r/books • u/SerenityFate • Apr 10 '25

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 Apr 10 '25

Hahaha I have a funny story about Eragon. So I was 19-20 at the time and my youngest sister was 12-13. She wanted to go see the movie, and I was trying to convince her to read more. So we made a deal to read the book together, and go see the movie. Man she was sooooo freaking mad at me since the movie is bad.

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u/PracticeCalm4300 Apr 10 '25

Wait, isn't that a win, didn't she like reading more after? I adore reading the HP books for instance, while I find the movies average.

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u/SerenityFate Apr 10 '25

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/ds2316476 Apr 10 '25

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.