what have you read that honestly, for want of a less tard-worthy phrase, changed your life? what books truely affected you?

mister god this is anna by fynn
and the way of the peacful warrior by dan millman.

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'but johnny i hardly knew you' by edna o'brien

and 'scar tissue' by anthony kiedis.... this book entered my life at completely the right time.

also, cat's cradle by kurt vonnegut and the little prince.

a loop, i'm not stalking you, honest. not on purpose, anyway.

pff, why not?!

i think i remember you from back in the day you know, before the 'big meltdown of kr'... i used to be grunge rose.

were you the hot one that was friends with debauched?

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the fountainhead


i had to read it like eleven times but it forced me to think about what i want in my brain.

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yeah i think you mean me

wow, i remember you too! i think you told me you liked my username once. and we talked about prozac nation or something...? (i seem to only remember useless things for years and forget simple things like, what i did yesterday )

i never read any of her other stuff, except Anthem. it was quite liberating.

When I was 13 I'd cry to Chicken Soup For The Teenage Soul. I was so sad for Hans Christian Anderson's height or that guy with the brother who had full-blown AIDS. It's a total WASP tear-wank.
The Alchemist also got to me when I read it in... grade 9? Yeah, it was really good. And the Narnia series, even though I stopped at Prince Caspian. And definitely The Hobbit.
But yeah, I'm not a reader really. Calvin & Hobbes is the most poignant thing I read in my whole life, my greatest connection to a book (comic, whatever) I've ever had. I can relate.

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WE MADE BROWNIES. I THINK WE'RE DEAD.

jacqueline wilson - The suitcase kid

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Diving for pearls.

I want a lolly.

Stuff like Mockingbird changed me in the sense that it effected me emotionally alot, and it encourages emotional empathy which i try to imagine before i get too angry at people.

Recently, a Short History Of Nearly Everything taught me lots of stuff and gave me a craving for popular science and knowledge.

Proust gives me a romatic way to look at things, especially memory.

Sci-Fi like Stranger in a Strange gave me new views on humanity and its possible reactions.

But many novels touch me, if not always teach me.

good morning, midnight by jean rhys properly sent me into a panic because i felt exposed, saw too much of myself in it. it touched me in that way, but doesn't offer much hope so wasn't exactly pleasant reading

It's Not The End Of The World - Judy Blume

At least I think that's what it was called. Long time ago I read it and I can't be arsed to google.

Candide or Optimism -Voltaire

the bell jar
mick harte was here

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"the painkillers are better even than high fashion and good coffee." - barkstonwill

so cliche, but I'll say The Catcher in The Rye

I'm not sure if it made me feel crazier or saner than I was/am, but I can never get sick of that book regardless

George Orwell changed me because he made me think about social problems and indulge in social commentary. Plus I always identified with his characters.

'The Picture of Dorian Gray' by Oscar Wilde.