I hate how things erase so easily I’m stuck typing in Word and copying it in here! And how much my phone hasn’t worked!
The Unguide to Dating by Camerin Courtney and Todd Hertz I enjoy her weekly columns. It doesn’t give you many hints – pray, try new things, don’t be hung up on the past. But I like how it doesn’t assume that all good Christians meet someone in college and get married the summer after, or there’s some hidden sin in your life. And that you don’t need to kiss dating goodbye – the more I think about that the more I’m convinced there is no biblical support for it. And the guy here does state that if I were to say hi to a guy first, he might think “she’s nice, less chance of me being rejected” rather than “Boy what a slut”
College Prowler’s Miami University of Ohio Off the Record. First – <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Miami University of Ohio? How many Miamians do you want to inflict pain on you? We are Miami University or if you want to annoy an Ohio State fan, we are technically The Miami University never ever ever unless we are playing that one school in the south would we consider using Ohio to distinguish ourselves. But anyway. Good book, fairly up to date. I don’t know if it couldn’t have analyzed student comments a bit more. For example the person who used to live near a beach and thinks it gets cold in the winter. What did you expect? A lot of other things I think could have had that as a follow-up question. But all in all I did like the book and would recommend it.
Several days later, but I haven’t had time to copy so we are back to Sweet Valley High by Francine Pascal, I’ll cite it now so I don’t have to type it repeatedly
Playing with fire #3 Jessica and Bruce finally date. And I think this becomes the most reference book in all of Sweet Valley. Bruce is the arrogant owner of the 1Bruce1 Porsche. Jessica the confident manipulative cheerleader becomes his slave (of course she makes Robin her slave) It sets up book 4, we see Bruce pull one over on Jess. Liz tries to save her, but Jess doesn’t care to be saved. It’s so 80’s drama, and one book you have to read to understand so much of anything else junior year.
Senior Year #16 Three Girls and a Guy – Ken is adjusting to his father being out with women all the time. His girlfriend the ever annoying Maria is more interested in the Connor-Liz-Tia triangle to bother with him. The triangle, yeah. Connor’s step-dad is playing father while his mom is at rehab so he starts to drink. Tia is lonely so she develops a crush on her friend. Liz is jealous, but everyone tells her no, she belongs with drama boy. Andy asks Six out (who names their child Six?). She’s more into him than he is to her. Oooohh, the drama of why I wonder?
Senior Year #18 As If I Care – Jade-Jeremy-Jessica triangle. Jess is trying to figure out how to show Jeremy that Jade believes in being with whoever is next to you right now. He’s blinded by taking the walk on the wild side that Liz took earlier in the series. Jess, there are other fish in the sea. Connor’s mom is sober and back from rehab so he’s taking up drinking. And Tia’s hung up on him, so she decides to call her ex-boyfriend. It doesn’t go well, nor her relationship with Connor’s girlfriend/her best friend Liz. Ken wonders why his Dad is becoming such a player. Andy’s realized he’s gay but he can’t tell anyone because they are so wrapped up in their own lives.
Senior Year: Too Late #26. Let’s see Jeremy & Jessica are back together, but are stressing out because they don’t agree about everything. Will is feeling sorry for himself because he pushed everything away when he got hurt, and now no one’s catering to him. They’ve remembered that Ken’s an awesome quarterback. Except his father who seems really pathetic chasing women and demeaning his son. And he’s divorced which he wasn’t jr. year. But Melissa has decided to make Ken feel better, and the fact that she tried to ruin Jess’s life, doesn’t sink in with Ken at all. And Jade who the year before had a very traditional family is now the daughter whose parents divorced 10 years before. And she and her mom have made every guy “happy” in Sweet Valley, in prior books sr. year, now are hard working and put upon. It’s weird how senior year while more realistic changes the canon so much.
Senior Year #36 Tearing Me Apart Will thinks about cheating on Melissa. Hey, she deserves it. And this is the soap opera – Andy finally finds a gay boyfriend, Dave, but it turns out Dave’s father is having an affair with Andy’s friend Evan’s mother. And Dave’s father doesn’t know he’s gay. And Evan doesn’t deal well with the news that his parents are getting a divorce or that his girlfriend is telling him “been there, done that”
Senior Year #48 Sweet 18/ #1 Double Love. All storylines have been resolved except for the road trip and who cares about Connor, Tia, and Andy? And the twins – they have to deal with possibly separating from all their friends and each other, but they deal with it as the twins always have – fighting and then together. It’s good, and they put Liz back with Todd because they are together for the first of the University books. I liked the final successful twin switch, but when was Liz ever afraid of public speaking. It was great to see all the older names, but it only made me realize how many they’d forgotten during their senior year. I mean why bring Andy for comic relief when Winston did the job for so long? Which brings us to the first book – before Liz and Todd had been a couple since birth this is when they first get together. It shows that Liz, Jess, Ken and Todd run the school – and it’s more fun especially since they dumb the guys down later. And Kelly’s and Dairy Burger. It’s a great book and reminds me of where it started in 1982 and ended in 2003. Which 19 years later makes it almost possible that the original twins had aged normally they could be the mothers of the girls that graduated. And who cannot laugh at the 80s styles they wore, especially Jessica?
University #19 Broken Promises, Shattered Dreams Jessica is running a fashion design company that’s designer disappears. I won’t ruin the surprise, but it was less drama than anticipated or rather the drama happened in an unexpected place. Lila has no clue how to run a business. But she manages. Billie and Steven are going crazy with wedding plans. But I do have a problem with how abortion is presented as, well, do this so your college isn’t interrupted because OMG let’s not consider if it’s living or not or rather you know your inconvenience is obviously the most important issue. I agree with Steven – Chaz needs to put a sock in it. The book feels very hectic as you read it.
University #35 Undercover Angels. Lila and Bruce are social climbing at the country club, well Lila is. Bruce is whining. Nick and Jessica, Elizabeth and Scott and Tom are all investigating something. Turns out to be smuggling illegal aliens into the country. I guess that wasn’t as political as it is now. Funny at times. I don’t know the university series just didn’t do that much for me, but it’s better than senior year.
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