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Do you ever cry when you read a book?
Last night I'd gotten near the end of "Good in Bed" by Jennifer Weiner and realized that there were tears quietly streaming down my face. That doesn't really happen often to me. I don't normally cry a lot (and less now that I'm taking some meds). But last night, I had to set the book aside until the tear flow slowed down enough so I could read again.
The last book I read that had that affect on me was Rebecca Well's "Little Altars Everywhere".
I guess you could say that sometimes when I'm reading a book, I get very involved with the characters. That's certainly why I don't read Dean Koontz (I read "Intensity" and felt horrible every time I'd fall asleep and scary things were going on... like I'd abandoned the characters).
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It happens to me when I read John Irving novels. By the end of A Prayer for Owen Meany I was bawling like a baby. The first book that ever made me cry, though, was The Outsiders...you know, S.E. Hinton. I think I was maybe 8 or 10 years old, and I locked myself in the bathroom at my grandparents house so they wouldnt' realize I wasn't asleep and I read until the wee hours of the morning, choking back sobs. I'm such a wuss.
Happens to me too. I have what I call an overactive sense of empathy.
I'm a big sap. I cry all the time when I read great books, and if they're really good, I'll stay up until four so I can finish it. I can't bear to leave the characters unattended, like the story can't finish unless I read it.
Man, I need to get another book today.
The same thing happened to me when I read "Good in Bed"! That book snuck up on me. I have pages in my journal about how I wasn't digging it, and how the main character was really bothering me and then all of a sudden the book transformed itself and bam!
I couldn't put it down, but I couldn't keep reading because of the tears. Seymour found me crying on the deck chair just lost in it. I can't wait for the library to get her newest one.
I can't say I've ever cried at a book. But then again, that's probably becuase I don't like anything with sad endings. I read more intellectual-type books, the kind that make you think more than make you cry. I hate movies with sad endings - Message in A Bottle is the worst!
Yeah, I know that feeling. It happens to me. I get so involved in the book that I feel like I'm actually in it.
i cry at a good hallmark commercial, so yes....i cry while reading a book, often.
Good in Bed is a terrific book! Glad it touched you too!
I also get caught up in the stories and characters when I read a book, and sometimes, I deliberately slow down my reading simply because I don't want to let them go. One of the things I love about books is the way they can make me laugh or cry or just think about things a little bit differently. I keep hearing good things about Good in Bed, but I haven't gotten around to reading it.
Its been a while since I've had a book that I've gotten so into like that. But that was always the way I was back when I was reading more... crying or dancing around the room or feeling whatever the character was... that was part of the joy of reading.
I guess I've read more *fluff* in the last few years, and its hard to get emotionally attached to a fluff character
Tee hee!
I loved that book, I'm thinking of reading it again.
I cry too, I actually cried with that book too. I'm reading Lovely Bones now and I bawled my eyes out.
I can't remember the last time i read a book.
But I used to read alot & have cried, cant think of an example
I think I see some new books to be added to my shopping list!
Thanks, everyone, for the feedback. It's probably good that Brad slept through the whole event last night.
Told ya. You'll love "In Her Shoes" just as much. The author has a blogspot: http://jenniferweiner.blogspot.com/
(And, she's going to name her baby after one of her characters.)
I cry reading books, at the movies ... heck a Hallmark commercial can throw me over the edge!
Honey, I cry when I read the dustjacket!! (Kidding) But I cry at commercials, bad movies, cheesy books... you name it. That's why I avoid sad things like the plague. I loathe crying.
p.s. theresa ain't lyin' about Message In A Bottle. Worst. Movie. Ever.
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I use to cry on almost everything.. but I guess I'm harding up a bit as I really haven't cried over anything lately.... I sure cried when I read Bridge to Teribitha when I was little and I have cried when I read sappy type of things but since I haven't read or watched much of anything and I avoid crying over life situations then my tears might be welling up even now somewhere in DeSquirrel land.. where they will stay! but it's good to hear someone else out there is crying... keep crying girl!
Sounds like a great book - I cry at anything so I'll be careful when I pick this book up to read.
I took a gf to see Message in a Bottle and she was bawling. We of course had fought previous to seeing the movie and so she got pissed at me for not holding her hand. (Rightly so)
It was very sad though
I think the last book I cried over was Bag of Bones. I was so sad when one of the characters (not to spoil it, but if you've read it, you know who I mean) died. Very touching. Oh, and the end of Insomnia got me teary-eyed too. Maybe I just have a thing for King books!
I cry more easily reading books than I do at movies. I'm a sucka.
Alright already - I finally ordered Good in Bed via interlibrary loan yesterday - because all of you millions of people who love it have worn me down! That chicklit - just when I think I'm out, it pulls me back in!