My mom wasn't a big reader and all she had was Stephen King and VC Andrew's. I was reading that stuff exclusively for a couple of years starting at age 8 or 9.

Yes, I LOVED all of those books, I ate up the prequels and the sequels for "Flowers in the Attic" and enjoyed" Sweet Audrina," too. I remember not really understanding some things because I was probably 11 or 12.

I wonder if they'd "hit" the same if I read them now. Filthy!

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Anonymous wrote:Incest, rape romance and smut. That’s how my summers were spent 86-90 as a young teen. Anyone else read VC Andrews? My mom bought me the books. What the hell was she thinking? I guess it did get me to read 😂

Ummm Flowers in the Attic was assigned reading in 8th grade for us.

You sure that wasn't Flowers For Algernon?

OMG, I am literally laughing out loud at confusing those two books. Hahahaha

Yep, read those and anything I wanted and was a voracious reader. My parents didn't care what we read. But, they were very strict about movies, no R movies until 17. (I was over 13 when PG-13 rating came out)

Every book in the house was fair game. We went to the library weekly, and our library had "recommended age" signs for certain sections. You could go in younger with a parent.

Anonymous wrote:5th grade teacher called home to discuss my inappropriate reading material with my parents. I’d gotten the book from my mom’s bookshelf/ I read everything in the house, from that to my brothers Star Trek books. I can’t remember what happened after the call, but I don’t think my parents cared.

Same, I had no way to get the library so I read what was on the shelf, parents didn't care that a 7 YO was reading fatal vision! Scary stuff that might have contributed to my anxiety.

Yes, I read all of these and Stephen King, so much horror and incest in my reading material as a kid. I don't think my brain rotted from it, but I guess there's still time

Not only did my Jewish mother let me read it, but when her Catholic librarian friend told my mom she shouldn't allow it, my mother argued with her. My mother got a LOT of things wrong, but one thing she did right is never restricting anything I read.

My grandmother was a voracious reader of trashy, bodice-ripper novels and handed off all manner of stuff to me with zero thought for appropriateness. So I got VC Andrews, Judith Krantz, Jackie/Joan Collins, Judith Michael straight from her. My dad wouldn't have had the first clue what any of that was, and my mom didn't seem to give it much thought, either.

I read VC Andrews in middle school. I also started reading Danielle Steel and Dean Koontz. I remember a teacher telling my mom I was reading books inappropriate for my age. My mom's response was, "I'm not telling my daughter she isn't allowed to read something." I never had restrictions on what I read.

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Anonymous wrote:Incest, rape romance and smut. That’s how my summers were spent 86-90 as a young teen. Anyone else read VC Andrews? My mom bought me the books. What the hell was she thinking? I guess it did get me to read 😂

Ummm Flowers in the Attic was assigned reading in 8th grade for us.

You sure that wasn't Flowers For Algernon?

Anonymous wrote:I read them all and the Clan of the Cave Bear series. Totally crazy!!!

Clan of the Cave Bear was on our 9th grade reading list — at an Episcopal HS!