tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805554874942481868.post5249947090695354747..comments2024-03-22T16:26:47.045-04:00Comments on Deep Thoughts of a Common Household Mom: Common Household Book Preferences: Teen VersionCommon Household Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03715969218648104267noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805554874942481868.post-69524660169878130712016-05-27T20:00:46.930-04:002016-05-27T20:00:46.930-04:00I was a huge fan of biographies at that age. Ironi...I was a huge fan of biographies at that age. Ironically, my mother forbid me to read Sweet Valley High books, so instead I got a heavy dose of rique Hollywood movie star lives. <br />Do kids still pass around those horrid VC Andrews books?<br />John Grisham does write kids books, too, was she reading that series?<br />Nice flowers. I never heard of Dusty Miller. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805554874942481868.post-24304470321617670112016-05-25T21:25:29.873-04:002016-05-25T21:25:29.873-04:00I think by 16 I had moved on from the sexy romance...I think by 16 I had moved on from the sexy romance/historic novels to lots of sci-fi. I remember one author in particular (Robert Heinlein) had a whole series of books where nudity was just the norm. They were much less graphic than those historic novels, and while people were having sex it wasn't graphic or titillating. I've never liked classic books --I just don't care for the writing style. I did have to read a few for lit classes, but I've never read any for fun.<br /><br />I just finished planting all the annuals (and one perennial) that I got a few weeks ago. I'm rather glad to be done, and I also planted some dusty miller :-)Cassihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04058787761575567910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805554874942481868.post-48436096545942269642016-05-25T20:35:49.761-04:002016-05-25T20:35:49.761-04:00I've read The Scarlet Letter several times and...I've read The Scarlet Letter several times and have also watched the movie (I think it showed on PBS a few times?) but like you, I was reading Wuthering Heights and other classics. All of them are much better than watching "Grease" and its message of changing oneself in the hopes that someone else will like you. <br />Cigarettes are racy? <br /><br />Where I come from, Dusty Miller will take over your garden... or perhaps that is because I kill everything else?Karen (formerly kcinnova)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08965093440928340819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805554874942481868.post-71237878320305811612016-05-25T20:35:34.816-04:002016-05-25T20:35:34.816-04:00I love your flower choices! I started reading a l...I love your flower choices! I started reading a lot of adult sci-fi when I was around sixteen, and those things had some racy stuff in them. I remembered being a little astonished at what was in those books. I was also reading a lot of dystopian fiction, because what better time to gorge yourself on Fahrenheit 451 and such than when you're an angry teenager? <br /><br />I found my ten-year-old daughter reading Pretty Little Liars yesterday. It was confiscated, and I overused the word "common" in my lecture to her... not really sure why or what exactly I was talking about. I was in a red haze of anger.The Crislershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10716006297375813032noreply@blogger.com