Comments on: Best of the Blog 2009: Books that make a difference

By: Janet Ann Collins

Janet Ann Collins — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:17:00 +0000

Although I grew up attending church and Sunday School and had been confirmed I really became a Christian as a result of reading The Robe by Lloyd Douglas when I was 14.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:01:49 +0000

I absolutely loved A Voice In the Wind and felt like her too! Because I was afraid a lot of expressing my opinions, etc.

I also loved Anne of Green Gables and Jo from Little Women. I loved them not because I felt like them, but because I wanted to be them. LOL Bold and ALIVE!

Great post.

By: Beth

Beth — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:42:48 +0000

Definitely ‘Where the Wild Things Are’! I must have read/listened to that book a hundred times growing up (and well into my teen years). I can’t even explain how elated I am to see it on the big screen in October! Maurice Sendak’s story is escapist paradise. It always reminds me that never losing the kid inside is the best way to grow up.

By: Eva Ulian

Eva Ulian — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:08:25 +0000

Sorry, that should read “Jane AUSTEN”

By: Eva Ulian

Eva Ulian — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:57:35 +0000

Good heavens! Where does one begin? From Granny’s Cinderella, teacher reading out David Copperfield, then growing up with DH Lawrence, Agatha Christie Jane Austin and ending up at university with all those 20th Century authors who gave birth to the “Stream of Consciousness” process? And should we forget EM Forster, or “The Thorn Birds”, Pirandello, Chekhov, and Tennessee Williams? What about William Shakespeare, where are we going to fit him in and the rest of the classics… Then there’s the poets…

I do remember one book though that has plagued me all my life… Kathryne Hume- “The Nun’s Story”.

By: Allison Johnson

Allison Johnson — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:16:17 +0000

Francine Rivers became my hero after I read Redeeming Love…such a beautiful, poignant story of authentic, genuine love. Still makes my heart ache when I think about it.
I am also a big fan of John Eldredge, specifically The Sacred Romance. Who doesn’t want to think about how much the God of this universe loves us, woos and desires a relationship with us? I do, all the time.
I agree, the books we read do become a part of us and one of my favorite things is passing them on to someone else in the hopes that they too might find a hidden treasure buried within the pages.

By: Gina Logue

Gina Logue — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:58:11 +0000

In junior high, I’ve got a hold of Agatha Christie books translated in Korean. The small town I lived in didn’t have a public library, and I don’t remember how these books came available to me. I have not been much of a reader until then but her mystery books hooked me. From then on, I became a reader.

Several years later when I came to America, it was a joy to re-read her books again, but this time in her own language as it was written.

By: Cheryl Russell

Cheryl Russell — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:26:44 +0000

So many books–
Little House books remain at the top of my list. I have the whole set–tattered and worn.

Lord of the Rings

Nancy Drew/Trixie Belden mysteries

I loved biographies growing up and read as many as I could get my hands on.

By: Miss Britt

Miss Britt — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:02:53 +0000

Without a doubt, Jonathan Livingston Seagull is the first book that comes to mind when I think about books that changed me.

Also, Dr. Seuss’s Oh, The Places You’ll Go. It’s my go-to graduation gift.

By: NikoleHahn

NikoleHahn — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:02:44 +0000

I have the whole set of Little House on the Prairie series. Laura Ingalls Wilder affected how I view Christmas when Christmas became a little dry on funds. Also, Nancy Drew (the older ones, not the new ones) also affected me. I always wanted to be like her growing up. lol. The new ones were okay, but lacked something. I guess a person doesn’t notice what those stories lack until they read the originals. lol.