WarriorMama Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 What book, or books, do you LOVE? And I'm not talking 'read it and enjoyed it'. I mean books that had a profound impact on you. Books that left you different than they found you. Books you could read over and over throughout your life. And for bonus points...do you think the age and/or life situation you were in when you first read a beloved book was part of the reason it affected you so much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving The whole Harry Potter series The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck Captains and the Kings by Taylor Caldwell Potatoes Not Prozac by Kathleen Desmaisons That's all I can think of for now- I'm sure there are many more, but I have to take the kids to the dentist soon, and don't have time to think.:001_smile: I wouldn't say they all changed my life- some did, but I LOVED them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckens Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 When I was a child, the Little House series stood out for me. I read them so much they almost fell apart. I'm so glad dd shares that love. I can see them thru adult eyes, now, but they are still evocative and lovely stories to me. A Little Princess was also profound for me--I can quote from both the above series and this one. As a young teacher, Torey Hayden's One Child highly influenced my view of teaching, and I think I enjoyed it so much because of the "happy" ending. I was at a point in my life when stories that showed a character's overcoming strength that was brought out by someone special were very profound for me. I think I longed for rescue myself, and knowing it sometimes happened helped me hold on. In college, I loved Sylvia Ashton Warner's book about her time teaching Maori children in NZ. Although I don't agree with her methods as much now, I found her incredibly inspiring. Finally, a devotional that affected me deeply was Oswald Chambers' My Utmost For His Highest . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ester Maria Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 La Divina Commedia. You have NO IDEA what you're missing out on if you don't read it. Possibly the most beautiful pages ever written in any language (granted, I'm highly subjective). I find more personal satisfaction, life guidance, truth about people, etc. in this one than in most of the others combined. It might be due to having overstudied it, though, I know huge chunks by heart. :) Ovid's Metamorphoses. They're so strikingly beautiful. Also huge chunks I know by heart. Ovid is amazing. Tehilim. But that's classic, I know, many people read them over and over. And, while we're on Bible, Kohelet. Two of my favorite parts of the Bible. I read multiple times large chunks of Dostoevsky's, Mann's and Shakespeare's opus as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 The Color Purple has always been a favorite of mine. Song of Solomon is another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa B Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Mrs. Mike - It was given to me as a young teen (tween?) and I read it every few years to remind me of what is and is not important in my family life. I will be giving copies to my sister and my daughter this year for their 13th birthdays. Antigone - I had to read this for 9th grade English. I loved this book. I'm sure due to age/situation, but that started a love of Greek literature that led me to study in Greece as a college student and has endured to this day. Nicomachean Ethics and Seneca's Moral Epistles - my 'go-tos' on how to live a good life How to Read a Book and Milton's Of Education - my 'go-tos' for educational structure Pride and Prejudice - my favorite beach reading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smrtmama Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger Poisonwood Bible and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara Kingsolver American Gods, Neil Gaiman (honestly, anything by Neil is brilliant) The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry The Song of Ice and Fire series, George R. R. Martin (hey, it's lit-er-a-toor, but it's a good read) The Lord of the Rings trilogy, J.R.R. Tolkien Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer (original Middle English, plz) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter's Moon Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Fahrenheit 451. And I'm currently reading the Illustrated Man so I'll see where that takes me. Harry Potter series :) Broken Angels. It is about parents raising children with FAS. I read it for Health class and it just amazed me how far a parent's love could go Wuthering Heights Jane Eyre Pride and Prejudice Oedipus the King Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 As a child: Bridge to Terabithia (Paterson) - she made me want to write books. Spent all my money on a hardback copy that I still own. Witch of Blackbird Pond - I related to Kit. I would have rather been out on an adventure than doing household tasks. Still feel the same way. As an adult: The Iliad (Lattimore) - Maybe it was the fact I finished it and enjoyed it. Maybe it was the few gem phrases I picked out that have stuck in my head. Fahrenheit 451 (Bradbury) - I might not have understood the importance of this book as a child. I keep a copy by my nightstand. It started me on reading Bradbury kick. I immediately read the book to ds after I had finished. We had some great discussions about technology and books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottakee Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 As a young teacher, Torey Hayden's One Child highly influenced my view of teaching, and I think I enjoyed it so much because of the "happy" ending. I was at a point in my life when stories that showed a character's overcoming strength that was brought out by someone special were very profound for me. I think I longed for rescue myself, and knowing it sometimes happened helped me hold on. ]. I LOVED all of the books by Torey Hayden. I read them as a teen and then later got a degree in special education and worked some with kids like these and then adopted 3 children with special needs and fostered over 100 others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britomart Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 -Shards of Honor, by Lois McMaster Bujold - opened up my eyes to what a good story, well-told, can really be. (Her Memory also continues to resonate with me with its discussion of integrity, and A Civil Campaign is maybe the best and funniest love story ever. Also, the discussion of the difference between reputation and honor in that book changed me.) -Gaudy Night, by Dorothy Sayers - again, the story . . . but all of the discussion about women, academics, intellect, romance, and education . . . wow. You can chew on this one for years. -Till We Have Faces/That Hideous Strength - Lewis, C. S. Many of his books have changed me - it's just such a pleasure thinking after someone so brilliant - but these two are the ones I keep coming to and struggling with, in a good way. -The poetry of John Donne. Both the early secular stuff and the later sacred stuff. I also honestly would not be the same person without having read Tolkien, Ellis Peters, Georgette Heyer, Essie Summers, Dante, St. Francis de Sales, Homer, George Herbert and Frederica Mathewes-Green. I guess I think that sometimes it's a book, but much more often it's an author. For each of the people listed, it's hard for me to narrow it down to just one work; it's the body of work that changed me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsbaby Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 The Handmaid's Tale....my all time favorite! As for more "fluff" type reading, I love Patricia Cornwell. Seriously...love;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giraffe Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Sarum by Edward Rutherford The Little House series Gone With The Wind John Donne's poetry, especially his earlier works Are these all good writing/great literature? Probably not - but these are all books (or poems, in the case of Donne) that have stayed with me years later. I can still recall where I was when I read them, how I felt when I read them, how I got totally sucked into the story. How To Read A Book - one of the most useful books I've ever read in my life. What a wonderful reference book! And now I can't wait to read Metamorphoses, Antigone, The Illiad, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaissezFaire Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 I'm wondering if this list will contain the same books as the hated one. It seems that the books some hated, others loved. Personally I LOVE Outlander which is one a lot of people hated. In high school I read In Country by Bobbie Ann Mason and I remember it impacting me a lot then. It's not particularly brilliant but it was raw to me. The Handmaid's Tale and Gone with the Wind top my list too. I also loved Water for Elephants but I wouldn't say it 'impacted' me. I just really enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Lord of the Rings--Tolkien A Prayer for Owen Meany--Irving Understood Betsy--Canfield Fisher Gaudy Night--Sayers I, Claudius, and Claudius the God--Graves A E Housman's and E A Poe's poetry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 What book, or books, do you LOVE? And I'm not talking 'read it and enjoyed it'. I mean books that had a profound impact on you. Books that left you different than they found you. Books you could read over and over throughout your life. The Bell Jar. I have mentioned before that one of my worst traits as a human being is my lack of sympathy/empathy for situations I don't understand. Sylvia Plath profoundly changed my views and understanding of depression and mental illness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simka2 Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 I read "The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse" after being assaulted by a senior pastor of a large church. It really helped me proccess how I had gotten to be where I was. Not in a blaming me way, but in understanding how certain scriptures were used to control and manipulate me. The Shack came along shortley thereafter, and really helped me proccess thru the grieving/loss/ and anger stages. Other than that, I do love LOTR, Austen, Stepping Heavenward, and the The Home at Greylocke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorMama Posted September 13, 2010 Author Share Posted September 13, 2010 Ooh, a lot of these get a big fat :iagree: from me! Now I'm adding ones I haven't read to my to-read list...as if my list needs to be any longer. Still, it's not too often these days I read something GREAT, and I hope to find a new favourite from some of your suggestions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenoraddict Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 As a child: The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Rebecca's War, Anne of Green Gables Series, Little House Series, The Trixie Belden Series, Chronicles of Narnia, Little Women. Relating to time of life: Strong female characters, good friendships, adventures - everything a little girl wants to think she'll have/be in life. I still like them. As a young teen: Loved Judy Blume. Going out on a limb here and admitting that I loved the Flowers in the Attic Series. I blame my mother. I mean, where was she? She really should've been monitoring my reading. ;) Time of life? Judy Blume is obvious, but FitA? Hormones, maybe? As an older teen: Began lifelong love affairs with William Shakespeare, Sir Gawain, Beowulf, the Bronte sisters, and Jane Austen. I was clearly getting ready for a hero/prince/gentleman to come and sweep me off my feet. As an adult: The Shadow of the Wind, Redeeming Love, LotR (didn't think much of Tolkein when I met him in The Hobbit earlier), The Red Tent (I know a lot of people here didn't like it, but it did a lot to give me a more positive view of relationships between women), Ivanhoe As a mom: On Becoming Babywise, The Out of Sync Child, I Love You the Purplest (kiddie lit) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 (edited) The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding The Well-Trained Mind Brave New World Savage Inequalities Beloved Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Edited September 13, 2010 by Mrs Mungo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in the NH Woods Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 The Well-Trained Mind Beloved I agree! The Well-Trained Mind revolutionized not only my home schooling, but also my self education. Beloved broke my heart; it also opened my eyes to things I would never have understand about some of the roots of black culture and experience. The devotional Streams in the Desert has been an anchor for my soul in some very dark places. Wallace Stegner novels always remind me of the brevity of human life, and about why I love whom I love. I am grateful to historians like Paul Johnson, J.M. Roberts, and others who make history "make sense". And thanks to the very many British mystery/suspense novelists who have provided me with the break from reality that refreshes me.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 (edited) Books you could read over and over throughout your life. Well, I don't generally re-read books, even ones I love. That said, some books that I've loved through time.... Richard Scarry books :D Blue Hat, Green Hat The Outsiders (when I was in middle school) Heart of Darkness The Count of Monte Cristo Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress I, Claudius Fahrenheit 451 Good Omens The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear Born to Run Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World Murder in the Cathedral A Christmas Memory The Wee Free Men Sleeping in Flame Edited September 14, 2010 by Stacia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thea Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 The Handmaid's Tale The Book Thief Brave New World Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunaLee Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 The Belgariad by David Eddings The Rift War Saga by Raymond E. Fiest Pocketfull of Pinecones by Karen Andreola The Road by Cormac McCarthy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding Would you believe I read this one? Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dripdripsplat Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. That book had the most profound influence on me, and I don't think it was because of any life situation... Just a really good book, with a lot of real information (in fact, everything I know about boats came from that book. I used to spend HOURS looking at the diagrams, and recreating them, listing all of the parts.) Little Women was another one that I still love to this day. I'm planning on starting it for our read-aloud time, and hope (fingers crossed) that my kids love it as much as I did. And the last one, that I can think of right now is House of Stairs. Looking back, I would not say that this is a kid-friendly book. But it did teach me a lot about how our minds work, and the subtle programming that encompasses our lives. Ooh, two more. In the Secret Place of the Most High and Created to be His Help Meet. Those changed my life, my marriage, my everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Sherry Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Would you believe I read this one? Bill I believe it , but why ? :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 I believe it , but why ? :lol::lol::lol: Do you mean: I believe it , but why (do I believe it)? :lol: Or I believe it , but why (in the world would you care to read it)? :D Anyway, I'm a team-player so when my wife was pregnant The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding and The Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy by Vicki Iovine (her books) became two of the least-likely choices to ever make my book list. Both top-notch btw. Bill (who has read no such books before or since :tongue_smilie:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna in Texas Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Sleeping in Flame This book. This book stayed with me for so long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenoraddict Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 The Well-Trained Mind *gasp* I thought I had clicked on the Books We Hate link, and I thought, "Mrs. Mungo! How brave and daring! But really? I thought I knew you..." Imagine my relief when I went back to the beginning of the thread to verify. ;) You're right; this book was a life-changer for me, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simka2 Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 I forgot my lifetime favorite book!!!! "Wise Child," it was read to me in 4th grade and I have loved it ever since :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in WI Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Dante's Inferno Anna Karenina Brave New World Stepping Heavenward The Well-Trained Mind There are other books that I LOVE and have read and re-read over and over again, but I think these actually changed the way I thought and affected the person I am today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 (edited) What book, or books, do you LOVE? And I'm not talking 'read it and enjoyed it'. I mean books that had a profound impact on you. Books that left you different than they found you. Books you could read over and over throughout your life. And for bonus points...do you think the age and/or life situation you were in when you first read a beloved book was part of the reason it affected you so much? Ooo! I'll take the bonus points! :001_smile: When I was around 16 I was introduced to existentialism. My age and "life situation" played a big part in this love affair. I had just left a terrible life, and moved to a new town. I met a group of punks who lived down the street from me and became good friends for many years. I was fragile and raw when I met these guys. They took me under their wings and turned me on to so much beyond my own life and problems. These were the kind of guys that stayed up all night arguing, corresponding with people all over the world (pre email), engaging writers, musicians, artists... I read a lot of books then, but it was Sartre, Camus, Kafka and so on that really moved me. It changed the course of my life. I could finally see things from a perspective that wasn't tainted by my past, and the people from my past. It didn't have anything to do with agreeing with everything they said, I didn't. It had everything to do with me and controlling how I wanted perceived the world. To be engaged, to debate, and maybe even change my mind. I associate those books with the time in my life where fear was smashed by love, passion, and intellect. Good memories. Good books. The other would be the writer Antoine de Saint Exupery. His writing moves me deeply. I don't know what it is about him... He wrote little things in his books that make so much sense to me. I get emotional just thinking about it. I will never stop reading his work. Edited September 15, 2010 by helena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 Germinal by Emile Zola changed my life profoundly. I could even argue that it led me to my dh. I re-read Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco about every other year -- sometimes more frequently. It changed the way I process connections between (seemingly) random things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 [quote=Crissy;2030485 Sylvia Plath profoundly changed my views and understanding of depression and mental illness. :iagree: Point, Counter Point taught me that there were whole worlds in people's heads I'd not considered. Rosshalde made me understand that people's motivations change with age. That hadn't occurred to me. Both books have a child in it with meningitis, and they influenced my career choice. Freedom From the Known gave me the idea that what I thought of, and how I felt about it, was not something that just passively happened to me, but is under my control. That was the most profound revolution I've had from a book. A House For Mr. Biswas taught me that once you are out of starvation poverty, the next level is a poverty of opportunity and the subjugation of the poor to the poor with 10 dollars more. I read all these before the age of 21. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 Germinal by Emile Zola changed my life profoundly. I could even argue that it led me to my dh. I re-read Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco about every other year -- sometimes more frequently. It changed the way I process connections between (seemingly) random things. These look great! I look forward to reading them. Thanks :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i.love.lucy Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 The Bible, of course. If non-fiction counts then "Taking Charge of Your Fertility" is the best book I have read on understanding the female body, and fertility. Got me a son out of that deal! Other than the Bible, I really don't care to read and reread books over and over. Never have. I will have to think more about what fiction works have really stood out for me and changed my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Sherry Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 Do you mean: I believe it , but why (do I believe it)? :lol: Or I believe it , but why (in the world would you care to read it)? :D Anyway, I'm a team-player so when my wife was pregnant The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding and The Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy by Vicki Iovine (her books) became two of the least-likely choices to ever make my book list. Both top-notch btw. Bill (who has read no such books before or since :tongue_smilie:) This one "I believe it , but why (in the world would you care to read it)?" :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeanne in MN Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 Roots by Alex Haley Gone With the Wind and a WWII historical fiction series: Vienna Prelude/Prague Counterpoint/Munich Signature/Jerusalem Interlude/Danzig Passage/Warsaw Requiem (Zion Covenant 1-6) by Bodie Thoene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 I'm limiting my self to books that I read when young -- a couple as late as 20, but most between 14 and 16 -- images from which still stay with me. Non-fiction: Manufacturing Consent Fiction: The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1984 Brave New World Slaughterhouse-Five In Cold Blood Helter Skelter The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch The War of the Worlds The Name of the Rose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 A Tale of Two Cities Hold Onto Your Kids The Tightwad Gazette (OK, I didn't "love" it, but it did change my life) as a child, the Little House books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Mama Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 The Help Snow Flower and the Secret Fan The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns The Other Boleyn Girl Kane and Able The Red Tent The Well-Trained Mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beezus Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 (edited) The Chosen Beloved The Color Purple The Book Thief The Picture of Dorian Gray Edited September 15, 2010 by beezus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristinaBreece Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey NiffeneggerPoisonwood Bible and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara Kingsolver American Gods, Neil Gaiman (honestly, anything by Neil is brilliant) The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry The Song of Ice and Fire series, George R. R. Martin (hey, it's lit-er-a-toor, but it's a good read) The Lord of the Rings trilogy, J.R.R. Tolkien Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer (original Middle English, plz) :001_wub: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I forgot my lifetime favorite book!!!! "Wise Child," it was read to me in 4th grade and I have loved it ever since :) My dd got that book last year & loved it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkInTheBlue Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 (edited) Atlas Shrugged - I was so relieved that someone else saw the world the way I did. It also gave me even more to think about than I already was moving towards. Well Trained Mind - I know it's seems so typical but when I first found this in a bookstore at the beginning of my homeschool journey it felt so "ah-ha!". Over the years it's been both my blessing and inspiration and my curse and frustration. :) LOL Pride and Prejudice - I tried getting through it a couple of times but when I finally found my groove in it, I ran through all her books immediately. I don't think I had tried anything more than modern literature since high school. This really opened the door to me that I could read more things than I thought. Don Quixote and Great Expectations have stumped me but it's really about boredom and reaching a high "I don't care what happens in this story" limit than anything. I'm still determined to complete GE though. Well Educated Mind - Again, I hate to be predictable but seeing step by step, obvious ways to read the tough books made it so accessible to me. High school English classes mostly managed to make the classics so dull and difficult that I assumed it wasn't even worth the effort. This made it bite-sized. Edited March 9, 2011 by PinkInTheBlue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmrich Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Gone With the Wind (first grown-up book I read) The Little House series Little Women THe Hiding Place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 As a child/student: Anne of Green Gables My Side of the Mountain Narnia The Hobbit and LOTR Jane Eyre As an adult: Spiritual Depression by Martyn Lloyd-Jones True Spirituality by Francis Schaeffer Knowing God by J. I Packer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mejane Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 (edited) Some of mine have already been mentioned: The Chosen and The Handmaid's Tale, for example. I was also profoundly moved by a book called The One Hundred Dresses. I read it to my kids and could barely finish it for weeping; I thought about if for weeks after. Then there's my all-time fave, To Kill a Mockingbird; just the perfect book, imo, and Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. I don't even know how to say how much that little book affected me. Edited March 9, 2011 by Mejane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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