"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.
About the only time my parents got upset over something I read was when I picked up a library book my mother left laying around. I was about 14 or 15, and the book was a Jacqueline Susann novel.
On the other hand, if they'd been more familiar with popular fiction of the '70s, they might have been more upset. I learned a lot from reading The Godfather when I was 13.
