Monthly Archives: February 2014

Sweet Valley High Super Thriller: Murder In Paradise By Francine Pascal

Posted on February 25, 2014 by mondomolly

Join Elizabeth and Jessica at the Paradise Spa for the chill of a lifetime! Could you use a respite after a solid month of teen angst titles? I sure could. I don’t plan on pushing into the 1990s often, but … Continue reading →

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Over The Hill At Fourteen By Jamie Callan

Posted on February 20, 2014 by mondomolly

Why didn’t anyone tell her that the biggest danger for a teen model was growing up? This cover is pretty much the girl-version of last week’s cover. Maybe Sylvia should date Marcus! (j/k: nobody should date Marcus) The cover photo … Continue reading →

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Magazine Madness and/or Mania: Seventeen, February 1991

Posted on February 14, 2014 by mondomolly

Time-traveling Richard Grieco is here to wish you a happy Valentine’s Day, 1991-style! Even for Seventeen, this is an issue almost completely devoid of content. Possibly because the editors seared their eyeballs into oblivion looking at the featured fashion spread (click all … Continue reading →

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I Love You, Stupid! By Harry Mazer

Posted on February 13, 2014 by mondomolly

It’s hard to be the world’s greatest lover when you think you’re the world’s only virgin… The Plot: High school senior Marcus Rosenbloom is a mess: an aspiring writer who can’t get it together to complete his creative writing seminar … Continue reading →

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Fridays By Patricia Lee Gauch

Posted on February 5, 2014 by mondomolly

For the girls at Calvin Junior High, looking for thrills could mean finding trouble… First off: this is a great cover. The scheming! The outsider! The lurking delinquents! The Mom Jeans! That hair. Aren’t you dying to find out what … Continue reading →

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Movie Madness and/or Mania: Cooley High (Michael Schultz, 1975)

Posted on February 3, 2014 by mondomolly

American Graffiti (1973) was the breakthrough film for its 29-year old writer-director, George Lucas: a nostalgic into-the-night film, set in the recent past against the background of car culture in Modesto, California, which launched the careers of a half-dozen of … Continue reading →

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