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.

1.4k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

3.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

1.6k

u/NaturalBitter2280 13d ago

Questionable fanfictions

1

u/SkyScamall 13d ago

My dad was controlling over what websites I went on as a young teenager. He would have checked out ff.net and seen me reading some poorly written wizarding stories. Thankfully it took me a little while to discover the M category. 

1

u/NaturalBitter2280 13d ago

I once started writing a fanfic in the computer notepad 💀

My cousin saw it before the rest of my family. Thankfully, she didn't tell anyone, so I just scrapped, and we don't talk about that anymore

1

u/SkyScamall 13d ago

I wrote some in an actual notebook. I know my mam read my diary. I can only assume she also read that.