Basically I had to compare the Dollanganger series with a couple sensation fiction / Gothic novels we read in my Brit. / Victorian Lit. class. I think if I had a chance to re-do it, I would just narrow my focus to Cathy as a descendant of the sensation fiction / Gothic heroine.

( Breaking the Mold )

I finally did a Dollanganger fanmix! I've been compiling this for ages.

Contains heavy spoilers for Flowers in the Attic and Petals on the Wind. Told mostly from the POVs of Cathy and Chris.

Feedback is very welcome.

Fanmix: Paper Flowers

Cross-posted at dresden_dolls

I originally compiled this list as a response to the post asking about the author who wrote like VC Andrews. Obviously this got a little long.

( Lots of recommendations )

Hello, I'm new here, though I've lurked for a little while. ^__^

I don't want to go into a rant about the ghost writer because...hee, let's not even go there, but there is one particular thing that keeps bothering me.

This last week, I decided to reread a few of the earlier novels and something bugged me...

( Slight Spoilers )

My apologies if this isn't allowed to be posted here.

Someone once told me that there's this other author out there, who writes just like V.C. Andrews. For the life of me though, I can't seem to find where I wrote that name down. OR remember who told me about it.

Hopefully someone here will know what I'm talking about.

There's a new series coming this year, named the Secret Series...from Andrew Neiderman's mouth...

This two-book story will be about two small-town girls, a murder, and "the attic they use and develop into something very special."

It wouldn't be surprising if there were ripoffs from Flowers in the Attic!

According to The Complete VCA...

In quiet ( Read more... )

A bit of a rant on the book Scattered Leaves; it's placed behind a cut tag. Just in case there's people out there whom haven't read it yet.

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I've just finished "The Eye of the Storm", and I feel like there are missing things on the story, and patches that were never fixed...

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     Why did they have to kill off Brody? Damn, he was an interesting character (in spite of his Philip rip-off...). And killing off Jake was even worse.
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    Alison never did anything bad! I was sooooo hoping Alison would ( Read more... )

Based on a few casting choices, I've made a few fake posters and book covers for the DeBeers series...

( Over here... )

A couple of things ( Read more... )