Sweet Valley Diaries

Book #54: TWO-BOY WEEKEND w/ guest reader Teya Patt

Why is it never "two-therapist weekend"?

The title of this book makes a promise, and that promise is kept in ways both thrilling and hilarious. Also somewhat harrowing. Teya Patt (FOR ALL MANKIND) joins Marissa for the play-by-play of this masterpiece of juvenile (?!) fiction.

CW for stalker-y, abusive behavior...but as ever, it's all deliciously over the top and (spoiler alert) everything's fine in the end.

Extra Drama #49: XOXO, Jessica (Podcast Bonus Episode)

B**ch Disco

Gossip Guys' Andy and Aaron are experts in one teen soap opera, and now they've been indoctrinated into another. How do the world and characters of Gossip Girl map onto those of Sweet Valley, CA? You're about to find out. 

Book #49: PLAYING FOR KEEPS w/guest readers Andrew Greene & Aaron Davitian [Podcast]

No such fun as harmless

Jessica is changing her entire personality for a boy and the changes are...bad. And hilarious. Hosts of the Gossip Guys podcast, Andrew Greene and Aaron Davitian marvel at the sparkling prose of PLAYING FOR KEEPS, and at a certain sexpot named Pamela Janson. 

 

• Gossip Guys Podcast 

Music in this episode courtesy of Purple Planet

Book #48: SLAM BOOK FEVER (w/guest reader Denise Boylan)

It's what cool kids do in Connecticut! 

From the vantage point of 2020, it's unclear whether Sweet Valley High #48, SLAM BOOK FEVER, captured a phenomenon or started one. What we know for sure is that teenagers writing down all their opinions about each other could never, ever go wrong, hurt anyone's feelings, or spawn false rumors. Denise Boylan is back to talk about the Pandora's box Amy Sutton has opened onto an unsuspecting Sweet Valley.