Anonymous
Post 01/29/2025 23:46     Subject: s/o inappropriate books you read as a child
I read Stephen King's The Stand in a week when I was 17.

Totally inappropriate book, for anyone to read. That's a week of my life I'll never get back.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2025 23:41     Subject: s/o inappropriate books you read as a child
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:VC Andrew’s messed up my worldview for years


Still messed up from that one!

Wifey, of course, like all good 80s kids. It was inappropriate but I don't think it harmed me to read that so young.


+1 to Wifey. - 80s kid


Yup. Same.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2025 23:40     Subject: s/o inappropriate books you read as a child
Anonymous wrote:My mom’s harlequin romances. She didn’t hide them very well.


lol- me too
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2025 14:08     Subject: s/o inappropriate books you read as a child
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I was in elementary school when the tv adaptation of The Thorn Birds aired. I wasn’t allowed to stay up and watch it, so I checked the book out of the public library. I learned the word “flaccid.” 😊


Ha, I did a book report on the Thorn Birds in 5th grade. My parents did not censor books, and I had found it on the shelf. I was more interested in the historical aspect anyway, but I remember my teacher called them about it to make sure they knew what I was reading. I also read Clan of the Cave Bear around that time -maybe a little older. I just skipped over the sex scenes.


It was the Thorn Birds for me too. My mom did not censor what I was reading either. And I'm really glad. I read "We Children from Bahnhof Zoo" and was so properly scared of becoming a drug addict that I never tried anything other than pot and well into my adulthood.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2025 14:03     Subject: s/o inappropriate books you read as a child
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:VC Andrew’s messed up my worldview for years


Still messed up from that one!

Wifey, of course, like all good 80s kids. It was inappropriate but I don't think it harmed me to read that so young.


+1 to Wifey. - 80s kid
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2025 14:02     Subject: s/o inappropriate books you read as a child
Fatal vision at 7----this is no ok!
VC Andrew read from 7-19 years old.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2025 13:59     Subject: s/o inappropriate books you read as a child
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:VC Andrew’s messed up my worldview for years


I started reading her books at 12, and they did nothing to me at all. How did it mess up your worldview?


I was younger and it messed up my understanding of how men and women interact in relationships.


Why did you think THAT was the way men and women interact rather than thinking all the real life examples you had were how they interacted? Maybe it's because I was a super creative kid that loved film, tv, plays and acting that I understood someone's imagination is not reality. I HAD a brother and there was no way we would ever mess with each other. If we were stuck in an attic we would band together to get out/get help.


Why are you criticizing me here? I had a different reaction. Are you like this in real life?
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2025 13:55     Subject: Re:s/o inappropriate books you read as a child
Flowers in the Attic.

And, of course, Wifey and Forever were passed around among my classmates.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2025 13:53     Subject: s/o inappropriate books you read as a child
Anonymous wrote:I was in elementary school when the tv adaptation of The Thorn Birds aired. I wasn’t allowed to stay up and watch it, so I checked the book out of the public library. I learned the word “flaccid.” 😊


Ha, I did a book report on the Thorn Birds in 5th grade. My parents did not censor books, and I had found it on the shelf. I was more interested in the historical aspect anyway, but I remember my teacher called them about it to make sure they knew what I was reading. I also read Clan of the Cave Bear around that time -maybe a little older. I just skipped over the sex scenes.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2025 13:44     Subject: s/o inappropriate books you read as a child
Romance novels a la Fabio.
...She left the deliciousness of his mouth so she could sit up, her hands curved around his ribs for support. She rocked, helped by Jake’s hands on her hips. He thrust up as she slid down his throbbing member.. He filled her completely.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2025 13:42     Subject: s/o inappropriate books you read as a child
Anonymous wrote:My mom’s harlequin romances. She didn’t hide them very well.


Lol, same, only my grandmother. She'd put an X inside the cover of the most inappropriate ones, so I knew to read those first!

Distinctly remember borrowing my friend's copy of Forever in 5th grade, plus older friend's VC Andrews.

I was totally a nerdy bookworm, so whenever I hear the argument that exposure leads to promiscuity, I just laugh. Most definitely not always.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2025 13:41     Subject: s/o inappropriate books you read as a child
I was in elementary school when the tv adaptation of The Thorn Birds aired. I wasn’t allowed to stay up and watch it, so I checked the book out of the public library. I learned the word “flaccid.” 😊
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2025 13:40     Subject: s/o inappropriate books you read as a child
Erica Jong’s Fear of Flying.

I may be older than a lot of you.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2025 13:38     Subject: s/o inappropriate books you read as a child
Anonymous wrote:VC Andrew’s messed up my worldview for years


Still messed up from that one!

Wifey, of course, like all good 80s kids. It was inappropriate but I don't think it harmed me to read that so young.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2025 13:37     Subject: s/o inappropriate books you read as a child
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:VC Andrew’s messed up my worldview for years


I started reading her books at 12, and they did nothing to me at all. How did it mess up your worldview?


I was younger and it messed up my understanding of how men and women interact in relationships.


Why did you think THAT was the way men and women interact rather than thinking all the real life examples you had were how they interacted? Maybe it's because I was a super creative kid that loved film, tv, plays and acting that I understood someone's imagination is not reality. I HAD a brother and there was no way we would ever mess with each other. If we were stuck in an attic we would band together to get out/get help.