Sarah in SC
Moderator Emeritus
I got to thinking that this is really a reading crowd, and feel fortunate to get to hear your many wonderful book suggestions.
So, if you aren't already tired of book questions: what books have been not just great reads, but really life-changing in some way for you?
Here are mine, from teen years on up to now:
Atlas Shrugged Ayn Rand (I'm not antisocial, I'm an objectivist!)
No Exit JP Sartre (I'm not just an angst-ridden teen, I'm an existentialist!)
Gullivers Travels Jonathan Swift (I'm not just irritable, I'm a satirist!)
The Capable Cruiser Lin Pardey (quit work and go sailing? sign me up!)
Dove Robin Lee Graham (dream big and sail around the world)
Sell Up and Sail Bill & Laurel Cooper (dream big boat and don't come back)
the novels of John D. MacDonald (to live the life of Travis McGee, now there's an ambition worth striving for)
Walden Henry David Thoreau (life, figuring it out)
Your Money or Your Life Joe Domininguez & Vicki Robin (money, figuring it out)
Financial Peace Dave Ramsey (money, figuring it out 2.0)
The Omnivore's Dilemma Michael Pollan (changed the way we eat)
Merle's Door Ted Kerasote (incredibly moving perspective on the dog/human relationship)
I'm sure I've left something out, but these are what come to mind when I am thinking of what started me on some path that has led me to now.
So, if you aren't already tired of book questions: what books have been not just great reads, but really life-changing in some way for you?
Here are mine, from teen years on up to now:
Atlas Shrugged Ayn Rand (I'm not antisocial, I'm an objectivist!)
No Exit JP Sartre (I'm not just an angst-ridden teen, I'm an existentialist!)
Gullivers Travels Jonathan Swift (I'm not just irritable, I'm a satirist!)
The Capable Cruiser Lin Pardey (quit work and go sailing? sign me up!)
Dove Robin Lee Graham (dream big and sail around the world)
Sell Up and Sail Bill & Laurel Cooper (dream big boat and don't come back)
the novels of John D. MacDonald (to live the life of Travis McGee, now there's an ambition worth striving for)
Walden Henry David Thoreau (life, figuring it out)
Your Money or Your Life Joe Domininguez & Vicki Robin (money, figuring it out)
Financial Peace Dave Ramsey (money, figuring it out 2.0)
The Omnivore's Dilemma Michael Pollan (changed the way we eat)
Merle's Door Ted Kerasote (incredibly moving perspective on the dog/human relationship)
I'm sure I've left something out, but these are what come to mind when I am thinking of what started me on some path that has led me to now.