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Wow, Big W have all the books for $4 each! I used to love them, I can't remember how many times I read them when I was younger!
I bought Flowers in the Attic and I think I should have bought the rest now...I can't remember them all, I think there was Seeds Of Yesterday, Petals on the Wind and If There Be Thorns...so dramatic lol!
Can't remember the order though!
Wow, what a blast from the past!
I might have to pick them up and give them a re-read!! I first read Flowers in the Attic when I was about 12, I didn't really 'get' it, so I tried again when I was 17-18 and read the whole series.. and was like :o hahaha :)
I love re-reading old novels!
I loved them too! I have them somewhere, I would probably understand them a lot more now. $4! I remember they were about $15 and I would have to save for each one.
oh gawd, I think they are GROSS!
Meeeee tooooo!! I never read them even when Virginia Andrews was all the rage, I don't want to know about kids being locked in the attic & incest. YUCKO!!:
Ooh I loved them!! But a bit depressing towards the end of the series.
I loved the Heaven series even more!!
Dont forget the prequel- garden of shadows...have you read the heaven series?
I read them too back in 1983 when I was 13 but I read anything back then and cant remember the details. It would probably disturb me more if i read them as an adult with children of my own though.
I read them and i had my own hard cover copies until a few years ago. My mum gave them to me to read also :o, i have no idea why because i was way too young and so much of it i never understood :redface:.
The movie scared the crap out of me! But I think i read the first 2 - 3 books and thought the story line to be quite repetitive (i think that was teh reason why i stopped reading them 12 yrs ago! LOL)
I agree with this!:
:o i loved those books i used to read them over and over again
I loved them as well! I remember when I was in Year 8, my english teacher told me I wasnt allowed to read them during free time....guess they were a bit raunchy for her liking, being a catholic girls school and all :)
I loved them, yeah they were icky in many ways, but they were still books I couldn't put down. I think I was 14-15 when I read them and then the Heaven series, which was a lot better in terms of not as much incest LOL, but it wasn't just about the incest, it was the whole family dynamic situation and people being manipulative and all that.
The Dollanganger Series
Flowers in the Attic . Petals on the Wind . If There Be Thorns . Seeds of Yesterday . Garden of Shadows (1979-1987)
The Adare Novel
My Sweet Audrina (1982)
The Casteel Series
Heaven . Dark Angel . Fallen Hearts . Gates of Paradise . Web of Dreams (1985-1990)
The Cutler Series
Dawn . Secrets of the Morning . Twilight's Child . Midnight Whispers . Darkest Hour (1990-1993)
The Landry Series
Ruby . Pearl in the Mist . All That Glitters . Hidden Jewel . Tarnished Gold (1994-1996)
The Logan Series
Melody . Heart Song . Unfinished Symphony . Music in the Night . Olivia (1996-1999)
The Orphans Miniseries
Butterfly . Crystal . Brooke . Raven . Runaways . Orphans (1998-2000)
The Wildflowers Miniseries
Misty . Star . Jade . Cat . Into the Garden . The Wildflowers (1999-2001)
The Hudson Series
Rain . Lightning Strikes . Eye of the Storm . The End of the Rainbow . Gathering Storm (2000-2001, 2006)
The Shooting Stars Miniseries
Cinnamon . Ice . Rose . Honey . Falling Stars . Shooting Stars (2001-2002)
The De Beers Series
Prequel: Dark Seed . Willow . Wicked Forest . Twisted Roots . Into the Woods . Hidden Leaves (2002-2003)
The Broken Wings Series
Broken Wings . Midnight Flight (2003)
The Gemini Series
Celeste . Black Cat . Child of Darkness (2004-2005)
The Shadows Series
April Shadows . Girl in the Shadows (2005-2006)
The Early Spring Series
Broken Flowers . . . more to be released..
VC Andrews is one of my fve writters,
i think my fave is the Logan series, and The Landry series and My sweet Audrina :)
I loved FITA series, was a bit weird, and heartbreaking, and then weird... but pretty cool read.
Garden of shadows made things make a lot of sense, kind of understood how prequels worked after that.
i have read alot of the books but considering only the first 4 were writen by virginia andrews and apparently there is some family truth in those books.. its a bit freaky
then to have another family member take over the writting and to take over the same style has me wondering how far spread those family issues go...
I read this series as an early teen, and found it all really quite disturbing. I still think occasionally of the boy with a pitchfork and stuff. <shudder>
Oh yes, 'My Sweet Audrina' I liked that too!
I read heaps of those as a teenager, loved them.
But now as an adult I think the issues are just too depressing and disturbing. I've gone soft in my old age, I can only handle nice stories or I can't sleep at night!
I first read them at about 12...gave me quite an education :lol:...and then again at about 14 I think.
Looks like I am off to the shops. I love Virginia Andrews and that series is my favourite. I only have Flowers In The Attic now though. Thanks for that.
I noticed a difference between the Virginia Andrews books & the change when she passed away & they went to VC Andrews. I didn't like the latter ones nearly as much.
I didn't realise there were so many different series! I read the FITA and Heaven stuff when I was a kid - utter rubbish, but it's not going to stop me re-reading them LOL!! Off to Big W tomrrow :)
Sarah, I was the same I think I only read one season with the new writers and i wasn't overally impressed.
I have them all right up to the current release. I can't put them down even with the writer that took over. I got the last series all 3 books for my birthday and had them read in 1.5 days Andrew refuses to buy me the books now cause I have them over and done with so quickly LOL
I bought the FITA series today at Big W - now I am embarrassed to read them in public LOL!! They are like a Mills and Boon!
Funny thing is I also bought "Good Taste" magazine - it was 25 cents cheaper than each of the books LOL!!