Book that changed your perspective on life and will stay with you forever?
Book that changed your perspective on life and will stay with you forever?
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Book that changed your perspective on life and will stay with you forever?
I really loved that book!
@Linda I haven’t met many people who have read it too. I’m not sure if they never heard of it or if it’s bc they “think” its about Buddhism?
@Kerri I saw it at the library and just thought….why not!! I was glad I didn’t pass it up.
Ooh I have to read this
The Diary of Anne Frank
Night, by Elie Weisel
Kate Chopins The Awakening
From Ten Down to Three by George Roberts. Just finished it and i loved it.
Sophie’s Choice
Ask the Passengers
The Razor’s Edge
My bible..I’ve had this one 40 years.
I would second that!
Of Mice and Men
A Court or Mist and Fury. Only cuz I can relate to specifically what the main character went through, and the way she overcomes it, ugh. I wanna be her.
The Alchemist
Its quite boring
Sixty-three years ago (I was six) I spotted a book entitled “An illustrated History of Great Britain” in a bookshop window in Portsmouth. I had ten shillings but the book was twelve and six. I looked at my Dad and he said go on then. It was my very first history book, the first of so many.
I still have it complete with dust cover.
Life worth living
Most books I read have some part that sticks with me. The ending of The Dreamblood trilogy was the most recent book I’ve read that had a profound effect on me personally. Holy cow, that one came out of no where and totally shook me to my core.
From Darkness to the Light by Ghazi Ahmad.
Too many to count, but most recently Anam Cara by John O’Donohue ❤️
1984
Wuthering heights, not necessarily because of the story but just because it made me fall in love with reading
The Forty Rules of Love, The Prophet, Atlas Shrugged, The Long Walk to Freedom, Gandhi’s Autobiography, The Great Gatsby, To Kill a Mockingbird
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
The Art of War
Isabel Allende, “Island beneath the sea”
Long Walk to Freedom
Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis
Would love to read it. I have never had a chance yet. The Screwtape Letters is awesome!
Horns by Joe Hill. Read it when I was in high school
War And Peace for me.
it did’nt change my life but it realy made me think and count my blessings..
The Lord of the rings by Tolkien.
Two kisses for maddie.
Cry , The Beloved Country.
Wuthering Heights by Emily @Brontë
East of Eden
Make your Bed by William H. McRaven.
Atlas Shrugged
The Way of Zen, by Alan Watts.
1. 40 rules
2. One indian girl
The Godfather by Mario Puzo
I read it half.. will start reading tomorrow
The Shack
Beloved by Toni Morrison.
Animal Farm, 1984, The Kite Runner, The Lottery
It took me awhile to get through it. It was so emotionally overwhelming I would have to put It down for several days at a time.
Queenie
The Will To Power.
The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle for me too! I’m an elementary teacher, and it made me realize how much kids can’t control in their lives and environments. It also gave me hope for my disadvantaged students to overcome their situations.
I have this book but haven’t read it yet. Maybe it is time to break it out
Willie without.
Les Miserables
The Colour Purple
The Girl with Blue Eyes or green eyes by Jess Stern
The Secret Garden
Gone with the wind
❤❤❤❤
Thou None Go With Me by Jerry Jenkins and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
The Mayor of Casterbridge
A Farewell to Arms
Harry Potter & The Giver quartet.
Five people you meet in heaven
A child called it by Dave Pelzer
Atlas shrugged
I agree about Atlas Shrugged. I re-read it every decade or so, and get something more out of it each time.
Toss up: The Road Less Travaled by M. Scott Peck & To Kill A Mockingbird which inspired me to a legal career focused on civil rights.
Pollyanna
Say Goodnight, Gracie
What Dreams May Come changed my outlook on death & soul mates.
Sermon on the Mount, The Four Agreements, The Greatest Thng in the World
A Little Life, Atlas Shrugged, Anna Karenina, The Count of Monte Cristo.
Hi Jess, I have just started A Little Life and am finding it hard to get into. Shall I stick with it? Does it improve?
It’s a slow start but I absolutely loved it and would tell you to stick with it!
Thank you for your advice Jess, it is much appreciated. I will definitely continue reading it now. 🙂
The Giver
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou
I would love to read this one
A court of mist and fury- Sarah j maas ?
Animal farm
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, An Interrupted Life by Etty Hillesum, Streets of Fire by Thomas Cook (a fictional mystery but gives a powerful picture of life in the Civil Rights-era South). Those are the ones I can think off the top of my head.
“The da vinchi code” for some reason it changed me so much
Tuesday with Morrie
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R Covey
Whoa. I am about to read it.
Great…! It will change the way you think and act in your life..
Discworld Series by Terry Pratchet
The Little Prince ❤️??????
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
? Why? I read this one and just wondered.
Behind close door
Everyone one communicate few connect by John Maxwell the leadership guru
Uncle tom’s cabin..
no judging, but, “Fifty Shades of Grey”. I had no idea about this life style. Half the things talked about were over my head.
Hobbit and LOTR series. Read in 1970 and I was stunned at what was out there to read.
Les fleurs du mal, by Charles Baudelaire
Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsh
The picture of Dorian Gray…. Oscar Wilde was changed by many books and other things that was happening Around him- so yeah Oscar Wilde did me very well after century later????
The Tin Drum and The Moon and Sixpence
the shack.
It ends with us by Colleen Hoover
When Bad Things Happen to Good People
The Fault In Our Stars by John Green has changed my life and helps me to remember to not be afraid to step out of my comfort zone and talk to people I normally wouldn’t, and it helps me not take things or people for granted
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (i think thats the author) has changed my life and helped me remember that even the little things I say or do can affect someone deeply so I need to be careful of what I do and say
How I Saved The World…In 65 Days by Michele Weber Hurwitz has always stuck with me because it helps me remember that even the littlest good things can make a huge difference and help others to be happy
There are so many more but I’ll just leave it at these three lol
A Thousand Splendid Sun’s by Khalid Hosseini
Me too
ok obviously Harry Potter but like I think Game Of Thrones changed my perspective a little bit because the characters I thought I hated I ended up understanding them and liking them kind of…? So I guess it made me understand that bad guys aren’t only bad, they’re human too.. 😛
So many books have had an influence on my life, however, after more than sixty-five years of reading and collecting, losing my mobility and so many hobbies and interests, I merely bought and collected books I liked with no thought or passion. Then I read ‘Awakening’ by Sharon Bolton. It re-awakened my desire to collect as the collector I had been years ago. I now have signed first editions of everything Sharon has written and started collections of other crime writers, always in signed edition form and many in original ‘manuscript’ form. I now avidly collect over a dozen authors and while waiting for them to write something new I read other via kindle, and if one of them bites hard enough, then they start filling my shelves 🙂
The bible.