This book changed my lifeThe Goat writes, "Some books have made a huge impact on my life." It's true. It wasn't until the b3ta mods read the Flashman novels that we changed from mild-mannered computer operators into heavily-whiskered copulators, poltroons and all round bastards in a well-known cavalry regiment.
What books have changed the way you think, the way you live, or just gave you a rollicking good time?
Friendly hint: A bit of background rather than just a bunch of book titles would make your stories more readable
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chthonic, Thu 15 May 2008, 15:11)
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A choice between 21984 really changed me into a raving cynic - particularly about our government (UK) and has made me fearful for the future.
However for pure enjoyment Catch-22 by Joseph Heller absolutely destroyed any image I've ever had of books. Good memories too as on a family holiday with empty pubs and no girls around I sat on the beach through the day reading this glorious book.
Yossarian is and always will be my hero. His outlook on survival and hedonistic lifestyle reverberated through me. How delicate life can be and how it should be lived and how time with loved ones should be cherished.
Love this quote:
"You know, that might be the answer - to act boastfully about something we ought to be ashamed of. That's a trick that never seems to fail."
MAny quotes that are much better - and perhaps I'm not doing the book that much justice but it really did change my life.
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whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 15 May 2008, 16:23,
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