I have absolutely no idea what the youth of today are reading, other than Harry Potter, but back in my day, it was all about The Babysitters Club and Sweet Valley. Everyone had their favourite sitter and everyone had their favourite twin in Sweet Valley. Unless you were just a fan of The Awesome Lila, the spoilt rich-biatch. But, I digress.
At the time, I loved these books. I read them avidly and I could never wait for the next one to come out. Of course, they never taught me anything – or so I thought. Sure, there were a few ‘issue’ books dealing with anorexia, divorce, etc but these were rarely done well. The only exception springing to mind is Claudia and the Terrible Truth, a BSC book dealing with child abuse. Heavy stuff, indeed, especially for the targeted age group of these books.
No, with the exception of this book, SV and BSC in general taught me a big, fat, nada. Unless we’re counting some useless bits of trivia which may or may not come up in a pub quiz. However, on reading back over these for nostalgia’s sake, I have, in fact, learnt many lessons. Though, not necessarily the right ones. Read the rest of this entry »
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