Do Books Make You Cry? Or Am I the Only One With a Heart of Stone?
I do not cry when I read books. I’ve always been that way.
So I really surprised when about a year ago I found myself crying while reading Left to Tell, Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Genocide by Immaculee Illabagiza. But that book is at least understandable. It’s about the genocide in Rwanda and the particular passage that I was reading was about the horrific death of a baby. I don’t know if I have a heart of stone or what, but I’ve read similar and worse but yet rarely cry. So imagine my shock while reading The Actor and the Housewife by Shannon Hale and found tears streaming down my face. What in the world was going on? I foolhardily thought I was reading a fun, lighthearted book, I was not expecting a major cry fest.
These two books are the only two books that I can recall shedding a tear or two while reading. I can cry over a touching commercial on TV (I know, I know) and cry during movies but yet rarely cry over a book. I don’t know if it’s because I purposely distance myself when I know I’m going to be reading a book that is a sad and difficult subject matter. Maybe that’s why I cried during The Actor and the Housewife, I hadn’t prepared myself to be emotionally distant. Which also makes me wonder, is that a bad thing? To purposely by emotionally distant from books that you know are going to be sad?
So what about you. Do you cry while reading books? Am I the only one with a heart of stone?
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ha! I don’t cry either! I know a lot of people who have given me a book and said “get out the tissues”, but I’ve still never cried! You aren’t the only one =)
on June 16th, 2009 at 8:33 amI cry, but not as often as I do when I’m watching tv. I made the mistake of reading the end of Tuesdays with Morrie while dining by myself in a restaurant, and had to hide my tears so the waitress wouldn’t think I was off my rocker. And Outlander by Diana Gabaldon made me sob ridiculously.
on June 16th, 2009 at 8:36 amI cry a lot when reading books, although not as much as I used to. I cried at the end of The Book Thief, which surprised me since I felt like I was deliberately distancing myself from that story. I also cried a lot during The Time Traveler’s Wife, which surprised me less since I got sucked into that book really fast. Those are two I can think of off-hand, but I know I cry pretty frequently during books (and movies, and the occasional Hallmark commercial
).
on June 16th, 2009 at 8:38 amI rarely cry when I read novels – and when I do, I know that the book I am reading is a powerful one. Maybe it’s because of the mood that I am in at that particular moment; or for some reason unbeknonst to me I relate deeply to a character. I’m not sure.
I can read really sad things and not be moved enough to make me cry, and like you, I think maybe it is because I know what I am getting myself into and have my defences built up. But then I can be reading something I wasn’t expecting to make me cry, and be struck with emotion. It’s a wonderful thing!
The last novel that made me cry was A Thousand Splendid Suns.
on June 16th, 2009 at 8:39 amYou’re not the only one! Books very rarely make me cry. At most, a tear will escape, but actual crying has happened only once or twice. I don’t know why, certainly I read books that make me sad sometimes, but never that sad.
I used to cry at almost nothing but movies and TV shows can make it happen fairly easily these days.
on June 16th, 2009 at 8:47 amI can’t remember ever crying while reading a book. But, I have gotten more emotional since the birth of my girls so if I hit the right book it just might happen. I’ll make note of the two above and add them to my TBR pile!
on June 16th, 2009 at 8:48 amI’m not sure if I cry during books, because I normally try to avoid the types of books that would make me cry. I’m still going to read Shannon’s book, so I will let you know if the waterworks start.
(Loving your blog, by the way!)
on June 16th, 2009 at 8:57 amI cry over everything, including books!
on June 16th, 2009 at 9:01 amI wept so hard reading the fifth Harry Potter book that I had to put the book down and leave the room, much like I have to do when I chop onions!
I don’t cry often at books–but when I do, I really weep. Off the top of my head, the other books that I can think made me cry are The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley (when Aerin first meets Tor after the dragon fight), The Book Thief, and The Hunger Games (although those tears were more from me biting my lips so hard in worry!)
on June 16th, 2009 at 9:06 amI rarely cry over anything. Books, TV, Movies, even emotional things in my own personal life. I tend to be kinda stoic.
on June 16th, 2009 at 9:06 amOf course, I am pregnant right now so I do find myself tearing up more easily and sometimes full blown crying. I blame it all on the hormones!
You do have me curious about Hale’s new book. I wish my library would hurry up and process their copies so I can read it.
When Katie Wakes by Connie May Fowler – Bawled my eyes out.
My Cat Spit McGee by Willie Morris – wasn’t a sad ending, but it still brought tears to my eyes.
on June 16th, 2009 at 9:11 amI remember a select few books that made me cry. Mostly, it’s because I’ve grown attached to a character and he dies or something bad happens to them (Dumbledore anyone?).
on June 16th, 2009 at 9:24 amIt is very rare, though…
Sometimes I get that burny feeling in my eyes when I read a book, but rarely do I actually cry. I remember when I read Lord of the Rings and Gandalf died, I cried and wouldn’t read the book for a solid week.
on June 16th, 2009 at 9:41 amYes, I do cry. I cried after I read the Rwanda book that you listed and I’ve cried after reading so many others…I get pretty emotionally involved in my characters and even more so when the events are true.
on June 16th, 2009 at 9:58 amI don’t think I have ever cried over a book. A movie, yes. Not a book. However, I did tear-up over The Road. The overall bleakness of it. The despair. It stayed with me for a long time.
With a movie, the director sets it up for you so you are hit with it unawares. With a book though, if it gets to me, sometimes I put it down so therefore I control the emotion. Does that make sense?
on June 16th, 2009 at 10:01 amI cry all the time anyway; why should books be any different? Sobbed my way through Harry’s death in the last book, by the way, even though I knew it wouldn’t be the end. I’m a cry-baby. Worse since I had kids. What can I say? Book characters usually end up feeling like family!
on June 16th, 2009 at 10:22 amI did a poll on this very topic a while back – here’s the link if you want to check it out.
on June 16th, 2009 at 10:53 amYeah, I cry. All the time. I try not to when I’m at work or somewhere it might be somewhat embarrassing. I am a big sucker in movies, but books will do it for me too. Most recent one I recall was The Boy Who Dared. Just bawling.
on June 16th, 2009 at 10:55 amI notice since I’ve had my daughter I cry more easily. Especially when it has to do anything with kids. I got teary eyed reading The Chosen One yesterday.
on June 16th, 2009 at 10:59 amOkay, I’m weird, but I’m trying to figure out how people /don’t/ cry – the power of the words is often enough to move me, let alone the plots, the losses, the joys.
Kira-Kira,Trickster’s Queen, Little Women (always), Where the Wild Things Are (”no! please don’t go!”), Year of Wonders…..
But The Actor and the Housewife? I didn’t cry (though I did cry with happiness at Austenland.)
on June 16th, 2009 at 11:06 am(and no, N, you don’t have a heart of stone. It probably speaks to your effectiveness as a reviewer!)
on June 16th, 2009 at 11:07 amI cry very easily, so yes, I cry at books. Sometimes it’s just beautiful phrasing that does the trick – it doesn’t have to be character- or action-related tears. Anything that I consider to be truly beautiful moves me to tears: music, dance, etc.
on June 16th, 2009 at 11:13 amYou are most definitely not alone in the not crying arena. I very rarely cry while reading a book. I know it’s been awhile.
on June 16th, 2009 at 11:25 amI very rarely cry when reading either. Normally they only set me off when I’m feeling a bit sad for some other reason anyway. The lump the throat makes a few appearances though!
on June 16th, 2009 at 11:30 amI’m not much of crier — not even after watching those heart-wrenching commercials. I don’t think I’ve ever cried when reading.
on June 16th, 2009 at 11:37 amThat’s not to say I’m not MOVED by books….
on June 16th, 2009 at 11:37 amNo. I don’t cry either. In fact I asked the same question a while back. You can see the responses here.
on June 16th, 2009 at 11:54 amOh, I’m definitely a crier: with books, movies, life in general! The last book that had me bawling was Friday Night Knitting Club. I don’t want to give away anything for those that haven’t read it, but the ending had me bawling..I was so mad and upset, I yelled at the book!
on June 16th, 2009 at 11:57 amI cry at everything EXCEPT books. The only explanation I can come up with is that a lot of my reading over the years has been for academic purposes. Studying books created some emotional distance from them and I think that distance has trickled into my experience as a ‘casual’ reader.
on June 16th, 2009 at 12:04 pmBasically, I tend to read with my thinking brain more than my feeling brain but I do think I need to balance out the emotional and the intellectual. I would love to read something that moved me to tears!
I cry during television shows and movies like it’s going out of style. Even commercials. Once, I cried during School of Rock (really?!) and I knew I had some kind of problem.
on June 16th, 2009 at 12:05 pmBut I never cry when I read books. I’m not sure why that is. I surprised myself by crying once during Walk Two Moons, a YA novel that for some reason tipped me over the edge. Interesting discussion.
It’s funny, I used to not cry at much of anything–books, movies, you name it. Then something happened a few years ago and now it seems like there are times when anything remotely sad or sappy sweet will make me get teary-eyed. Particularly if it involves animals/pets or something very romantic. I don’t know what happened to me, but I’m no longer a tough girl!!
on June 16th, 2009 at 12:29 pmAnyone else like Carmela Soprano, who once teared up over a dog food commercial? Visual media seems to be able to better exploit emotions, which I don’t like when it’s cheesy/ridiculous/melodramatic/etc.
Powerful books usually bring a smaller outward emotional reaction from me, but a far bigger inner reaction. Some have done it though. I think the first time I cried reading a book was the epilogue to The Diary of Anne Frank, where it was explained she died only about a month before the camp was liberated.
on June 16th, 2009 at 12:37 pmAs I am reading and thinking about your post, I cannot come up with a time that I have cried while reading. There are plenty of books that have made me sad enough that I could have cried, but somehow I manage to not. However, there is one book I read as a child that comes to mind that forced me to come so very close to crying. I don’t remember the name of it, but it was by Patricia Hermes and in it the mother dies of cancer. Just thinking about life without mom and this girl watching her mother die was so horribly wrong. I ended up going to a corner of the living room that no one else was in and sitting there by myself to finish my reading. That book has stuck with me all these years.
on June 16th, 2009 at 12:40 pmI cry over books. All. The. Time. Lol. I remember crying over The Road, The Time Traveler’s Wife, What is the What, Atonement, The Elegance of the Hedgehog. And many, many others. Lol. Embarrassing.
But you do not have a heart of stone. It’s like you say, maybe you’re just guarded.
on June 16th, 2009 at 12:56 pmI rarely cry over books, but The Book Thief & 20 Boy Summer both opened the ducts… I cry more at movies. UP made me sniffle–quite a bit.
on June 16th, 2009 at 1:00 pmOh, yes. The end of Markus Zusak’s I Am the Messenger was a big cry-fest. Before that, Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close was a teary read.
on June 16th, 2009 at 1:15 pmYeah, I’m a cryer. I cried reading The Book Thief (I think that was the last weep-read I read). I’m reading The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, and I have a sneaking feeling it’s going to make me cry by the end. I didn’t used to cry much, but as I get older, I find myself doing so more and more.
on June 16th, 2009 at 1:32 pmI don’t cry often. Sometimes, I find myself crying and feel betrayed by it. But other times — Bridge to Terebithia, Actor and Housewife, among others — I cry and I revel in it. Sometimes, a good story just makes you cry. (That said, I don’t cry at church… maybe something’s wrong with me?)
on June 16th, 2009 at 1:41 pmI cry at books all the time. Let’s see, I cried in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire when Cedric died. I cried in H.P. Deathly Hallows when Harry was basically walking to his death. I cried at a handful of Jack Weyland books. It just depends on the book I suppose, but yeah, I cry at books.
on June 16th, 2009 at 1:49 pmThe only book I cried over was Beloved by Toni Morrison, as far as I can recall…
on June 16th, 2009 at 2:03 pmI used to cry over books a lot. Like once when I was in fifth grade, the teacher was reading a book aloud to the class, and I cried at the end. I was the only one; it was really embarrassing. Naturally some of the guys had to give me a hard time about it….
I wouldn’t say I make a habit of crying during books, but it happens often enough that I don’t keep a list. I think the last book I cried at was Odd Thomas. Very upsetting at the end.
on June 16th, 2009 at 2:28 pm“heart of stone here too”. i rarely cry period (think i teared up at a few movies though –recently Gran Torino.
on June 16th, 2009 at 2:33 pmYou don’t have a heart of stone. If you did you wouldn’t cry at anything at all! The fact that there are at least two books in your stash (probably more that you are forgetting about) that spurned such an emotional reaction goes to show that.
The question I have is, is it a bad thing that you don’t cry? Would this same question be posed if you weren’t laughing? By nature certain people feel things differently, not crying doesn’t denote a lack of emotion it just shows that the emotion manifests itself differently in you than it does in others.
on June 16th, 2009 at 2:39 pmI cry very easily at TV and movies, but not so much over books. If I do, it usually involves an animal, which is why I don’t read animal books.
The only one that has made me cry this year with no help from a fuzzy four-leggeder was A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines.
Lezlie
on June 16th, 2009 at 2:48 pmWe’re in the same boat – I almost never cry over books. When I do cry, though, it is usually gut-wrenching, heart-breaking sobs. I’m an extremes person, I guess.
I can still remember weeping uncontrollably over both Last of the Mohicans and Our Mutual Friend – I couldn’t even read the words on the pages. I also bawled during The Book Thief. I was listening to the audio version and had to pull my car over because I was crying so hard and couldn’t see the road!
on June 16th, 2009 at 2:53 pmHi!! So fun reading on here now! Took me too long and now I feel like I just don’t see you at bookclub.
My two cents. I always cry. I am a baby. And books are the worst for me. I cry in almost every book I read. Sometimes just because it is over. I get way too emotionally attached – not just in emotional books and I can’t seperate myself from the characters. I guess this makes me a little unstable. I seriously can hardly think of books that don’t make me cry!
on June 16th, 2009 at 2:56 pmI do cry but rarely. So it’s generally a beautiful book I am utterly invested in. I always cry at HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY. I cried periodically throughout the Harry Potter books. THE BOOK THIEF, obviously. Three particular moments in LIONESS RAMPANT. And Ellen Emerson White can almost always jerk my tears. I am also much more likely to cry if I am reading aloud to my husband or kids. Go figure.
on June 16th, 2009 at 3:23 pmI cry at books that are heart-wrenching. I don’t cry at every book.
on June 16th, 2009 at 3:40 pmI cried while reading The Pilot’s Wife and also In Her Shoes. It’s the love and betrayal that gets me every time. Tells you something about me lol.
I don’t cry much over literary fiction. I’m usually too busy admiring the hauntingly beautiful prose of tragedy. It’s the more down-to-earth books that seem to elicit a gut response.
on June 16th, 2009 at 3:50 pmWow. Lots of replies to this one!
I pretty much never cry. I can’t think of any books that have made me cry. Same goes for movies/tv. That doesn’t necessarily mean I don’t get sad – I just don’t cry about it.
on June 16th, 2009 at 4:05 pmI am a crier. I admit it, but only with the really sad ones.
on June 16th, 2009 at 4:10 pmI don’t cry over hardly anything (books, tv, movies). When I read, I will barely smile if something is funny, even though in my head I am totally laughing. When I read ACTOR AND THE HOUSEWIFE I laughed out loud almost every page. There were several times I had to put the book down and wait to stop laughing before picking it up again. And yes, I did cry as well. But then the page I was laughing again. It really was an emotional book, and very well done!
on June 16th, 2009 at 4:24 pmI don’t cry at movies, books, tv, etc. when others seem to, but that doesn’t say I don’t feel the emotional impact. I do.
on June 16th, 2009 at 4:36 pmThe Geography of Love by Glenda Burgess (I think) and Losing Julia (by Jonathan Hull), both had me puddling up like big ole’ baby..(loved them both too!)
Not something I do too often though, but I’ll admit that even the trailer to the movie for My Sister’s Keeper gets to me!
on June 16th, 2009 at 4:44 pmI don’t cry all the time when it comes to books. Usually when I cry (for books) it is because there is something in it that resonates with me. Three examples of books that *always* make me cry are Anne of Green Gables (Matthew), Rilla of Ingleside (Walter), and The Notebook, which I’ve only read once. But with movies and tv shows, I cry more frequently.
on June 16th, 2009 at 5:50 pmI cry at the drop of a hat when it comes to books and movies. Other stuff, not so much.
on June 16th, 2009 at 6:22 pmIt totally depends on what I’m reading but yes I do cry.
The last book to make me do so was Prey by Rachel Vincent.
If a book makes me cry, angry, or any emotion then the author has done their job. Hitting your emotions is the goal of the author IMHO.
You need to keep them open to fully gauge the book.
on June 16th, 2009 at 6:23 pmUgh, I cry all the time at books and I hate it. The worst is when I’m out in public reading and I start crying. Strangers staring, asking if I’m okay. Its the worst. One time I was reading (the Wally Lamb book about the twins) on an airplane and I had the seat right across from where the flight attendant sits during take-off. I was an emotional wreck at the time anyway and the book just pushed me right over the edge – I bawled. The flight attendant was so concerned that as soon as we were free to move about the cabin, she came over to check on me! I felt like such a crazy person, trying to reassure her that I was just reading a sad book. I think she was worried I was going to go for the exit door!
I also cry at movies, tv shows, Hallmark commercials, etc. I’m just a crier.
on June 16th, 2009 at 7:03 pmYes, of course. Not only do I cry, I weep. I wept through the last 4 books I read. I’m just a basketcase, what can I say?
on June 16th, 2009 at 8:05 pmOh yeah, I’m a crier all right! Movies, TV, books – all of it. Sometimes when I’m reading aloud to my kids I get all choked up – I’m especially thinking of when I read the Harry Potter series to them. There were definitely a few teary moments then.
on June 16th, 2009 at 8:07 pmI can’t recall ever crying when reading a book. Which is kind of odd considering how deeply I get into books. And considering that I can tear up watching a news story on tv and absolutely every time I watch certain movies, even when I know how they will end. I do get emotional sometimes, but never cry. Can anyone recommend a book that will make me cry?
on June 16th, 2009 at 8:58 pmLisa, seems like THE BOOK THIEF by Markus Zusak is a pretty safe bet.
on June 16th, 2009 at 10:14 pmI weep unabashed while reading books.Not all but some really emotional ones. I cried thru the endings of Erich Segal’s Only Love and Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty.
on June 16th, 2009 at 10:21 pmThe only book I’ve wept over is Friday Night Knitting Club….and I bawled. Oh, ok, yeah…I cried during Where the Red Fern Grows too, but I was in fifth grade.
on June 16th, 2009 at 11:00 pmI cry over books all the time! I finished Tess of the D’Urbervilles the other night, and I was sobbing. Oh, and I cried a couple of times during The Forest of Hands and Teeth. I cry very easily at books, TV, movies – doesn’t matter.
I have The Actor and the Housewife on my to-read stack – the next review copy I’ll pick up after I finish The Wet Nurse’s Tale – now I can’t wait!
on June 16th, 2009 at 11:32 pmI cry all the time when I read books and also when I watch movies. I just get involved in them.
on June 17th, 2009 at 5:05 amI don’t often cry when reading, but when I do, there is no stopping it voluntarily while I am reading. Once, I was delayed at Dulles airport, during a long rainstorm, reading a book about AIDS in Africa with tears streaming down my cheeks. I had all sorts of people starring at me and a kindly old nun ask me tell me not to worry that I would get home soon. The look that she and some others nearby gave me when I had a phone call, answering as cheerful as always, was priceless. Unlike crying over a personal issue, I can switch to non-crying mode almost as soon as I close the book.
on June 17th, 2009 at 5:24 amI cry constantly while reading. But maybe that’s because I look to books to provide some sort of emotional release.
on June 17th, 2009 at 5:41 amI do cry over books. I’m a pretty emotional person and lots of things can make my cry. TV commercials don’t usually cause me to tear up, though. And it’s not like I cry over every sad book I read, either.
on June 17th, 2009 at 6:33 amI also rarely cry because of a book–so rare that I almost always remember it. I cried over How Far Would You Have Gotten if I Hadn’t Called You Back? by Valerie Hobbs, and it wasn’t a few tears, it was out and out sobbing. I also cried reading during The Knife of Never Letting Go, but more like a few tears because I felt so connected to the main character that it was genuinely sad at several parts in the book. I am thinking that there were one or two more, but my mind isn’t coming up with them this morning.
on June 17th, 2009 at 7:53 amI get to the misty-eyes-tight-throat stage of crying fairly easily when reading, but actually shedding tears is relatively rare. The Time Traveler’s Wife and The Book Thief were the two biggest tearjerkers in the past few years, but the end of Dragonfly in Amber, The Lions of Al-Rassan, My Sister’s Keeper, the end of the last Harry Potter book, and volume 5 of Fables were all strong contenders.
on June 17th, 2009 at 8:20 amI will add my tears to The Book Thief. I made the mistake of finishing the book in a Drs office. I sat their weeping like a baby. But normally, no, I do not cry while reading a book.
on June 17th, 2009 at 8:22 amI cry a little when reading books. It seems to strike at random like a sneak attack. The last time I remember crying was in the last book of the Midnighters series by Scott Westerfeld. All of the sudden I was balling. My husband was really concerned about me when after I finished the last page I was still going at it.
on June 17th, 2009 at 8:54 amI don’t think your heart is made of stone I think your practical. Why cry over something that is (most of the time) fiction?
The Kite Runner is the last book that made me cry. I will admit that since I’ve given birth any book that involves children will pretty much guarantee a tear from me. I’m not sure what happened there.
I’m reading The Book Thief right now!! I take it from these comments that I am in for some tears.
on June 17th, 2009 at 9:57 amI just finished reading Belong To Me by Marisa de los Santos this morning, and it made me cry. Fantastic character driven book!
on June 17th, 2009 at 10:15 amFor me, I am totally a crier, or a laugh out loud kind of person. If I find something funny I will laugh about it, I will cry about it, or it will just make me mad.
I read February by Lisa Moore a bit back and I really felt a ugly cry coming on, but I didn’t.
One that did make me cry was at the end of The Opposite of Love by Julie Buxbaum. Ugh!
I haven’t come across anymore as of YET, but I am sure I will. I am currently reading Still Alice by Lisa Genova.
We will see what happens! Great post
on June 17th, 2009 at 11:12 amI seldom cry over a book. It has happened, but I can’t remember when the last time was. I’m more likely to cry during a movie- and that’s not very often, too. I’m just very prone to weeping, even if it does make me feel sad!
on June 17th, 2009 at 11:45 amI just finished a review for Dragon House by John Shors…. and yes, I cried. I emotionally connected with this book having worked with Street Kids in Honduras and as I finished it last night, the tears rolled.
on June 17th, 2009 at 2:28 pmI am not a big crier either, but I read Laika, about the first dog sent into space (1-way mission) and it just tugged my heartstrings so much! I literally bawled.
on June 17th, 2009 at 8:16 pmI cry… & get my sinuses all plugged up. lol.
on June 17th, 2009 at 11:59 pm80 comments. Goodness gracious. I always get a little irked when people tell me they don’t comment on my site because I already have so many comments, but now I know what they mean!!
But, I’m leaving my comment anyway (just not subscribing to follow ups…sorry):
Interesting thought about purposely distancing yourself from books you know will be emotionally draining. I’m a big crier when watching movies (and yes some commercials), but I’ve noticed lately it takes a little more for me to get weepy with books. I cried at the end of Boy’s Life earlier this month, but I think it was partially because I was so sad it was over!
Go read The Notebook by Sparks—that will make you cry for sure!
on June 18th, 2009 at 11:51 amOh goodness. I can only think of three books I have read in my life that made me cry. Scratch that. Four. But it’s always because of animals dying, like Dewey and Marley. The only person I cried over was Timothy in The Cay, but that was years ago, so maybe I’ve grown up a bit…
on June 18th, 2009 at 3:19 pmman im a cry baby when it comes to books! lol
on June 20th, 2009 at 11:20 amthough it’s weird because when it comes to real life situations i never cry. But when i read a book and a sad part comes on i cry like a baby lol! Hmm i cried in Harry Potter when Dumbledore and snape died! =’[ And i cried when Edward left in New Moon! lol
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on June 20th, 2009 at 3:10 pmI am definitely a crier when it comes to books. I am not a very emotive person in public; I keep my emotions close to my vest. But when I read, I feel safe enough to express myself in ways I am unable to do around others. I think that’s part of the reason I like books with high emotional levels. I see them as an emotional outlet.
on June 20th, 2009 at 8:52 pmI used to not cry during books, I prided myself with this fact especially if it was a book that one would be expected to cry in, but since having my kids I cry while reading pretty much any book with children getting taken from their parents or abused(real or imagined). Some titles I have cried while reading is Rapunzel’s Revenge, Charlotte’s Rose, The Graveyard Book (which really creeped me out – I had to go check my baby). There is some switch that got flipped when I had kids and the floodgates are on.
on June 22nd, 2009 at 12:14 pmYes! I cry over books and movies! Lately I haven’t found any book to cry over, but I think I’m in need of a good weep. Great post!
on September 5th, 2009 at 8:18 am