Have you ever CRIED while reading a book?

[golddustwoman77]

Originally Posted by Karlie

I had to read Bridge to Terabithia in fifth grade. All the books that were assigned that year were about death.

I don't make my students read books only about death. I mix it up with comedy like Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, mystical like Tuck Everlasting, etc. Reading about death all year would really begin to wear on a person!

[Karlie]

Originally Posted by golddustwoman77

I don't make my students read books only about death. I mix it up with comedy like Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, mystical like Tuck Everlasting, etc. Reading about death all year would really begin to wear on a person!

Well, we read Tuck Everlasting too, but isn't that one about death too?

[golddustwoman77]

Originally Posted by Karlie

Well, we read Tuck Everlasting too, but isn't that one about death too?

In a way, yes it is, but I think it is quite different from Bridge of Terabethia . The theme of Tuck Everlasting is about not being able to die after drinking magical water, the problems that it creates on the unknowing souls that drink it, and how they feel about living forever. IMO, that is the focus, not death itself.

Unlike Bridge to Terabithia, where the theme is death, and how difficult death is for the people that are left behind. It especially deals with how younger people deal with and see death. It also deals with how their life's can continue afterward.

I see them as totally different, but that is just my opinion.

[stargazer99]

Originally Posted by Karlie

I'm reading The Lovely Bones right now. It's so good. I haven't cried yet, though. I don't usually cry while reading books.

I have this on my list of books I want to read. But I know it's very sad, so I've been avoiding it.

I very rarely cry reading a book. I've had magazine articles, movies, and tv shows make me cry. But I guess I haven't read too many sad books. The only book I can specifically remember making me cry was Brooke Shields' book about her post-partum depression, which I read very recently. I suffered from post-partum depression (much milder than hers, thankfully). But the book brought back a lot of those feelings as I was reading it.

[jannieC]

Originally Posted by Karlie

I'm reading The Lovely Bones right now. It's so good. I haven't cried yet, though. I don't usually cry while reading books.

I didn't cry while reading this, but I thought it was so well written and such a fascinating read.

[RavenOfRhiannon]

Funny thing about this thread...I work as a book buyer for a medium sied chain of stores.
Last week, we were sent a galley of a book to be released in February. The publisher really wanted us to get behind this book. One girl took the copy and read it in about 10 minutes and bawled like a little girl, then she handed it to me. I read it and was a basket case, crying so hard I had to stop working. By the end of the day, everyone in the office had read it and we were all puffy eyed and unable to talk about anything except this incredibly moving story.

The book is called 'Mostly Bob.' Look for it in February...