Comments on: On Reading: Books and Tears

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By: Over at 5 Minutes for Books… — Callapidder Days

Over at 5 Minutes for Books… — Callapidder Days — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:05:54 +0000

[...] honored to have my post, Books & Tears, featured over at 5 Minutes for Books today. Even if you already read the post here, you might be curious (as I am) to see which books [...]

By: Halfmoon girl

Halfmoon girl — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:50:42 +0000

Great post! Yes, many books have made me cry- Where the Red Fern grows was one of them for me as well. I get sad over the Aslan scene as well. I can hardly read Little Pilgrim’s Progress out loud to my kids- they always comment on how my voice sounds funny. All the books that bring up that emotion for me make up my favourites though.

By: Lori Drumm

Lori Drumm — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:05:19 +0000

I also sobbed when I read Where the Red Fern Grows! I cannot wait for my daughter to read it.

By: Gail

Gail — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:45:45 +0000

Lots of books have made me cry! Red Fern did and I think I was older when I read it! I bawled at the end of Les Mis and was talking to the characters trying to get them to hurry to see Jean Valjean! Some of Sparks books have made me teary too….lots more I’m sure but those came to my mind right away.

By: Shauna

Shauna — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:10:24 +0000

Here is the NPR story if anyone is interested. I really enjoyed it.

By: Katrina (Callapidder Days)

Katrina (Callapidder Days) — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:13:59 +0000

I have loved reading everyone’s thoughts and replies! Charlotte’s Web — yep, that’s another one that got me when I read it to my son a couple years ago. I didn’t know that about EB White, though, Shauna. Thanks for sharing that.

By: Shauna

Shauna — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:41:03 +0000

Crying because something in a book has touched me is not an unusual occurrence for me at all, children’s books included. If you can read The Giving Tree or The Tale of Three Trees without crying, you’re a tougher woman than I am!

(BTW, Beck, I heard an NPR story recently about EB White. While recording an audio version of the book, White had to do 17 takes to get the ending recorded because *he* kept crying when Charlotte dies.)

A Thousand Splendid Suns made me cry more than any other book I can think of, though.