Deep Valley Confidential

At the intersection of children's literature, pop culture, feminism and nostalgia.

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Wednesday, December 29, 2021

BIG DEAL by Janet Lambert

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I have done a disservice to Buff and Bobo. If you don't recognize the names, that is because I only gave them the most cursory of introd...

THE PRECIOUS DAYS by Janet Lambert

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  Hey, it's a new family - the Campbells! And they are weird. Seriously weird for Janet. The Dad is a former professor, an intellectual ...
Tuesday, November 30, 2021

MYSELF AND I by Janet Lambert

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  Goodness, Susan really does have the beauty of Gwenn with the nice demeanor of Alcie. She is the best of both worlds and Bobby Parrish mus...

A SONG IN THEIR HEARTS by Janet Lambert

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 Tippy is back! And she's knocked up! Ken Prescott is the father, of course.  Just kidding, it's our stalwart Peter. There is some h...

FLY AWAY, CINDA by Janet Lambert

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  It has been ages since I read this, but one thing sticks in my mind - the awful way the Hollisters respond to a possible Filipino housegue...
Thursday, October 28, 2021

LOVE TAPS GENTLY by Janet Lambert

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 There is much to find icky in this book and it can all be laid at the feet of that decrepit old man on the hipper cover above - Bobby Parri...

MARY JANE by Jessica Anya Blau

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  During the Covid times I had the hardest time reading new fiction. I just didn't want real life or anything remotely sad. Super-editor...
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Saturday, October 23, 2021

HIGH HURDLES by Janet Lambert

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  Well, you can't tell from the look of terror on Dria's face, or the look of profound sadness on Tom's, but at the start of HIG...
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Saturday, October 2, 2021

My Jeopardy Experience part 2 - THE GAME!

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If I had just read Alexi Grishin's THE LEGENDS OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR instead of only claiming to have read it, I might be sitting in m...
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Thursday, September 30, 2021

CINDA by Janet Lambert

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  I honestly can't tell which of these covers is most horrifying! Just kidding, the one in the center definitely is. But it's too ba...
Wednesday, September 15, 2021

A DREAM FOR SUSAN by Janet Lambert

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  Oh the Jordans! What a lovely family! Except for Gwenn, of course. Our heroine for this tome is Susan. She was little in the previous book...
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Monday, September 6, 2021

WELCOME HOME, MRS. JORDAN by Janet Lambert

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  I found it interesting that this book doesn't appear to have one of the 60s style covers that most of the other Tippy books have. Mayb...

RAINBOW AFTER RAIN by Janet Lambert

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  Check out these covers! It's our Tippy Parrish at her most tormented! When we last left Miss Tippy, she was still desperately sad over...
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