What book has had the greatest influence on your life & why?
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It's actually just a short story, To Room Nineteen by Doris Lessing.0
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VISION by Leonard Read. You can download it for free, google it.0
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The Redneck Manifesto0
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the elephant in the playroom by denise brodey. it is a collaboration of parents writing about life with their special needs children. it is a lonely place when you have a special child, and there is no private life. everything you do is in the public eye. there is no buffer and it is horribly overwhelming. this book gave me peace, it gave me tools to keep moving and muddle through it, work through the mess. i would never have been able to take time to better myself if it were not for this.
my sister's keeper by jodi picoult. it showed me that although the reality is much more in my face than others, nobody is guaranteed a tomorrow. i live for today instead of agonising over what may come.0 -
"To Kill A Mocking Bird" Teaches us about life's trials and tribulations through the eyes of a child.0
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The Big Book from AA0
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Mine is My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult. (Though I didn't really like the movie as I felt it messed up the main message.) My child has a chronic progressive disease. I have at times focused on the negative and the very real possibility that she will pass away before I do. This book reinforces that no one is guaranteed tomorrow and what is important is how you spend the time you have in this life.
Very true! Love this book!0 -
1984.
Eric Blair.0 -
"Five Powerful Thoughts Think Less Achieve More" By: Sri Vishwanath
This is a very deep book that teaches you how to think good thoughts and dump the rest. Most of the thoughts we think have nothing to do with us. They are from who we know, what we see, read, and hear. To change you thoughts is to change your life. Be in the now, let yesterday go, and don't worry about tomorrow.
I am going to read this one again since I finished it yesterday afternoon.0 -
Siddhartha, by Herman Hesse.
I read it in High School as required reading, and found it amazing. While I am not a follower of any organized religion (the book is basically the story of the Buddha) I found the philosophy and Siddhartha's journey to be very powerful. I went on to read as much Hesse as I could-- and now after writing this I think I am going to re-read some of his work.
I also love any post-colonial feminist Indian novels-- I know, such a niche genre! I read "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy while studying in India, and I highly recommend it.0 -
The Bible- because it tells me everything I ever need to know, and it comforts me as well!
definitely the Bible. God's Holy Word0 -
Bump0
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since I started this post I decided I wanted to see/track all the books I have read at least since 1987...about as far back as I can really remember most of the books that I have read (if I still don't own a copy or at least get my library borrowed book lists).
In compiling that list I have also added a "to read" column and I am quite happy to say that I now have a greater selection of books to choose from when looking for something new to read. I look forward to continued enrichment in my daily quest for new knowledge.0 -
The Giver and The Host0
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Stephen King's "It"
It taught me how to dress up as a creepy clown and hide under sewer drains.0 -
The bible0
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Lord of the Flies sunk deep into my subconscious as a child and teenager... it always stuck with me. On some level it comforted me, while horrifying me simultaneously.
In college, several of the Existentialist philosophers hit me pretty hard.
And as a writer... the 3 who've influenced me the most are probably Hemingway, Haruki Murakami & Jose Saramago.0 -
The Shack and Heaven Is For Real
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i have read so many that have touched me.....i'll try to narrow them down
Nicholas Sparks has to be my fave author....when crickets cry is an awesome book, the wedding, the notebook just to name a few, oh yeah and the choice....and nights in rodanthe
i just read a book called "blood brothers" by elias chacour. he is a real person whose life mission is to seek peace for Israel and the Palestinians (he is a Palestinian Christian)....it tells his story of how his family was exiled from their country and how his father's faith helped him become the person he is today....he also makes a close friend while in seminary and how that friendship molded him.
also the book Oogy (cant remember the author's name)....about a real dog that had to overcome many things in its life, but how he changed the author's life (the author is the owner)
Glimpses of Heaven (again, the author's name slips my mind)....written by a hospice nurse and she shares stories of her patient's experiences with death....i am a slightly morbid person and love reading about death and how death affects people and how precious final moments can be0 -
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse.
Read it over 5 years ago and I'm still learning its lessons.0
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