tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907149953224165300.post8381740084363739729..comments2023-07-06T16:12:35.437+01:00Comments on Fantastic Reads: Won't somebody think of the children?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907149953224165300.post-2398546374863225682011-06-16T20:20:24.816+01:002011-06-16T20:20:24.816+01:00They (and Shirley Conran's Lace, and Judith Kr...They (and Shirley Conran's Lace, and Judith Kranz's Scruples, which were definitelt NOT aimed at young adults) were passed around my school when I was 16 or 17. I flicked through one in a charity shop a few years ago, and was astonished that anyone could read it and be shocked by books like The Hunger Games.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536038271600515021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907149953224165300.post-54910034271688152162011-06-16T13:44:27.151+01:002011-06-16T13:44:27.151+01:00I remember Flowers in the Attic! I moved school an...I remember Flowers in the Attic! I moved school and all my friends at my new school were obsessed with it and the sequels. I remember reading all the shocking bits (incest, incest and more incest, mainly) just to see what they were talking about!Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907149953224165300.post-192052567890618942011-06-08T20:18:24.133+01:002011-06-08T20:18:24.133+01:00Thank you for your comment, Brennig! Like you, I r...Thank you for your comment, Brennig! Like you, I read widely as a child and teenager- I might read Flambards, follow that with Stephen King and then Nancy Drew. I do regret reading some books like Charlotte Bronte's Villette or Shirley when I was really too young to appreciate them- I re read them as part of my MA a couple of years ago. But I can't believe that reading a book about romantic vampires will make girls self-harm, which seems to be the thrust of the Wall Street Journal article.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536038271600515021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907149953224165300.post-24599199610385509882011-06-07T20:03:35.709+01:002011-06-07T20:03:35.709+01:00I grew up on Mark Twain books. They didn't dam...I grew up on Mark Twain books. They didn't damage me. I'm sure the fact that I'm a raving psycopathic killer is nothing to do with it.<br /><br />But seriously, I did grow up on Mark Twain and I loved the chilling adventures Tom and Huck had. I also grew up on Swallows and Amazons, Jill and her Ponies, Enid Blyton (Famous Five and Mallory Towers) and Alistair MacLean. They all just made me want to read more and, eventually, fostered the compulsion to write.Brennighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10553332352189636358noreply@blogger.com