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books that changed your life...
Yesterday I posted a review about The Perks of Being A Wallflower, this book seriously changed my life in middle school and remains one of my favorite books... ever.
Do you have a book like this? Something so amazing that totally spoke to you and you alone?
Do you have a book like this? Something so amazing that totally spoke to you and you alone?
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Permalink Reply by Valerie B on -
oh snap, I just wrote about this before I saw your comment. A Million Miles in a Thousand Years is FANTASTIC!!!!
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Permalink Reply by Oats on -
I have a couple:
Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
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The Trial by Franz Kafka
Einstein's Dreams is more of a poetic journey exploring human nature with respect to the Special Theory of Relativity. It is beautifully written, there is a message in each chapter, and in the process you learn a bit about yourself.
Atlas Shrugged - I didn't think it could possibly be better than The Fountainhead, but alas, I was proven wrong. Though I don't agree with her entire philosophy, I feel that some of it wore off onto me in the process of reading these books. The story is great, the language used is great, the underlying materials are abundant, and if you get bored with Ayn Rand, you can go play Bioshock, which takes place in a city that strictly followed her principles....
The Trial is one of the most haunting books I've read, not because it's scary, but because at no point in the book do you actually know what is going on. Nor does the main character. In this tale of twisted justice, a story of crime and punishment flourishes - or at least it seems to. If you are not already mentally unstable, this book will put you on the edge of stability. The end still resonates clearly in my head (along with the end to Atlas Shrugged... another amazing ending).
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Permalink Reply by Rachel Not Rebecca on -
Atlas Shrugged changed my life. I read it when I was 18, which I think is the perfect age to read it for the first time, because you still think you know everything, and can just purely enjoy the book. I've grown up some since then (or at least, I claim to have) but I still draw a lot of inspiration from that book.
Also, I still want to be Dagny Taggart
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Permalink Reply by Linda on -
Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan- made me feel normal. i grew up as Asian minority and didn't have any Asian friends (maybe one or two at a time) til I went to college where I found a huge slew of them. (or they found me?). Anyway, Joy Luck Club made me feel normal.
Road Less Traveled - Scott Peck - changed how i view "love"
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Permalink Reply by Jen on -
Captivating by Stasi Eldredge changed how I thought about God, life, and love. I am not a deeply religious person so I was quite surprised that it changed my life as much as it did. To this day it's the only book I own that I've gone through and highlighted.
I am actually in the middle of reading Eat, Pray, Love right now and it's also changing my life...or at least giving me hope after some rough times I've recently gone through
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Permalink Reply by amber castro on -
I loved Captivating! Excellent book, and yes, very inspiring.
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Permalink Reply by Valerie B on
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OH MY GOSH. Captivating is PHENOMENAL. completely changed my outlook on my relationship with God. It's such an interesting book, so many great points that really made me think!!
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Permalink Reply by dhpotter on -
I doubt it was me and me alone, but A Tale of Two Cities was a huge wake up on what real love is. When you read a book like that as a freshman in HS you're bound to have your world rocked. I ned to read it again, that should be on my list for next.
Recently I was awed by Mark Twains The diray of Adam and Eve. It's so wonderful in a really quiet way. The most powerful, profound messages are the ones that are wispered to out soul... one we don't get initially but grow to understand. Thats how it is, and it's beautiful.
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Permalink Reply by Hello Kiley on -
I was basically going to say all of this. You nailed it. That book rocked my world. I reread it every summer.
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Permalink Reply by Krysten (After 'I Do') on -
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom. I had to read it for a class in high school and I love it. It's got so many great things to live by as well as teaching you to live life to the fullest. I'm sure I'm not the only one to feel this way but it's amazing nonetheless.
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Permalink Reply by Lexi on -
Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel. I could pretty much completely relate to it when I was in my teens- and I read it over and over again. Even these days when things start going wrong for me sometimes I'll just stand and say "I feel like a defective model, like I came off the assembly line flat-out fucked and my parents should have taken me back for repairs before the warranty ran out.” It's a pretty good way to sum up how I'm feeling at those particular moments and it always gives me a bit of a chuckle... I'd never thought about describing myself like that until I read it.
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Permalink Reply by Penny Ann Galecki on -
I completely agree with your post. I loved that book and can't wait until I have time to re-read it. One of my favorite lines was something like, "life teaches you to sleep with friends, sleep with enemies and pretend like nothing happened the next day" it was something along the lines of describing superficiality. I loved it and I'll have to find the exact quote cause I think I'm really off. such a good book.
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