Goodreads sounds like something I'd be interested in! And I would definitely be posting in the YA section a lot. xD I find most of the good modern literature is supposedly marketed for "youth."
My mom monitored my reading for the first ten years of my life, which I am actually grateful for. She learned from my sister that trusting the school system to pick "appropriate" books was out of the question after my sister read a book about abuse at age eight and was terribly freaked out. :( After my first ten years, I really was able to read whatever I wanted, but my taste has always leaned towards classic literature. I read Pride and Prejudice at age eleven, and Jane Austen's other books subsequently followed. Charlotte Bronte followed at age twelve. Louisa May Alcott at thirteen, etc., all the way up to my recent fascination with Russian literature. :)
BTW, I've read all of LMM's books, but I don't remember the incident of statutory rape which you reference in Anne of Green Gables. I keep meaning to reread certain books, but there's always so many other books that I haven't read yet that distract me.
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Date: 2010-06-16 03:34 pm (UTC)My mom monitored my reading for the first ten years of my life, which I am actually grateful for. She learned from my sister that trusting the school system to pick "appropriate" books was out of the question after my sister read a book about abuse at age eight and was terribly freaked out. :( After my first ten years, I really was able to read whatever I wanted, but my taste has always leaned towards classic literature. I read Pride and Prejudice at age eleven, and Jane Austen's other books subsequently followed. Charlotte Bronte followed at age twelve. Louisa May Alcott at thirteen, etc., all the way up to my recent fascination with Russian literature. :)
BTW, I've read all of LMM's books, but I don't remember the incident of statutory rape which you reference in Anne of Green Gables. I keep meaning to reread certain books, but there's always so many other books that I haven't read yet that distract me.