I feel so out of the loopy that I never read Sweet Valley books. I did audition to write one once, though.
I've been out of the abbey two days, I've beaten a lawman senseless, I've fallen in with criminals. I watched the captain shoot the man I swore to protect. And I'm not even sure if I think he was wrong.
Book ,'Serenity'
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Amy - Oct 20, 2010 11:23:24 am PDT #12643 of 28296
Because books.
Laga - Oct 20, 2010 11:24:20 am PDT #12644 of 28296
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I never read the Sweet Valley books. I think I'm too old or they were too trendy.
§ ita § - Oct 20, 2010 11:28:01 am PDT #12645 of 28296
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You're not much older than me, Laga? I was probably a bit older than the target audience (which I think was younger than the twins) when I started them, and I seem to recall we're about the same age.
Not that I bought them or shit. Let's be clear. It was other people's copies I was reading.
Jesse - Oct 20, 2010 11:29:12 am PDT #12646 of 28296
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm 36, and my best friend read a ton of them in 7th-8th grade, but I refused.
Laga - Oct 20, 2010 11:30:55 am PDT #12647 of 28296
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I'll be 42 in January. Holy crap.
Amy - Oct 20, 2010 11:31:03 am PDT #12648 of 28296
Because books.
A lot of girl readers, especially, read *up* pretty quickly, so by the time I was in seventh grade I was reading mostly Stephen King and other adult authors. I'm also 43, though, so I think was too old when those came out.
For series, I remember reading the Beany Malone books from the library, though. And Nancy Drew, of course.
Jesse - Oct 20, 2010 11:32:41 am PDT #12649 of 28296
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I was reading Agatha Christie and books with sex in them.
Laga - Oct 20, 2010 11:33:14 am PDT #12650 of 28296
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I think the only series I read beforde high school was The Black Stallion. Oh and Narnia... Black Cauldron... OK I read a few.
Laga - Oct 20, 2010 11:33:59 am PDT #12651 of 28296
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I read VC Andrews in 7th grade. And one girl brought a Sidney Sheldon book to camp and would read the steamier passages to us at bedtime.
§ ita § - Oct 20, 2010 11:39:04 am PDT #12652 of 28296
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'll be 42 in January. Holy crap.
Same here. They started publishing in 84, so we were 15. Totally in the sweet spot (NPI). I was reading up, down, left, right and centre. Whatever I could get my hands on. I read Emmanuelle at the same time I was reading Nancy Drew, and years before SVH.