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Superflirt | Helen Cavanaugh

@keys_on_fire Exhibit A.

Maybe not the same guy, but close!

(Looks like I might but hopping aboard the #paperbackcrush train soon. I have a soft spot for these books, even if they are dreck 😆)

keys_on_fire Maybe!! I‘m sure they reused models A LOT! 😂 7mo

keys_on_fire Have you read PaperBack Crush? I‘ve read through so many that were mentioned but still have quite a few to go!

Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of '80s and '90s Teen Fiction

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Sace @keys_on_fire I have! It was a while ago though and lately I‘ve been considering going back and rereading it. These books are comfort reads for me. (edited) 7mo

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Sace @keys_on_fire and if you haven‘t read it yet I recommend

Dreams can come true

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Sace @keys_on_fire oh and

I'm Christy

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keys_on_fire I created a shelf on Goodreads for all the books (plus a few from series that I liked that I wanted to read all). If you ever want to try to read as many as possible like I am, I‘d be happy to become friends there too…assuming you use it as well. 7mo

keys_on_fire Maybe someday I‘ll get ambitious and creat a storygraph challenge! 7mo

Sace @keys_on_fire I‘m only on The StoryGraph and here but my summer vacation is starting soon and I‘d gladly join you in reading and sharing! 7mo

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Superflirt | Helen Cavanaugh

so-so

Yup. Definitely works for #horrifiedreads. A plot point was Susan helping her friend Debbie lose weight. Because you know, girls don't have enough trouble with body image. The weight loss was practically equated with boys will like you. And really the writing was just so. damn. bland. I'm being very generous with my rating. I do seem to recall that this was not a favorite of mine even back then. (Why have I helped on to it?)

Bostonmomx2 When was this written? Looks so old 😉 7y

PenguinInFlight I‘m pretty sure I remember reading that when I was 12ish, LOL. 7y

CoverToCoverGirl The hair on those guys is ridiculous 👀😳😂 7y

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Sace @PenguinInFlight I think I was that age too. 7y

Sace @CoverToCoverGirl isn't it? Very Greg Brady, Hawaii style. 7y

RebL 😒😍 7y

Sace @RebL right? So conflicted. 😂 7y

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Superflirt | Helen Cavanaugh

I'll just leave this right here 😂 #horrifiedreads

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.goodreads.com/l...

AmandaL 😂

I Love You, Stupid!

Sace @AmandaL 😂😂😂😂😂 oh my! 7y

HippieChickHomeschool I remember some of these embarrassingly well 😳😳😳 7y

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RebL Lol 7y

Sace @HippieChickHomeschool clearly I swallowed my pride and self-respect to even make this a thing. 😂😂😂😂 7y

Melissa_J I just looked at the 80s list, and other than Sweet Valley High I've never heard of any of these books. It seems I missed out on some reading gold. 7y

Sace @Melissa_J and I feel like the bookstore shortchanged me because I never saw some of these series on the shelves at all! 7y

Marchpane OMG this brings back memories! I have older sisters and read a lot of these way too young (I was maybe 7 or 8?). We had most of the Sweet Dreams and Wildfire ones 💕 7y

melrailey I've read so many of these and still think a lot of them are buried in my closet! 7y

Sace @Marchpane I think most of us with older siblings may have read a little outside our age bracket. 😂 7y

Sace @melrailey seriously, every time someone says they still have there's I feel so much better about my clinging to my own copies. 7y

Sace @melrailey 😑 theirs. 7y

Christy2318 I was mostly reading my mom & neighbors' Harlequins but a few of those were book fair or Waldenbooks purchases. My favorite was I'm Christy. I had forgotten all about Sooner or Later. Very scandalous at the time. 😂🤣 7y

Lmstraubie Those covers! I think I had that head band from the cover of Too Much Too Soon 😂😂😂 7y

batsy Your tag! ? I have older sisters too and I definitely read some of these when I wasn't supposed to. I vividly recall that Sweet Dreams "Love Match" one ? 7y

mrp27 I'm pretty sure I read most of these 😱😱😱 I wish I saved them! 7y

Sace @batsy I mean, I couldn't think of anything else. Pulling out these books for the photo challenge yesterday got me thinking about how crappy my reading tastes were then (and probably now as well.) It's not like these were the only books out there. 7y

Sace @mrp27 I've been surprised how many people remember these books. I seem to recall that only one other girl that I knew read them. She was the one who introduced me to them. Maybe no one else wanted to admit it. 7y

batsy @RestlessFickleBookSlut Can we think of it is as a rite of passage? 😉 I think a lot of people don't admit to it. That's how I make myself feel better! 7y

Sace @batsy Littens are supportive though. So it's OK if we admit it here. 😊 7y

batsy @RestlessFickleBookSlut Yes, totally. There's always people who get it 💜 7y

mrp27 @RestlessFickleBookSlut I do recall a lot of my friends and girls in school reading Sweet Valley but I don't recall anyone but me and one other friend that moved onto the other 80's teen romance books. She was my partner in crime and we would exchange books all the time. (edited) 7y

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Superflirt | Helen Cavanaugh

Inspired by @Soubhiville and @RebL. Further prodded by a comment from @TK-421. Let's do this. #horrifiedreads and tag me so I can cringe along with you. Laid back and lazy is my style. Just share your quotes or cringes. October 1st-31st. Think SVH, Wildfire, Seniors, Sweet Dreams...

Sace We'll probably find some great stuff for @Libby1 and her #misogynyminute too! 7y

Cinfhen Fun idea! 7y

RebL I'm SO planning trips to the local used bookstores. 7y

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OrangeMooseReads 😂 great idea 7y

julesG Would love to join, BUT I'm too young! I was born in 1980, I didn't start reading properly until the mid-90s and only started romance with Outlander in the early 2000s. 7y

AlaMich I'm sure I read a lot but I can't remember any. I'll have to try to find some lists that will jog my (doddering old) memory 👵🏻 7y

Soubhiville Oh my gosh! Ok, I'm in the midst of moving, but I'll definitely participate once I get settled in! What a fun idea! 7y

Natasha.C.Barnes @julesG Me too! I was born in '89 and while I TOTALLY read my best friend's mom's romance novels during sleepovers in the third grade (😳) they sure weren't meant for teens!! 7y

FantasyChick Hell yeah!!!!!! I've actually kept a lot of those old childhood books for my kids so I'm pumped for this!!! Sweet Valley High reread? I think so 😁😁😁 7y

HippieChickHomeschool You're really going to have to twist my arm to get me to read SVH! 😂😂😂 Can't wait!! 7y

Sace @HippieChickHomeschool this is going to be the perfect excuse for me to finally read the Kindle bundle of SVH that I bought on a whim! 7y

Sace @FantasyChick I am so glad that I'm not the only one who's kept theirs! 7y

Sace @AlaMich Not trying to enable or anything but there's a list on good reads.... 7y

Sace @Natasha.C.Barnes @julesG feel free to read any of your favorite not-quite-classic kids' lit faves from your youth. 😊 7y

Sace @Soubhiville I hope you have a stress free move. We'll save you a spot. 😁 7y

Sace @RebL woot! 7y

Sace @OrangeMooseReads really I owe it all to today's #autumnreads prompt! 7y

Sace @AlaMich https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.goodreads.com/l... 7y

AlaMich I skimmed over the Goodreads list and I don't remember there being so many series. I do recall some of the standalones, though. 7y

AlaMich @RestlessFickleBookSlut I have a sneaking suspicion I was too old for a lot of the 80s stuff. 7y

Sace @AlaMich right? I was surprised too. 7y

JaclynW How fun!! 7y

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Superflirt | Helen Cavanaugh

@Soubhiville made me do it! I'm about to dive in and I just had to quote the whole synopsis. Sorry the picture is wonky.

RebL Her character arc will be totally awesome. 7y

Sace @RebL 😂😂😂 7y

LauraBeth 😂😂 7y

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lauren.lerner Omg this is such a Sweet Valley High synopsis 😂 7y

Sace @lauren.lerner I'm staring to wonder of SVH just plundered plots from this Wildfire series. 7y

GabrielleDubois Thank you for adding Mistress Mine to stack, Sara. 7y

Sace @GabrielleDubois you're welcome! 7y

Soubhiville Haha, have fun! 7y

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