Between the Lines discussion

There are quite a few books that have made me cry: The Hiding Place, The Book Thief, One Tattered Angel, Little Women, & The Diary of Anne Frank.

The Return of the King, The Chronicles of Narnia, Banner in the Sky, New Moon, The Christmas Box

Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse. This is the most beautiful and sad book, yet it won't leave you depressed.

I so totally forgot about the Christmas Box. I love that story.

Every single time I've read The Outsiders, I cry. I'm talking hysterically, tears just rolling down my face. My little sister always remembered that I cried everytime I read it, and so when she had to read it for high school, she was expecting to cry too. And she finished the book and asked me what the heck was wrong with me cuz she didn't cry at all. Not me, I balllll my eyes out every single time I've read it.

I love books that make me cry!

Most recently, it was The Art of Racing in the Rain that had me choked up. It was such a heartwarming story.

Anybody Out There? by Marian Keyes, also had me quite teary-eyed.

Where the Red Fern Grows.

A very good book. A cryer for sure. Even the movie was well done.

Harry Potter, anyone? Book 7 - seveal times!

My Sister's Keeper.

Harry Potter 5-7. To Kill a Mockingbird. Gone With the Wind. All Quiet on the Western Front. Catch-22. The Things They Carried.

Those are all that I remember. I might cry when I finish Anna Karenina, but those will probably be tears of "Yay, I finally finished."

That one was so sad at the end! And yet so peaceful.

Lost for Christmas

I might cry when I finally get done with Moby Dick!

Melville is extremely intelligent. It's hard to get through. You really really need to think when you read some of the sentences. I find myself falling asleep. You might be able to use this when you can't sleep. You should start it Fiona!!!

I need to read Moby at some point in time too. I bought it and, as an English major, I feel I need to read it to be real.

I seem to cry more at the movies my self. But I have read several books that have made me sob my guts out.

Off the top of my head, I cried during Cloud Nine (Luanne Rice) & PS I Love You (Cecilia Ahern).

I'm going to read Peace Like a River this year. At least I know I'll most likely start sobbing!

I cried at the end of 'My Sister's Keeper'. Also, various times during 'The pig who sang to the moon' - but I often cry when the topic are animals and dogs in particular.

I'm sure theres a book that made me cry once,but im afraid i dont remember it...sorry

The last chapter of Return of the King when they are all saying goodbye at the docks. That is the saddest thing ever.

The Diary of Anne Frank makes me cry. So does Ka-tzetnik 135633's House of Dolls which is about young girls in the concentration camps having to be forced prostitutes to the Nazis. I actually met one of these poor girls when I went to a kibbutz in Israel. She was head of the kitchens and a bitch. I don't blame her.

Petra: that sounds like a good book!

There have been a few books that have made me cry. But the most recent would have to be The Host: A Novel. But another that I can think of was Sundays at Tiffany's. Both extraordinary books that I suggest reading! :)

PS I Love You,Harry Potter 6 and 7,Johnny Angel,I'm sure there are more but can't think of the titles right now.

All of James Herriot's books - All Things Bright and Beautiful etc, made me cry. Everything to do with animals suffering turns me into a softy.

Hmm, I remember getting weepy in Cold Mountain. Of course, Anne Frank and Little Women did it to me. I'll have to think about some others. I know there have been more.

marley Me!

The Notebook!
I was bawling!!!

The Brothers K, The Stolen Child, and We Were Soldiers Once.

I heard that the Time Travelers Wife is a tear jerker! I can't read books that make me cry. Oh I can't stand crying, unless it's a happy cry.

As you all already know, The Diary of Anne Frank really had me going. New Moon got me too.

Now I was thinking about reading the book thief but, Emillee.. it made you cry? CRAP.. hahahah I might have to pass on that one. LOL

I use to cry with the movies more than with the books, I cry with the English Patient

Emilee wrote: "My Sister's Keeper."

Me, too.
I didn't even like the ending, and it still made me cry

Bridgit wrote: "The Notebook!
I was bawling!!!"

Hi Bridgit,
I'm glad to see you say this. I also cried at the end of the the Notebook (on a NYC public bus, no less) even though I thought it was one of the cheesiest books I've read.

Crying in movies probably occur more often because humans (and a few other animals) have mirrior hormones, baisically it is our ability to empathize so when you see someone in distress you literally feel their distress. Or when you are at a game you get excited as the people around you get excited. Because you are seeing it.

And that may be why it's harder to cry in a book, because it takes more imagination and the writer has to make the charecter more believable.

Anyway as far as books I cried at; Peter Pan, Redwall, Les Miserable, The little Prince and The Giving Tree.

I cried when I first read Les Mis. Same with the Giving Tree! I love that book.

There are many books that I cried well the last one was "The Eagles Die Free" it is a Greek book that I read. Well to tell the truth I easily cry in movies, but I can eaasily cry with a book.

My youngest son read The Giving Tree to me a few months ago and I almost cried.

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet are two books I've read recently that made me cry.

Beth wrote: "My youngest son read The Giving Tree to me a few months ago and I almost cried."

My husband has re-christened that book The Ungrateful Boy

Books generally don't make me cry as much as they make me sort of weepy and gasp out loud saying "Oh my God"! I also became emotional when reading [image error] and I think that these are two really great books.

For One More Day, Angela's Ashes, The Kite Runner and Thousand Splendid Suns. Me Talk Pretty One Day made me laugh so hard, I was crying. Oh and I can't read Love You Forever to my son without tears.

Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones

His Dark Materials, Phillip Pullman. I can't remember if it's the second or third book, but when Mr. Scoresby and Hester die, it was so sparely written and devastating. I'm not a big book crier, but The Help also really got to me recently.

For me it would have to be...Age of Innocence, The Notebook & A Prayer for Owen Meany...

I have several.

The Book Thief
The Outsiders
The Diary of Anne Frank
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Little Women
Charlotte's Web (recently read to my daughters and we all cried)
Harry Potter 7 - several times

I'll have to add 'Marley and Me' to my list. Also, years ago when I read 'Dancing with Wolves', there's a scene with the wolf that also had me bawling my eyes out.

"Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" ... mankind is often so cruel ;o(