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The book(s) which made you.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Which books have affected you the most? The ones which had a lasting impact on you?
1) Noughts & Crosses by Mallory Blackman - I read it in my early teens and I believe that it inspired values which I hold as an adult, like judging people on who they are and not what they are.
2) Carrie by Stephen King - the first horror and adult novel which I read at 13. That first taste of horror has so much to answer for.
3) The Harry Potter series - That series has helped me through a lot in my life. The day that I lose my love of that magic will be the day I lose a part of myself for ever. (Like Voldemort and his Horcruxes.) |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I used to read the Malory Towers Series by Enid Blyton when in School, that and the Sweet Valley High series of books. They just remind me of happy carefree days.
Later on it was James Herbert books with a bit of Stephen King thrown in, when i got more angsty.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The King Beyond the Gate - David gemmel. Literally started me on my nerdy path when I was 12.
The Malazan Book of the Fallen (whole series) - Steven Erikson. Sod George r r Martin. Eriksons work has literally made me feel more emotion than pretty much anything!
Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes.
Another book that is amazingly paced, covers a wide range of issues and will have you wiping a single manly tear from your eye (not that you cried, you definitely didn’t!)
List could go on
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By *iss SJWoman
over a year ago
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"I used to read the Malory Towers Series by Enid Blyton when in School, that and the Sweet Valley High series of books. They just remind me of happy carefree days.
Later on it was James Herbert books with a bit of Stephen King thrown in, when i got more angsty.
I used to read Malory Towers and St Clare’s too. I went to an all girls secondary school and had quite a shock that there was absolutely no resemblance to the Enid Blyton schools 
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The hobbit...j r tolkien...
Star man jones...robert a heinlen...
Wheel of time...robert jordan
All books teaching you that individuals can be anything and shape the futures of worlds |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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There are a number of books I've read that I could put on a list, but I'm hesitant to do so because I think most of the books I've read have made an impact, maybe even especially those that don't immediately come to mind.
However, the bible has to be mentioned. I remember sitting in my religion class and thinking that I was tired of reading extracts of a book when I could just read the whole thing. So I picked up my bible and started reading. That action had the single biggest impact on my early religious scepticism and eventual atheism. So I'd say it changed my life in a big way.  |
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By *uzie69xTV/TS
over a year ago
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Mine are "self-help" books rather than novels / fiction...
"How to stop worrying and start living" by Dale Carnegie. I was made redundant in 2012 and I think this book kept me sane. It was nice when my eldest sister said that was our dad's favourite book too - which I never knew...
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"Man's Search For Meaning" Viktor Frankl - "The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust". Although slim, this book is quite difficult to read but I am inspired every time I do. It reminds me of how cruel we can be to each other, but more important, how we can survive if we choose not to be the victim. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I think papillon was a head changing book for me, where bad guys could be good, and good guys bad.
Timing is everything and I was at that age where black and white needed to be defined, turned out everything is a shade of grey same as horses
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By *ANDA2Couple
over a year ago
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A life changing book
Who moved my cheese?
It's a very easy to read ( 30 mins) self help book about accepting change in the workplace and life. Recommend it to quite a few people and they have all felt it an excellent concept and can be a life changer.
Certainly can tell who's NOT read it and embraced the concept. They are life's moaners !! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Spike Milligan's war trilogy was formative in my sense of humour.
The Essential Lenny Bruce by John Cohen. I read it when I was 15. It's his routines transcribed and his ideas are challenging even now, so in the early 60s he was really out there.
Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut. He giggles at the meaningless wonder of existence. |
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As a teenager with an already warped sense of sexual self, the Judy Blume books helped me to understand how everyone else was feeling.
The Chronicles of Narnia and Alice in Wonderland are much loved favourites and I always have copies close by.
An Inspector calls and Blood Brothers are books I will always remember too. |
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"Spike Milligan's war trilogy was formative in my sense of humour.
The Essential Lenny Bruce by John Cohen. I read it when I was 15. It's his routines transcribed and his ideas are challenging even now, so in the early 60s he was really out there.
Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut. He giggles at the meaningless wonder of existence."
I read all of the Spike Milligan war series I think there were 8 in all plus Puckoon and saw all of the Q series. Defiantly set my sense of humour , and taught me that sometimes, someone has to edit you, or it can get out of control. |
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I'm not a reflection of these but at the time they had a lasting impression and were enjoyable to read 
