Did you read adult books as a child?

I never read anything really racy. There is a book by Judy Blume, who is a notorious children's book writer, she wrote 2 rather racy, I think teenager/adult books by the name of Forever and Wifey. I read them both. She is actually a great writer. I have always read whatever fancies me. My parents figured since I loved to read, there was no harm. They never even knew what I was reading. But alas, while I did read adult books, none that were obscene anyway.

Hello,mimpi,honestly i had not read any adults boooks when i was a child as i did not have any interests on it at that time. I think it is not good for a little girl to sneak into the adult book store,in fact,i do not think you will be allowed to enter the bookstore if the staff there think you are under age.

mimpi, tut tut, hee-hee I read a lot of period stories, the ones with long dresses etc but not lady chatterly, some of them were quite naughty, my dad had some cowboy books given him once and they were pretty rude, I thought, luckily he didn't read them. My partner once had a playboy in his wardroe which I found putting laundry away. I read it, decided it wasn't too bad and stuck the pictures all over the flat, every time he opened a cupboard there'd be an interestingly clad lady. He gave me some very odd looks and within a week they were all gone except the one on a motorbike inside his wardroe door and we never mentioned it at all. It still makes me giggle to think of the look on his face, like a little boy getting caught by his mum, the dread of the subject coming up was far worse for him and he didn't know I didn't mind but didn't like the idea that he kept it secret. Nasty rainbow but pretty funny.

Good Post! I think barring a few ones, everyone would have done that.

LOL! I remember my mother was always scandalized when she sees me reading mills and boon books! She doesn't like the pictures in the paperback covers that I always hear a mouthful when she sees me reading these books. So whenever she was around, I try not to read them.

I read many adult books, but if you mean things that are inappropriate, I never did that. I also read many series books because I could get very attached to those.

No I never did I used to have a collection of Childrens Books as my Grandmother always bought them and I used to love reading them I still love reading now but obviously not Children Books lol I was never Interested in reading the Adult Books as I enjoyed my own books very much

I borrowed a copy of Lady Chatterley's Lover when it had just passed the censors. If you just rested it in your hand it automatically opened at the juicy bits. haha It wasn't so much the description of copulation that imprinted on my memory (nice though it was in an earthy sort of way) but it was the first time that I saw words like cu*t and fu*k in print that shocked me. Strange to think of that as shocking, when now, those words are on TV every night!

I remember reading lots of kids books. But I also remember getting hold of 'adult' books that generally were classics. Some of them completely went over my head and I probably shouldn't have read them at such an early age. But I was a huge bookworm as a kid and pretty much read anything I could get my hands on!

I read Stephen King books by the time I was in the fourth or fifth grade. My parents were glad to see I was reading at such a level even if some of my teachers had issues.

I don't think I had any opport8nity to read adult books as a child. I was an excellent reader, but adult books simply weren't available to us. We only had what was in the school library. My Mother did give me teenage bookks when I was about 13 years. I think they were similar to Mills & Boons.

as a youngster i use to read harold robbins' books and he is good then later a friend of mine lent me a book written in the 17th century and was banned for a long time entitled fanny hill .when i read it ,wow, it was english literature! but the way it was written was very descriptive and hat intrigued me.

Never had access to any in my days so unfortunetly no. I was never a big reader anyway but i guess things could have so easily been different if i did have adult books to read and entertain myself during my long childhood days.

I know friends in real life that read adult content books. It's nothing really bad, but they are at least people reading books I guess.

what age are you referring to I was a tom boy so went to the river and played football cricket and climb tree among other things never thought about such until about 15-16yrs old

I always read books considered above my age level lol. People found it interesting that I was interested in physics at age fourteen..so..*shrugs* I never cared for romances per se, a book with a little tocuh of it (no matter how explicit) is okay, as long as the book wasn't full of it, 'cause I get bored with it after awhile. Mom always encouraged me to read too, so I didn't have to sneak lol.

I read just about anything I could find that had letters! When I ran out of kid books, I moved on to my parents´ collection. Nothing risque there, though. I read books on how to make your own knives, how to raise goats and chickens, how to build a yurt, stuff like that! (My dad was a hippie) My mom was pretty careful about what I read, that it didn´t contain overly adult content, but apart from that, I read what I pleased. When I was 7, I read S.E. Hinton´s The Outsiders and became an avid fan!

I read everything i could get my hands on, mimpi. One of my father professions is a litrature teacher and a writer, so his room is full with books. It was like a treasure island this room to me. So i read children books and adults. I only wish i would read now like i was when i was a child. Being lazy latly.

I remember reading some Nancy Friday in my teens. My Secret Garden, and so on. I just remember thinking how strange some peoples fantasies are.

While i was a kid i did not really read adult books i guess i did not really view them as beign essential to my daily life and upbringing and i surely do not have any regrets.