Entries Tagged as 'Sweet Valley High'
From the Fortress of Solitude
Yesterday in the midst of cleaning the Fortress of Solitude I decided that after nearly fourteen years in hiding that my Sweet Valley High books should come of the dark and take their rightful place on a bookcase. It’s so deliciously nerdy. Every time I catch a glimpse of that shelf out of the corner [...]
Read moreDear Jodi, the artifacts of your teen years are really just pop culture detritus
A good part of nearly every Saturday of my childhood and early teenhood were spent at the Snyder’s Drug store in Blaine located in the little mall within walking distance of our house. Generally my sisters and our friends spent our money on 99-cent Wet n Wild lipsticks, Maxi-to-go eyeshadows, and $1 grabbags from the [...]
Read moreSize six seemed pretty perfect to me
Sweet Valley High’s Fashion Face Lift. [via]
Read moreThe Dairi Burger
The Dairi Burger, wherein a 29-year-old woman rereads all her old Sweet Valley High books. The awesomeness is unquantifiable.
Read moremmm, a saturday morning book meme to get the weekend back on track
kelly has asked me to take part in a fun little book meme. fun!
how many books do you own?
gee, by my best guess right now i have about 400 on the bookshelves. you can look at old pictures of my shelves from 2 years ago. plus theres the 100+ Sweet Valley High Books packed away [...]
Dirty Little Secrets
I fell in love with books at an early age. Allegedly my favorite book when I was three was “Goldilocks and the Three Bears.” I memorized it. Of course I say allegedly, because I don’t remember this.
I think my book tastes developed normally. I fell in love with Beverly Cleary’s Ramona in grade school. [...]
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