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.

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.

Harold Robbins, read when I was about that same age--definitely an eye-opener! Also around that same time, I picked up my older brother's copy of Lenny Bruce's widow's bio, which was extremely explicit in describing some parties she attended.

The only books I wouldn't want my kids to read would be ultraviolent books, or, say, "how to blow up your school". Do libraries just let kids borrow anything?