tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post6846466340286835519..comments2024-03-26T07:33:18.502-04:00Comments on WordWranglers: Books that Changed My View of the WorldMargiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03843006118151762550noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-6103205995086903362016-06-08T22:01:59.896-04:002016-06-08T22:01:59.896-04:00Great list, Margie! Yeah, the DaVinci code was a g...Great list, Margie! Yeah, the DaVinci code was a game changer in a lot of ways and surely made all of us think about what we believe--in a good way!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08809913527142033733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-79929662473614843782016-06-07T20:12:13.554-04:002016-06-07T20:12:13.554-04:00I think I'd have to say--mmm--
Are You There ...I think I'd have to say--mmm--<br /><br />Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume. She made me understand my body and my puberty emotions when I was too embarrassed to ask my mother. <br /><br />The Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander because they opened my mind to worlds different from the ones I'd always known--places where magic, kings, and wizards existed.<br /><br />And The DaVinci Code because it made me question my beliefs and spirituality in a good way. <br /><br />Margiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03843006118151762550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-68902126470689754092016-06-07T12:55:11.080-04:002016-06-07T12:55:11.080-04:00Oh, Ilona, yes! To Kill a Mockingbird should be on...Oh, Ilona, yes! To Kill a Mockingbird should be on everyone's list...it was a worldview changer to the max! Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08809913527142033733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-45087885163580702042016-06-07T12:54:15.753-04:002016-06-07T12:54:15.753-04:00Molly, so glad you stopped by and I'm delighte...Molly, so glad you stopped by and I'm delighted to meet another Du Jardin fan! I confess, every few years, I reread those books, just because they're wonderful stories and beautifully executed and so innocent...I miss that.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08809913527142033733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-69134144480810703952016-06-07T12:53:08.357-04:002016-06-07T12:53:08.357-04:00Judy Blume. . . I am just enough older than you th...Judy Blume. . . I am just enough older than you that I haven't read her, but I hear great things about her books. Thanks for playing, Kristi!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08809913527142033733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-7449172347025084772016-06-07T12:52:12.875-04:002016-06-07T12:52:12.875-04:00Thinking is always good--even in the morning, mon ...Thinking is always good--even in the morning, mon amie! Great books! I agree about Little Women and I cut my category romance teeth on Janet Dailey, too!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08809913527142033733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-34006760934486423762016-06-07T10:44:31.592-04:002016-06-07T10:44:31.592-04:00I also loved Little Women, Something Wicked This W...I also loved Little Women, Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury, and To Kill a Mockingbird.Ilona Fridlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17787393265146808973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-24667348331406806242016-06-07T10:31:05.631-04:002016-06-07T10:31:05.631-04:00I loved, loved, LOVED Rosamund Du Jardin's boo...I loved, loved, LOVED Rosamund Du Jardin's books! I checked them out from the library so much, my name was the only one on the card! I soooo wish I had copies of them, to reread over again and again. I was also a fan of Anne Emery, and of course, Judy Blume, Louisa May Alcott (my mother's copy of Little Women is missing both its covers!), and Lavryl Spencer.Molly Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01488325587798390008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-37537490598925826102016-06-07T08:56:21.383-04:002016-06-07T08:56:21.383-04:00Oooh, fun game, Nan (and Liz)...hmmm....
Tiger Ey...Oooh, fun game, Nan (and Liz)...hmmm....<br /><br />Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume because Davey was so perfectly drawn as the angry, hurt and confused teenager...and she grew to be a strong woman. <br /><br />The Five People You Meet in Heaven - this is a more recent stick-with-me book, but I like the idea that heaven isn't just a place, it is people. And I like the idea that there are people whose lives we touch without knowing - until we meet in that otherworldly place.<br /><br />Irish Thoroughbred by Nora Roberts. I think this was her first published book, and I found it in a corner of my grandmother's bookshelf when I was about thirteen. I loved Adelia and the horses and it's one of the first romances I read...and a big part of why I still read (and love) the genre. Kristina Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13674920511835640874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-7632225259813307532016-06-07T07:02:26.287-04:002016-06-07T07:02:26.287-04:00Oh, that's it, make me think first thing in th...Oh, that's it, make me think first thing in the morning. I agree about Anne, but don't want to use the same ones...<br /><br />Little Women - because I was so completely there in Concord (and stayed there all the way through Jo's Boys) that it gave me a lifelong love for New England even before I went there. Understood Betsy continued my journey there.<br /><br />Little Britches - We read Ralph Moody's books at school (this is when the teacher read aloud because she had time and because it was manna for our minds) and taught me about memoirs, still one of my favorite things to read.<br /><br />No Quarter Asked - because that's when Janet Daily introduced me to Americans writing romance. I'm still enthralled.Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.com