5 books that have changed my life

[3valution]

The Road Less Traveled, M. Scott Peck
The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera
The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
Ina May's Guide to Childbirth, Ina May Gaskin*
A Language Older Than Words, Derrick Jensen

from vox's QotD today. there's been a lot of discussion of books around me lately. i think that's an indicator that i need to start doing some real reading again.

what are some of the books you've read that have been life changing or mind changing or just really, really enjoyable?

i'm a voracious reader so it's a bit shameful to admit that i haven't been doing any these past few months. i'm planning a trip to the library tomorrow, and i'd like to take a few suggestions with me. so please--have at it. fiction, non-fiction, any genre.

*i know ina may is a total bitch and i wouldn't want her near me as a midwife, but this book was really, really helpful to me in preparing to give birth.

Comments

[annem0620.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you posed this question. I'm in the same slump. I can't get into anything. Any suggestions for an easy read to ease me back in? I'm not as "voracious" of a reader as you are so try me... chances are I have not read it. <3

[-evalution.livejournal.com]

have you read the god of small things? i don't know if i'd call it easy but it is such a good book. a friend lent me the bean trees by barbara kingsolver. i felt i had to dislike it on principle*, but it was a really easy read, and i did enjoy it.

*i think of her as a sort of oprah's book club type of author, so it pains me to enjoy anything she writes.

[-evalution.livejournal.com]

okay, nutty. i haven't read last hours of ancient sunlight. i am going to look for it. :)