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... )

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“I am sick of your foul language, your crude behaviour, and your sluttish manner.” --To Sir, With Love

Okay, this week I go where Sidney Poitier fears to tread. A bunch of class cutting, sanitary napkin burning, East End hoods have nothing on the sweet valley gang. In book #57 Teacher Crush, Jessica pretty much lays off Elizabeth, who puts her ( Read more... )

Ellen Riteman is a major feature of this book, but sadly, she doesn't have the ditzy personality of later books. She's almost... normal.


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Rags to Riches(#16) Recap 2
(This is my first recap, so please be gentle. Also, I hope whoever wrote the first recap for this won't be mad!)

We begin with BohoLivia and RogerSuddenlyPatman lounging about in the cafeteria(I think it's pretty abundantly clear by now that SVH's class schedules consist of only Chemistry, Math, English and Lunch, with ( Read more... )

Question: Can Roger melt Lila’s icy heart?
Probable answer: No.


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Sweet Valley High Super Edition~ Last Wish


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Sweet Valley High #89: Elizabeth Betrayed

I love books like this, where bad things happen to Elizabeth and Jessica gets to be awesome.


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