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What's the most memorable book you've ever read? It might have been the book you just last read or it might be a book you read 10 years ago. Fiction or non-fiction? Do you have the book in your possession?

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I have a very, very old copy of Jane Eyre that I have read once a year since I was a young teen. The book was very old when I bought it in a used book store. Jane Eyre is one of the most romantic fiction novels I have ever read and I feel such a strong connection to the character. Maybe I had a similar life in a past life. I saw the original movie and the one they remade about 8 years ago. I have not seen the newest version.



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I think the most memorable book I ever read was Katherine by Anya Seton. It's historical fiction, which I used to read a lot. I've read that book several times tho.

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Oh Joan - fancy you mentioning Katherine by Anya Seton! I remember while the history teacher was droning on about Henry 1st, we were reading more interesting history under our desks!

I loved that book!

Do you like Jeanette Winterson too?





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Well I have many memorable books, but I said list one so I would say the book Women Who Run With the Wolves, Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Este, Ph.D. was the most memorable because it has many individual fictional folklore stories that stuck with me. One in particular that I liked was "Sealskin, Soulskin". I first read it over 10 years ago and I still have it on my bookshelf, picking it up from time to time to read again.

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Ack! Ack! 1 book???

Ummmmmm, I think the one that probably affected me the most profoundly and actually made me start challenging the way I thought would be "Childhood's End" by Arthur C. Clarke.

I can't say it is my favorite book, or the one I read over and over again - but whenever I think of books that have impact, this is the one that always comes to mind.


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Is that the author that died recently? Didn't he write 'The Sentinel?'





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Yes and yes. "The Sentinel" is the short story that Clarke wrote that led to his writing "2001: A Space Odyssey".


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I, too, have read many memorable books but my most memorable was definitely the Amityville Horror.

It was the first and only book I have ever read in one sitting. I just could not put it down.


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Oh, good one, Vance.

Yeah, I actually liked the book better than the movie.

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