Sunday, October 19, 2008

Something from live journal...

This is their daily "Writer's Block". My answer is below...


From Judy Blume to V.C. Andrews, there's always a book circulating among teens that their parents don't want them to read. What favorite book did you have to hide from your parents?


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Never had to hide anything from my parents. My mom is a librarian, and saw no reason to censor what I was reading. If she thought something was objectionable, she would tell me why she thought so, but not tell me I couldn't read it.

I read at college level in junior high. Mom didn't have a problem with me reading stuff like V.C. Andrews as long as I read more substantial stuff!

I read anything I could get my hands on. *confession time* The folks I baby sat for when I was in high school had a bunch of books like "Joy of Sex" and Dr. Ruth stuff...very accessible. I learned quite a bit from those babysitting jobs...O_o (and Mom had been in their house, so she knew what was on their shelves...) Seriously, though, if it was a book, I would read it. And my parents had no problem with that.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Finally, I have cracked open my books again!

I started listening to Brideshead Revisited on my mp3 player last night. So far I'm enjoying it- that fact that Jeremy Irons is the reader helps! I also finally started to read The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. And I have checked out some "Inspector Lynley" novels- Well Schooled in Murder, For the Sake of Elena, Missing Joseph, and Playing for Ashes. I don't know when I'll get to them, but some are on cassette.

Three new Torchwood novels coming in November (they're already out in the U.K.), and three more next May! *is very happy*

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

A week without books?

I didn't read for a whole week. I'm ashamed of myself! I still have a huge stack of books to go through. I just added Brideshead Revisited, and a few of Elizabeth George's Inspector Lynley novels. I'll get back to reading this week!