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Sweet Valley High #38 Leaving Home

Feb 17, 2008 19:23

The cover is Liz sitting at her typewriter, staring dreamily at a poster of Switzerland (a chalet on a lake if you were interested) while Jess looks schemeingly on from the doorway.

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recapper: rhitroadkill, switzerland, oh jeffrey, saint elizabeth of sweet valley, enid "alex" rollins

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kishmish February 18 2008, 19:33:33 UTC

Great recap! Mr.Hummel always reminded me of the poor family in Little Women, they're the Hummels as well I think. I must have really loved this book because I remember all the parts with Jessica's sabotage as extremely fun. Didn't she wear a glittery bandeau top(I can't believe I remember that) with the miniskirt? And I always loved that conversation she had with Mr.Sterne about how important men are with all the boys who kept coming by. Now I feel the need to reread it:P Maybe it's because I never really liked Liz, but I thought Jess' scheme was hilarious and enjoyed every second:P

How dare she! svhhorseluvr February 18 2008, 21:09:59 UTC

How dare Liz even THINK about leaving Sweet Valley. SWEET VALLEY! It's got a high school! And it's by the ocean! And it never rains! And its full of stalkers, rapists, and killers! Liz is also a snob to want to leave the PERFECT NUCLEAR FAMILY that is the Wakefields!

Re: How dare she! ext_83967 February 20 2008, 09:05:01 UTC

It was the Hummels in Little Women - and I always thought of them, too - completely put me off the guy for some reason...

I always thought the Jessica/Steven schemingely scheming plot was hilarious. And yes, anywhere outside of Sweet Valley = BADNESS. They even end up at SVU for gawds sake. (Speaking as someone who goes to uni at a place an hour's plane trip from home) As well as a dead ex-boyfriend list, someone with more skills than me should make a list of psycho-rapisty-psycho types that have appeared...so we can see how bloody fantastic Sweet valley is after all!

sweet_atrocity April 4 2008, 01:57:11 UTC

I have the same birthday as Jeffrey. Yay.

karmyn75 May 15 2008, 07:03:11 UTC

How old is Winston? Wouldn't he have to be 18 to win the lottery? Or can anyone play the lottery in California? You have to be over 18 here in Texas.

rhitroadkill May 15 2008, 12:49:08 UTC

Logic? What's that doing around here? Actually, I would guess that his parents bought him the ticket and cashed it for him. You can buy your kids lottery tickets and claim the prizes on their behalf, I believe. I don't know all the legal ramifications but that's what I would assume happened. Or else in Magical Sweet Valley, anyone is allowed to win the lottery no matter what their age.

hanfastolfe August 8 2009, 13:54:47 UTC

Thanks for this recap :)

I admit I skipped all the angsty Saint Elizabeth stuff to remind myself what Winston got up to. I remember this mainly because (a) I got annoyed that Winston NEVER got on the book covers, even with this subplot featuring him as the main character, and (b) he was one of the few people who struck me as not being a meddling, superficial, controlling, jerk of a character.