Ah, sixth grade, when I got put in the far back corner next to the classroom bookcase. I don't think they heard a peep out of me all year, as I worked my way through 5 grades worth of readers and the entire encyclopedia.

"WE are the ones who make the decisions regarding what Erin is capable of reading. WE have discussed material in books with her. WE decide what she can or cannot read. And WE have decided she is capable of reading this book."

The library wants to take the above away from me, apparently.

I had an experience similar to yours in the library, by the way. They wouldn't let me browse the adult (gen., not sexy adult) books after I'd worked my way through the children's room.

To a parent like me, who encourages my child to read at every turn (and takes an exceedingly light touch with guidance), seeing the library (which has no problem sending me a bill with book titles when the books are lost) running interference is disappointing. Fortunately, my kid is more than happy to talk to me about what she reads.

It took me a while to understand that books lying around weren't mine for the taking. I'd pick a book up from school, and if I finished it at home, that's where I put it down. I also acquired more than a few books of friends. Libraries I returned to. Friends if they remembered to ask. Otherwise? My book collection burgeoned.

I haven't read Wuthering Heights but aren't you supposed to not model your relationships off it?

Like Heathcliff and Catherine’s relationship in Emily Bronte’s remarkable novel Wuthering Heights

PUPPY. KILLER.

I get the feeling that people who cite this book don't remember it very well.

I get the feeling that people who cite this book don't remember it very well.

Or they're thinking of the Olivier movie.

Christopher Pike

Oh lordy. That brings back memories. "Remember Me" and "Weekend" are the most vivid, probably b/c I owned them and therefore read them each many, many times.

I didn't ever get in trouble for reading in school, that I remember. My mom did once try and get me to stop reading Judy Blume books b/c she felt they were a little age-inappropriate. I'd read a bunch by then, anyway, and kept on reading them behind her back.

In elementary school we had designated reading time.

The only version of Wuthering Heights I'm familiar with is Monty Python's semaphore version.

eta: Oh, and that Kate Bush song.

the entire encyclopedia

Oh, good! I've always been afraid I was the only one who read the encylopedia for fun.

My mom did once try and get me to stop reading Judy Blume books b/c she felt they were a little age-inappropriate.

The only book my mom ever banned me from reading was Forever. Of course, one of my junior high friends had a copy and it went through our entire group within a few weeks.

I'd pick a book up from school, and if I finished it at home, that's where I put it down.

In fifth or sixth grade, there was a lost book on the chalkboard for a few days, and when nobody claimed it, I took it home and read it and brought it back. The owner, when he finally noticed it was missing, just let me keep it. And so began my Christopher Pike obsession.