I was reading some YA blogs and came across the book, Sweet Valley Confidential: Ten Years Later, which came out in 2011 and gives an update of where Elizabeth and Jessica from the 80s and 90s hit series Sweet Valley are today. I was instantly brought back into my elementary and middle school years when I read basically every Sweet Valley Twins and Friends, Sweet Valley High, Babysitter's Club, Boxcar Children, and Goosebumps books available. I just loved the drama of the Sweet Valley series (I always wanted to be a twin), the comraderie of the girls in the Babysitter's Club (I tried to start my own), how the siblings looked out for eachother in the Boxcar children (I was an only child for the first 12 1/2 years of my life and always wanted a brother or sister), and the suspense in the Goosebumps series (I like thrills of all types except now I have a hard time watching scary movies without freaking myself out at night).
Anyways, I found this great list of YA books from the 80s and 90s and wanted to share it with all you 80s babies out there. What were some of your favorite books during your elementary and middle school years? Maybe you will find some of them on this goodreads list. http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4403.Young_Adult_Books_from_the_80s_90s#290400
Oh, and to go along with the theme, here are a couple music videos from the 80s:
Kids in America- Kim Wilde
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun- Cyndi Lauper
We Got the Beat- Go Go's (This was my mom's personal fav)
Hey there people!! Music is the one thing that has always gotten me through bad times in my life. I have a pretty eclectic taste in music. These newish songs make me happy. And not just that...they make me want to get up and move. OR if I'm driving makes me want to roll down the windows and blast it to everyone!
Just a few more hours until the release of the new chapters of Naruto and Bleach are released. For those who haven't been following the latest scantalations, Kabuto is now bad-ass, Sasuke and Itachi make the perfect tag-team, Naruto, Guy, and Kakashi are going to totally serve the masked Uchiha. In Bleach, an unknown group has declared war on the Soul Society and their leader can somehow enlist as many arrancars he wants to join his army. I'm waiting on Ichigo to go hollow form now that he has those newly upgraded powers after fighting with Ginjou. Oooo, I bet he's going to be a beast! He was already bad-ass beforehand so one can only imagine what the new form will look like. Well I guess patience is on my side so I shall just wait, but i'll be sure to keep you all informed....jaa, mata.
