Popularity Plan

Sweet Dreams

by Rosemary Vernon

Popularity Plan (Sweet Dreams S)

Genres: Young Adult, Romance, Fiction, Teen, High School, Young Adult Contemporary, Young Adult Romance

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

Reviews

[colorwalk · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first Sweet Dreams book I started out with - it got me hooked on the entire series for a large number of my teen years. It was such a sweet story, funny too in some parts even though I no longer remember exactly which parts. I just remember my sister staring at me funny whenever I laughed out loud while reading the book. I suspect it'll always hold a special place in my heart as one of the first teen books I had read after moving on from Judy Blume's books and such during elementary.

[Reading with Cats · Rating 2 out of 5]

How to go from Shy Mouse to Shitful Asshat in two weeks or less.

[Elizabeth]

I need to go back and read this again before I rate, since I read it 25 - 30 years ago. It must not have been that horrible because it still sticks out in my head. I remember that my best friend from High School and I decided we should do our own popularity plan after we read it, though I don't think our plan got very far (and I don't think my best friend, the prom queen really needed the plan either).

I thought of it because I just read - How to Be Popular and about ten pages into it, I could only think - Meg Cabot must have been thinking of this book when she read it. Ms. Cabot is two years older than me so would also have been in high school when it was released. Wonder if she thought of doing her own popularity plan back then.

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun book I read in my youth. Frannie was a sweet girl with good friends. Really the kind of friends all us teen girls would have wanted back in the day. Very light in content but a good read from my childhood. :) These books continued my love of reading in my teen years.

[Cissy · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite books as a teen! Loved it because it reminded me of me in a way.

[Desiree Dennis · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m so disappointed at the shallowness of thinking seen in high school girls. I can’t believe I used to gush over these books when I was in high school myself. Am I so shallow myself at that age? All that mattered was whether there was a date coming the weekend, a phone call to answer, people to talk to in school... I guess we all pass through that phase.

P.S. Anyway, it’s not cool how girls look down on people who are not as beautiful as they are, as though they don’t deserve to have a special someone for themselves too. My heart goes out to the Ronnies and Arlenes in the world who do not rock the cool kids’ boats.

[Wendy]

Though I read this more as an expert evaluating the book to see if the advice would be effective, rather than a girl looking to get tips on how to be popular, I enjoyed it because Franny was such a lovely, sweet girl, and so original. The parents are a kick, the hero is so dreamy (I was sure from the first time he appeared on the page that she would end up with him!!!), and Franny was lucky to have such great friends. It's really a shame that this book is out of print.

[♥ Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a tween, the sweet dreams series was my absolute favorite!

[for-much-deliberation ... · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read most of this series whilst in secondary school... enjoyed it back then...

[Kaitlyn Huffman · Rating 2 out of 5]

I thought that the plot in this book was kind of far-fetched. I don't think I would read it again, but it was okay.

[Lisa Lamere-krzysiak · Rating 5 out of 5]

liked this book wish I could find these books I would love to read them again and read the ones I didn't get to read.

[SouthWestZippy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good young adult book.

[Pete Payton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Frannie rules. Love you,girl.

[Kara Rutledge · Rating 3 out of 5]

Review coming soon.

[Sofia · Rating 5 out of 5]

At first glance, I thought that I might not like this book that much compared to the other books I had read in the series. However, I decided to give it a shot because Rosemary Vernon, the author, has also written "Love In The Fast Lane," from the same series, which I really enjoyed. Interestingly enough, I ended up liking this book more than I thought I would. It starts off a bit slow, but picks up its pace around the third chapter. At some points, I felt like I was watching a teen romance movie because of the plot and characters. Also, I really liked Ronnie's character, the mysterious, creative and charismatic boy in the background, who is the secret desire of Frannie, the main character. I feel like this book had a good message about being popular, and how it can change people without them realising. It's more important to be happy and have a small circle of people you really like rather than be popular and hang out with people you can't stand. Overall, it's a very fun book and will resonate with teens quite a lot. I highly recommend this one.

[Emma Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Frannie is really shy and keeps to herself expect for her three friends. She wants to have a romance with a guy like her friends. So her friends create a plan to help her get dates with guys. She wants to date Ronnie, but she struggles to ask him and is worried her friends won't support since he's not popular.
I really liked the book because it was a clean romance. I felt the book was also not one of those common romance novels where the romance is unhealthy and unrealistic. The book took place in the 80s which l liked since I love books that take place in another era.
I would recommend the book for 13 and up because it's mostly clean. There is one scene where there's a passionate kiss, but it's not pornographic. I recommend the book to people who want clean and cheesy romsnces.

[Amy Kay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Giving it 4 because that's what I would have given it when I read it as a kid! I loved this whole series as a kid and I've been trying to find them for free online to read again. Good start to my rediscovery!

[Teresa Granado-Law · Rating 3 out of 5]

John Travolta was mentioned. The main character purchases a dress pattern to make her own dress for the school halloween dance. I used to sew all the time in the 80s and my mom would be buying patterns and making us clothes ALL the time. It was so fun to pick out our own cloth. I remember Flintstone material for shorts we wore. The good ol days! We've lost that art for teens now.

[Dils AB · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute in a time capsule of the 80s teen drama sorta way.

But her friends sucks?

[Beth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really sweet and fun, although the behaviour of her friends was utterly baffling!

[Judy Tarver · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent teen romance story. Typical when compared with others. Nothing extra special but still good.

[Molly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this in middle school -- romance was never my favorite genre but I probably picked up the book at the library, thinking it would be a quick read. I do remember that it was a very quick read. A voracious reader, my taste in books was varied. I saw this on archive.org and re-read it. The book was charming in a dated, 80s way -- I think the author understood her target audience well -- and the 80s teen psyche. Today's teens likely find it sexist (which it is) but may appreciate the uniqueness of the characters. I loved that Frannie went to the store to buy fabric and a pattern to make a dress, for example, but rolled my eyes when she pretended to not understand math.

[Denise Kettering · Rating 2 out of 5]

Having read this book as a teenager, I recently found it in a box and reread it. I remember liking it, but this time around I found the characters to be one dimensional and the plot to be relatively ridiculous. Also, while it was culturally appropriate in the 1980s, some of the descriptions of things are now terribly out of date.

[Gale · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read in 2006.

[Lucille Muñasque]

super nice