About 12? I read passages from The Coldest Winter Ever to my bunk mates at summer camp.
QuestoPresto on
I think maybe 11 for Flowers in the Attic but definitely by 16 I had read everything VC Andrews had written at the time. And anytime my conservative parents get on what materials should or not be in a library. I bring up my mom leaving this book around where I could find it and ask when they started caring about traumatized children.
kitikonti on
About 10 or 11. House and attic was full of books and I read everything, appropriate or not !
NoBackground6371 on
When I tell you I used to daydream that I was tracy and would find my victor. Omar Tyree had me in a chokehold at 14. Coldest winter ever is a staple, classic! Winter was everything!
dl7 on
Na na, y’all had Zane and Eric Jerome Dickey in 10th grade.. I remember reading one just so I could understand what my girl at the time was into when we were in high school.
Y’all.
As a teacher now I **KNOW** none of y’all parents knew what was in those books.
yelaina on
Sixth grade so around 11 for Flowers in the Attic. I also started reading Stephen King at that age. 😂😂😂
its_dirtbag_city on
I was like 8 when I read Flowers in the Attic. I was very confused.
afridorian on
i read coldest winter at like 8 😭 read the bluest eye around the same time and thankfully most of that went over my head until i reread it at 17
Teal-thrill on
I watched flowers in the attic as an adult, the other two I read at 14,15
QTlady on
The only one I would have shown interest in would be “Flowers in the Attic.”
But I didn’t learn about that until high school after watching the movie adaptation with my mother who told me about the censorship because she’d read it before.
So… 15, I think.
imjustheretodomyjob on
Read flowers in the attic in the 7th grade, and now that I think about it, the librarian who allowed me to take that book ought to have checked it or something
HaileyReeBae on
How about cosmopolitan magazine. I was teach my friends about feminine hygiene before they got their periods.
Rawr_TRex_Rawr on
Holy shit. I found my mom’s copy of Flowers in the Attic when I was 12-13ish. If my mom saw me reading it, she was too embarrassed to take it away. That would mean she had read it and knew what it was about.
Intrepid_Quit_3028 on
Stephen King. 6th grade.
atctia on
I never read those actually
MiaTonee on
I was like 12 when my friend gave me True to the Game. 🤣. Then it was sex chronicles, coldest winter ever, Flyy girl, addicted… smh
FishDispenser2 on
Not me reading romance books with intense graphic sex scenes at the age of 12. (it was a series of like a million pocket books from the same author).
bronxsmama on
Flowers in the Attic, Flyy Girl, The Coldest Winter Ever and Precious when I was 15ish. It was a wild school year.
Playful_Big_8586 on
imo hard to comment on nothing but it somehow still feels like peak reddit energy lol
Exciting-Effective-4 on
What are they about
HappyCoconutty on
Flyy Girl when I was like 15 or 16 but I had no business reading How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Milk In My Coffee at age 14 either.
Spoiler, I am not Black! I am Desi but I went to a predominantly Black high school with a lot of Black authors in the library. The sex scenes in these books felt very organic and tame compared to some of the e-publish trash that’s out there now.
VegetableSplit2967 on
lol op really out here with a blank title, guess the mystery’s part of the fun. what’s the secret no cap
dontlikeu2 on
13-15 for the last two. Feel like flowers in the attic is not the same as the others? Wasn’t that the movie about the kids locked in the attic?
ivegotanewwaytowalk on
as a 12-year old, i mistakenly left a jackie collins book with a bookmark at the dinner table once and then got the whooping of a lifetime from my mama
the worst part is i think i grabbed that book from one of the boxes in the church basement
bdbdhdhdhvvv on
My 7th grade English teacher recommended Flowers for Algernon to me and me alone.
Money-Snow-2749 on
I was 11 when I read The Coldest Winter Ever
I was 12 When I read Flyy Gurl
I was 13 When I read Flowers In the Attic
I got into Eric Jerome Dickey books when I got to middle school, they were so good! I’m sad he passed because I would still be reading his books to this DAY!
Dazzling_Ocelot_2906 on
I was in the fifth grade for flowers in the attic… so whatever age that is lol
KittyKat1935 on
Maybe 12…coldest winter ever changed my life lol
AdOther9709 on
highkey bro same, those books had me questioning everything 😂 what was i reading at 12?!
Key-Fishing4869 on
fr like why were we reading about all that drama in middle school 😂 those books were wild
babylonglegs91 on
I literally quoted Coldest Winter Ever to myself on my run the other day 😭 “bad bitches don’t die”
Dont_be_a_dolphin on
10 for Flowers in the Attic. I remember it was in my primary school library and I added it to my Ribit (read in bed it’s terrific) challenge list.
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13 I think. Winter Santiago when I was 18/19
I was 14 years old.
About 12? I read passages from The Coldest Winter Ever to my bunk mates at summer camp.
I think maybe 11 for Flowers in the Attic but definitely by 16 I had read everything VC Andrews had written at the time. And anytime my conservative parents get on what materials should or not be in a library. I bring up my mom leaving this book around where I could find it and ask when they started caring about traumatized children.
About 10 or 11. House and attic was full of books and I read everything, appropriate or not !
When I tell you I used to daydream that I was tracy and would find my victor. Omar Tyree had me in a chokehold at 14. Coldest winter ever is a staple, classic! Winter was everything!
Na na, y’all had Zane and Eric Jerome Dickey in 10th grade.. I remember reading one just so I could understand what my girl at the time was into when we were in high school.
Y’all.
As a teacher now I **KNOW** none of y’all parents knew what was in those books.
Sixth grade so around 11 for Flowers in the Attic. I also started reading Stephen King at that age. 😂😂😂
I was like 8 when I read Flowers in the Attic. I was very confused.
i read coldest winter at like 8 😭 read the bluest eye around the same time and thankfully most of that went over my head until i reread it at 17
I watched flowers in the attic as an adult, the other two I read at 14,15
The only one I would have shown interest in would be “Flowers in the Attic.”
But I didn’t learn about that until high school after watching the movie adaptation with my mother who told me about the censorship because she’d read it before.
So… 15, I think.
Read flowers in the attic in the 7th grade, and now that I think about it, the librarian who allowed me to take that book ought to have checked it or something
How about cosmopolitan magazine. I was teach my friends about feminine hygiene before they got their periods.
Holy shit. I found my mom’s copy of Flowers in the Attic when I was 12-13ish. If my mom saw me reading it, she was too embarrassed to take it away. That would mean she had read it and knew what it was about.
Stephen King. 6th grade.
I never read those actually
I was like 12 when my friend gave me True to the Game. 🤣. Then it was sex chronicles, coldest winter ever, Flyy girl, addicted… smh
Not me reading romance books with intense graphic sex scenes at the age of 12. (it was a series of like a million pocket books from the same author).
Flowers in the Attic, Flyy Girl, The Coldest Winter Ever and Precious when I was 15ish. It was a wild school year.
imo hard to comment on nothing but it somehow still feels like peak reddit energy lol
What are they about
Flyy Girl when I was like 15 or 16 but I had no business reading How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Milk In My Coffee at age 14 either.
Spoiler, I am not Black! I am Desi but I went to a predominantly Black high school with a lot of Black authors in the library. The sex scenes in these books felt very organic and tame compared to some of the e-publish trash that’s out there now.
lol op really out here with a blank title, guess the mystery’s part of the fun. what’s the secret no cap
13-15 for the last two. Feel like flowers in the attic is not the same as the others? Wasn’t that the movie about the kids locked in the attic?
as a 12-year old, i mistakenly left a jackie collins book with a bookmark at the dinner table once and then got the whooping of a lifetime from my mama
the worst part is i think i grabbed that book from one of the boxes in the church basement
My 7th grade English teacher recommended Flowers for Algernon to me and me alone.
I was 11 when I read The Coldest Winter Ever
I was 12 When I read Flyy Gurl
I was 13 When I read Flowers In the Attic
I got into Eric Jerome Dickey books when I got to middle school, they were so good! I’m sad he passed because I would still be reading his books to this DAY!
I was in the fifth grade for flowers in the attic… so whatever age that is lol
Maybe 12…coldest winter ever changed my life lol
highkey bro same, those books had me questioning everything 😂 what was i reading at 12?!
fr like why were we reading about all that drama in middle school 😂 those books were wild
I literally quoted Coldest Winter Ever to myself on my run the other day 😭 “bad bitches don’t die”
10 for Flowers in the Attic. I remember it was in my primary school library and I added it to my Ribit (read in bed it’s terrific) challenge list.
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