Impact

I chose a different kind of genre when I was in secondary school. No more Enid Blyton's stories but a more adult like books. I can't really remember any books that have had an impact on me as a teenager. Sometimes I read whatever boks that are available in my school library. I remembered that I prefer to read mystery detective stories like Hardy Boys series and Nancy Drew series. Can they be considered as young adult literature? But I think some of the themes discussed in those series are related to teenagers. The only thing is that those series concentrated more on the sleuthing and not much on conflicts. They were considered easy reading.
I guess I didn't have much problems growing up. Despite having internal conflicts within myself, I got through them. Some kind of escapism for me would be reading romance novels either modern or historical. Maybe the impact that I had after reading all books would be my love for the English language grew stronger. I think my English got better because I read the books especially the romance novels because they use a lot descriptive words. The bokks I have read ranged from teenage romance novels to adult ones. Maybe some titles were not appropriate but I was reading them because I appreciate how they were written. Reading too much 'mushy' things has made me a romantic.