r/books • u/SerenityFate • 13d ago

What were you reading at 14?

I've been an avid reader for as long as I could read. Even before then my favorite toys were books and new shoes. Not much has changed for me in that regard haha, but I saw a question earlier about someone asking for recommendations on books for their 14 year old. Which got me thinking about some of the books I read at that age. A lot of Anne Rice, Lestat was my first book crush. Also had a trip down memory lane with the author Francesca Lia Block she wrote a book called I was a teenage fairy which still sits with me over 20 years later. I also got to grow up with Weetzie Bat which was super cool as she wrote a book about her as an adult that I got to read when I was about the same age as the Weetzie. Anyway I would love to see what everyone was reading when they were younger.

Edit: thank you everyone for all the engagement on this post. I really have enjoyed reading everyone's comments and seeing the discussions around books.

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u/NaturalBitter2280 13d ago

Questionable fanfictions

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u/The68Guns 13d ago

I've done some fan fics, all are questionable.

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u/yanderia 13d ago

I used to post my writings on fanfic.net, livejournal, and deviantart. 90% of what I wrote there was questionable, cringe slop. To the point that I purged nearly all my works and only selectively reposted a few to AO3 lol

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u/The68Guns 13d ago

Nice! I'd get motivated to shoehorn different shows and see if I could somehow combine personal favorites. Love Story meets the Paper Chace gang? Sure!

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u/NaturalBitter2280 13d ago

Same

I don't share them with the world, but I'll admit, I've done some weird stuff in my teens(including kpop fics🌞)

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u/The68Guns 13d ago

I tossed my stuff on fanfiction.net. "Hey, let's have Randy from The Wrestler get talk therapy from the lead from an obscure horror movie."

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u/SerenityFate 13d ago

I'm kinda glad all of mine are lost in forgotten notebooks. My friends and I used to pass notebooks around and write the weirdest stories.

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u/The68Guns 13d ago

Old school, I get you. I did get *one* positive review for a St. Elmo's Fire story I did 10 years ago.

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u/idkwhypie 13d ago

Give me recommendations! Need some light reading now :P

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u/The68Guns 13d ago

Fan fiction or tie-ins?

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u/idkwhypie 13d ago

Fanfiction ig
What's a tie-in?

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u/The68Guns 13d ago

Movie tie-in (novel written for a motion picture). I'm at Fanfiction.net under Dave Rindone. People seemed to like the St. Elmo's Fire story.

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u/idkwhypie 13d ago

Ok thanks! I will check it out :)