Thursday, March 17, 2011

Thursday Ramblings - March 17th, 2011


Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

Am I wearing green today? Yes, I am, but not on purpose. I just grabbed a shirt and threw it on; little did I know that today was March 17.

Sweet Valley High - The Complete First SeasonI bought the first season of Sweet Valley High that aired during the early 1990s. The DVD set came out in 2005 and the remaining three seasons have never released yet. I forgot that the series even existed. I remember stumbling upon it on a Saturday afternoon; I think I was in Junior High at the time. I am probably the only straight male who ever read the Sweet Valley High book series. I grew up in a small town with a very small school. There was a very small library at school, and being a booklover, I quickly ran out of books to read and started checking out books for the girls section. I even owned a few SVH and The Baby-sitters Club books at the time. My mom bought them at a garage sale. Now, when I stumble upon either series, I buy them. I look forward to the new Sweet Valley High Confidential coming out at the end of the month.

Sweet Valley High #6: Dangerous LoveNow back to the DVD. I have watched the first five episodes so far. The first episode is a mess. The episode is based on the book Dangerous Love. The scriptwriters crammed too many ideas into a twenty-minute episode. If you were not familiar with the books, you would be confused. The writing is getting better with each following episodes. The plots are a little silly, and the show has aged over the years. Some of the supporting casts are a little too old to be playing high school students, and there is some bad acting. Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield (played by Cynthia and Brittany Daniel) are the best part of the series. I would like to see a new version of SVH, but this time have it on an hour and drop the comedy from it.

The Caregiver: Families of Honor, Book OneCity Of The DeadI bought the following books: Sweep Volume 3 by Cate Tiernan, The Black Train by Edward Lee, Covenant by John Everson, Bestial by Ray Garton, and City of the Dead by Brian Kenne.

Books in the mail this week: The Caregiver by Shelley Shepard Gray, The Morganville Vampires Volume 1 by Rachel Caine and The Morganville Vampires Volume 2 by Rachel Caine.

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