books that have moved you
 

hello to all. i came across this site after googling "bible-dips", which i read about in the book, running with scissors. i have read most of the "Whatchya readin'?" thread, and i'd like to start one of my own.

here are some of the books that have moved me, this year, but please feel free to add those that have moved you at any time. i'll probably add some more of my own. thanks for participating.

1) the usual rules, by joyce maynard

2) the girls, by lori lansens

3) the glass castle, by jeannette walls

:)

night, by elie wiesel

all i can say is "read it".

the reader, by bernhard schlink

the kite runner, by khaled hosseini.

i have been wanting to read it for a while, and i am so glad i did.

i heard a raving review of this the other day and it sounds pretty damn good.


my list:

The Dancing Girls of Lahore: Selling Love and Saving Dreams in Pakistan's Ancient Pleasure District, by louise brown

china boy, by gus lee

the mote in god's eye, by larry niven and jerry pournelle

kingdom come, by mark waid and alex ross


and for the record, i thought running with scissors was the worst book i read in 2005.

The Glass Bead Game, Hesse

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Pirsig

(youth)

The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver

thanks for your responses. i am always looking for new titles. as for running with scissors, i found it mildly entertaining, although i have no interest in the movie.

tuesdays with morrie, by mitch albom.

i read it last year, and liked it very much. i also have the five people you meet in heaven, but havent read it yet.

Natural Relief from Constipation
by Donna DiMarco

you're a goofball craig johnston




*sigh*

lol, craig

the way i found her, by rose tremain

all over but the shoutin', by rick bragg

Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi

Any book by Thomas Hardy