It's Valentine's Day...again! Sweet Valley Twins #76 Yours For A Day

[carolyn_keene]

 I was at the beach this weekend with my boyfriend, my roommate (who’s also his sister), and his parents and while they were all reading books by Scott McClellan, Bill Moyers, or Christopher Hitchens, I was reading Sweet Valley Twins #76 Yours For A Day. One of these things is not like the other! But I did notice my roommate looking longingly at my

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Jess thinks they’re jerks and tells her about Feel Rich for a Day. She hopes she doesn’t have to be Lila’s servant.
Lila doesn't need to be rich for a day. She's rich for life. Why would she pay money to be what she already is?

I don't know why anyone would sign up to be a servant. I mean, that's just silly.

[carolyn_keene]

The Unicorns are kind of forced into being servants so that there's an equal number of servants and masters, but I agree with you.

I was interested in hearing who was Bruce's servant, but it's never mentioned. Boo-urns!

[txelisabet]

Well hello... This isn't anywhere near as cool as jewelry class was.

[jaynesgottarun]

OMG this was so one of my favorite SV books when I was growing up. I read it about 29028 times. And I'm happy to see that it's survived the test of time, like The Unicorns Go Hawaiian, and unlike, say, The Charm School Mystery. Every paragraph is sweetly laced with nostalgia.

Speaking of sweet, I read this book so many times that I got a phantom craving for doughnuts at the beginning--because somewhere in the part of my junior-high brain reserved for Sweet Valley (it used to be reserved for algebra) rememberd that Lloyd Benson had a thing for doughnuts, particularly maple-frosted ones.

Anyways, the whole shenanigans with Lloyd are doubly satisfying if you've read Jessica and the Earthquake, which is another classic.

I think I'm going to fix myself a small bowl of ice cream so that I can doubly enjoy finishing this recap.

[carolyn_keene]

Well, I hope I did your book justice! Is Lloyd ever mentioned again?

[jaynesgottarun]

Oh yeah, the recap ruled. I think everyone has their own special SV book, this is one of mine.

As for Lloyd, I think he drops of the face of the Sweet Valley Universe. Which is too bad, because he's pretty funny.

[carolyn_keene]

Everytime he was mentioned, I pictured Lloyd Dobler. Sigh!

[design_star_21]

Happy birthday!

[carolyn_keene]

Thanks...so far, it's been not so happy, but I've got a stack of Sweet Valley books at home so there's something to look forward to!

[design_star_21]

Aw, I'm sorry. ::hug::

[annakelly]

This sounds so cute! Although the servant-switching confused me a little. I like the books better when the deal with all the middle school drama.

[howvicious]

Uh, LOVE THE ICON.

[annakelly]

Thank you! *blushes modestly* I think I'm a little in love with Luna.

[carolyn_keene]

Yeah, I ended up drawing a chart to help me keep track of everything. I should include it with the recap.

[lillysghost]

"Mandy and Lila are walking to Fowler Crest for some swimming."
WTF I thought Lila's house was like, on top of a freaking mountain. Why are the rich girl and the cancer girl walikng up the mountain instead of being driven by a limo?... or at least travelling by donkey or something.

Great recap, this book actually sounds OK. I always liked Mandy too.
Oh and Happy Birthday! Hope your day gets better (no earthquakes, or friends being crushed by fridges or anything!)