Do you read? Has any particular book influenced you or left a life-changing impact?
Which are your favorite authors?
Which are your favorite authors?
Granny Annie said...- A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES by Robert Louis Stephenson. I own my original, well worn copy of this book.
Tabor said...- I find your book choice so interesting! There are so many books
that changed how I look at things: Black Like Me which I read in Middle
School, Heidi which I read as a child, and Charlotte's Web which I read
but not sure when...and so many more.
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Louvregirl said...
- Hinds' Feet on High Places is a GREAT read!!! It is an an
allegorical novel by English author Hannah Hurnard written in 1955. It
is the story of a young woman named Much Afraid, and her journey leaving
home from her 'Fearing family' and UP into the High Places where the
Shepherd is found. She is guided on her journey by her two
companions...both Sorrow and Suffering. It is an allegory of a Christian
devotional life from salvation through maturity. I will never forget
this book!!! If you haven't read it, you must!
lg!
Jan said...- Anything by George Orwell or Winston Churchill had been life changing for me.
LL Cool Joe said...- The Bible of course, but a life changing book for me was "A Case
of Mary Bell: A child who murdered" by Gitta Sereny. Mary Bell murdered 2
children when she was 11 years old.
Lynn said...- My mind went to childhood favorites, such as Anne of Green Gables
and Little Women. But as an adult, one book I've read over and over is
Blue Highways, by William Least Heat Moon. He was at a place in his
life at which he could just take off and drive around the country. The
book is his experience during that trip. I've so often just yearned to
do something like that. My sister asked me once, "Are you reading that
AGAIN?" Yes - and my copy still has the Nestles Crunch wrapper I used
as a bookmark the first time I read it.
I was thrilled when he messaged me a thank you on facebook, when I commented there about what that book has meant to me.
Olga Hebert said...- I still have my copy of No Children, No Pets, the first book I
picked out and bought myself through a school program. Now I love Toni
Morrison and Alice Hoffman. A day without reading is a day without
sunshine!
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Elephant's Child said...
- I am a book guzzler.
My favourite authors are many, but Barbara Kingsolver is up there. Neil Gaiman. Alice Hoffman. Terry Pratchett. Biographies. Diaries. Letters...
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Arkansas Patti said...
- Have read voraciously since a child. Uncle Tom's Cabin and Black Beauty altered my life.
James Herriot was my favorite pleasure read.
Brighid said...- A voracious reader here, across all genres. Terry Pratchett has
long been a favorite, wagon train diaries, history, econ, repair
manuals, shooting manuals, how to, how not to...
Barb said...- I've been a "book worm" since I was a child. However, when I was a
teenager, I read A Death in the Family by James Agee, and it resonates
with me to this day. I still have my original dog-eared copy. All my
children read it, too. I lost my father as a child, and the book's plot
and theme helped me realize that my personal feelings are often
universal ones.
Birdie said...- I read. I read a lot. Maybe too much. I currently have two very
large stacks of books waiting to be read on my bedside table. My library
has about 500 books. As for my favourites that is hard to say. So many
different genres, I really can't decide.
Beverly said...- A book that profoundly affected my life is Elizabeth Elliot's
Shadow of the Almighty, written after her husband and four other
missionary men were martyred in Ecuador in 1956.
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Lee said...
- I've had quite a few, I guess. As a child, all Louisa M.
Alcott's books...from "Little Women" forth. "Black Beauty"....I loved
that book. "The Yearling". "Jane Eyre"....the list could go on and
on...and it still does. :)
Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead", "Atlas Shrugged", "We, the Living" etc.
"To Kill a Mockingbird", of course.
Kerry said...- Oh my yes. I am a voracious reader. Everything, garbage to good
literature. Last best read was A Constellation of Vital Phenomena. Best
read of my life was Charlotte's Web.
G. B. Miller said...- I read all the time, probably since I was. Never did the
children's section while growing up, always the adult section. And I've
always read mostly non-fiction. Been adding a little fiction to the mix
though. There never were any books that influenced me, but certain book
titles have stuck with me.
One was an early memoir by Judge Judy called "Don't Pee On My Leg And Tell Me It's Raining.", about her days as a family court judge in NY.
The other was by former child (like 1930's) actor Richard Moore called "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, But Don't Have Sex Or Take The Car".
Father Nature's Corner
Changes in the wind said...- Oh my that is a loaded question. I have really enjoyed John
Hart's books but I feel that every book you read touches your life in
some way.
cube said...- I'm an avid reader. I just wish I had more open ended time to
read like the old days. Now I'm lucky to grab a little bit each day.
I have too many favorites to name them all, but I will name one of my top favorites that is an unbelievable book, "Infinite Jest" by David Foster Wallace. It's an unusual book, though, and I don't know that I'd recommend it unless you like convoluted plots.
John Kennedy Toole's "A Confederacy Of Dunces" isn't life changing, but darn good satire. A comedy of errors with some characters that you'll love to hate.
11:59 AM
Sparkling Red said...
I really can't pick just one. I always have at least two books on the go, and I try to alternate between fiction and non-fiction for a balanced "diet". The book which I learned the most from recently is "One Hell of a Gamble", a history book that gives a play-by-play of the Cuban missile crisis. The book which I enjoyed reading the most recently was a novel called "Snow Falling on Cedars".
A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES by Robert Louis Stephenson. I own my original, well worn copy of this book.
ReplyDeleteI find your book choice so interesting! There are so many books that changed how I look at things: Black Like Me which I read in Middle School, Heidi which I read as a child, and Charlotte's Web which I read but not sure when...and so many more.
ReplyDeleteHinds' Feet on High Places is a GREAT read!!! It is an an allegorical novel by English author Hannah Hurnard written in 1955. It is the story of a young woman named Much Afraid, and her journey leaving home from her 'Fearing family' and UP into the High Places where the Shepherd is found. She is guided on her journey by her two companions...both Sorrow and Suffering. It is an allegory of a Christian devotional life from salvation through maturity. I will never forget this book!!! If you haven't read it, you must!
ReplyDeletelg!
Anything by George Orwell or Winston Churchill had been life changing for me.
ReplyDeleteThe Bible of course, but a life changing book for me was "A Case of Mary Bell: A child who murdered" by Gitta Sereny. Mary Bell murdered 2 children when she was 11 years old.
ReplyDeleteMy mind went to childhood favorites, such as Anne of Green Gables and Little Women. But as an adult, one book I've read over and over is Blue Highways, by William Least Heat Moon. He was at a place in his life at which he could just take off and drive around the country. The book is his experience during that trip. I've so often just yearned to do something like that. My sister asked me once, "Are you reading that AGAIN?" Yes - and my copy still has the Nestles Crunch wrapper I used as a bookmark the first time I read it.
ReplyDeleteI was thrilled when he messaged me a thank you on facebook, when I commented there about what that book has meant to me.
I still have my copy of No Children, No Pets, the first book I picked out and bought myself through a school program. Now I love Toni Morrison and Alice Hoffman. A day without reading is a day without sunshine!
ReplyDeleteI am a book guzzler.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite authors are many, but Barbara Kingsolver is up there. Neil Gaiman. Alice Hoffman. Terry Pratchett. Biographies. Diaries. Letters...
Have read voraciously since a child. Uncle Tom's Cabin and Black Beauty altered my life.
ReplyDeleteJames Herriot was my favorite pleasure read.
A voracious reader here, across all genres. Terry Pratchett has long been a favorite, wagon train diaries, history, econ, repair manuals, shooting manuals, how to, how not to...
ReplyDeleteI've been a "book worm" since I was a child. However, when I was a teenager, I read A Death in the Family by James Agee, and it resonates with me to this day. I still have my original dog-eared copy. All my children read it, too. I lost my father as a child, and the book's plot and theme helped me realize that my personal feelings are often universal ones.
ReplyDeleteI read. I read a lot. Maybe too much. I currently have two very large stacks of books waiting to be read on my bedside table. My library has about 500 books. As for my favourites that is hard to say. So many different genres, I really can't decide.
ReplyDeleteA book that profoundly affected my life is Elizabeth Elliot's Shadow of the Almighty, written after her husband and four other missionary men were martyred in Ecuador in 1956.
ReplyDeleteI've had quite a few, I guess. As a child, all Louisa M. Alcott's books...from "Little Women" forth. "Black Beauty"....I loved that book. "The Yearling". "Jane Eyre"....the list could go on and on...and it still does. :)
ReplyDeleteAyn Rand's "The Fountainhead", "Atlas Shrugged", "We, the Living" etc.
"To Kill a Mockingbird", of course.
Oh my yes. I am a voracious reader. Everything, garbage to good literature. Last best read was A Constellation of Vital Phenomena. Best read of my life was Charlotte's Web.
ReplyDeleteI read all the time, probably since I was. Never did the children's section while growing up, always the adult section. And I've always read mostly non-fiction. Been adding a little fiction to the mix though. There never were any books that influenced me, but certain book titles have stuck with me.
ReplyDeleteOne was an early memoir by Judge Judy called "Don't Pee On My Leg And Tell Me It's Raining.", about her days as a family court judge in NY.
The other was by former child (like 1930's) actor Richard Moore called "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, But Don't Have Sex Or Take The Car".
Father Nature's Corner
Oh my that is a loaded question. I have really enjoyed John Hart's books but I feel that every book you read touches your life in some way.
ReplyDeleteI'm an avid reader. I just wish I had more open ended time to read like the old days. Now I'm lucky to grab a little bit each day.
ReplyDeleteI have too many favorites to name them all, but I will name one of my top favorites that is an unbelievable book, "Infinite Jest" by David Foster Wallace. It's an unusual book, though, and I don't know that I'd recommend it unless you like convoluted plots.
John Kennedy Toole's "A Confederacy Of Dunces" isn't life changing, but darn good satire. A comedy of errors with some characters that you'll love to hate.
I really can't pick just one. I always have at least two books on the go, and I try to alternate between fiction and non-fiction for a balanced "diet". The book which I learned the most from recently is "One Hell of a Gamble", a history book that gives a play-by-play of the Cuban missile crisis. The book which I enjoyed reading the most recently was a novel called "Snow Falling on Cedars".
ReplyDelete