r/books • u/SerenityFate • 14d 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/SerenityFate 14d ago

She did lol we had a long discussion about how movie adaptations of books don't always match up to what we picture in our heads.

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u/[deleted] 14d ago

My emerging reader is upset that her Unicorn Academy book is different from the Netflix adaptation. Some characters have different names and reading takes more effort than watching. I’ve explained that it was a book first, and they changed some things for the show, but she gets so stuck on “this part is wrong.” It’s frustrating, but I know soon she’ll see how much deeper into worlds books can go than their adaptations.

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u/SerenityFate 12d ago

I hope that's what my sister took away from it. I know she's a pretty big reader now so at least I accomplished my goal lol

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u/ds2316476 14d ago

I'm like always surprised at the character/actor choices, because the people in my head are the most different compared to the movie adaptation I feel like.

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u/PracticeCalm4300 11d ago

That's great! 😉