Look right down any crowded hall… Ah, Sweet Valley High. How addicted to you I used to be (I mean it – I used to read these books all the time). I aspired to be Jessica Wakefield when I was a tween (even though in all likelihood I was more of an Elizabeth). Basically, I just wanted to be a Wakefield with their perfect size 6 figures, blond hair, blue-green […]
Just for Fun: which SVH character are you? Look right down any crowded hall you’ll see there’s a beauty standing. Is she really everywhere, or a reflection? One always calls out to you. The other’s shy and quiet. Could there be two different girls who look the same at: Sweet Valley, Sweet Valley High… Years later and I still remember that damn theme song (though I watched the series a […]
80s and 90s YA Fiction The Young Adult book market has changed a lot over the years. I read a great deal of YA fiction throughout the 1990s (the vast majority of which was actually published in the 1980s). The genre was quite different back then. There was not the vast array of choice that there is for younger readers nowadays. There really has been something of a boom in […]