Virginia Andrews / V C Andrews

[Astrolady]

Does anyone else have her whole collection of books, or am I the only one LOL. I borrowed a friends "Flowers in the Attic" series when I was in year 11 or 12 in high school, much to my mothers disgust LOL.

I soon had gone out and brought my own copies, and continued to grow my collection from buying ones I didn't have from the local 2nd hand book store. When I could finally buy ones that were currently in stock on shelves I did so and brought them brand new and have done so ever since ! I have just about finished the 2nd book in the "Shadow" series that Andrew brought for me on Christmas Eve. Book 1 and possibly Book 2 in the new "Deliha" series has also not long been released so I will be hunting them down soon.

I have not been bothered with the change of Author after Virginia Andrews passed away, I still get engrossed in them and usually can't put the book down till it is finished.

So am I the only one with the whole collection LOL

[saslia]

I have quite a few..The Flowers in the Attic Series, Heaven series and My Sweet Audrina....haven't got any of the newer ones but have read a few from the library.

[Hollybolly]

I have all of the Heaven ones, the Flowers In The Attic ones, My Sweet Audrina & the Dawn series
(All of the pages are yellow now, though - they're so old!!!)

Haven't read one for a reeeeally long time - not sure if I've read past the Dawn ones, but was that where the author changed?

I think I read the whole Heaven series about 5 times over - that series was by far my favourite

[indie24]

I used to own them all but at one stage I loaned them out as I couldn't read them any more as I had read them so much.

I recently brought Flowers in the Attic again ata school fete and I remembered how much I loved them. Looks like I have to buy them again as my niece lost mine.
I never minded the author change either.

[Freya]

I have all the old school ones and few of the ghost written ones here and there

I love love LOVE FITA, but my fave read of hers is My Sweet Audrina.

[Astrolady]

The new author began with the final book in the Casteel Series. So "Web of Dreams"

[briggsy's girl]

i read the flowers in the attic series back in high school and loved it - am pretty keen to read the others but never seem to get around to finding them - maybe i should have a look at what is available now...

[Hollybolly]

The new author began with the final book in the Casteel Series. So "Web of Dreams"

Well ,there you go - I didn't notice the change of author, as I loved that one just as much

BG - You should read the Casteel/Heaven series... they were my fav by far... I wanted to be Heaven (despite the horrid way she was treated by her Dad and the very Bold & The Beautiful life she lived as she got older ).... to this day, whenever I smell or read anything about jasmine (the scent) I still think of the grandmother in this book... hows that for teen brainwashing?!!!!!

[briggsy's girl]

i am pretty sure i read that series way back in high school too HB - i remember reading Heaven and at least one other in that series, but not sure if i got to read them all - small country high school library didn't have much selection

i think they'll be a "want" for a while - would love to get them all and have them to read when i'm ready - i had a bit of a squiz online today, but as i always do, i ended up at amazon website - and the aussie dollar is crud at the moment so i'm not goin there!

[Hollybolly]

I've seen most of them in the newsagent in the bargain bin - about $5 each!!!

Let me know if you want me to get any for you... a lot cheaper than Amazon

You're more than welcome to borrow my ones as well... if you don't mind the 15+yr old yellow pages

[briggsy's girl]

when i have a workable room to store them in, i'll definitely look at grabbing them holly - at the moment, my study is a store room, my spare room is a store room, the gremlins room is a store room - and it's getting worse in the study and spare room as we try to gut the baby's room - i neeeeeed my shed!

[indie24]

If you dont mind them second hand you can get them at markets and book exchanges very cheap. One book exchange I went to wont take them as she has so many of them

[briggsy's girl]

most of my "grown up" books are second hand - i'll go scope it out when i have some space to store them - no point getting books i have to put in boxes and not get to (which is where most of our books are at the moment!)

[Crystalwings]

I also loved these books as a teen but haven't read one for ages. I loved FITA series and Dawn. They were so scandalous(sp?) So much incest and weird love triangles that made me wonder what kind of relationships she had in real life. Great books though and I have always found them easy to find at op shops.

[Heaven]

OMG I loved them. The Heaven series was my fav too. I think I've read a lot of them but not for ages. I'm going to check out what else I can read now too. Thanks for reminding me!! lol.

I didn't care about the author change either, still great!

[Lolli]

I own all the Viriginia Andrews ones, but I really didn't like the VC ones, after the author change (with the exception of Web of Dreams- I din't even realise it was the new author till I read this thread). I just couldn't get into the Dawn series, and I gave up from there

But I love The Casteel series- Heaven is one of my favorite books. Her and Logan... *sigh and flutter eyelashes* isn't it funny how we all seem to love Heaven but it's the Flowers series that are the most popular?

And speaking of the Flowers series, I have read them all but boy it was a struggle to get through the last one (I think it's the last one- where Cathy and Chris have their own twins and their mum moves in next door)... I so wanted to see what happened but it got a bit soap opera-ish (moreso than her usual )

And I love My Sweet Audrina. What an odd, gothic-style book, but so well written.

I'm a big reader- I eat books in a matter of hours- and these ones are like Macca's- not particulary important matter for the brain, very little sustenance but oh so good

[Astrolady]

Yeah Andrew doesn't like it when I get a new one cause nothing is done in this house till i have finished it rofl.

[Turkish Delight]

I absolutely love VC Andrews. I've read them all and even the real latest ones. She is my one of my favourite authors of all time.
I keep checking in our local library to see if the next one's out yet.