March 17th, 2011
Books for the Ages
We fully admit to being obsessed with YA fiction, having recently spent a full weekend ignoring our family, friends, and responsibilities to read through the Hunger Games trilogy. And we’re almost embarrassed to admit our almost encyclopaedic knowledge of the amazing adventures of the Sweet Valley High twins.
Lucky for us we found a website where no one is judging our teenaged taste in tomes. Forever Young Adult offers a celebration of crushes, gossip, and life lessons, with some added twists. We loved participating in the running voter’s choice read of Choose Your Own Adventure: Dyspocalypse Now (always vote D!), and the regular reviews of reads for the teen set often influences our Amazon account. But nothing makes adolescent angst better than alcohol, as we discovered whilst playing the Anne of Green Gables Drinking Game.
After taking a sip of our martini each time Marilla rolled her eyes, we accidentally re-enacted the scene where Diana enjoys a bit too much “Cherry Cordial.” —JN
