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TorieStorieS
Nowhere to Run | Francine Pascal
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It‘s the first time Ned‘s parents come for a visit in the #SVH series! They‘re here for 3 weeks from their small MI town & the twins are delighted—though Alice feels left out & unneeded. But the real focus is Droids drummer Emily Mayer & her stepmonster, Karen (the origin of today‘s Karens?). Karen‘s making Emily‘s life hell & her father is too blinded by new love to see how miserable his daughter is. Liz intervenes but Grandma W is the real hero!

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JenlovesJT47
Double Love | Francine Pascal
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perusing pastel
paperbacks in Waldenbooks on
Saturdays with mom.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #SweetValley #SVH #nostalgia #childhoodmemories

lil1inblue Such a lovely memory! 🥰 1mo
AnnCrystal Nostalgic Sweetness 👏🏼🐝👍🏼📚🐝💝. 1mo
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jdiehr Awww, yes 1mo
Itchyfeetreader I remember a few of those 1mo
dabbe What a lovely memory! 💛💜🧡 1mo
CBee Waldenbooks!!!! You just brought back some amazing memories over here 💚 1mo
JenlovesJT47 @CBee can‘t you smell it! I miss the malls of the 90s ♥️♥️♥️ 1mo
CBee @JenlovesJT47 yes! And same! 1mo
TorieStorieS Ahhh, I love this!!! I miss Waldenbooks, B Dalton, Crown Books & Borders!! 4w
JenlovesJT47 @TorieStorieS yes!! I also used to get quite a lot of them at Walmart. That was the place to get the new ones, and Waldenbooks was the place to find the earlier books. I used to love going to the library with my grandma because they had so many displays of Sweet Valley books! 4w
TorieStorieS I would also get them from Venture (kind of like a Walmart that was closer to where we lived)! And one year, my dad and I went to Hawaii and it rained so much on Maui that we bought an extra suitcase for all the Sweet Valley books I bought!! 🤣 4w
TorieStorieS Somewhere, there‘s a picture of me standing next to the stack, and it was almost as tall as me! But I have never been tall, so it‘s not as many as it sounds! 🤣 4w
JenlovesJT47 @TorieStorieS that‘s so awesome! 😅 Did you see Princess Keiko when you were there?! 🤣 I just recently read The Unicorns Go Hawaiian and it‘s hilarious! 🦄🌺 4w
TorieStorieS Hahaha!! No, but I feel like I may have read it while I was there! 🤣 That is a fun one!! 4w
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TorieStorieS
Head Over Heels | Francine Pascal
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Liz leads a fundraiser for the Fowler Memorial Hospital but still finds time to worry about Regina Morrow dating Bruce Patman. So far in #SVH, Bruce‘s been a braggart & downright creep—plus this is Regina‘s first time at school for hearing students, & her first boyfriend! Jessica meddles by starting a rumor about why Bruce dates Regina, but in the end Bruce puts Regina first so she can go to Switzerland for a year of surgery to repair her hearing!

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TorieStorieS
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The #SVH cheerleading squad has two openings & while Jessica‘s certain Cara Walker will get her spot back (she & Lila were kicked off by turning the sprinklers on the Palisades High cheerleaders), she‘s equally determined that “Easy” Annie Whitman will not make the cut— even if her tryouts are the best! Liz has been tutoring the sophomore who seems clueless to the chatter about her dating life (she innocently brags about two dates in one night!)⬇️

TorieStorieS Jessica threatens to quit if Annie makes the squad… but Annie is so heartbroken to not make it, that she purposely overdoses on pills. Team manager Ricky Capaldo‘s own crush on Annie leads him to save her life! Jessica, overcome with guilt, guarantees that Annie will be on the squad if she regains consciousness, which she does. Even Annie‘s model mother promises to pay more attention to her daughter. Liz is at her saintly best throughout. 2mo
Erinreadsthebooks Liz is always at her saintly best 😂😇 2mo
JenlovesJT47 I feel so bad for Annie! Jess was truly awful in the first 10 books or so! 2mo
TorieStorieS @JenlovesJT47 I suppose this gives Jessica some character growth over the series— that and all the dead boyfriends she accumulates! 🤣 Though Annie is really treated terribly… plus I had forgotten all about her coma! I know I had read it before, but hadn‘t remembered much! 2mo
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TorieStorieS
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Todd‘s traded his Datsun in for a Yamaha 750 Virago, much to Elizabeth‘s horror. She hasn‘t mustered up the courage to confess that after her cousin Rexy Wakefield‘s death, none of them are allowed on one. Liz finds herself getting weirdly jealous any time another girl is on the back of the bike & Todd tries to talk Ned & Alice into it, but fails. In the first #SVH twin intuition instance, Jess realizes while at Miller‘s Point that Liz needs her!

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JenlovesJT47
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sun-kissed blonde beauties

breaking hearts and attracting

killers in sunny

sweet valley cali —

it only took them twenty

years to graduate! 👯

Been a huge Sweet Valley fan since I was 9 years old. Still love reading them for nostalgia‘s sake. 🥰

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #sweetvalley #sweetvalleyhigh #twins #SVH #nostalgia

CBee You know I love this!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💚💚💚 3mo
TorieStorieS What a perfect poem! Love it!! ❤️🥰❤️ 3mo
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dabbe 🩷💜🩷 3mo
AnnCrystal Sweet 👏🏼🐝👍🏼📚📚🐝💝. 3mo
lil1inblue This brings me back! Loved Sweet Valley! 😍 3mo
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JenlovesJT47
The Evil Twin | Francine Pascal, Kate William
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It would not be Christmas without crazy Margo & her diabolical plan to kill Liz & take over her identity. 😆 This is my all-time fave SV book & I realized I hadn‘t done a reread in 6 years. Blasphemy! I never get tired of this no matter how many times I read it. 5⭐️ 80 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#SweetValley
#SweetValleyHigh
#SVH
#twins
#nostalgia
#Christmas

TorieStorieS ❤️❤️❤️ 11mo
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JenlovesJT47
Special Christmas | Francine Pascal
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This is a fun SVH Christmas book. Todd is still in Vermont & is coming to see Liz over the break. But she‘s not sure if they still have that spark anymore. Meanwhile, Suzanne Devlin, who terrorized Liz & her friends the last time she visited, is coming for Christmas. She says she‘s changed & is sorry & wants to make it up to everyone, but Jess doesn‘t buy it. She comes up with some pretty mean pranks to try to get her to leave. But Suzanne has ⬇️

JenlovesJT47 A secret: she has multiple sclerosis & doesn‘t want anyone to know. One of Jess‘s pranks backfires badly when Suzanne mixes champagne & her experimental medication & she wrecks the Fiat. Oh, & she & Todd kind of have a thing for each other & Liz gives her blessing in the end. Oh oh, & she doesn‘t actually have MS, the doctors misdiagnosed her & she will be fine. I expect nothing less from Sweet Valley. 😆 4⭐️ 80 points 11mo
JenlovesJT47 Also, time spent reading on 12/17: 2 hours = 60 points for 3 readathons #ReadAway2024 #Adventathon #LittenListen 11mo
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JenlovesJT47 @TorieStorieS have you read this one? I was shook when I got to the part where the twins, Steven & Suzanne are getting ready to leave for a Christmas party & the Wakefield Parentals gave them a bottle of champagne! I have zero recollection of that lol. Don‘t remember them ever doing something like that 😳 11mo
TorieStorieS I haven‘t read this one in probably 20 years!! And while I do remember Suzanne Devlin, I totally don‘t remember the champagne!! 🍾 🤯 11mo
JenlovesJT47 @TorieStorieS I had only read it once before, 8 years ago when I was doing my SVH read-through, and I really don‘t remember that. I guess it‘s just a plot device, because Suzanne crashed the Fiat after drinking the champagne mixed with her medication. It was just so weird seeing the Wakefields nonchalantly leave their kids a bottle of champagne 😆 11mo
TorieStorieS Finally made it to this one! Overall, there has been more drinking than I remembered, but I guess this part of the 1980s were pre-DARE? 🤷‍♀️ 2w
JenlovesJT47 @TorieStorieS DARE! Ahh, memories. I remember them coming to my elementary school several times 😆 I still think it‘s funny because I don‘t remember the Wakefield Parentals ever being so chill about alcohol in any other book but this one. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Poor Liz gets sloshed and wrecks the jeep after one cup of Everclear so I guess they had their reasons! 😅 2w
TorieStorieS I think Lila served wine at her costume party where Liz is still out of her mind post-motorcycle accident (or maybe Bruce just had some in his car?). And there was definitely beer brought by college guys when the Wakefield parents are in Mexico… but yes, Liz is definitely a lightweight!🤣 2w
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JenlovesJT47
Slam book fever | Francine Pascal, Kate William
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It‘s time for the alternate cover of the day! 😆

In all seriousness, please send prayers and/or good vibes this way. I live in central Florida and am freaking out about this monster hurricane headed this way. We‘re hunkering down at home and I‘ve got 3 kindles filled with books to keep me distracted. Any of my Litsy friends who are in the line of this storm, I‘m thinking of you and praying.

Happy reading!

#SweetValley
#SweetValleyHigh

JenlovesJT47 @TorieStorieS this one is so accurate 😆 13mo
Clare-Dragonfly That‘s a GREAT alternate cover! I hope you and your family stay safe! ❤️❤️❤️ 13mo
TorieStorieS This really is accurate! I remember asking to send away for the slam book they advertised at the end of the books! 🤣 Stay safe!! I will be thinking of you!! ❤️❤️❤️ 13mo
JenlovesJT47 @Clare-Dragonfly @TorieStorieS 🤗❤️❤️❤️ 13mo
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JenlovesJT47
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It‘s time for the alternate cover of the day! 😬

#SweetValley
#SweetValleyHigh
#SVH
#twins
#nostalgia
#alternatecovers
#funny

TorieStorieS 🤣🤣🤣 14mo
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