steven comes out in a towel and does Jessica's dress up with his eyes raking over the skimpiness of the dress or something - ick!)

[cordys_charisma]

argh! YET ANOTHER SVT that i forgot existed LOL tugboat

[howvicious]

Yeah, this is definitely a forgettable one. Even as a kid, I'm pretty sure I only read it out of loyalty to the series.

[daniellafromage]

AMAZING first recap! I laughed so hard at your comments about Bruce!

Man, the early SVT books were weird.

[howvicious]

The early SVT books WERE so weird. Probably the weirdest thing, to me, is the whole Brooke Dennis and "Jennifer" thing. I don't know why, but that always stands out to me as so very WTF.

And, thanks!!! That means a lot to me!