There is no shortage of items in this book that make me either want to (a) chuck it at a wall (b) laugh until I hurt myself, or (c) question why on earth I wasted so much of my parents’ money buying these stupid books. But first, let me take you down memory lane with the opening description that pretty much marked the start of any Sweet Valley High book: When people in the sunny … Continue reading Dear Sister from Francine Pascals’ Sweet Valley High, by Kate Williams →
This review is by Sabra Nicole, who wrote to me and asked about writing a guest review of Emily Foster’s How Not to Fall. She said, “it gave me all the feelings, and I have things to say, even a good week-plus after reading it.” Her Twitter bio says she is a writer of things…mostly words, and she’s that fluent in both Geek and Sarcasm. Welcome, Sabra! … This book was a god-damn revelation, and a very long … Continue reading Guest Review: How Not to Fall by Emily Foster →
One last round up of the most popular pieces of Smart Bitches Trashy Books over the past ten years, and then it’s time for our actual 10th Anniversary in January 2015. Holy crapmonkeys. Ten years! Many thanks to Morgan Doremus from Miss Media for digging through the archives and coming up with all this fun stuff. In April, we looked at the most popular reviews for contemporary romance – which were many of those with … Continue reading 10 Years of Bitchery: December Retrospective →
If Sweet Valley High was your gateway drug to romance the way it was mine (I even reviewed one here a long long time ago), I have some news for you. According to EW.com, and some chatty editorial assistant gossip, the Wakefield twins are baaaaaack, this time as part of Sweet Valley Confidential: “a book chronicling their lives as twenty-somethings. Rumors have swirled for years that SVH creator Francine Pascal was working on a book … Continue reading Sweet Valley High: the Sequel Sequel’s Sequel →
