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Important books in your life...

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By *nvictus OP   Man
over a year ago

Beeston

A program running on TV at the moment got me wondering what books may have had an effect on my life.

Lord of the Rings is one for me, it got me into Norse myths and took me into some very interesting directions that are still with me know some 30 odd years later and will be until the day I die.

The Bible is another, it made me realise at a very early age that God wasn't real (to me anyway..)

So what books have had an impact on your life and why?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My anthology of Robertt Frost Poetry I got when I was just a little fella (Still have it on the bookshelf)....it got me interested in reading and writing poetry and helped me look at the land, the countryside and the world about me in a whole new light

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Actually and it sounds strange i know

But the book i just couldn't put down was the Ray Kroc story

The guy who bought Mcdonalds from the Mcdonalds brothers and made it what it is today xx

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By *nvictus OP   Man
over a year ago

Beeston

Just thought of another one. I don't know what it was called but it was a kids book on nature and how to watch wildlife and stuff.

It was full of cartoons of a funny man in a hat and wearing binoculars telling you little titbits of information.

It was a huge influence on me as a kid and I still love nature now.

I wish I knew what it was called.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My cheque book

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By *nvictus OP   Man
over a year ago

Beeston


"My cheque book "

I had one of those once but my wife tore all the pages out and gave them to random shop keepers.

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By *irtyGirlWoman
over a year ago

Edinburgh

The one I'm writing now.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Just thought of another one. I don't know what it was called but it was a kids book on nature and how to watch wildlife and stuff.

It was full of cartoons of a funny man in a hat and wearing binoculars telling you little titbits of information.

It was a huge influence on me as a kid and I still love nature now.

I wish I knew what it was called. "

I think they were Usbourne or Osbourne books

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The one I'm writing now. "

Yep im gonna start mine shortly xx

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By *nvictus OP   Man
over a year ago

Beeston


"Just thought of another one. I don't know what it was called but it was a kids book on nature and how to watch wildlife and stuff.

It was full of cartoons of a funny man in a hat and wearing binoculars telling you little titbits of information.

It was a huge influence on me as a kid and I still love nature now.

I wish I knew what it was called.

I think they were Usbourne or Osbourne books"

You know I think your right!! I might just have to research that. Thanks.

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By *nvictus OP   Man
over a year ago

Beeston


"The one I'm writing now.

Yep im gonna start mine shortly xx "

You could call it Shortly as well...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Just thought of another one. I don't know what it was called but it was a kids book on nature and how to watch wildlife and stuff.

It was full of cartoons of a funny man in a hat and wearing binoculars telling you little titbits of information.

It was a huge influence on me as a kid and I still love nature now.

I wish I knew what it was called.

I think they were Usbourne or Osbourne books

You know I think your right!! I might just have to research that. Thanks. "

No problem mate,i loved those books too as a child.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The one I'm writing now. "

You`re writing a book ...blimey ...well done you !!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The one I'm writing now.

Yep im gonna start mine shortly xx

You could call it Shortly as well... "

Ive had the title fa ages

Just need the rest now xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I remember reading the Lord of the Rings as a young 13 year old...yes a wonderful book ....Anyone read The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant ?....same genre...

I have to say a poem by Rumi was most influential in my life ....woke me up spiritually...

I`ve always read and so many books are floating around my head ....I`ll think of some

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

For me it was Joseph Heller's "Catch-22" - it taught me that nobody ever said anything about life being fair!

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By *eighleedsMan
over a year ago

leeds

i read a lot, and never do not have a book that i am reading

non has really influemced my life though as far as i know

ones i read and read again

Lord of the Rings

Jonathan Livingstone Seagull

Billy Liar (more because i live where it was set so can go see whats changed)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The ones that stand out for me are ..... An anthology of Old English poetry mad my brain create pictures.

Johnathon Livingston Seagull also changed my life by making me feel I wanted to be free in the same way.

The Glass Bead Game - Herman Hesse what a read that was, made me think a lot more.

The Ascent of Man, Bronowski, opened my eyes.

Mervyn Peak's Gormengash Trilogy, and Ben Elton's Gridlock, made me laugh a lot more.

The Bible, made me understand more about my own culture. The Korann made me understand more about my ex's culture.

But I think everything you read influences you in some way.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire


"The ones that stand out for me are ..... An anthology of Old English poetry mad my brain create pictures.

Johnathon Livingston Seagull also changed my life by making me feel I wanted to be free in the same way.

The Glass Bead Game - Herman Hesse what a read that was, made me think a lot more.

The Ascent of Man, Bronowski, opened my eyes.

Mervyn Peak's Gormengash Trilogy, and Ben Elton's Gridlock, made me laugh a lot more.

The Bible, made me understand more about my own culture. The Korann made me understand more about my ex's culture.

But I think everything you read influences you in some way."

I keep a copy of johnathan livingstone on my bedside table all the while..

Jane Eyre

celestine prophecy

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By *prite128Woman
over a year ago

maidstone

Children on the Oregon Trail was the first book I read that totally absorbed me and showed me the power of writing to transport you to somewhere so totally alien to your own experience yet so authentic and so absolutely that it became "real" in my head. Already a reader at that point, it turned me into a life long reader for sure.

himself bought me a copy for Christmas...it cost a penny but to me is priceless.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Bible

Yes I'm being serious was an altar boy too

If they could see me now lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i was totally absorbed in Marilyn Manson's bio book..after all its all about SiN...sums us up!!lol

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