Have you ever cried while reading a book?
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stayblue4life
ANSWERS: 100
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No, oh no, lol.
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Yes! Thats how you know the author is good - she/he knows what to put into the plot to make you emotional.
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yep!!
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The last time was the final Harry Potter book 7. Dobby then Fred..so sad. Not to mention Hedwig!
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Yes I have on many more than one occasion.
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I've teared up before...yeah!
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Yep, though it's been a long time. I can't remember which book it was either... strange...
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No, but I've almost cried while reviewing my tax return.
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Books that have made me come close are Anne Frank's Diary, To Kill A Mockingbird, and several non-fiction accounts of Medieval surgery, The Plague, The Holocaust, vivisection, and so on. The only book that ever REALLY brought me to tears described Schizoid Personality Disorder (which I have) accurately and with a bit of compassion. It was pretty cathartic, actually.
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Many, many times. Viktor Frankl - Man's Search For Meaning is one that springs to mind as a two hanky read.
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Yes, twice. First was for Of Mice and Men by Steinbeck when the old mans dog died. Second was at the end of Harry Potter 6 when "he" died (name not revealed so I dont spoil it for anyone who has not read it yet and does not know who "he" is)
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Yeah. This one:
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yeah...I was little, "The Outsiders"
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Yes.
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yes!! i can't help it!!! there are so many true and sad stories out there:(
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Yes, especially if it has a really sad or happy ending.
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yep.
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Yes. Once in public as well...
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yes, many times...
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I cried reading Tess of the D'Urbervilles. It was quite moving.
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Yes, i can't remember the book tho.
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yes. Alot of times!
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Yes
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Yes. The book the made me cry the hardest lately was The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. I was a mess.
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i,ve never cried reading a book..............
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All the time! When I'm reading a good book I get totally immersed in it, and I laugh out loud, cry, get angry, feel embarassed for the character, etc.
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Many times. And sometimes it happens when I'm reading a loud and that makes it so difficult, to catch my breath, wipe my eyes, begin again:-(
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Yes, and laugh out loud, and gasp, and mutter "nooo!" or yell out "YAY!" I'm a very involved reader.
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yes i have.
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I don't think so. I was pretty upset at the end of "I Am Legend"
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Oh yes! I lost it during Marley and Me.
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Like a baby!!
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all through 'I Know This Much is True' by Wally Lamb
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YES! Laughing, crying, smiling, and getting mad...all part of my repertoire!
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Yep.
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I think they only time I've cried while reading a book is when I read A Child Called It. It was a heartbreaking true story about child abuse.
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Yes. I think books have the capacity to touch human emotions quite well. I have felt many different emotions while reading. It is a worthwhile activity. The human imagination has tremendous depth.
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When i was in school, i would cry if i had to read a book !
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yes, because the book fell on my foot.
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Yeah, if i read a book after i watch tv it makes my eyes hurt.
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Yes, Tax laws.
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Yes, many times. I guess I'm just a bundle of emotions, but I even cried once reading The Lorax by Dr. Seuss to my daughter.
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I don't know if this qualifies but when my son was a little boy I would cry every Christmas Eve when I would read the story of the birth of Jesus from the bible.
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Yes.
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the first book i ever cried at was Charlottes Web, the last book i ever cried at was The Kit Runner
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Yeah, when I was 7 or 8. Read a story where the writer had to leave the pet dog behind because the author and his family were leaving the town. That dog dies 2 days later outside their old home. It was very touching at that time.
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Yes, recently. I read the Helen Forrester Omnibus, which includes her books Twopence to Cross the Mersey Liverpool Miss By The Waters Of Liverpool and Lime Street At Two. Though she changed her name and the names of her family, this is the author's own early life, beginning when her father went bankrupt and dragged them back to his own hometown, Liverpool (UK0 to find work. The hardships these children went through just before and during WW2 were as bad as anything in AFrica today, and all the more appalling because the parents really did nothing to get them out of it. In fact, Helen became the housekeeper and mother to the children while mother and father went to work, and squandered money on themselves. Helen was used and abused, before she finally fought back and wanted a life for herself. You have to read this. It is heartbreaking to think that this is just a generation ago in a developed country like England. I was irate with the parents and their neglect of their children, and their expectation that Helen should give up her education at the age of 11 to care for the younger ones.
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Oh yes! In fact I have even teared up when re-reading a book which made me cry first time around!
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Oh yes, many times.
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Ya, I have. :(
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Yes. "Seeing Him Who Is Invisible" by Jack Hyles
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yes Little Women (Louisa Mae Alcott) Broken Harts (the life and death of Owen Hart) (Martha Hart) Babysitters club book 11: Kristy and the snobs (Ann M. Martin) Hitman: my real life in the cartoon world of pro-wrestling (Bret Hart) Cal (Bernard McLaverty)
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yes, the onion fields.
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Oh yes. "A Prayer for Owen Meany" and "The Five People You Meet in Heaven". Both made me cry.
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Oh yes ...reading a book , watching a movie ...guess I don't need a reason to cry :-) !
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The only time I've become really emotional when reading a book was when I read a book called 'Rena's Promise'. It's a true story about two sisters who survived Auschwitz. Some of the scenes they paint in the book are very distressing and the sense of sisterhood really touched me.
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no but i cried while reading answerbg
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not yet but my friend cried when she read a walk to remeber
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I've cried during Harry potter and The Half-Blood Prince. That is all. I think I cried during Hatchet too.
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many many times
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um i think i have at the outsiders
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dear, i cry when i finish almost every book! it is so sad to me to finish something. i want the story to go on and on! :]
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Yes, when the writing is especially touching, or the stories are true and well-described.
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Yup.
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Yeah.
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Yes, I have.
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harry potter. I cried for like hours!
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Flowers for algernon.
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Yes. Multiple times- in HP 6 and 7, I know I cried a lot. In 5 too. What about 4? Cedric was pretty sad. But there have been other books. I remember I cried in third grade when we were reading "The Last Wolf in Ireland." It was embarrassing- my callous classmates didn't get misty eyed at all. I've cried at too many movies to name.
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Private Peacefull. I blubbed like a babby.
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Only once. During "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak. God it was sad.
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yes i did !! it was soo sad..
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haha yea and then i realized i was crying and i laughed at myself, then picked up the book and cried some more...lol
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yes a million little peices even though he pissed Oprah off it's still a great book!!!
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yes.. many times over!!! ive cried a proverbial river reading Steel's Fine Things...
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yes i was reading BiBle and while reading Jesus's Cruxification I cried
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Oh yes, in a number of books
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Yes, My check-book.
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surprise surprise, i have. I must've been so 'into' the book that tears started welling up and streaking down my face. I never knew something like this would ever happen, and it nice to know that it had happened to other people too.
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The very first book I ever read on my own was "Where the red fern grows" - I was crying through the last two chapters So yes, big time :)
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Yes. it was series and i cried in very book.. it was a girl that got cancer when she 13 :(
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NO I never have! :)
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Oh yes.
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Yes quite a few times!
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yeah the kite runner had me crying my eyes out
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Yes, several times.
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I only cried twice in my life while reading a book and it happened when I was reading 'The Christmas Shoes' and 'City of Ashes'. I balled.
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Definitely! Harry Potter did it to me repeatedly. The Lord of the Rings made me cry for many reasons. Most recently, The Memory Keepers Daughter did it to me several times. I'm reading Little House on the Prairie to my daughter right now. It never made me cry as a kid, but as an adult, I understand so much more that it has made me cry several times. They faced so much that I sometimes don't know how they kept going.
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Yes, several times. I love a good book.
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Yeah many times. The most recent time i cried was when i was reading either new moon or eclipse by stephanie meyer, and my heart completly broke when the couple in the book suddenly broke up. it was heart wrenching. lol
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haha, yes, last night...
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Yeah. Can't remember them all... Most recently "My Friend Leonard" the excellent follow-up to "A Million Little Pieces" (though admittedly it wasn't QUITE as good)
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yes, The Sixth Lamentation
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better question for me would be "have you ever not cried while reading a book?" Few examples..my sister's keeper, 19 Minutes, Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas..a few of the Harry Potters
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Yes, when read about the life of John Merrick, aka the elephant man, and the Ugly Duckling. I've felt alienated and undesirable at times in my life too.
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yes
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I'm not the crying type at all, but when I read "Where the Red Fern Grows" in third grade, I bawled.
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Of course! How could i not.
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Yeah.. i think it was something really pansy as well like curious incident with the dog in the night time or something.. the last time though was when i read Hallam Foe. Is a great book and deffo advise you reading it. <O> ^
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Absolutely. I've even been caught smiling, giggling, and talking to myself while I was reading Twilight and New Moon; my cousin just looked at me like I was crazy.
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