I've never sobbed over a book.
But I did gasp and feel almost faint at the reveal in The World According to Garp when Garp said, "I mith him."
See, Vera? Dress yourself up; you get taken out somewhere fun.
Jayne ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
DavidS - Jul 04, 2011 9:56:11 am PDT #15510 of 28342
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Sophia Brooks - Jul 04, 2011 9:59:10 am PDT #15511 of 28342
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I am not sure this would happen to me now, but I was sobbing "Nothing gold can stay" at the end of the Outsiders.
Hil R. - Jul 04, 2011 10:05:00 am PDT #15512 of 28342
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I sob at the end of Anne of Green Gables, every time.
Connie Neil - Jul 04, 2011 10:05:56 am PDT #15513 of 28342
brillig
Diane Duane's Book of Night With Moon. YA fantasy, part of the Young Wizard's series, from the cats' point of view, and there's a part that I can't even describe without breaking down, and I'd rather not explain that at work.
Amy - Jul 04, 2011 10:07:45 am PDT #15514 of 28342
Because books.
I get a little sniffly every time I read Beth getting the piano from Mr. Lawrence in Little Women.
Other books that made me sob, although I don't reread them, are My Sister's Keeper, The Time-Traveler's Wife, and The Sweet, Far Thing (although I probably will reread that trilogy at some point). Also cried more than once reading The Hunger Games trilogy.
Laga - Jul 04, 2011 10:09:07 am PDT #15515 of 28342
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Watership Down Hazel-rah!
Connie Neil - Jul 04, 2011 10:11:02 am PDT #15516 of 28342
brillig
Watership Down Hazel-rah!
Ahhh!! yes.
Though the best moment is when Bigwig drags himself up and says, "My Chief Rabbit told me to stop you here." And the other rabbits go, "Shit! He's *not* the Chief Rabbit??? There's someone *he* takes orders from???"
Dana - Jul 04, 2011 10:14:24 am PDT #15517 of 28342
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Oh, Anne of Green Gables is a good one. I don't generally reread things that make me cry.
Possibly Harry Potter.
Steph L. - Jul 04, 2011 10:15:28 am PDT #15518 of 28342
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
The Sweet, Far Thing (although I probably will reread that trilogy at some point).
I re-read the trilogy last year and just stopped before the end. Because I knew it would leave me an utter, gibbering mess.
Beverly - Jul 04, 2011 10:30:52 am PDT #15519 of 28342
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
All of those are--you realize there's a whole raft of books I'm never reading again, right? For the crying thing. As well as ones I won't read again because they were awful, and the ones I won't even finish--and that's huge for me, because for many, too many years, if I started it I had to finish it. Till one day I realized I'd never read all the books I wanted to, so why was I reading stuff unworthy of my time? I still feel guilty rereading favorites--time! Time I should spend on reading new stuff! But comfort reading is important, so I still do reread.
ANYway. Erin, Pawn in Frankincense is the fourth volume in Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles.