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.
Am I supposed to be changing my clothes a lot? Is that the helpful thing to do?
Anya ,'Storyteller'
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."
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
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.
Ginger - Jul 04, 2011 11:14:32 am PDT #15532 of 28293
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I sob over Sgt. Bothari.
Now, if I get teary, it's more over Jo's grief, over any missing of Beth.
That's just where I start crying.
In To Kill a Mockingbird, I cry at "Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passing."
Anne W. - Jul 04, 2011 11:15:35 am PDT #15533 of 28293
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Also cried more than once reading The Hunger Games trilogy.
Me, too.
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???"
Oh, hell yes. I love that scene, and I love that book even though it is a tearjerker in many parts.
Laga - Jul 04, 2011 11:16:30 am PDT #15534 of 28293
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I cried repeatedly throughout The Book Thief. I had to stop reading sometimes I was crying so hard. And then again when Mark of Mark Reads read it.