Flashback Summer is back! With Kait camped outside of the Imperial Theater waiting to see Dave Malloy in Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, Becca stepped in to join Renata and their guest Kristi to discuss Double Love by Francine Pascal, the first of a great many Sweet Valley High books. Renata and Kristi were shocked to see that the series they remembered fondly from their childhoods begins with a kidnapping and assault. Becca, meanwhile, was shocked that anyone actually read these. Pull your gold lavalier necklace out of storage and return to Sweet Valley!

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Footnotes: “I Once Was Miss America” by Roxane Gay

Forever Young Adult’s Sweet Valley High Drinking Game

Lavalier

High school sororities and fraternities

Candy pairing:  Becca says Warheads Extreme Sour, Kristi says cotton candy or Sugar Daddies, Renata says Mountain Dew.

Coming up next: Horse Shy (Saddle Club #2) by Bonnie Bryant.

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