tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522319810296642659.post2475429087195614648..comments2024-03-28T13:54:54.596-05:00Comments on RA for All: Monday Discussion: Book That "Changed" Your LifeBeckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085260877904727608noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522319810296642659.post-81359604452892110402015-03-18T18:34:02.342-05:002015-03-18T18:34:02.342-05:00"Gone With the Wind" which I read as a f..."Gone With the Wind" which I read as a freshman in HS was the first book I read over and over and over. Through it I discovered my love for reading about the US Civil War both fiction and nonfiction. It's interesting to read it now and see so many different facets of the story that a 14 year-old couldn't possibly have understood. I now like it less, but understand it more.Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01140033967048452572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522319810296642659.post-67960527899680410242015-03-17T18:06:48.423-05:002015-03-17T18:06:48.423-05:00There are so many books and series that made me th...There are so many books and series that made me the bibliophilic geek I am today. The Hobbit and The Chronicles of Narnia were some of the first. The Illustrated Man and Fahrenheit 451 opened the doors a little wider. Anything and everything by Piers Anthony and Robert Asprin got me through high school. Adulthood saw Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, Seanan McGuire/Mira Grant and Ursula Vernon. Reading (particularly sci-fi and fantasy) changes me every day. It opens my eyes to the world in which I live through allegory and satire and opens my mind to worlds that exist only in the realms of possibility.Tara BPLteennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522319810296642659.post-43155762106984638332015-03-17T09:01:02.962-05:002015-03-17T09:01:02.962-05:00The Harry Potter series defined/consumed the entir...The Harry Potter series defined/consumed the entire second half of my childhood, and I love being able to pass the series along to patrons who are experiencing it for the first time. I don't think there will ever be another series that captures me as much as Harry Potter did at age 11. <br /><br />And I distinctly remember devouring The Shining at age 14, which was my first introduction to Stephen King's novels. I haven't looked back since.Katie M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11229336867260846275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522319810296642659.post-89283227581903202202015-03-16T17:42:13.182-05:002015-03-16T17:42:13.182-05:00Advise and Consent by Alan Drury. I read it in hi...Advise and Consent by Alan Drury. I read it in high school; had never read anything as intensely emotional. I have never forgotten that book.<br /><br />Nonfiction: "Your money or your life" by Dominguez. It had you determine how much per hour you really earn, after adding in all the time you spend getting ready for work, getting to work, decompressing for work, etc. It really affected my life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522319810296642659.post-73404935540075606712015-03-16T15:28:23.206-05:002015-03-16T15:28:23.206-05:00Hands down "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer'...Hands down "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." As we all know, high school tends to be where library's lose that demographic as patrons and the same could be said of me. I stopped going to the library when I started HS because I never had time for leisure reading. Then one summer I picked up the first Harry Potter book and never looked back. Since then, I have made it my personal goal to find the right book for teens that will show them how much fun reading can be and hopefully, change their lives in some way the way Harry Potter did for me.Marion Teen BPLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522319810296642659.post-79126099736348840812015-03-16T14:27:16.695-05:002015-03-16T14:27:16.695-05:00While my enthusiasm for it has waned in recent yea...While my enthusiasm for it has waned in recent years due to public comments by the author, ENDER'S GAME is what made science fiction click in my head for the first time. I'd enjoyed STAR WARS and STAR TREK and other movies and TV shows, but it was the first SF book that hooked me for the genre, due to its protagonist being around my age at the time of reading, the well-described settings and action, and the philosophical underpinnings of it and its sequels.Stevehttp://www.circulatingideas.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522319810296642659.post-18806711830968821982015-03-16T13:55:17.887-05:002015-03-16T13:55:17.887-05:00There are five titles that come to mind. To list a...There are five titles that come to mind. To list and discuss them all would fill the comment section beyond capacity. I will say that books have certainly changed my life more than people have. The power of literature to shine a light on life cannot be underestimated.John BPL RAnoreply@blogger.com