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To let dd15 simply read all summer

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OhLaDiDaDiDa · 21/07/2026 11:17

Aibu to be okay with dd15’s plan to spend her entire summer reading?

She has GCSEs next year, and I strongly suspect she won’t follow up her plan of studying a few hours very day this summer.

She gets good grades and is a nice girl.

She updated her TBR (“to be read”) list of 100 books and that’s her plan! Some of them are non fiction and the fiction is a lot of “good quality” stuff (not junky AI romantasies!)

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Lemonorzo · 21/07/2026 11:23

This was me at that age, at 15 it as Stephen King and Clive Barker. The year after it was a list my future a level English lit teacher gave me.
i spent my evenings watching Hammer Horror movies.

Lots of my friends were away most of the summers sadly so I learnt to occupy myself.

TealScroller · 21/07/2026 11:21

Ops put that you are being unreasonable, I meant that if you're ok with this then that's great! I'm very envious of her!

Backedoffhackedoff · 21/07/2026 11:21

I used to do this every summer but tbh if I look back it was a bit sad and isolating. I should’ve included some sport or socialising as well as the reading.
a couple of hours a day reading is fine. Reading for 12 hours a day for 6 weeks isn’t great, she needs more exercise fresh air and company than that.

Womanofcustard · 21/07/2026 11:20

Sounds good. But she will need exercise and some socialising as well!

Needmorelego · 21/07/2026 11:19

Good for her.
My idea of a fantastic summer.
I am aiming for a book a week (I've got a bit slack with reading) so I only have 6 books on my TBR pile.

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