Review: Sweet Valley Confidential by Francine Pascal

Sweet Valley Confidential

Title: Sweet Valley Confidential: 10 Years Later Author: Francine Pascal Genre/Pages: Fiction/304 Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Release Date: March 29, 2011 Rating: 1 Bookmark Source: Get Read PR Nat’s One-Sentence Synopsis:  The reunion with my favorite sun-kissed, “perfect size six”, twins from Sweet Valley was an indulgent and ultimately bitter trip down memory lane for [...]

Review: Just Listen by Sarah Dessen

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Title: Just Listen Author: Sarah Dessen Genre/Pages: YA Fiction/384 Publisher: April 6, 2006; Viking Books Rating: 3 Bookmarks Source: Purchased Nat’s One-Sentence Synopsis:  Annabel Greene seems to have it all, but upon closer inspection readers can see the cracks the seemingly perfect facade. This is my third or fourth Sarah Dessen novel–I’m always on the [...]

Rockin’ It Old School: The Girls of Canby Hall

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Yes, yes, I’ve been milking this ‘memory lane’ book theme for a bit too long, but forgive me just one more post!  I’d be remiss if I neglected a lesser-known YA series that I loved: The Girls of Canby Hall.  This series was published from 1984-1989, and I remember buying several of these titles through [...]

Shameless Promotion: The Jessica Darling Series

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Long before Stephenie Meyer dreamed up her vampire heart-throb, Edward Cullen, there was Megan McCafferty’s tempting-yet-forbidden Marcus Flutie.  I first met Marcus in 2001, while browsing in Books-A-Million in Florida.  He was tucked away in the pages of a novel with a splashy cover that featured a pair of legs and an origami-style folded note—the [...]