I Don't Believe In A Room With That Many Stienbeck Fans

[redbrunja]

So, for my editing and publishing class we had to write a letter about our personal reading and writing tastes.... and while a lot of people mentioned the trashy books they loved as children (seriously, I think loving horrible books is part of growing up), each one was sure to list the books they liked now, all of which were the kind of books you would never be embarrassed about to be caught reading in public (with one bonus diss at fanfic, just for kicks).

Which, given my genre tastes, made me really sad. Seriously, am I the only person who didn't grow into reading classy books?

This week's fannish5 :

Name your five favorite fictional kids.

5.) Bailey, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.

4.) Wednesday Addams, The Addams Family.

3.) The Listener, Legend of the Seeker.

2.) Scout Finch, To Kill A Mockingbird.

1.) The Archive. (Ivy! How are you so awesome, little Miss Badass?)

Comments

[lightprincess89.livejournal.com]

I remember being intrigued by the book Deenie by Judy Blume. I was in 4th grade and found it on the tiny bookshelf in our classroom. I remember finding it kind of cool and sophisticated, and passing it around to the other girls in my class. Looking back, that book was totally awful, and the characters were horrible to each other. I found that I was never really a fan of Judy Blume. Her mother characters tended to be dysfuctional people.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I didn't read much Judy Blume. But that's sad that she has such a negative view of mothers.

And I have a couple authors who it took me a few books to realize that I hated them.