No shame at all! A ton on my list is really specific to being born in the '80s in a specific region of Canada, with a specific limited library selection. Heck, I had to add at least three of those books to the site myself because they weren't in there at all.

And ha, I hear you - I don't think Adrian Mole would necessarily hold up for me, but I remember learning so much about voice, POV, and unreliable narrators from the series