After years of wide-eyed blogging about the surreal 1980s perfection of Francine Pascal's Sweet Valley High book series (and the surprising psychodrama that lurks below the town's perfectly-tanned surface), host Marissa Flaxbart is now forcing people to read the series with her.
But beyond its obsession with the ubiquitous-yet-obscure book series, SWEET VALLEY DIARIES is a podcast about nostalgia and the ways this nostalgia can (spectacularly, hilariously) fail us.
It's about friendship, honesty, and learning to speak your truth in the face of a boyfriend-stealing cheerleader or an evil triplet. It's all the life lessons you could ever hope to learn from two size-6, blonde-haired, aqua-eyed, identical 16-year-old twins. Strap in.
Recent Episodes
Mini Extra-Drama #80: Double the Sweetness
Don't forget about the Reader of the Month letter from book 80! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Extra #79: Maybe Elizabeth Isn't the Best Character Judge
Bryanna McGeough joins Marissa again and shares her criteria for choosing with Sweet Valley books to read and her personal tales of being an Elizabethan high school journalist. Plus, Reader of the Month for October 1991! Adve...
Book #79: THE LONG-LOST BROTHER
in which the brother is neither long nor lost
Book #78: THE DATING GAME
...the dating game sucks. Let's play Hungry Hungry Hippos!
Extra Drama #77: They Never Did Sweet Valley Babies
Guest Tabatha Myers tells us about her history with Sweet Valley; then, a close look at the copyright pages of a British edition of CHEATING TO WIN, and a call for ghostwriter intel. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.c...
Extra Drama #76: Yo!
Let's rap about the ethical implications of beauty pageants!