This is how I got into The Babysitters Club.
Ouch. That way lies madness
Who among us can ignore the allure of really funny math puns?
Willow ,'Empty Places'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Barb - Sep 06, 2008 10:16:41 am PDT #7324 of 28404
“Not dead yet!”
Gadget_Girl - Sep 06, 2008 10:30:14 am PDT #7325 of 28404
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
I, too, need to read. I've read some truly awful books just because they were the only thing in the house I was visiting.
In college, this was how I ended up reading Sweet Valley High. One of my roommates had most of the series, I was desperate one weekend for a distraction, there wasn't anything else around and so I read all the ones she had on her shelf. (I sound like a junkie)
Steph L. - Sep 06, 2008 10:44:56 am PDT #7326 of 28404
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
(I sound like a junkie)
Well, you just kind of hit a point where you want to know what happens, right? Like -- will NO ONE bitchslap Jessica?!? WHY does Elizabeth defend Jessica no matter how wrong she is???
And -- does Elizabeth, deep inside, regret NOT having sex with Bruce when she had amnesia???
(Yup, I read them, too. Up until whatshername -- the deaf girl who got un-deaf -- decided to do coke because she was mad at her boyfriend and then died because DRUGS ARE EVIL, KIDS!!!)
Atropa - Sep 06, 2008 10:57:08 am PDT #7327 of 28404
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Ginger is me. I get twitchy if I don't have text.
Same here.
Gadget_Girl - Sep 06, 2008 11:06:32 am PDT #7328 of 28404
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
Up until whatshername -- the deaf girl who got un-deaf -- decided to do coke because she was mad at her boyfriend and then died because DRUGS ARE EVIL, KIDS!!!
That's about where I ended, too.
Polter-Cow - Sep 06, 2008 11:12:09 am PDT #7329 of 28404
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ouch. That way lies madness
I enjoyed them! I got a whole bunch more from the library. I'm not sure I realized that I was supposed to be embarrassed.
Barb - Sep 06, 2008 11:15:02 am PDT #7330 of 28404
“Not dead yet!”
I enjoyed them! I got a whole bunch more from the library. I'm not sure I realized that I was supposed to be embarrassed.
Actually, if you enjoyed them, then no reason you should be embarrassed, right?
I actually only read a couple of both those and SVH/U-- I had grown up reading Cherry Ames that I'd buy at garage sales and rather than the Babysitter's Club or SVH, I read the old line of Silhouette young adult romances.
Of course, I was also reading a lot of the regular Harl/Sil too. And getting Wifey confiscated on a regular basis in seventh grade.
Gadget_Girl - Sep 06, 2008 11:17:56 am PDT #7331 of 28404
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
And getting Wifey confiscated on a regular basis in seventh grade.
Yep, and Forever, too.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 06, 2008 11:24:19 am PDT #7332 of 28404
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I have also read enema instructions, automotive manuals, cereal boxes and lots of bad books.
I do think the MSDS are the most boring, though.
Also, I love Cherry Ames!
Polter-Cow - Sep 06, 2008 11:39:12 am PDT #7333 of 28404
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Actually, if you enjoyed them, then no reason you should be embarrassed, right?
That's the thing, though. I was remembering the halcyon days of youth before I learned there were books for girls and books for boys. Back then, I'd read anything. I had no prejudices. I didn't know what I was "supposed" to read or like. I sort of miss it.