YAR!!!

Someone donated an entire set some of* Joel Rosenberg's Guardians of the Flame books** and I snagged them from the booksale.

I'm just scared that they won't be as good now as they were in middle school.

*It seems that there are many, many (many many many) more books in the series than I previously thought.  I am now the proud(?) owner of the first five.

**Yes, I'm a big nerd.

Comments

[Chrissy]

You're not that big of a nerd.

Strangely, I am also re-reading a series I loved when I was a teen.

It's not holding up to my memories.

Sad.

[Leila]

Yeah, Josh bought the first couple of Dragonlance books (used) a while back.

They didn't stand up.

He was depressed.

What series are you re-reading?

[Chrissy]

Don't tell me the Dragonlance books don't stand up! That's heartbreaking. I just spent the weekend cooking stuff form the recipes in the Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home.

I'm reading the Forgotten Realms Avatar series, in which the Gods are booted out of the heavens and magic goes haywire.

My grandmother told me that 2 more books were written for that series, so I'm checking them out. I *swear* the end of Waterdeep was changed in these new versions to make the two new books possible ( I have a whole new/modern set, with cool Brom art, cool because it's Brom, not because it really goes well with the books). But my old set is packed and buried so I can't compare the endings.

But, my God, the cliches.

[Julie Carter]

I don't think you're a big nerd, but damn. I hated those books. Well, I only read one.

But I love rereading books from my younger days. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase!

[Leila]

Well, YEAH! Joan Aiken RULES.

And really, all I can remember about the Guardians of the Flame books is the basic premise (which is kind of like a cross between the premise of Kid Video and the premise of that awful Dungeons and Dragons cartoon) and the fact that when Karl (if that was his name) finally DOES IT* with the Hot Girl, he notices that she doesn't have any tan lines. Which either meant that she was naturally tan or that she was a fan of nudie tanning. But really it was just so that you'd know they were naked.

*You HAVE to use the term "DO IT" when discussing sex in books read in middle school.

[Julie Carter]

My god. I've just remembered being in 6th grade and telling my friend Shelly the entire story of Kathleen Woodiwiss's A Rose in Winter which was just titillating! I didn't say DO IT, though. I hemmed and hawed and said very conspiratorily, "Then they... well, you know" and gave her a Very Significant Look.

Ah, good times.

I haven't thought of Kathleen Woodiwiss in years.