Happy Saint Patrick's Day!
I 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. 
Now 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. 
I 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.
Volume 2 by Rachel Caine.
. I remember seeing it advertise once and I never heard anything more about the movie. I have the first book somewhere, but I have never read it. I enjoyed the movie, but thought it was a little dark for children. 
and probably the franchise, that aired on the new, weak version of SyFy, formally the Scifi Channel. It seems the network has forgotten that SyFy is short for science fiction, and not lame reality shows. Do not get me wrong, I have nothing against Ghost Hunters, Destination Truth, or the Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files, but I believe that they have lost touch with their core audience by adding WWE Smackdown (What does wrestling has to do with science fiction?), Scare Tactics, and now a cooking show. I should not even mention their low budget, bad writing, and bad acting original movies. It seems every month that they air a new giant snake or disaster movie. I wonder if they ever heard of the word "original." I remember when they actually aired classic science fiction series, instead of remakes of British series. I do not see SyFy lasting very much longer, maybe Disney can buy the channel.
This week, I bought The Truth About Vampires by Theresa Meyers, The Guardian by Connie Hall, The Lightkeeper's Daughter by Colleen Coble, My Wicked Vampire by Nina Bangs, The Accidental Demon Slayer 
by Angie Fox, The Dangerous Book for Demon Slayers, A Tale of Two Demon Slayers, Friday Night in Beast House by Richard Laymon, Savage by Richard Laymon, Wolf's Gambit by W.D. Gagliani, Queen of Blood by Byran Smith, The Untamed West by Louis L'Amour, Zane Grey and Max Brand, The Lawless West by Louis L'Amour, Zane Grey and Max Brand.
