The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly thing going on over at Crazy-for-Books. Follow My Book Blog Friday is hosted by Parajunkee. If you're a new blogger like I am, or have been blogging for a while, stop by the sites and get involved!
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Weekly question: What book influenced or changed your life? How did it influence/change you?
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. I'm not sure how old I was when I first read this, but I was young. I already knew I liked to read, but Speak made me realize I LOVED reading and couldn't get enough. It was beautifully written and had such a captivating story and I thought, I want to write something just as compelling, I want to use my voice to talk to everyone. I decided I wanted to become a writer, and nothing got in my way after that.
I am currently waiting for the postie to deliver me a copy of Speak. I keep hearing good things about it so I thought I'd better check it out myself.
ReplyDeleteSlowest Bookworm - Glad you're checking it out! It really is very good. :]
ReplyDeleteSpeak is an incredibly poignant book. Wintergirls really impacted me. I've suffered with an ED for almost 10 years, and reading it and about disorders for the first time was eye-opening.
ReplyDeleteHappy Friday, Alissa :)
I love it when people are really inspired by books!! Great choice!! I'm a new follower!! I got a great giveaway going on on my blog so check it out!!
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the blog hop, Alissa - I often take part in it myself. I'm going to investigate "Speak"
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Hello there! Hopping by! I love the answers to this week’s question.
ReplyDeleteI have a huge prize pack giveaway at the blog. A contest reminder is included in my book blogger hop post. I hope you drop by!
Here’s my post.
Have a nice weekend!
I haven't read Speak. I wish could find also the cover of it. But I think Amazon will help me out
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Aleetha - It's All About Books
Anderson is a very powerful writer. I wish she had been writing when I was a teen!
ReplyDeleteI loved Speak as well; I just bought it after reading it for the third time actually!Anyways, I'm just hopping by for Follow Friday :P Visit my blog and enter the giveaway when you get the chance! www.bethebooks.blogspot.com :)
ReplyDeleteHave a good weekend!
Thanks for dropping by, Alissa! I would definitely recommend reading some Tamora Pierce - my favorites are the Song of the Lioness and the Immortals series.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit, I haven't read Speak yet! I've heard nothing but good things about it though, so I really should read it. I think I've just shied away from it so far because it's such emotionally intense subject matter.
Hopping through. I don't think of Speak as one of my most influential books, but it was wonderful - a must read for teens.
ReplyDeleteHappy weekend!
My Hop
Wow, this is going to age me! the book that had the biggest influence on me was Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. I suppose I should clarify that by saying the first time i read it was too young to understand the philosophy she was pushing (a philosophy that I now do not agree with), but the book pushed me towards a stronger work ethic, and that was a good thing!
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ReplyDeleteStopping by from the blog hop...
Happy New Year....
My answer is at: http://silversolara.blogspot.com
Elizabeth
Hi,
ReplyDeleteJust hopping by and following through- I havent read Speak yet but its on my list!
Shelleyrae @ Book'd Out
I ended up choosing Twilight because it was one of the first books that I interacted with strangers about. (More on my blog!)
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~Brooke
http://brookesboxofbooks.blogspot.com
Happy hopping! I've awarded you the Stylish Blogger award at http://thinkingcat.blogspot.com!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed Speak to! I'm a new follower and great blog.
ReplyDeleteJada
http://jada7-moonlightreviews.blogspot.com/
Here I am hopping on by...
ReplyDeleteI went all over the map with this question on my blog. I read and enjoy almost every genre of fiction out there. There’s no way I could just pick one.
So I talked about all of them. Even romance fiction (sort of)! I invite you to hop over to my blog at http://www.howardsherman.net and see for yourself.
Howard A. Sherman
http://www.howardsherman.net