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Helen *the original* Posted Mon 31 Mar, 2008 5:52 PM |
Scottish Dubliner wrote: To Kill a Mocking Bird - Harper Lee
I saw the film years ago but only got around to reading the book a few years back, it's very different, Boo Radley is a great character and the whole thing unlike the film is told from the eyes of the two kids, especially the little girl.
Dubz
Yep, i'm right there with you Dubz. To Kill A Mockingbird is my absolute favourite book. Writing it from the point of view of Scout was a fantastic idea, introducing series topics through innocence and misunderstanding is much more meaningful. I love this book so much that it definately influnced the way i approached things and the way that i write things too. Harper Lee herself is a huge influence, even if she denys that it is part-autobiographical.
I think reading a book as a child is more influencial though. Reading a book then can become part of your identity and is a way of looking into different lives away from your own and escapism. I remember reading "Chasing Redbird" by Sharon Creech and i always remember the book because of the mystery and misunderstanding throughout it and for some reason it really spoke to me as a primary school kid who read loads of books. I should re-read it now and see if i still feel the same way about it! |
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spid Posted Tue 01 Apr, 2008 9:43 AM |
if you're looking for kids books then it was these
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
Harriet the Spy
Summer of My German Soldier
I Am the Cheese
When Hilter Stole Pink Rabbit
The Chocolate Wars
The Children of Green Knowe |
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Gladly (the cross-eyed bear) Posted Tue 01 Apr, 2008 10:34 AM |
| I cant say any novel has affected my life in any way. I dont know what that says about me. |
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Moray Posted Tue 01 Apr, 2008 11:15 AM |
I don't read much fiction, but Probably catch 22. The futility and absurdity of it all seems to reflect my own cynical nature about the world we live in and is as relevant today as it ever was.
That or 'Join Me' by Danny Wallace. Not exactly a book full of Nobel prize winning prose, but I enjoyed the premice and can really appreciate what he's getting at. And the blind optimism of the book reminds you of whats good about the world. Just as a flipside to Catch 22. |
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Ursina Posted Tue 01 Apr, 2008 11:27 AM |
Gladly (the cross-eyed bear) wrote: I cant say any novel has affected my life in any way. I dont know what that says about me.
true to form Gladders ! lol |
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Gladly (the cross-eyed bear) Posted Tue 01 Apr, 2008 11:32 AM |
Films and lyrics to songs have , just not books.
Maybe iam just not what you would call well read. |
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mili Posted Tue 01 Apr, 2008 11:36 AM |
William Wharton's books: Last lovers, Birdy, A Midnight Clear, Tidings
I read a lot, but keep forgetting the books that make me think while I read them. |
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ricv64 Posted Tue 01 Apr, 2008 12:48 PM |
mili wrote: William Wharton's books: Last lovers, Birdy, A Midnight Clear, Tidings
I read a lot, but keep forgetting the books that make me think while I read them.
A midnight clear , birdy and scumbler were pretty dam cool to me |
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fenchurch Posted Tue 01 Apr, 2008 8:58 PM |
Anything by Virginia Woolf, and also Illusions, by Richard Bach had a big influence on me. its a small book but i think its amazing :)
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Peewee Posted Tue 01 Apr, 2008 9:44 PM |
Paulo Coehlo - The Alchemist
James Redfield - The Celestine Prophecy
WOW!!! Makes you look at life differently! |
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