tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post7239119520754970749..comments2022-07-19T07:48:28.683-04:00Comments on Belle, Book, and Candle: The Books That Changed My Life edited by Bethanne PatrickBellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335523622158333456noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-6841654365316644572016-07-25T17:20:22.628-04:002016-07-25T17:20:22.628-04:00Hi, Kathy. Thanks for letting us in on your picks....Hi, Kathy. Thanks for letting us in on your picks. I am reading, off and on, Anne Morrow Lindbergh's 'Bring Me a Unicorn' - her diaries and letters written before she met and married Charles. I agree. She has such a natural, intimate writing style it is a pleasure to be in her world.Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335523622158333456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-86978181584047590962016-07-25T17:14:52.428-04:002016-07-25T17:14:52.428-04:00Hi, Joan. Thanks for sharing your pick. I was late...Hi, Joan. Thanks for sharing your pick. I was late coming to Alice and her adventures - I watched the Disney cartoon version but didn't read the book until I was an adult. It's great that you have a life-long love of this one special book!Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335523622158333456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-52810963780195505202016-07-24T11:26:05.327-04:002016-07-24T11:26:05.327-04:00I love books about books, and to read about what b...I love books about books, and to read about what books have changed and influenced others. Makes for a very l-o-n-g TBR list, but oh, well. I'm with Eric Idle: Books reshape me on a daily basis, too. Some of the most meaningful ones for me: the Anne of Green Gables series (I wanted to be like Anne), Refuse to Choose (Barbara Sher), Anne Morrow Lindbergh's diaries and letters (even though our lives are so different, I feel a real connection with her). I think the most influential books for me are those that show me I'm not alone in my beliefs and struggles, and those that make me want to be my best self. Kathy A. Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01499969787028085716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-4384000648428496032016-07-24T08:39:35.510-04:002016-07-24T08:39:35.510-04:00I think Alice in Wonderland changed my life. I fo...I think Alice in Wonderland changed my life. I found an old beat up copy, one I still have, at my grandparents' house. It was probably the first real book I read. It introduced me to an amazing and funny and ridiculous world, so different from my own. But maybe not so different. After all, I knew where there were some rabbit holes! Maybe that world wasn't so far away. Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass are the only books I consistently re-read.joan.kylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17015342608992682333noreply@blogger.com