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Which book changed your life or led you to a major phase of your life?

Megaliving by Robin Sharma

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand.

The Fountainhead & Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.

Ruchi wrote: "The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand."

Glad that you liked it Ruchi !

Harry Potter and the Book Thief :D

Miss Oddball (Shadowraith's Apprentice) wrote: "Harry Potter and the Book Thief :D"

Book Thief...yeah:)

Hajarath Prasad wrote: "Ruchi wrote: "The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand."

Glad that you liked it Ruchi !"

I loved it actually..:)

Ruchi wrote: "The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand."

Can I ask why? I really want to speak to someone who loved this book. I want to understand their perspective of it.

Sindhuja wrote: "Ruchi wrote: "The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand."

Can I ask why? I really want to speak to someone who loved this book. I want to understand their perspective of it."

Sindhuja: the book kind of romanticizes and creates a hero figure. One who Reasons. In Ayn Rand's opinion: human beings are not rational creatures but rationalizing ones. Thus, the Hero would discard most of the pop notions and have no second-hand notions, will be master of his own reason and will act accordingly, irrespective of how others perceive him.

I used to love this book back in college but then came to hate it. The theory of selfishness that Ayn Rand proposed in this book is misguided, I later came to conclude.

Mohit wrote: "Sindhuja wrote: "Ruchi wrote: "The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand."

Can I ask why? I really want to speak to someone who loved this book. I want to understand their perspective of it."

Sindhuja: the bo..."

"the theory of selfishness" was all that hit me when I read this book. I couldn't picture Roark as a hero but only as a self-centered human.

I just couldn't relate to the book. Hence, I have always wanted to speak with someone who held the opposite opinion.

Thank you for taking the time to explain why you liked it back in the day! :)

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I've gotta say it was the Magic tree house. Once upon a time, first grade, I truly disliked reading. My mother tried everthing. Then, when I was at my school library, my teacher forced each kid to get a book. I refused so she chose one for me: La cabane magique (I go to french school). My mother had already bought the 30 book set, so once a read that first book, in french, I was hooked. There was a little map of where you had gone in the books, and i'd use as a real map. I read many books from that series, then, in second grade, I read Harry Potter. The Magic Tree House turned me to a bookworm.