I still have not read Deathly Hallows. And yes, I've seen Pt. 1 and will see Pt. 2. Somehow, in this instance, I'd rather watch than read. I know it's going to be bad, but I just couldn't bring myself to read the final book. Yet.
Young Simon: So... how'd the Independents cut us off? Young River: They were using dinosaurs.
'Safe'
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."
Beverly - Jul 04, 2011 10:36:58 am PDT #15522 of 28293
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Steph L. - Jul 04, 2011 10:43:27 am PDT #15523 of 28293
I look more rad than Lutheranism
All of those are--you realize there's a whole raft of books I'm never reading again, right? For the crying thing.
Confession: I have never read Watership Down and probably never will. Because of the crying thing.
Ginger - Jul 04, 2011 10:44:31 am PDT #15524 of 28293
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
a face so full of painless peace that those who loved it best smiled through their tears, and thanked God that Beth was well at last.
Hil R. - Jul 04, 2011 10:46:14 am PDT #15525 of 28293
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Confession: I have never read Watership Down and probably never will. Because of the crying thing.
I read it once and will never read it again. That was the most depressing book I've ever read.
Kate P. - Jul 04, 2011 10:48:20 am PDT #15526 of 28293
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Charlotte's Web, Where the Red Fern Grows. Books I sobbed at as a kid will still get me now, but I haven't read much that's made me cry like that as an adult.
To Kill a Mockingbird.
Ooh, good one.
Strix - Jul 04, 2011 10:52:56 am PDT #15527 of 28293
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I totally cried at that scene when I was a child...then as a YA, I totally was pissed at Beth's self-abnegation.
Now, if I get teary, it's more over Jo's grief, over any missing of Beth.
I had a feeling before I looked up PiF that it was Dunnett! I'm going to have to give her a re-read, I think. I tried to read the first one in the series, based of 'Ffista raves years ago, and couldn't get into it. But this has been true of many books over the years.
Sometimes, you're not ready for a book...and sometimes, you just don't vibe with it.
Also, ANNE! Yes, yes, still get teary over that.
Connie Neil - Jul 04, 2011 11:02:26 am PDT #15528 of 28293
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Never read Anne of Green Gables. I was afraid it would be too girly. I was possibly conflating her with Pollyanna, who needed smacked on a very regular basis.
Atropa - Jul 04, 2011 11:05:57 am PDT #15529 of 28293
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
The Velveteen Rabbit.
Early on in our relationship, we were browsing a used bookstore, and Pete waved a gorgeously illustrated version at me, exclaiming "Look! About a toy bunny!"
He couldn't understand why my eyes filled with tears. Pete had never read the Velveteen Rabbit.
megan walker - Jul 04, 2011 11:06:26 am PDT #15530 of 28293
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Also cried more than once reading The Hunger Games trilogy.
I was just listening to the singing to Rue part last night and totally fell apart. I don't think I cried on the original read though.
I generally don't cry while reading, although I'm a complete sap with visuals.
Jessica - Jul 04, 2011 11:07:28 am PDT #15531 of 28293
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The first book I remember sobbing over was Where The Red Fern Grows. I've never reread it since.