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What books have left an impact on you and your life
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Has anyone read any books that has totally left them thinking and making them look at their llife and making them think that they should change or shouldn't take things for granted or something?
I read this book called "no dress rehearsal" by Marian Keynes and it was about a person who died and never realised it then when she did she totally regreting not doing certiain things in her life. Made me thing that I should live life to the full because you never know when it could end.
I read this book called "no dress rehearsal" by Marian Keynes and it was about a person who died and never realised it then when she did she totally regreting not doing certiain things in her life. Made me thing that I should live life to the full because you never know when it could end.
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The other books that ahve left an impression on me include The World According to Garp, The Cider House Rules and The Lovely Bones, all for similar reasons. They all made me appreciate how lucky I am, and how much I have. The perspective they give is what makes them sad.
also this book called speak where the girl becomes a mute very good
Irvine fan then? a prayer for owen meaney has the same desired effect i think also
eh don't think a book has made an total impact on my life but some books, particularly plays has helped me understand things a bit more...stuff like death of a salesman, helps understand society and how we behave in it etc etc...
read the child in time...some interesting stuff there concerning perception of time and has a sad story bout a man's daughter being kidnapped...mc ewan is alright...though he's the type of novelist that when you read his books you know he's planned it out and the ending is so predictable...i like writers who start books that could have any ending, spontaneous or whatnot...
For me, it has to be "Sophie's world". My second favourite book. It was the main reason I became a "philosopher wannabe". Not sure how good I'm doing at removing the "wannabe" part...
Recently more books are having a more profound affect on me-because I;m reading a wider range of books I guess
it upset me, and it horrified me, and it humbled me. and every so often, in the more horrid parts, i'd get a little voice reminding me that it all actually happened.
i'm glad i read it though.
Also, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is still one of my favourite books of all time, it really brought home to me the sheer ugliness of human prejudice. Although I've read more harrowing accounts of human brutality since, Birdsong and A Child Called 'It' amongst others, that was the first and it really hurt.
To Kill The Potemkin - Another sad endin, very good book.
When The Wind Blows - A very interesting story indeed.
Citadel - Once oyu get past the swearing, its a bloody good read.
I read alot of Clin Forbe's books too. He's a great authoer, IMO.
i suppose your into your existentialism and all...i've been fasinated by it since i read about it...takes a while to understand the philosophy as a whole but it's intruiging stuff...how the fucj did they know so much about humans and our behaviour...