I've always grown up around books. Dusty. Old. New. First editions. Shelves of them. Piles. Library lends. Dogeared. Re-read. Half-finished. Out of print. Banned. Gifted. Borrowed from friends.
It's no secret, I love books.
And each book you read shapes you. It leaves a little dent in your mind that says, 'I was here, remember me.'
The words I've read have changed me, for better or worse, opened up a little part of me I never knew existed. Taught me how to be, and how not to be. The differences between people.
So I thought I'd share with you the books that up until this point have left a mark on me. Obviously this will change over the years, but here, now, these are the books I have loved and let move me:
The one that taught me how to love: I Heard God Laughing - Hafiz
The one that changed my mind about my mind: The Happiness Trap - Russ Harris
The one that made me feel a little less alone: Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë
The one that reminded me that limitation is all in the mind: Born to Run - Christopher McDougall
The one that helped me appreciate my sister: Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
The one that bit me with the travel bug: Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert
Which books have left a little mark on you?
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