as the title says, or what affected u the most emotionally? i think mine would have to be Harper Lee's 'To Kill A Mockingbird.' i didn't actually like the book that much, but I cried twice, and i hardly ever cry in books or movies. ok, you go.
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as the title says, or what affected u the most emotionally? i think mine would have to be Harper Lee's 'To Kill A Mockingbird.' i didn't actually like the book that much, but I cried twice, and i hardly ever cry in books or movies. ok, you go.
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Bah. To Kill a Mockingbird isn't very good at all... so many flat characters.Quote:
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as the title says, or what affected u the most emotionally? i think mine would have to be Harper Lee's 'To Kill A Mockingbird.' i didn't actually like the book that much, but I cried twice, and i hardly ever cry in books or movies. ok, you go.
I'd have to say The Secret Agent. It's affected me emotionally by making paranoid as ****. Nostromo had a similar affect.
Definitely the Iliad. Made me develop a huge interest on fantasy stories.
The Futurological Congress By Stanislaw Lem. It has some very interesting ideas. I also believe that the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy sereies has affected me. It is a profound piece of literature. It is not just weird for wierdness sake.
This'll sound stupid, but being easily influenced as a kid, Matilda had quite an effect on me. Not entirely a positive one: taught me I could seek revenge through use of my mind.
Most books by Dahl have that effect. They generally portray adults as people who are their only to punish children.
I read Mathilda at least 12 times...I just stopped counting at the 12th... The first times I read it I cried at the end...cos it was over!!! I was VERY much into Dahl...
As for long lasting effects... uhm... *blushes*... Gone With The Wind. I've tried to behave like Scarlet O'Hara for all of my teenage years (no, not about men...maybe I should have done that too lol ;)... Don't try, all that pride and fake strength are likely to make a mess! :D
Also I can say that Dostoevsky's 'the Demons' made me decide to study Russian, so it affected my life somehow...
I dont think that I have ever read a novel that has had a lasting effect on how I live my life. Most of the books that have really molded me into who I am today were non-fiction. Mostly Noam Chomsky, Michael Moore, Tiraq Ali, Al Franken. Although, 1984 and Animal Farm both did (I forgot about those earier). Ooh and Shakespeare's plays (mostly Hamlet, Macbeth, R & J, Julius Ceasar) they deal alot with fate, which I am really big into. I've heard that no one can read The Stranger by Camus without it having a life changing affect, but I have yet to read it.
Catcher in the rye......
1984......
The family handiman, helpful hints :)
Jonus
I really loved Dahl as a kid.
Oh! -actually I remember quoting insults from Matilda was something I used to do. :) I think I was like six or seven ... I still remember some of them 'They have all the beauty of an iceberg, but unlike an iceberg, nothing beneath the surface' No that's not exact.. but it's been at least eight years since I last read it.
Yeah, Roald Dahl was a great writer. For me, a book that has a last affect on me is Louisa May Alcott's Little Women.
I also like the Harry Potter books as well as the Lord of the Rings.
Definitelly The Cather in the Rye
bible
Me too as I said...I think I read most of his books, and most of them more than once.Quote:
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I really loved Dahl as a kid.
Maybe that's why we're sistas? ;):D
I remember that too! I think it was quite at the beginning, talking of potential notes on schoolkids, it was about an imaginary (or maybe not?) girl called Fiona (the name stuck in my mind as I had never heard it before), and it was like : 'Fiona owns the same glacial (???) beauty of an iceberg, but like the iceberg there's nothing under it'...or something...I do remember perfectly the first part of the sentence in translation('Fiona possiede la stessa glaciale bellezza di un iceberg...').Quote:
Oh! -actually I remember quoting insults from Matilda was something I used to do. I think I was like six or seven ... I still remember some of them 'They have all the beauty of an iceberg, but unlike an iceberg, nothing beneath the surface' No that's not exact.. but it's been at least eight years since I last read it.
Though I think i first got Mathilda when I was 8 or 9...and I think i re-read it last time when I was aorund 12...it was starting to lose some of its appeal...
Uhm...guess what I'll read tonight befor sleeping... (no it won't be War&Peace :D)
Maybe The Harry Potter Serius #1-5
LOL. yeah, koa. I loved that thing. I remember I quoted the one about the cicada or something too. I think I've lost my copy of the book, though.. disappeared, now I want to track it down. It's gotta be in my house somewhere. Oh, I've got 400 something (~450) pages left of W &P, and VOWING to finish it by the end of the month, even if it makes me ridiculously far behind the forum book club.
Jay-I bought a copy of Catcher in the Rye today, when I'm done reading it we'll sit back and have a nice chat.
Dahl is good
Maybe In my Fathers House was good
Hands down, Steppenwolf
Marigolds was very good and it made since
A Guys Guide to Life Homework Asccuses came in handy #7 is my fav
I FOUND MY COPY OF MATILDA!!!! I haven't seen the thing in years-how exciting. CHECK IT OUT- the insults I would quote as a seven year old-Quote:
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it was like : 'Fiona owns the same glacial (???) beauty of an iceberg, but like the iceberg there's nothing under it'...or something...I do remember perfectly the first part of the sentence in translation('Fiona possiede la stessa glaciale bellezza di un iceberg...').
Uhm...guess what I'll read tonight befor sleeping... (no it won't be War&Peace :D)
'Your son Maximillian[insert the name of someone I dislike here] is a total wash-out. I hope you have a family business you can push him into when he leaves school because he sure as heck won't get a job anywhere else' -lol
'It is a curious truth that grasshoppers have their hearing-organs in the sides of the abdomen. your daughter Vanessa [or insert name], judging by what she's learnt this term, has no hearing organs at all.'
But these were my all-time favourites:
'The periodical cicada spends six years as a grub underground, and no more than six days as a free creature of sunlight and air. your son wilfred [insert name] has spent six years as a grub in this school and we are still waiting for him to emerge from the chrysalis'
'Fiona has the same glacial beauty as an iceberg, but unlike the iceberg she has absolutely nothing below the surface' -you were pretty close, koa.
i loved those. I was such a smartass as a kid [or maybe still am sometimes] but I had really good taste in books.
LOL faye... great...My copy of the book is there as it has always been, it looks very old, pages are going yellow and the cover is all broken... And that quote was on page 3, and I remembered the first part of the sentence perfectly... :D The one about the crisalis is brilliant indeed. :D
I actually got some curiousity about Matilda and Dahl's in general, I'll open another topic about it... Go and check it out immediately! ;)
Same here...I think I have less than 400 left now, but I'm bad at maths unless i have a calculator aorund :DQuote:
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. Oh, I've got 400 something (~450) pages left of W &P, and VOWING to finish it by the end of the month, even if it makes me ridiculously far behind the forum book club.
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And hey girlies, I read the catcher in the rye too, last century... (1998 to be precise :D)
I feel like I'm NEVER going to finish W&P :(
mmm...i loved anna karenina but w&p was a chore...
lord of the rings - 6 or 7 readings of them, also farmer giles of ham & smith of wooton major
..also the far pavilions
wasn't crazy about catcher in the rye, but had read the killer angels and tons of stuff about gettysburg first
wuthering heights!!
only one, right? ooops... :)
Although no one seems to discuss it, I would have to say Cyrano de Bergerac
to kill a mockingbird was an awesome book! there was a lot of symbolism where as if you didnt understand this the book was dull. it was a book of truth and growing up. many people should be able to relate to this book. other than the Bible and to kill a mockingbird i enjoyed "she said yes" it is very moving!
Farmer Giles of Ham! That's such a great story, yet I never think about it, unless I see the book or someone mentions the book. That Tolkien guy is really under-rated. Thanks Az.
Catcher in the Rye, 1984, and Treasure Island all had a lasting effect on me. Which is convientient, as I'm going to be on a cruise, working for big brother, and who knows what kind of children I'll have to save from going over cliffs they can't see.
Anytime, Az
i'm always down for the CBE recipient
CBE?? as I mentioned in the razzle berry discussion, I'm really bad with acronyms, even while looking at a net acronym site. PM me if I'm being too dumb, plz.
Cyrano is awsome! Good answere Dru.
I hated to Kill a Mockingbird back in high school when I HAD to read it, but looking back on it, it was really amazing. I'll have to give it one more go sometime when I'm not bogged down.
It WAS kinda boring, but moving at the same time.
Finally, someone appreciates Cyrano (iwillkiku)
For me it was“Jonathan Livingston Seagull” by Richard Bach. An absolute gem of a book, so short (about 70 pages long), yet so touching. Get a copy, mates, and you’ll devour it all at one go. Promise.
I believe the novels that have had a last effect on me are: I Know This Much Is True and She Comes Undone by Wally Lamb, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Awakening by Kate Chopin, Sula and The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, I Know Why The Bird Caged Sing by Maya Angelou, and The Color Purple by Alice Walker.
Mine is "Sophie's World" by Jonstein G. Before reading this book, I never knew that philosphy could be that interesting.
I only read half of Kate Chopin's The Awakening, and still not sure what is it about :)
The only book that has ever completely changed my outlook, my understanding of people and the course of my life is Philosophical Works by George Berkeley. Not a work of fiction, but definitely well-written, entertaining and enlightening. (And only a couple of hundred pages long despite its title).