Comments on: Which Books Have Shaped Your Life? http://blog.kdl.org/?p=10044 The blog of the Kent District Library, with 18 branch locations serving Kent County, Michigan Thu, 23 May 2013 22:34:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Andy http://blog.kdl.org/?p=10044#comment-15801 Andy Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:12:40 +0000 http://blog.kdl.org/?p=10044#comment-15801 One of my professors in college recommended Somerset Maugham’s “Of Human Bondage”. A book that taught me to not place self limits on my potential to achieve what I want in life.

The recommendation to read that book was worth the price of my undergraduate degree.

]]> By: Melody http://blog.kdl.org/?p=10044#comment-15759 Melody Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:02:54 +0000 http://blog.kdl.org/?p=10044#comment-15759 I read the Laura Ingalls Wilder “Little House” series and was always perturbed when the television show strayed from the plot of the books. “That didn’t happen in the book!” is still one of my most common comments when watching a movie based on a book. I also loved the Box Car Children. There was just something so brave about four children living alone in a box car and taking care of each other. Like John, I discovered a Wrinkle in Time when I was in 6th grade and have lost count of how many times I have read it myself and later out loud to each of my children.

]]> By: Sam http://blog.kdl.org/?p=10044#comment-15743 Sam Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:47:24 +0000 http://blog.kdl.org/?p=10044#comment-15743 A Series of Unfortunate Events, Holes, Everything is Illuminated

]]> By: Rebecca Bajema http://blog.kdl.org/?p=10044#comment-15741 Rebecca Bajema Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:04:14 +0000 http://blog.kdl.org/?p=10044#comment-15741 By far : To Kill A Mockingbird, and Shadowlands.

]]> By: John http://blog.kdl.org/?p=10044#comment-15728 John Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:41:54 +0000 http://blog.kdl.org/?p=10044#comment-15728 Two books in my youth changed my life. The first (read in 4th grade) was a Wrinkle in Time. The dark, twisting story that didn’t talk down to me just drew me in. The second (read in 6th grade) was The Hobbit, and eventually lead to the Lord of the Rings. The depth and detail Tolkien provided was what made me want to become a writer someday.

]]> By: Linda http://blog.kdl.org/?p=10044#comment-15714 Linda Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:08:19 +0000 http://blog.kdl.org/?p=10044#comment-15714 Harriet the Spy, Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, all great books, and so hard to put down.

]]> By: Katie http://blog.kdl.org/?p=10044#comment-15702 Katie Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:53:02 +0000 http://blog.kdl.org/?p=10044#comment-15702 I have fond memories of my fourth-grade teacher reading Caddie Woodlawn to the class. I can still recall the excitement I felt when she would lift the book off the corner of her desk and I knew she was going to read another chapter. I also loved The Babysitter’s Club books… there must have been well over 100, and I’m pretty sure I didn’t miss a one!

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