Sweet Valley Series

[mugatu]

I remember one SVU thriller where one of the Sorority sisters had a roommate try to take over her life or something, can you say plot remix?

Yes!!! This is the only Sweet Valley book that I still have in possesion. It's more or less Single White Female in SVU form. I've read it several times.

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No no no, it was Jessica, pretending to be Liz who put the shaving cream on the sundae. Because Elizabeth refused on the grounds that it was cruel.

Don't forget the one where Jessica and Winston Eggbert are shipwrecked on a deserted island after a class field trip.

Or the one where the entire high school takes extra classes for a few weeks, and Olivia falls in love with her painting teacher.

I remember "Lila's Story", where her dad was engaged to a major golddigger. At one point, they're going to the "Beach Disco", and Lila wants to steal someone's boyfriend again (sound familiar?) and so she wears this white jumpsuit, that "sets off her tan skinned". She left the collar open a few buttons. I'm picturing big ass collar, shoulder pads-Hello Dynasty!!!

[carrier76]

No no no, it was Jessica, pretending to be Liz who put the shaving cream on the sundae. Because Elizabeth refused on the grounds that it was cruel.

YES, YES, YES! That's right!!!!!!! Duh.

Remember when they tried out for cheerleading or batons or something? Who was Elizabeth's friend that got frozen out by Jessica and the little bitches at first? Ha, remember when the twins pretended there was a triplet? Was her name Jennifer? And the girl with the haunted house?

Aw, good times.

[hobocamp]

I just found my complete collection of the first 50 or so SVHs in my grandmother's attic last weekend. How much do you think they'd go for on eBay? Could I pay off my student loans?

[chonies]

hobocamp said:

I just found my complete collection of the first 50 or so SVHs in my grandmother's attic last weekend. How much do you think they'd go for on eBay? Could I pay off my student loans?

No, but you might make enough for a night out. IIRC, as a seller and a buyer of SVH merchandise, I think the going rate is about $10 for every 20-25 books. But I haven't checked in a while, so things might be looking up!

Sassy magazines are much more valuable. And if you have those, PM me!

[marywebgirl]

Who was Elizabeth's friend that got frozen out by Jessica and the little bitches at first?

Amy Sutton. When they brought her back in the SVH books she had become vapid and boy-crazy, so she and Jessica were BFF. Enid (drippy boring Enid) had been worried about Liz dumping her for her old friend.

All that and I can't remember my fucking cell phone number.

[carrier76]

Ah yes, Amy Sutton. I was very confused about her high-school status. I read SVT first.

With a name like Enid she deserved to be a drip.

[chonies]

But Enid smoked pot (or was it drank wine-coolers)! And went joy-riding with George and hurt and/or killed that little boy! Didn't she have some family situation, like her parents were divorced and she lived with her mom or grandma? There was that fake wheel-chair thing, too.

Enid was BORING, without a personality except being Elizabeth's loyalest, mostest friend. The only time they ever really did anything together was to giggle over spoonerisms, and maybe once in a while listen to Billie Holiday records. Jessica was right. Enid is a drip.

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chonies said:

But Enid smoked pot (or was it drank wine-coolers)! And went joy-riding with George and hurt and/or killed that little boy! Didn't she have some family situation, like her parents were divorced and she lived with her mom or grandma? There was that fake wheel-chair thing, too.

Enid was BORING, without a personality except being Elizabeth's loyalest, mostest friend. The only time they ever really did anything together was to giggle over spoonerisms, and maybe once in a while listen to Billie Holiday records. Jessica was right. Enid is a drip.

I don't think it was a fake wheel-chair- she and her boyfriend George were out flying in his private plane and they crashed, and she had pseudo-paralysis because she subconsciously knew he wanted to break up with her to date Robin Wilson. So her paralysis was actually psychosomatic. Mighty Elizabeth came to the rescue by having Mr. Collins's son Teddy pretend to fall in the pool and start drowning so Enid would jump up and go to save him. Then George dumped her ass and started dating Robin Wilson.

My brain is sad.

[chonies]

Yikes! I'm obviously fronting as a true SVH fan--I couldn't recall just who the boy was who pretended to be drowning. I also couldn't really remember if Enid actually realized she had pseudo paralysis, or if it was Elizabeth who realized it was psychosomatic. Is Crash Landing the one everyone has in cheap cardboardy hardcover because it was from Weekly Reader or Scholastic?

George also seemed creepy and pervy-old; like Steven Wakefield, he spent entirely too much time with high schoolers.