I may joke about how much Twilight sucks. (And it does suck, with the suckiness of a thousand sucking suckers -- this is not open to dispute. Twilight is Bad. If you disagree, you are wrong, in the same way that someone who says the sun orbits the Earth is wrong.) But while a hundred million tween and teen girls may be making Stephanie Meyer rich for her sucky, creeptastic Mormon vampire epic, I'll bet all of you, like me, have skeletons hiding on the dusty top shelves of your own bookshelves. Books you thought were awesome when you were fourteen. Books that you would now not be caught dead reading.
Books like....
Yes, I totally read these books when I was fourteen.
In my defense, I was going through a serious pulp fiction phase. I loved Edgar Rice Burroughs and Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft, and the first few Gor novels actually were pretty standard swords & sorcery.
(Then, so the rumor goes, John Norman went through a nasty divorce, and everything he wrote after that became endless misogynistic BDSM fantasies.)
I also used to read a lot of Piers Anthony.
Yes, he's a shameless hack with an ego that affects the tides, but several of his series started out interesting.
Okay, your turn.
Books like....
Yes, I totally read these books when I was fourteen.
In my defense, I was going through a serious pulp fiction phase. I loved Edgar Rice Burroughs and Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft, and the first few Gor novels actually were pretty standard swords & sorcery.
(Then, so the rumor goes, John Norman went through a nasty divorce, and everything he wrote after that became endless misogynistic BDSM fantasies.)
I also used to read a lot of Piers Anthony.
Yes, he's a shameless hack with an ego that affects the tides, but several of his series started out interesting.
Okay, your turn.
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- 1 Nov 2023, 00:06In case you want yet another beta reader's opinion, I'm glad to offer my service. Especially since this gives me the possibility to read AQATWW earlier. ;-)
- 30 Oct 2023, 03:32Congratulations on completing the move and getting settled into the new home; now enjoy the vacation as best you can. At this point, you’ve earned it! I certainly hope I’m one of the ones who…
- 12 Oct 2023, 05:24Recently I re-read "The Crying of Lot 49" and had to think of you. Pierce? Very fitting indeed. :-)
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When I was 13 I read some of the Sweet Valley High series, liked it then, would never read it now. I really can't think of anything else as I tend to avoid books I have a feeling I won't like. I did go through a bit of a Twilight phase though a couple years ago. I read the first 3 books in one go and thought I'd read thr 4th one when it came out but when I heard what it was about I was like, "no way!" Looking back, I just needed something new to read and Twilight was it and it seemed ok at first but once I thought about it I saw how off it really was and now I can say I don't like it anymore. It's not the worst series ever, Meyer had some passable ideas, but it's nowhere near great either (aka. bad writing, horrible Bella character, and wacked out Edward).
I do have a least favourite book though that I could barely finish without pulling my eyes out because of the sheer boredom - The Pearl by John Steinback. Unfortunately, it was required reading when I was in grade 7.
- dream-child
I've read 8 books of a series called "Weather Wardens" by Rachel Caine. I'm not proud of that.
Also, the Clan of the Cave Bear series. I only read them for the smut.
First year of high school was spent reading Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys and Perry Mason. I don't think it's shameful or anything, but yeah, those pretty much dominated my life at that point. And then in the latter half of high school I mostly read Classics and Indian authors, because I got bored of the same plot being recycled in a dozen detective stories.
I think I should also mention that I was a fan of Agatha Christie at some point of time.
/Shar's reading history.
(Also, unrelated: Chapter 7 illustration has me itching to read AQATDR. Physics exam is needing more of my attention, however! >.<)
And Agatha Christie? Man in a Brown Suit was probably my favourite book of hers. :) However, my tastes changed after reading a lot of her books(the writing style got repetitive, I felt), and now I haven't touched one of her books in ages.
As for Agatha Christie - a few suggestions:
Pale Horse
Hallowe'en Party
Endless Night
Five Little Pigs
the Harley Quinn stories
"Pale Horse" is good, through definitely not the best.
I don't really like your other recommendations much, though.
I still own them all. I kept them for my little sister, who wouldn't touch a book unless at gunpoint, so they'll probably end up in a box in the attic any day.
I was super into the Replica series by Marilyn Kaye. Also all of those books about sick kids by Lurlene McDaniels.
With those two in my past, I refuse to be ashamed of liking Sweet Valley Twins and Sweet Valley High or Babysitters' Club and Babysitter's Little Sister or The Boxcar Children. :p
-So this is real life...
So this is real life...