patsylabrador Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Just finishing the Gunpowder Plot by Antonia Fraser. It introduced you to the conspirators as they joined in history & you learnt about them and they became real people. I fo und it incredibly sad, it was written so well you could feel their desperation as things went progressively wrong and they realised their fate. It really made me feel sad even when I wasn't reading it and when I think about it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarrisonFamily Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I love a good book....and if you want to hear something crazy....when I finish a good book I cannot read another for a while I almost feel unfaithful.....they often make be cry, laugh and escape reality.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Yes, i agree. I have my favourites that i go back to when i want a boost ive just re-read The Yorkshire Pudding Club , there is a real fantastic "girl power" bit in there where a woman finds out her husband is cheating on her and she drags the floosie (naked) into her car and dumps her in the middle of the town centre - I feel like cheering when I read it the gunpowder plot sounds really interesting - ill have to look it up cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I'm exactly the same. I read a book years ago, Child of the Phoenix, and it made me so cross how the young girls was treated in it (it was set in ye olden times). When I read His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman, the bit where Hester the hare dies I was in floods of tears, and had to put the book down as I couldn't read anymore Certain books just draw me in, and I can't think of anything else, and I find myself going over bits of it, either to try and make sense of it, or to see what I would do in that situation. I do love a good book, and hate it when one is hyped up and then turns out to be a huge disapointment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Books suck me in too,and I mourn the characters when I finish reading and have to leave them. Charlie in 'The death and life of Charlie stCloud' was one. Sayuri from 'Memoirs of a Geisha' and Dinah form 'The Red Tent' others. The Phillips Gregory Tudor series brought that period to vivid life for me,likewise I adore Mma Ramotswe in the Detective Agency books....actually,all the people in those books are fab. I recently cried buckets at a certain part of 'One Day',but found 'Water for Elephants' inspiring and sweet. I wouldn't say a certain book will change my mood though,more that my mood at the time reflects the type or genre of book I will read. I also have to break up more literary pieces with a good dose if something fluffy and fun,or I get stale quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickendoodle Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Totally agree about the bit on One Day - actually made me exclaim out loud much to the amusement of my OH and I was quite depressed for a few days The book Room affected me for weeks afterwards, just couldn't stop thinking about it and became a bit of a bore telling everyone they should read it Innocent traitor by Alison Weir - a novel about Lady Jane Grey (essentially an accurate history book but with added bits to make a proper novel). Although you know what is going to happen to her all the way through the end still reduced me to tears, and I was willing the executioner not to do it! All the Shopaholic books put me in a really good mood and they make me laugh out loud (I remember the James Herriott books doing that to me in the 70's - usually on a train ) Also enjoy a good sloppy romance once in a while. Reading Wilkie Collins -The Moonstone -at the moment. Fancied a bit of classic literature. Probably even it out with a bit of chick lit next Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramble Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 I always hate reaching the end of a good book, whilst I want to get to the end, I dread having to find something else to live up to it. Usually takes me quite a while to get into something else after a really good book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Two other books I have found very emotional to read are ' The five people you meet in Heaven' by Mitch Album and the wonderful 'The household guide to dying'. Both are about death....the first in an emotional way,the second with the blackest possible humor. I read both around the time of losing loved ones and both (along with Charlie stCloud) make death seem more like a step forward than back. Along with 'Things I want my daughters to know',I would really recommend them to anyone,in fact The household guide is one of my top 10 books ever. I agree about the Alison Weir books too,which are amazing. I have her latest tucked away ready for my hols. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 I totally agree, I was deeply affected by both Snow Flower & The Secret Fan and A Thousand Splendid Suns. Both of these books made me very glad to be a woman in the 21st century western world. We all have a moan from time to time, but books like these really help you to cound your blessings. The book that has made me cry the most was probably The Book Thief, the relationships were beautifully portrayed. Both this book and A Thousand Splendid Suns made me realise how so the vast majority of the people who are living with war are innocent people living their lives as best they can in terrible circumstances. They are not just stories on the news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 They've always done that to me too - I read 4 books in the week we were away and noticed that all but one affected my mood. Rosie is reading Syliva Plath, The Bell Jar at the moment and is finding it quite depressive, but then Plath was like that herself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margalot Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 The book Room affected me for weeks afterwards, just couldn't stop thinking about it and became a bit of a bore telling everyone they should read it Oh Chickendoodle!...Room really affected me too!, such a good book, I bought it in a hurry actually whilst away in Menorca as I had finished my other reads, and there wasnt much selection in the Spar shop! I couldnt put it down, The characters really draw you in! Left me feeling sad and happy. Another book I loved was Touching the void My OH didnt like it though, I could'nt read it fast enough when he was trying to get back to camp before they left him there I was physically willing him on! Im trying a bit of grit at the moment though with a couple of Martina Cole!, halfway through the family and loving the characters! Wesley the owl had me crying buckets! maybe because it was about a bird and when the story is true it really affects me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 One Day and Room almost single handedly ruined my holiday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Margalot,I am going to Menorca in a couple of weeks,and have Room to read while I am there How coincidental! It might be a bit heavy for the poolside though. Better download some chick lit too,just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margalot Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Margalot,I am going to Menorca in a couple of weeks,and have Room to read while I am there How coincidental! It might be a bit heavy for the poolside though. Better download some chick lit too,just in case. Coincidence! I have just pm'd you with some interesting info! Michelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 I downloaded Room a couple of months ago, the reviews of it just made me want to read it. Good to know that its got good reviews on here too although I know the subject matter is quiet deep. The Outcast stayed with me for a long time, I felt so frustrated that I couldn't help Lewis and Kit (think its Kit ). One Day also had the same effect on me at the point . I'm enjoying reading Chickens, Mules etc as its quite lighthearted and its nice to have a few chuckles. A lot of the reading I seem to do is slightly more on the darker side. I do enjoy the odd chick lit for a bit of light relief though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Yes Ann the Outcast was very moving and makes me glad that in the most part our feelings and needs in society today are much more recognised and discussed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJuff Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 I don't know why but 'Blackbird: A Childhood Lost and Found' byJennifer Lauck made me cry. I think it disturbed something from my childhood but I don't really want to go there. Also 'If this is a man' by Primo Levi stayed with me for a long time. The behaviour of humans knows no bounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meezers Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 The best books usually make me cry - I've just finished a Dorothy Koomson that had me in tears. I can feel really down while reading them, but be quite upbeat when I've finished , think it's a sort of ' counting my blessings ' thing.And some books - Thousand splendid suns is one, I think should be compulsory reading in schools - I read them and think ' how can people not know/ care that this is/was happening? I can be quite irritable and unsettled for a while after reading them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
