25 January 2011
9 deep thoughts in sweet valley
i am rereading sweet valley high, as i've been doing for the past year or so. because svh is perfect for those inevitable dips in literary enthusiasm- like when, in the final 100-page stretch, one is no longer enthralled by the secrets of the flesh: the scandalous life and sensual times of collette and yet not quite ready for devices & desire: a history of contraceptives in america. in those times, elizabeth and enid and all the gang welcome me back to sweet valley with open arms. and, at the deathbed of tricia martin, jessica wakefield reminds me that we must not let our days be ruined by stocking runs...
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let us all aspire to be female luke skywalkers.
especially on our own deathbeds.
devices & desire: a history of contraceptives in america
I want to read this when you are done.
deal. maybe that'll spur me on out of sweet valley and into the devices.
that sounded wronger than i meant it to.
ha!
Also, wouldn't a female luke skywalker be a princess leia (so?)
YES. oh, the multilayered ignorance of jessica wakefield.
I always thought it was funny that there were people with names like Enid in those books. Because in California, nobody young should be named Enid! But what do I know.
regina and lila were pretty old school as well, but given that the author's first name was francine, i guess we shouldn't expect too much.
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