Writer's Block

Forbidden Reading

From Judy Blume to V.C. Andrews, there's always a book circulating among teens that their parents don't want them to read. What favorite book did you have to hide from your parents?

deviousdexter Writer's Block: Forbidden Reading
I had to hide Harry Potter from my very over-religious mother. My brother ratted me out, though. I wasn't too happy with him!
 
beautyiswithin7 Writer's Block: Forbidden Reading

OH, I CANNOT believe I entirely forgot how I secretly read 3 or 4 oeuvres of erotica! That would be it! Yes, that was more hiding... but really, mostly a response of hilarity on my parents'
 
beautyiswithin7 Writer's Block: Forbidden Reading

Fortunately, my parents were always very allowing when it came to books - I remember checking out "One Hundred and One Ways" from my (middle school!) library and my mother simply laughing at
 
alexdeorange This Writer's Block is old, but I wanted to answer.

First, understand that my parents have never really censored what I read. Sure, I wasn't borrowing Mom's books of erotica, but if I got my hands on other copies, so be it. When I was seven or eight,
 
cami611 Writer's Block: Forbidden Reading
Lost Souls  by Poppy Z. Brite. Homosexual and incest relationships, a run away goth/emo teen, lots of underage drugs and drinking, and vampires to top all of that off. It was the perfect book to
 
lovelysue8 Writer's Block: Forbidden Reading


i never hide books from my parents as they are not really concern about me reading forbidden books, they don't mind me read books as they are big book readers themselves
 
fayanora Writer's Block: Forbidden Reading
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writerbabe_75 Writer's Block: Forbidden Reading
I never really had anything like that.  My parents weren't huge on Dr. Suess so I had to get my stash on my own, but I didn't have to hide it.
 
nikvictorious Writer's Block: Forbidden Reading
It was VC Andrews all the way for me.  My mom read Flowers in the Attic and then announced that we were not allowed.  Silly mom.  I think I was all of 8 or 9 at the time, but forbi
 
musicormiseryxx Writer's Block: Forbidden Reading
Seeing as I'm only 13, I've already hidden books from my parents. And will most likely hide more in the future. But the only book I've hidden is Breaking Dawn. Of course, I didn't know it was worth
 
kjsuicide Writer's Block: Forbidden Reading

My mum has never had any issues with what I have been reading but I doubt she'd be too thrilled to learn I own sevral books to do with Neil Strauss' research in to the world of Pick Up Artistry.

 
storylikeascar Writer's Block: Forbidden Reading
I never had to hide what I was reading from my parents. I've always loved to read, it's a passion my two sisters and I share with our mom, and we were always encouraged to read. I d
 
angelofwind666 Writer's Block: Forbidden Reading
Well my daddy doesnt read so I never had to hid anything, ever, book style, not that I was reading anything terrible either, however manga? Even the slow and fluffy Fruba he had (and still has) a prom