I am the daughter and granddaughter of English majors. My grandfather was a professor of Shakespeare and my mother worked in a bookstore until I was born.
So, I had books. Boy, did I have books.
I was also an only child, so I spent a lot of time with my books and many of them still have meaning to me today. I've tried (with varying degrees of success) to pass along my favorite books to my children.
So, when Sony asked if I'd like to participate in their Words Move Me campaign, I was delighted.
Check out my literary moments below, you can enter your own over at Words Move Me, or you can interact with mine.
Tell me about your literary moments for a chance to win a Sony Digital Reader Pocket Edition
How to Enter:
1. (Required) Leave a comment below sharing your favorite book or quote (include book and author) and tell why it's memorable for you.
2. (For an extra entry) Twitter about this contest and leave a separate comment linking your tweet
3. Contest ends Friday, December 11, 2009 at 10pm CST.
4. Winner will be chosen randomly.
5. Winner will be notified by e-mail and has 48 hours to respond. Otherwise, a new winner will be drawn.
SONY has empowered me to participate in this campaign and I have been compensated with a SONY Reader Pocket Edition™ valued at $199.99
No purchase necessary to enter or win. Odds of winning are not increased by a purchase.
Comments (109)
I love reading and it would be hard to pick just one book that is my "favorite." The best book of my most recent reads has been Marley & Me by John Grogan. It really reminded me how much I love my dog and how important he really is to our family.
Posted by Melinda | December 4, 2009 10:29 AM
Posted on December 4, 2009 10:29
Tweeted at http://twitter.com/deepthoughts78
Posted by Melinda | December 4, 2009 10:31 AM
Posted on December 4, 2009 10:31
I love reading and it is very difficult to pick a favorite, however, my two oldest girls and I are on a Jane Austin kick, lately, so here's one:
"You expect me to account for opinions which you choose to call mine, but which I have never acknowledged." Pride and Prejudice
Thanks for the chance -- this would make a great Christmas gift for Garth [not his real name] 'cause he keeps trying to steal my Kindle (which I won, not to long ago, too) so, here's hoping my luck holds out :)
Posted by Liz@thisfullhouse | December 4, 2009 12:07 PM
Posted on December 4, 2009 12:07
Tweet, tweet:
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Posted by Liz@thisfullhouse | December 4, 2009 12:10 PM
Posted on December 4, 2009 12:10
My favorite novel to date is 'the Book of Negroes' by Lawrence Hill.
Fictional slave narrative ... great saga ... I couldn't put it down.
You must, must, must read this book.
I think it is published in the USA under a different name.
Posted by kim @ mommyknows | December 4, 2009 12:19 PM
Posted on December 4, 2009 12:19
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Posted by kim @mommyknows | December 4, 2009 12:22 PM
Posted on December 4, 2009 12:22
Words that move me are often found in Kahlil Gibran's "The Prophet"
"Say not that God is in your heart, but rather, that you are in the heart of God".
Posted by witchypoo | December 4, 2009 12:24 PM
Posted on December 4, 2009 12:24
My favorite book of all time is Jane Eyre by the inimitable Charlotte Bronte. I have two favorite quotes:
"If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved you, and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends."
And of course, the infamous, "Reader, I married him."
I cannot figure out how to permalink to a tweet that I re-tweeted (I'm a tweet dork), so here's my whole profile: http://twitter.com/verymom
Thanks Elizabeth! Fingers crossed ;)
Posted by jessica | December 4, 2009 12:30 PM
Posted on December 4, 2009 12:30
There's nothing I like more than a good horror novel so, of course, Stephen King and Dean Koontz top my list of favorite authors. But I have to say my favorite book is Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank. It was required reading in high school. I love those apocalyptic end-of-the-world-whatever-will-we-do themes.
Posted by shel | December 4, 2009 12:39 PM
Posted on December 4, 2009 12:39
Tweeted:
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Posted by shel | December 4, 2009 12:41 PM
Posted on December 4, 2009 12:41
Favorite? I hate having to pick a favorite. And I read A LOT. I think my favorite books are the ones that got my boys hooked on reading. Captain Underpants for one, Star Wars for another, Molly Moon for the third and well, the last one reads everything. I can't remember him having any difficulty. Ever.
Posted by heidi | December 4, 2009 12:51 PM
Posted on December 4, 2009 12:51
Tweeted: http://twitter.com/justAcliche
Posted by heidi | December 4, 2009 12:59 PM
Posted on December 4, 2009 12:59
I like many have fell in love with the Twilight Saga. My favorite quote is from New Moon.
"Before you, Bella, my life was like a moonless night. Very dark, but there were stars, points of light and reason. ….And then you shot across my sky like a meteor. Suddenly everything was on fire; there was brilliancy, there was beauty. When you were gone, when the meteor had fallen over the horizon, everything went black. Nothing had changed, but my eyes were blinded by the light. I couldn’t see the stars anymore. And there was no more reason for anything."
Posted by Amber | December 4, 2009 1:48 PM
Posted on December 4, 2009 13:48
I twittered about your contest.
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Posted by Amber | December 4, 2009 1:49 PM
Posted on December 4, 2009 13:49
My favorite book is normally a great book that I have just read.
So instead of that I would like to thank the Bobbsey Twins which series handed down in my family. These were the books that hooked me as a lifelong reader in first grade.
Thanks for the chance to win.
Posted by liza | December 4, 2009 2:58 PM
Posted on December 4, 2009 14:58
I don't really have a favorite but I do really enjoy books by Debbie Macomber. Her books are a nice, easy read.
Posted by Jessica | December 4, 2009 6:38 PM
Posted on December 4, 2009 18:38
I'm a follower and I just tweeting about the contest.
Posted by Jessica | December 4, 2009 6:47 PM
Posted on December 4, 2009 18:47
Oh, now you've done it. I have to pick ONE book? Can't do it. Instead, I pick one series - Outlander, by Dianna Gabaldon. Every single line is memorable.
Pick me! Pick me!
Shameless begging never hurts, right?
Posted by Carmen | December 5, 2009 9:40 AM
Posted on December 5, 2009 09:40
Well hard to say I don't read, too much lol. I am entering on behalf on my wife, Randi. She reads like I watch TV. She would totally flip out.
Posted by Scooter | December 5, 2009 9:44 AM
Posted on December 5, 2009 09:44
Tweeted as well: http://twitter.com/mttsm
Posted by Carmen | December 5, 2009 9:48 AM
Posted on December 5, 2009 09:48
My favorite quote is from "Moon Palace" by Paul Auster:
"I had jumped off the edge of a cliff, and then, just as I was about to hit bottom, an extraordinary event took place: I learned that there were people who loved me. To be loved like that makes all the difference. It does not lessen the terror of the fall, but it gives a new perspective on what that terror means. I had jumped off the edge, and then, at the very last moment, something reached out and caught me in midair. That something is what I define as love. It is the only thing that can stop a man from falling, the one thing powerful enough to negate the laws of gravity."
There are lots more, but this one is the first that came to mind.
I'll tweet ya.
Posted by Glennia | December 5, 2009 9:49 AM
Posted on December 5, 2009 09:49
Wow, so hard to pick just one. I really liked The Color Purple by Alice Walker when Shug tells Celie "I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it."
Posted by Angela in Ohio | December 5, 2009 10:13 AM
Posted on December 5, 2009 10:13
I tweeted twitter.com/amwilson65
Posted by angela in ohio | December 5, 2009 10:15 AM
Posted on December 5, 2009 10:15
My favorite book is the Bible, and my favorite quote is "If I have to listen to anymore of this whining, just kill me now!" - Moses
Posted by Linda | December 5, 2009 10:20 AM
Posted on December 5, 2009 10:20
I tweeted the contest......@pcsmom6
Posted by Linda | December 5, 2009 10:22 AM
Posted on December 5, 2009 10:22
I came, I saw, I tweeted:
http://twitter.com/glennia
Posted by Glennia | December 5, 2009 11:13 AM
Posted on December 5, 2009 11:13
I always liked the opening sentence of A Prayer for Owen Meany, but when I read the opening line of Ben Okri's A Famished Road, I was transformed forever.
"In the beginning there was a river. The river became a road and the road branched out to the whole world. And because the road was once a river it was always hungry."
Pure poetry.
Posted by Christine Seib | December 5, 2009 11:35 AM
Posted on December 5, 2009 11:35
Twitterific, and the author is on Twitter, too.
http://twitter.com/seibways
Posted by Christine Seib | December 5, 2009 11:38 AM
Posted on December 5, 2009 11:38
Twitterific, and the author is on Twitter, too.
http://twitter.com/seibways/status/6374582004
Posted by Christine Seib | December 5, 2009 11:40 AM
Posted on December 5, 2009 11:40
I was an English major, too, so it would be hard to narrow it down to just one. My favorite living author, though, is Pat Conroy, and my favorite of his is Beach Music. God, I could read that over and over. It mentally takes me back to the Carolina coast every time I read it.
Posted by Headless Mom | December 5, 2009 12:17 PM
Posted on December 5, 2009 12:17
Although I'm not a huge poetry fan, I like the (slightly altered) quote from Alfred Lord Tennyson: "ours is not to reason why. Ours is but to do and die". it makes me smile. wryly, but smile.
besides, it's also quoted in Clue, one of my all-time favorite movies.
Posted by Jaime | December 5, 2009 3:23 PM
Posted on December 5, 2009 15:23
I'm a school librarian and have worked at elementary, middle and high schools. My current (and fav - who would've guessed?) is middle school. There is such a variety of good books at this level, it would be hard to pick just one. My students love Diary of a Wimpy Kid(hilarious), Twilight (the first 3 anyway), Percy Jackson, and the Cherub series. Check them out....fabulous reads!
Posted by carolyn | December 5, 2009 4:32 PM
Posted on December 5, 2009 16:32
"It was time to take the pumpkin out of the pot and eat it. In the final analysis, that was what solved these big problems of life. You could think and think and get nowhere, but you still had to eat your pumpkin. That brought you down to earth. That gave you a reason for going on. Pumpkin." (Alexander McCall Smith in The NO.1 Ladies' Detective Agency)
I love the way McCall Smith boils the problems of life down to something to stew over while engaging in everyday mundaneness
Posted by groovyoldlady | December 5, 2009 5:05 PM
Posted on December 5, 2009 17:05
I tweeted, but I'm not sure how to link to my tweet: Here's my tweety homepage: https://twitter.com/#home
Posted by groovyoldlady | December 5, 2009 5:08 PM
Posted on December 5, 2009 17:08
I am a PhD student and reading is one of my passions. I like the classics: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen). . . list goes on. But one recent book I have read that stood out for me is the Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. It captured and vividly portrayed every aspect of humanity's strengths and frailties - and touched me deeply.
Posted by Dinghy S | December 5, 2009 7:56 PM
Posted on December 5, 2009 19:56
Ah, I really can read. I missed that the tweet needed to be in a separate comment. Here ya go: http://twitter.com/verymom
Posted by jessica | December 5, 2009 10:06 PM
Posted on December 5, 2009 22:06
Assasination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
Posted by alg | December 6, 2009 8:00 AM
Posted on December 6, 2009 08:00
My favorite books are the Miss Piggle Wiggle books that my 2nd grade teacher read to us. Her love of books and reading rubbed off on me and reading has been my favorite pasttime since.
Posted by Casey | December 6, 2009 8:38 AM
Posted on December 6, 2009 08:38
Wow...such a tough choice for an avid reader! Even though I read it almost 10 years ago, I will never forget the book Rewind by Ken Grimwood. This book deals with some pretty heavy material. The main character dies in his early 40s — only to be “reborn” as his earlier teen-aged self. I will stop there in my description – I don’t want to give away any more of the plot. Replay makes you think about how you would live your life if you had the chance to do it over.
Posted by Aimee W. | December 6, 2009 2:36 PM
Posted on December 6, 2009 14:36
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Posted by Aimee W. | December 6, 2009 2:37 PM
Posted on December 6, 2009 14:37
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Posted by Aimee W. | December 6, 2009 2:39 PM
Posted on December 6, 2009 14:39
I love Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Posted by Angela P | December 6, 2009 8:21 PM
Posted on December 6, 2009 20:21
Tweet:
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Posted by Angela P | December 6, 2009 8:24 PM
Posted on December 6, 2009 20:24
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings.
This quote hooked me from the first, because it came at a time when I was trying to figure out how to live my life. Years later, it helps me keep my perspective when I'm confronted with daily pressures and schedules.
Thank you for holding this giveaway!
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Posted by Amy | December 6, 2009 8:37 PM
Posted on December 6, 2009 20:37
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is my fav book of all time. I wish she had written more. I read it so many times in school. I still have my same copy from school with notes marking my favorite parts.
Posted by Melissa Gartland | December 6, 2009 9:24 PM
Posted on December 6, 2009 21:24
I sent a tweet RE http://bit.ly/4Kfqvf
Posted by Melissa Gartland | December 6, 2009 9:26 PM
Posted on December 6, 2009 21:26
My most memorable and favorite book is The Gift of an Ordinary Day by Katrina Kenison. The way she so candidly describes being a mother and wife and seeing her sons growing up and leaving home and the importance of being able to enjoy and appreciate the ordinary days along the way, is just awesome. It's the first book that has truly spoken to me in a long time.
Posted by Danielle Gerstenberger | December 6, 2009 9:57 PM
Posted on December 6, 2009 21:57
I have six children and rarely have time to read. I am trying to read the Twilight series with my daughter, but must admit, I don't get too far....If I win, this will be a gift for her as she LOVES to read. I guess my favorite line is in Eclipse
"I hated to waste any part of the night in sleep, but that was inevitable."
It's exactly how I feel.....I could get so much more done, if I just didn't have to go to sleep!
Posted by Veronica | December 6, 2009 10:30 PM
Posted on December 6, 2009 22:30
My current favorite book, Shreri Shepherd's Permission Slips.
Posted by Deneen M. | December 6, 2009 11:48 PM
Posted on December 6, 2009 23:48
I tweeted here http://twitter.com/scrappydz/statuses/6422991416
Posted by Deneen M. | December 6, 2009 11:51 PM
Posted on December 6, 2009 23:51
I have been reading THE TROUBLE WITH DRAGONS by DEBI GLIORI to my children & the children at work. It is brilliant. Such a powerful eco-message wrapped up in rhyme & story telling techniques that are brilliant. A beautiful picture story book with a timely & powerful message.
Posted by Mary Preston | December 7, 2009 2:25 AM
Posted on December 7, 2009 02:25
Oh we are making sweet literary moments in our house. My 5 yo grand duaghter lives with us and LOVE love LOVES book. She is learning her sigh words and *helps* is read books. We have starting reading EVERY night before she goes to sleep. Oh! how sweet.
Posted by Shari | December 7, 2009 8:22 AM
Posted on December 7, 2009 08:22
Oh we are making sweet literary moments in our house. My 5 yo grand daughter lives with us and LOVE love LOVES book. She is learning her sigh words and *helps* is read books. We have starting reading EVERY night before she goes to sleep. Oh! how sweet.
Posted by Shari | December 7, 2009 8:23 AM
Posted on December 7, 2009 08:23
Oh we are making sweet literary moments in our house. My 5 yo grand daughter lives with us and LOVE love LOVES book. She is learning her sigh words and *helps* is read books. We have starting reading EVERY night before she goes to sleep. Oh! how sweet.
Posted by Shari | December 7, 2009 8:28 AM
Posted on December 7, 2009 08:28
love the notebook! So romantic!
Posted by courtney | December 7, 2009 8:53 AM
Posted on December 7, 2009 08:53
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Posted by courtney | December 7, 2009 8:55 AM
Posted on December 7, 2009 08:55
I'm partial to the classics. I love Nicholas Nickelby by Dickens.
Posted by Dee | December 7, 2009 9:15 AM
Posted on December 7, 2009 09:15
My favorite book is Hyperion by Dan Simmons. Thanks!
Posted by Mike | December 7, 2009 9:35 AM
Posted on December 7, 2009 09:35
It's hard to narrow down, but I'll go with a bit from the first Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by the late, great Douglas Adams. I apologize that it is such a long quote:
"Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.
Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-two million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue green planet whose ape- descended life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea.
This planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.
And so the problem remained; lots of the people were mean, and most of them were miserable, even the ones with digital watches.
Many were increasingly of the opinion that they'd all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place. And some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no one should ever have left the oceans."
This book changed my life.
Posted by Brian | December 7, 2009 9:41 AM
Posted on December 7, 2009 09:41
I will always remember the first time I read Little Women. It was the biggest (longest) book at my elementary school library, so it was my goal to read it. I was so proud of myself. :
Posted by Aimee T | December 7, 2009 9:43 AM
Posted on December 7, 2009 09:43
I tweeted ya!
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Posted by Ben | December 7, 2009 9:45 AM
Posted on December 7, 2009 09:45
My current favorite book is "Faking Grace" by Tamara Leigh. I was hooked from the start and I had a very hard time putting it down.The situations and people of this book are so believable, you would swear your best friend was telling you her own personal story!
Posted by Sheila | December 7, 2009 10:08 AM
Posted on December 7, 2009 10:08
It's really tough to pick just one book, so I'll write about the most memorable book that I've read in the past 2 years- Cormac McCarthy's "The Road". I don't think I've ever read a book so fast, and it was just so chilling and sad.
Posted by Melissa | December 7, 2009 11:34 AM
Posted on December 7, 2009 11:34
It is very hard to pick a favorite, so I will have to go back to my youth and pick "The Blue Sword" by Robin McKinley. Thanks for the giveaway.
Posted by Mary A | December 7, 2009 3:16 PM
Posted on December 7, 2009 15:16
As a child, I LOVED the OZ books by L. Frank Baum. We had all 14 of the books written by Baum before his death. The last one was finished by his daughter after he died. These fueled my imagination, and led to a love of books. Now, I read pretty much anything I can get my hands on.
I bought lots of books for my kids; and buy lots of books for my grandsons. I read to them often; and my 8-year-old grandson now reads the OZ books by himself.
My husband was not read to as a child; and I'm sure that is why he is still such a poor reader, and is not interested in books.
Children who are read to want to read themselves; and these are the kids who do well in school.
Posted by Sheila | December 7, 2009 6:43 PM
Posted on December 7, 2009 18:43
Mine would be from "Chronicles of Narnia"...the line refers to Aslan: "Course he ain't safe, but he's good".
Such a great metaphor for grasping God at a young age.
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Posted by Bebemiqui | December 7, 2009 7:38 PM
Posted on December 7, 2009 19:38
When i was in high school i used to love christoper pike books, i think i read them all. Its memorable because of the joy and relaxing time it gave me every night after studing.
Posted by Melissa L - www.sweetbabycakesnmore.com | December 7, 2009 7:40 PM
Posted on December 7, 2009 19:40
i tweeted this giveaway - sweetbabygifts - tweet 156
Posted by Melissa L - www.sweetbabycakesnmore.com | December 7, 2009 7:41 PM
Posted on December 7, 2009 19:41
Twilight, Stephanie Meyer, Because I fell in love with an Ice cold, rock hard vampire!
Posted by kimberly Mills | December 7, 2009 7:43 PM
Posted on December 7, 2009 19:43
Tweeted @kimberlytm
Posted by kimberly Mills | December 7, 2009 7:44 PM
Posted on December 7, 2009 19:44
Hi, I love books.... all kinds of books...
I'm pretty eclectic so anything from the YaYa Sisterhood and the Devil Wears Prada, and the CommaSutra (funny book about grammar) to Oliver Sachs' Musicphilia(the effect of music on the brain) to David McCullough's lives of the Presidents. I love Cormac McCarthy's trilogy.
Good cookbooks are personal fave: Julia Child, of Course. Emeril LaGrasse.
Posted by Carol | December 7, 2009 7:52 PM
Posted on December 7, 2009 19:52
Maybe it's overquoted, but Proust's madeleine scene (in Swann's Way), and the scene just after that where he talks about Japanese paper unfolding really struck me. Here's a bit of it:
"I raised to my lips a spoonful of the tea in which I had soaked a morsel of the cake. No sooner had the warm liquid mixed with the crumbs touched my palate than a shudder ran though me and I stopped, intent upon the extraordinary thing that had happened to me."
I was so incredibly struck by the imagery Proust used. I had heard quotes from his works for years. But until I had an entire semester to read his whole series, I didn't know what it meant. I had no idea one could evoke such images. And I knew exactly what he was talking about with the sense-memory. I've had it happen at various times in my life, but never have I heard it described in such a way. Just amazing.
Makes me want to go find the books and dig out the quote. :)
Posted by becky | December 7, 2009 8:10 PM
Posted on December 7, 2009 20:10
I retweeted your last one about the contest, but of course Twitter web doesn't give me a way to find the url & copy it. Stupid retweet feature. ;) Next time I'll just tweet my own link.
Posted by becky | December 7, 2009 8:15 PM
Posted on December 7, 2009 20:15
I am a avid reader and book lover, but my favorite book is North and South by John Jakes. Favorite because it was the first grown up book I read, thousands of years ago, in 7th grade for a book report. I'm still proud of myself for that! :)
Posted by Donita Brown | December 7, 2009 8:50 PM
Posted on December 7, 2009 20:50
The Handmaiden's Tale by Margaret Atwood. I read it at a young enough age - 13 or so - where it felt dark and forbidding, and opened up an unexplored world of feminism and questioning.
Posted by TinTin | December 7, 2009 10:46 PM
Posted on December 7, 2009 22:46
I love the quote "Cease, cows; life is short" from Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude". It perfectly encapsulated the riotous attitude of the speaker, and the hectic way life is going at that point.
Posted by Wehaf | December 7, 2009 11:19 PM
Posted on December 7, 2009 23:19
I'm such a nerd I had to include one more. You don't have to count it as an entry, obviously, but as I was sitting here, I thought of another quote that has impacted me. I've written it down in places and I occasionally quote it to myself when I'm fearful & worrisome about something. Maybe it'll help someone else.
"I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain."
And yes, I am quoting from Frank Herbert's Dune. I told you: nerd. Just had to share that with you, BusyMom. ;)
Posted by becky | December 8, 2009 1:56 AM
Posted on December 8, 2009 01:56
To start out with, I would have to choose The Happy Hollisters series by Jerry West. I think those books started me on the path of being an avid reader. My favorite book of recent is Final Gifts, by Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley. It helped me deal with the loss of a beloved friend who died too young from breast cancer.
Posted by amy324 | December 8, 2009 9:37 AM
Posted on December 8, 2009 09:37
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Posted by amy324 | December 8, 2009 9:44 AM
Posted on December 8, 2009 09:44
my favorite all-time is gone with the wind
Posted by sandra | December 8, 2009 2:10 PM
Posted on December 8, 2009 14:10
I do love to read and one of my favorite quotes of all time is this one:
I think that if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won't tell them that people are starving in China or anything like that because it wouldn't change the fact that they were upset. And even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn't really change the fact that you have what you have.
-the perks of being a wallflower by stephen chbosky
It's a great quote b/c it's so true and I want to be the same way. I hate when other people try and make someone feel bad for being upset or going through something b/c it's less than what someone else is going through. we all have our pain. it still hurts regardless.
Posted by ShootingStarsMag | December 8, 2009 8:31 PM
Posted on December 8, 2009 20:31
My favorite book is Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. I love the portrait of Savannah that it paints.
I was also really affected by James Frey's A Million Little Pieces. As a recovering addict, it was such an honest account of what it can be like.
One of my favorite quotes is from Tolkien. "Not all those who wander are lost."
Posted by Robin H. | December 9, 2009 1:01 PM
Posted on December 9, 2009 13:01
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Posted by Melissa L - www.sweetbabycakesnmore.com | December 9, 2009 7:34 PM
Posted on December 9, 2009 19:34
I have so many quotes I love, and I am not 100% sure of their source.
"All things happen for a reason, what does not break you will make you stronger."
"Do not go through life judging others"
And there is several more.
Posted by Jammie | December 9, 2009 11:16 PM
Posted on December 9, 2009 23:16
http://twitter.com/Jammie79/status/6522607255 tweeted
Posted by Jammie | December 9, 2009 11:23 PM
Posted on December 9, 2009 23:23
I actually have two all-time favorite books: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Although the first time I read each I was in High School (twenty some years ago), I've re-read them more times than I can count - they're great classics.
Posted by Pink Lemonade Liz | December 10, 2009 9:19 AM
Posted on December 10, 2009 09:19
This was so hard for me! I'm a librarian...and I read non-stop. There are so many memorable quotes I think of...but one of my very favorites comes from the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon...
"I prayed all the way up that hill yesterday, he said softly. Not for you to stay; I didna think that would be right. I prayed I'd be strong enough to send ye away. He shook his head, still gazing up the hill, a faraway look in his eyes.
I said 'Lord, if I've never had courage in my life before, let me have it now. Let me be brave enough not to fall on my knees and beg her to stay.' He pulled his eyes away from the cottage and smiled briefly at me.
Hardest thing I ever did, Sassenach."
I reread this series at least once a year. It makes me laugh, cry and love. For the love between Jamie and Claire is so evident and strong. This passage makes me cry...because I know what happens and what is to come. An excellent, excellent series...I highly recommend it to anyone!
seeryusfam@msn.com
Posted by Sky | December 10, 2009 9:52 AM
Posted on December 10, 2009 09:52
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Posted by Sky | December 10, 2009 9:53 AM
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Posted by Cindy Kelm | December 10, 2009 9:57 AM
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"Are you there God? It's me, Margret." by Judy Blume was one of my favorites as a pre-teen (tween)...
Most recently, I read the entire Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind which I love as well!
Posted by Cindy Kelm | December 10, 2009 10:00 AM
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My current favorite is "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin. Its really a younger book, but I so enjoyed reading it and the message it had about being happy with what you have in life.
Posted by Linda V | December 10, 2009 10:17 AM
Posted on December 10, 2009 10:17
It would be very hard for me to pick a favorite. I have loved reading my whole life and have loved so many.
I also joined the summer reading programs with the library and checked out 4-5 books a week.
Most recently, I finished "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult. I loved it.
Thanks for this chance to share my love of reading.
Posted by Pamela L | December 10, 2009 10:33 AM
Posted on December 10, 2009 10:33
"The brush country south of what is now San Antonio were the Coahuiltecans, who lived on spiders, ant eggs, lizards, rattlesnakes, worms, insects, rotting wood, deer dung, prickly pear fruit, an occasional fish, and even whole seeds and other food picked out of human feces."
This is from FOR THE LOVE OF TEXAS: Learn About Texas Colonists written by moi!
Before my research revealed the concept of "second harvest" I had no idea this was a possibility.
Posted by Bitsy Parker | December 10, 2009 11:35 AM
Posted on December 10, 2009 11:35
I tweeted too! ('cept I don't know how to show that I did it.) Hope honesty counts as a new contest entry!
Posted by Bitsy Parker | December 10, 2009 11:41 AM
Posted on December 10, 2009 11:41
Though HEARTLIGHT by TA Barron is not one of my current favorite books now, I loved it when I first read it. It was the first time I realized that a writer could create their own world with different rules than ours. It was the first time I grasped the idea of "fantasy."
It is part of why I became a writer
Posted by Sarah | December 10, 2009 5:29 PM
Posted on December 10, 2009 17:29
My favorite book is To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. I read it for the first time as a young teen. Here's my favorite quote from it:
"Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."
Posted by Amy L | December 11, 2009 7:11 AM
Posted on December 11, 2009 07:11
I am a librarian so it goes without saying that I love books. My favorite passage from a book comes from Jeanne Ray's book "Eat Cake." I love it because I think it offers an excellent lesson in life:
"Cakes have gotten a bad rap. People equate virtue with turning down dessert. There is always one person at the table who holds up her hand when I serve the cake. No, really, I couldn't, she says and then gives her flat stomach a conspiratorial little pat. Everyone who is pressing a fork into that first tender layer looks at the person who declinded the plate, and they all think, That person is better than I am. That person has discipline. But that isn't a person with discipline, that is person who has completely lost touch with joy."
Posted by Laura Fawcett | December 11, 2009 8:31 AM
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Posted by Laura Fawcett | December 11, 2009 8:34 AM
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One of my favorite books is The Secret History by Donna Tartt. I first discovered when I was home with mono in high school (so it has sorta fond memories?) and I reread it every couple of years. I just can't get enough of it!
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Posted by Elissa Pugh-Arguello | December 11, 2009 9:17 AM
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Favorite book, huh? That is hard, but one that made a huge impression on me was Secrets of the Vine by Bruce Wilkinson. I read it right after becoming a Christian and it really encouraged me and helped me grow in my faith.
Posted by Kim Young | December 11, 2009 9:53 AM
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My favorite book is The Messenger by Lois Lowrey. It really makes you think and the writing is excellent.
Posted by Terri Donnelly | December 11, 2009 1:00 PM
Posted on December 11, 2009 13:00
Tolkien's Lord of the Rings is quite possibly my favorite book. The sense of loss, even in the midst of triumph, moves me every single time. I come away strengthened to persevere in doing the right thing, even if it has a high price.
Posted by mj | December 11, 2009 1:10 PM
Posted on December 11, 2009 13:10
We are a family who loves to read. We have read books to our kids since they were newborns.
I am in the middle of reading "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Seebold.
Posted by Julie L | December 11, 2009 1:21 PM
Posted on December 11, 2009 13:21
My favorite book is A Confederacy of Dunces
Posted by Shelly | December 11, 2009 2:33 PM
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Posted by Shelly | December 11, 2009 2:34 PM
Posted on December 11, 2009 14:34
Not sure I could choose a favorite! I read all the time...and love the majority of what I read.
One of the books I loved as a little girl was "King of the Dollhouse" by Patricia Clapp. I read it over and over and over. It was memorable for me because I loved imagining that someone actually lived in the dollhouse!
Thanks for the chance!
Posted by Stephanie | December 11, 2009 2:56 PM
Posted on December 11, 2009 14:56
My favorite book is Mandy by Julie Andrews. I read it for the first time on vacation when I was in 3rd grade. It was the first book that took my imagination soaring and made me fall in love with books and reading that summer. I still have my tattered and well read copy!
Posted by tuesday | December 11, 2009 3:49 PM
Posted on December 11, 2009 15:49
I love reading but did not have many books growing up in second grade my teacher read Shel Silverstein and Where The Sidewalk Ends, I loved the book so much and my teacher could tell she bought me the book and I still have it today. I have read it to both of my kids thanks fo much for the chance eaglesforjack@gmail.com
Posted by tina reynolds | December 11, 2009 6:26 PM
Posted on December 11, 2009 18:26
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Posted by tina reynolds | December 11, 2009 6:32 PM
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