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Post by madmadeline on Mar 27, 2015 1:02:06 GMT
With the death of Terry Pratchett I have been thinking a lot about books that have forever melded themselves into a part of my life, as his did.
So, what book from your days past brings back all the feels for you, and where does it bring you when you flip through its pages?
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Post by Moose on Mar 27, 2015 1:58:49 GMT
Always Lord of the Rings but that brings with it 'both the sweet and the bitter.' I first read it at age nineteen when I was recovering from glandular fever and the copy I had belonged to the brother of the person I was seeing at the time, with whom I had an eight year relationship.
Wuthering Heights - you know that there are some moments that you never forget, even though there is nothing particularly extraordinary about them? I first read it at A level and I vividly recall sitting in a sunny school library - that's where the class was held - and we were reading the book out loud. I recall Cathy telling Edgar that she would soon die and that one day he would look back and think that he had been happy on this (that) day. And I wondered what sorrows would befall me in life and whether I would myself look back on THAT day and think that I had been happy
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Post by Moose on Mar 27, 2015 22:53:00 GMT
I killed the thread Which is a shame cos it's a great question
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Post by madmadeline on Mar 28, 2015 3:29:20 GMT
I don't think you killed the thread! I think maybe heavy answers are harder to come up with on the fly though than trite ones. And trite seems like cheating after your awesome revelations!
I don't know what it is about books but they're so very good at bringing me back to the past. I love rereading Ursula K LeGuin's Left Hand of Darkness, because it brings me right back to the moment i realized that gender was more than body parts and what an amazing thing that means for sexuality and for my sexuality when I was still really struggling to figure out where I fit in that regard.
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Post by jayme on Mar 28, 2015 15:27:14 GMT
The book that has always been a part of me is Little Women. I just always wanted to be in that family's little world. The first time I read it I was eight years old, and it was probably my first introduction to feminism, fairness, hardship, stark poverty next door to great wealth, and social justice issues beyond my own version of reality. (Other than Archie Bunker.)
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Post by raspberrybullets on Mar 29, 2015 10:24:14 GMT
I feel like so many books shaped me that it's hard to think of one that is still with me - so many are. I often have moments where if I start unravelling why I think about something the way I do, I discover it's because of a book I read.
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Post by Mari on Mar 30, 2015 17:03:41 GMT
I reread Althalus by David and Leigh Eddings every year. I first read it sitting next to my dying grandfather. It's a great book. I remember those days very vividly and feel close to my grandfather when I read it. I should probably find another book soon for my grandmother. It's a good way to remember people.
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Post by ProdigalAlan on Mar 31, 2015 8:26:46 GMT
Two books by a local writer.
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, both by Alan Silitoe.
Both taught me that it was possible to escape and that acts of rebellion can be justified.
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Post by Alvamiga on Apr 1, 2015 16:50:40 GMT
We read The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner at school... can't remember a thing of it now.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2015 6:18:41 GMT
I used to love the Malory Towers series by Enid Blyton when I was in primary school. I think it was because my experienes at school were not really positive. Many books by C. S. Lewis (especially the Chronicles of Narnia) and The Lord of The Rings became special to me as well because at the time I read them, they seemed to open new worlds to me.
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Post by Mari on Apr 7, 2015 9:29:24 GMT
I read those books as well and still have those series on my shelves. I hope my children will enjoy them as much as I did.
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Post by raspberrybullets on Apr 8, 2015 10:22:06 GMT
Lord of the Rings was definitely very special.
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