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Do you ever re-read a book you loved as a teenager and end up wondering why you were such an idiot?
— Feb 28, 2017 04:37AM
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Feb 28, 2017 05:35AM
OMG! That's why I'm scared to re-read. LOL
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ALL THE TIME.I am a teenager and I still wonder
YES. I remember being 14 and having my first girlfriend and reading Keeping You A Secret by Julie Anne Peters and being in love. I reread it about 2 years ago and felt like teenage me was a huge disappointment when it came to books haha.
This is literally me with every angsty YA romance - loved them when I was 16, but now I'm almost 20 and they make me cringe
I remember I read the first book of the mortal instruments when I was 16 and I loved it. I read 5 books of it over a year before I started to feel like an idiot and decided not to read the last book.
Me with Vampire Academy series. What was my 18 yo ass thinking?
And i can't decide if I should change the ratings of the books which were my favourites at that time.
Well, looks like it's not just me then! @Ana ain't no way I'm gonna read VA again then, my teen self loved them! Haha. Not a chance I'll ruin my memory of them.
@johanna, I wouldn't worry, you gave it the rating you connected with at the time, would take forever to change loads of ratings!
@Janni I too am terrified to re-read.
@jay honestly, why did angsty ya romance appeal so much back then! I can't even. I'm so embarrassed by some of my old books. I've even hidden them in a box rather than on my bookshelf.... Ooooops ;)
For me it's different in 80% of the time. I'll reread a book, acknowledge its faults, but probably will still have enjoyed it.
Oh yes! I just re-read a series I loved years ago -well let's just say I should have left it as a happy memory.
I will turn 18 in 3-4 months, I am ashamed of the books I loved when i was 13-14. But I want to read as many YA books i can before reaching adulthood, cause i dont think grown up books will give me that amount of happiness plus i havent seen an adult fangirl.
I didn't read actual books when I was a teenager. really started getting into books when I was in my thirties.
I'm not past teenagehood yet, but there are some books that I once read—and even wrote—that if I re-read them, I cringe multiple times and question my younger self's decisions.
