Books that make you feel better

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  1. Hipkatmeow

    Hipkatmeow Member

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    Does anyone have any suggestions of books that have pulled them out of a depression or at least made them feel a little bit better?
     
    Hipkatmeow, Dec 28, 2004
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  3. honeyhannah

    honeyhannah herbuhslovuh

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    the diary of anne frank and the precious gift


    read 'em at least once a year
     
    honeyhannah, Dec 28, 2004
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  5. DiffKettleOfFish

    DiffKettleOfFish Kickin' it

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    The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

    The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac

    A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson (hilarious!!)

    Calvin and Hobbes comic books are always guaranteed to cheer you up :)

    What's the matter, sweetie? *HUGS*
     
    DiffKettleOfFish, Dec 28, 2004
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  7. headymoechick

    headymoechick I have no idea

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    Wild Animus
     
    headymoechick, Dec 29, 2004
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  9. the zen-man puck

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    "The Art of peace","The Dhammapada" make me very good
     
    the zen-man puck, Dec 29, 2004
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  11. artful_dodger

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    The Razor's Edge by Somerset Maugham.
     
    artful_dodger, Dec 29, 2004
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  13. FallenFairy

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    Speak is a godd book that made me feel better about things after i read it.
     
    FallenFairy, Jan 1, 2005
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  15. John221

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    I'm not personally affiliated with any particular religion, and this is going to sound terrbly clichéd, but how about the Bible? Or any form of religious scripture, for that matter.
     
    John221, Jan 1, 2005
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  17. TrippinBTM

    TrippinBTM Ramblin' Man

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    "the power of now" - Eckhart Tolle

    There've been others but I can't think of them. did you want novels, or just anything?
     
    TrippinBTM, Jan 1, 2005
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    The Alchemists by Paulo Coelho
    The House in Mango St. by Sandra Cisneros
     
    nocturna, Jan 1, 2005
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  21. Jabbawaya

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    The Tao Te Ching
     
    Jabbawaya, Jan 1, 2005
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  23. hiro

    hiro pursue it

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    Angus, thongs, and full frontal snogging. The whole series is HILARIOUS.
     
    hiro, Jan 2, 2005
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    The mole and Beverly Miller by Allan Frewin Jones

    Three Friends by Myron Levoy

    Those are my all time favourites!!
     
    weep, Feb 4, 2005
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    Billy Brown, Feb 7, 2005
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    I like to read poetry, any kind really.
     
    WildChild12843, Feb 7, 2005
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  31. Mui

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    hey kat. if yer into buddhism you should read "a glimpse of nothingness" by janwillem van de wetering. it made me feel better when i read it when iw as like 16
     
    Mui, Feb 7, 2005
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  33. GoingHome

    GoingHome Further Within

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    I particularly enjoy the Onion books('This Dumb century'?etc.)you know, those mock newspaper articles...
    they address the same shit that depresses me
    but in a totally cynical, funny way!
    also see theonion.com
     
    GoingHome, Feb 7, 2005
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    The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe :)
     
    enquvist, Feb 8, 2005
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    The Castaneda series,...they really pulled me out of a funk a while back.
     
    bobbyellis, Feb 9, 2005
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  39. kiss_the_sky

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    Some poetry, Noordstar (Dutch) and Jacques Prévert (French) mainly. And Winnie the Pooh! ;)
     
    kiss_the_sky, Feb 9, 2005
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