Tag Archives: Bantam

Choose Your Own Adventure #42: The Mystery of Echo Lodge By Louise Munro Foley

Posted on March 6, 2024 by mondomolly

Be on the lookout! Echo Lodge is surrounded by danger. You may be attacked by a killer hawk, get trapped under a roaring avalanche, or save the day by solving the mystery!  I truly appreciate that readers indulged my flight … Continue reading →

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Francine Pascal’s Sweet Valley Saga: The Wakefields of Sweet Valley

Posted on January 30, 2024 by mondomolly

Follow the riveting stories of the women who came before Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield… Did any 1980s series spawn more sub-series than Sweet Valley High? Even excluding the hundreds of books featuring the Wakefield twins at different ages (your Sweet … Continue reading →

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Rod Serling’s Night Gallery

Posted on July 20, 2022 by mondomolly

Don’t miss television’s most imaginative show… If it’s summer, it must be time for watching reruns on TV and checking out novelizations of movies and TV shows out of the local library! (What? Isn’t this everyone?) A few summers back … Continue reading →

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Sweet Valley High #82: Kidnapped By The Cult! By Francine Pascal

Posted on June 8, 2021 by mondomolly

She was right! Everyone was loved and happy except for her! With a strangled sob, Jessica burst into tears… So far this year, we’ve looked at books dealing with clinical depression, terrible parents, eating disorders, alcoholism and a wide variety … Continue reading →

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Teen-Agers, Unite! By Charles M. Schulz

Posted on May 8, 2020 by mondomolly

The “Peanuts” Gang Grows Up! A Great New Collection of Riotous Cartoons By Charles M. Schulz I don’t even remember where I picked up this oddball collection- the generic hand-lettered price tag only tips me off that it was NOT … Continue reading →

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Kiss Me, Creep By Marian Woodruff

Posted on March 25, 2018 by mondomolly

Is Richie really a creep- or is he someone Joy can love? So, this seems as a good a time as any to talk about how this blog got its start: in the summer of 2011, I acquired a large … Continue reading →

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My Darling, My Hamburger By Paul Zindel

Posted on March 9, 2018 by mondomolly

Senior year isn’t the end of high school- it’s the beginning of Life! This week’s reader request comes from literally my oldest friend, who sent me an Instragam  screen shot with the caption HAVE YOU SEEN THIS???? (LOL OF COURSE!!!!) … Continue reading →

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Sweet Valley High Super Edition: Special Christmas By Francine Pascal

Posted on December 18, 2017 by mondomolly

It seems that nothing can spoil Jessica and Elizabeth’s holiday- until Mr. and Mrs. Wakefield announce the arrival of an unwelcome houseguest… Background: Sweet Valley High remains one of the most enduring series of its era, leading to numerous spin-off dealing with … Continue reading →

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Project Boyfriend By Stephanie St. Pierre

Posted on May 11, 2017 by mondomolly

Can Stacey capture Max’s heart, or is her downhill romance destined for a crash landing? This one came out in 1991, fairly late in the run of Bantam’s Sweet Dreams romance imprint, which I didn’t notice until I sat down … Continue reading →

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Hollywood Daughters #3: Encore By Joan Lowery Nixon

Posted on April 8, 2017 by mondomolly

Erin Jenkins, teen star, feels closer to her show-biz parents than to her real ones, who don’t approve of her television career… Background: The first volume of the Hollywood Daughters series dealt with former child star Abby “Cookie” Baynes and her … Continue reading →

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